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US 7,404,935 B2Granted
Air treatment apparatus having an electrode cleaning element
AssigneeSharper Image Corporation
InventorsShek Fai Lau, Jimmy Luther Lee, Andrew J. Parker
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Abstract
An air conditioner device includes a first electrode array and a second electrode array. A mechanism, that cleans the electrode(s) in a first electrode array, includes a length of flexible insulating material that projects from a base of the second electrode array towards the first electrode array. As a user moves the second electrode array up or down within the conditioner housing, the electrode(s) in the first array are frictionally cleaned.
Claims31
An air conditioner device, comprising:
- a housing;
- an emitter electrode, disposed in said housing;
- a collector electrode, removably disposed in said housing;
- and
- means associated with said collector electrode for frictionally cleaning said emitter electrode when said collector electrode is manually removed from said housing and when said collector electrode is returned to said housing.
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An air conditioner device, comprising:
- a housing;
- an emitter electrode, disposed in said housing;
- a collector electrode, movably disposed in said housing;
- and
- means associated with said collector electrode for frictionally cleaning said emitter electrode when said collector electrode is moved relative to said housing.
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An air treatment apparatus comprising:
- a housing;
- an emitter electrode configured to be supported by the housing;
- a collector electrode configured to be supported by the housing, the collector electrode being movable between a first position and a second position relative to the housing;
- a cleaning element having an inner wall defining an opening sized to receive a portion of the emitter electrode such that the inner wall is at least partially in contact with the emitter electrode;
- an arm configured to operatively connect the cleaning element to the collector electrode, the arm being operable to cause the cleaning element to move relative to the emitter electrode during the movement of the collector electrode, the inner wall cleaning the emitter electrode during the movement;
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- a voltage generator supported by said housing, the voltage generator being operable to provide a potential difference between said emitter electrode and said collector electrode.
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An air conditioner device, comprising:
- a housing;
- an emitter electrode, disposed in said housing such that said emitter electrode is stationary within said housing;
- a collector electrode, removably disposed in said housing such that said collector electrode can be manually removed from said housing and then returned to a resting position in said housing;
- a high voltage generator disposed in said housing, to provide a potential difference between said emitter electrode and said collector electrode when said collector electrode is in the resting position in said housing;
- a member connected to said collector electrode;
- and
- a flexible length extending from said member toward said emitter electrode;
- wherein flexible length scrapes against at least a portion of said emitter electrode as said collector is manually removed from and returned to said housing, to thereby clean said emitter electrode.
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An air conditioner device, comprising:
- a housing;
- an emitter electrode, disposed in said housing such that said emitter electrode is stationary within said housing;
- a collector electrode, movably disposed in said housing such that said collector electrode can be moved from and then returned to a resting position in said housing;
- a high voltage generator disposed in said housing, to provide a high voltage potential to said collector electrode when said collector electrode is in the resting position;
- a member connected to said collector electrode;
- and
- a flexible length extending from said member toward said emitter electrode;
- wherein flexible length scrapes against at least a portion of said emitter electrode as said collector is moved relative to said housing, to thereby clean said emitter electrode.
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An air conditioner device, comprising:
- an upstanding, elongated housing;
- an ion generating unit positioned in said housing, including:
- an emitter electrode;
- a movable collector electrode, elongated along the direction of elongation of said housing;
- and
- a user-liftable handle secured to said movable collector electrode, said handle accessible through an opening in a top portion of said housing, to assist a user with lifting said collector electrode from a resting position within said housing;
- and
- a cleaning member associated with said collector electrode, wherein said cleaning member frictionally clean said emitter electrode when said collector is lifted using said handle.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.