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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 11, 2008
Hideki Uchida, Tokyo, JP;
Hideya Maki, Tokyo, JP;
Toshikazu Numaguchi, Tokyo, JP;
Masahiko Ito, Tokyo, JP;
Hideki Uchida, Tokyo, JP;
Hideya Maki, Tokyo, JP;
Toshikazu Numaguchi, Tokyo, JP;
Masahiko Ito, Tokyo, JP;
3M Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Abstract
An object of the present invention is to provide an ionizer having a cleaning system for cleaning an electrode needle of the ionizer automatically or remotely, while also being compact in size. The cleaning system () has a rotating member () configured to coaxially rotate with the fan (), a plurality of rods (to) attached to the rotating member () such that each rod extends radially from the rotating member, and brushes (to) each attached to the end of each rod. The rotating member () is driven by an electromagnetic solenoid () via a coupling means ().