Electrostatically atomizing device

An electrostatically atomizing device comprising:

• a housing;
• an electrostatically atomizing unit accommodated within said housing;
• said electrostatically atomizing unit including an emitter electrode, an opposed electrode disposed in an opposed relation to said emitter electrode, a water feed means configured to give water on said emitter electrode, and an atomizing barrel surrounding said emitter electrode,
• said atomizing barrel provided at its one axial end with an outlet port exposed to an exterior of said housing, and also its one axial end which holds said opposed electrode,
• a high voltage source being accommodated within said housing and configured to apply a high voltage across said emitter electrode and said opposed electrode to electrostatically atomize the water supplied to said emitter electrode at a discharge end of said emitter electrode for producing charged minute water particles which flows from the end of said emitter electrode and through said opposed electrode to be discharged out of said outlet port at an end of said atomizing barrel as being atomized,
• wherein
• an air pressure chamber is provided within said housing to surround said atomizing barrel,
• a fan is disposed to supply pressurized air to said air pressure chamber,
• a plural of air inlets are disposed in a peripheral wall of said atomizing barrel and are arranged circumferentially along a circumferential direction of said atomizing barrel to introduce the pressurized air from said air pressure chamber into said atomizing barrel such that mist of said charged minute particles is carried on the pressurized air introduced from the plural of air inlets and is discharged out of said housing from said atomizing barrel.

An electrostatically atomizing device comprising:

• a housing;
• an electrostatically atomizing unit accommodated within said housing;
• said electrostatically atomizing unit including an emitter electrode, an opposed electrode disposed in an opposed relation to said emitter electrode, a water feed means configured to give water on said emitter electrode, and an atomizing barrel surrounding said emitter electrode, said atomizing barrel provided at its one axial end with an outlet port exposed to an exterior of said housing,
• said emitter electrode having a pole shape, whereby said emitter electrode has a first end, a second end, and an intermediate portion, said second end being opposite of said first end, said intermediate portion being located between said first end and said second end, said first end of said emitter electrode being defined as a discharge end. of said emitter electrode,
• a high voltage source being accommodated within said housing and configured to apply a high voltage across said emitter electrode and said opposed electrode to electrostatically atomize the water supplied to said emitter electrode at the discharge end of said emitter electrode for producing charged minute water particles which flows from the discharge end of said emitter electrode and through said opposed electrode to be discharged out of said outlet port at an end of said atomizing barrel as being atomized,
• wherein
• an air pressure chamber is provided within said housing to surround said atomizing barrel,
• a fan is disposed to supply pressurized air to said air pressure chamber,
• a plural of air inlets are disposed in a peripheral wall of said atomizing barrel and are arranged circumferentially along a circumferential direction of said atomizing barrel to introduce the pressurized air from said air pressure chamber into said atomizing barrel such that mist of said charged minute particles is carried on the pressurized air introduced from the plural of air inlets and is discharged out of said housing from said atomizing barrel,
• wherein
• said atomizing barrel is shaped to have the peripheral wall which surrounds an entire circumference surface of said emitter electrode, and
• said peripheral wall is provided with said air inlets which are faced with said intermediate portion.