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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2009
Filed:
Apr. 05, 2005
Kentaro Kobayashi, Nishinomiya, JP;
Hirokazu Yoshioka, Osaka, JP;
Tomoharu Watanabe, Osaka, JP;
Akihide Sugawa, Hikone, JP;
Shousuke Akisada, Hikone, JP;
Kishiko Hirai, Legal Representative, Hikone, JP;
Fumio Mihara, Hikone, JP;
Kouichi Hirai, Hikone, JP;
Shinya Murase, Hikone, JP;
Atsushi Isaka, Hikone, JP;
Osamu Imahori, Hikone, JP;
Sumio Wada, Hikone, JP;
Tatsuhiko Matsumoto, Habikino, JP;
Kentaro Kobayashi, Nishinomiya, JP;
Hirokazu Yoshioka, Osaka, JP;
Tomoharu Watanabe, Osaka, JP;
Akihide Sugawa, Hikone, JP;
Shousuke Akisada, Hikone, JP;
Kishiko Hirai, legal representative, Hikone, JP;
Fumio Mihara, Hikone, JP;
Kouichi Hirai, Hikone, JP;
Shinya Murase, Hikone, JP;
Atsushi Isaka, Hikone, JP;
Osamu Imahori, Hikone, JP;
Sumio Wada, Hikone, JP;
Tatsuhiko Matsumoto, Habikino, JP;
Matsushita Electric Works, Ltd., Kadoma, JP;
Abstract
An electrostatically atomizing device includes an emitter electrode, an opposed electrode opposed to the emitter electrode, and a cooling means which condenses the water on the emitter electrode from within the surrounding air, and a high voltage source applying a high voltage across the emitter electrode and the opposed electrode to electrostatically charge the water for atomizing charged minute water particles from a discharge end of the emitter electrode. The device further includes a controller for discharging the charged minute water particles in a stable manner. The controller monitors a discharge current flowing between the two electrodes to control the cooling means for keeping the discharge current at a predetermined level, thereby regulating the atomizing amount of the charged minute particles from the emitter electrode.