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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2013
Filed:
Nov. 14, 2006
Hideki Watanabe, Osaka, JP;
Yasushi Arikawa, Neyagawa, JP;
Akihide Sugawa, Hikone, JP;
Takeshi Yano, Kyoto, JP;
Hisahito Ono, Hikone, JP;
Kouichi Hirai, Hikone, JP;
Tomonori Tanaka, Tsu, JP;
Hideki Watanabe, Osaka, JP;
Yasushi Arikawa, Neyagawa, JP;
Akihide Sugawa, Hikone, JP;
Takeshi Yano, Kyoto, JP;
Hisahito Ono, Hikone, JP;
Kouichi Hirai, Hikone, JP;
Tomonori Tanaka, Tsu, JP;
Panasonic Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A high voltage is applied between an emitter electrode in an atomizing barrel and an opposed electrode supported to the atomizing barrel to electrostatically atomize a liquid supplied to the emitter electrode into a mist of charged minute particles. A silencer duct is attached to the front end of the atomizing barrel for reducing noises developed when generating the mist of the charged minute particles. Accordingly, the silencer duct can absorb the noises developed around the emitter electrode and the opposed electrode at immediately downstream thereof for effectively reducing the noises.