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Air treatment apparatus having a liquid holder and a bipolar ionization device

US7906080B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateMar 30, 2007
Grant dateMar 15, 2011
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Expiry dateJan 12, 2030

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB03C2201/06
  • WIPO fieldChemical engineering
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

An air treatment apparatus that includes a housing; a plurality of electrodes, at least one of which receives liquid from a liquid supply; and a power supply. The power supply is operable to establish an electric potential between a portion of the liquid-receiving electrode and the other electrode so that the air treatment apparatus produces a liquid mist having a bipolar distribution of liquid particles.

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