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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 04, 2008
Filed:
Jun. 20, 2002
Alastair Bruce Pirrie, Oxford, GB;
Alastair Bruce Pirrie, Oxford, GB;
Aerstream Technology, Ltd., Oxon, GB;
Abstract
An atomization device comprises a conduit containing liquid to be atomized, a spray electrode () and a discharge electrode (). Each electrode is adjacent to a dielectric () and they are connected in an electrical circuit () to enable a potential difference to be applied between them to atomize the liquid and to generate charge carriers of a first polarity in the proximity of the spray electrode () and ions of a second polarity in the proximity of the discharge electrode (). Some of the first polarity charge carriers deposit on the dielectric adjacent to the spray electrode () and some of the second polarity ions deposit on the dielectric () adjacent to the discharge electrode () so that the atomized liquid is repelled from the dielectric () adjacent to the spray electrode () and electrically discharged by second polarity ions that are repelled by the dielectric () adjacent to the discharge electrode ().