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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 14, 2004
Filed:
Jun. 10, 2002
Yoshiichi Adachi, Nagoya, JP;
Yuji Kato, Nagoya, JP;
Nihon Pachinko Parts Co., Ltd., Nagoya, JP;
Abstract
An ion generating apparatus has an electric cleaning mechanism for burning out attachment adhered on an ion generating electrode by electric heating. Adhesion of dirt and the like onto the end portion of the electrode where an electron generation field concentrates will considerably ruin the ion generation efficiency. So that burning out of attachment adhered onto the end portion of the ion generating electrode using the electric cleaning mechanism is extremely effective in terms of avoiding such nonconformity. Object of the cleaning will be attained to a sufficient degree if only the dirt adhered onto the sharpened end portion of the electrode , which is responsible for the ion generation, is selectively removed, which is also advantageous in simplifying the apparatus since there is no need to excessively raise the electric heating capacity of the electric cleaning mechanism