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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2013
Filed:
Nov. 10, 2003
Applicants:
Hirokazu Ooe, Yao, JP;
Yutaka Tateyama, Moriguchi, JP;
Toshihiro Kamii, Osaka, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D06F 35/00 (2006.01); G01N 27/416 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In an ion elution unit, a drive circuit applies a voltage between electrodes to elute metal ions from the electrodes. Polarities of the electrodes are reversed cyclically with a voltage application halt period placed in-between. A current detection circuit detects the current flowing between the electrodes. A check of operation of the current detection circuit is carried out before the application of a voltage to the electrodes is started. The operation of the current detection circuit is started when a predetermined period of time passes after the application of a voltage to the electrodes is started.