Electro-kinetic air transporter and conditioner devices with insulated driver electrodes

a technology of electric motor and driver electrode, which is applied in the direction of electrostatic charge, chemical/physical/physical-chemical process, energy-based chemical/physical/physical-chemical process, etc., can solve the problem of reducing the collecting efficiency of the system, the extent of voltage difference can be increased is limited, and the inability to achieve excessive quantities, etc. problem, to achieve the effect of increasing the particle collection efficiency, increasing the rate and/or volume of airflow, and reducing arcing

Inactive Publication Date: 2005-03-10
THE SHARPER IMAGE
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[0016] The embodiments as describe above have some or all of the advantages of increasing the particle collection efficiency, increasing the rate and/or volume of airflow, reducing arcing, a...

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Further, the corona discharge produced between the electrode arrays can release ozone into the ambient environment, which can eliminate odors that are entrained in the airflow, but is generally undesirable in excess quantities.
However, the extent that the vo...

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[0035]FIG. 3 illustrates schematically, an electro-kinetic conditioner system 300 according to an embodiment of the present invention. The system includes a first array 310 (i.e., emitter array) of emitter electrodes 312, a second array 320 (i.e. collector array) of collector electrodes 322 and a third array 330 of insulated driver electrodes 330. In this embodiment, the first array 310 is shown as being connected to a positive terminal of a high voltage source 340, and the second array 320 is shown as being connected to a negative terminal of the high voltage source 340. The third array 330 of insulated driver electrodes 332 are shown as being grounded.

[0036] Each insulated driver electrode 332 includes an electrically conductive electrode 334 that is covered by a dielectric material 336. In accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, the dielectric material 336 is heat shrink tubing. During manufacture, the heat shrink tubing is placed over the driver electrodes 334 a...

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Electro-kinetic air transporter and conditioner systems and methods are provided. A system includes at least one emitter electrode and at least a one collector (and likely, at least a pair of collector electrodes) that are downstream from the emitter electrode. An insulated driver electrode is located adjacent a collector electrode, and where there is at least a pair of collector electrodes, between each pair of collector electrodes. A high voltage source provides a voltage potential to the at least one of the emitter electrode and the collector electrode(s), to thereby provide a potential different therebetween. The insulated driver electrode(s) may or may not be at a same voltage potential as the emitter electrode, but should be at a different voltage potential than the collector electrode(s).

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PRIORITY CLAIM [0001] The present application claims priority under 35 U.S.C. 119(e) to U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 60 / 500,437, filed Sep. 5, 2003, entitled “Electro-Kinetic Air Transporter and Conditioner Devices with Insulated Driver Electrodes.”CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED ART [0002] The present invention is related to the following patent applications and patent, each of which is incorporated herein by reference: U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10 / 074,207, filed Feb. 12, 2002, entitled “Electro-Kinetic Air Transporter-Conditioner Devices with Interstitial Electrode”; U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10 / 074,827, filed Feb. 12, 2002, “Electro-Kinetic Air Transporter-Conditioner with Non-Equidistant Collector Electrodes”; and U.S. Pat. No. 6,176,977, entitled “Electro-Kinetic Air Transporter-Conditioner”.FIELD OF THE INVENTION [0003] The present invention relates generally to devices that electro-kinetically transport and / or condition air. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [00...

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IPC IPC(8): B03C3/08B03C3/47
CPCB03C3/08B03C2201/14B03C3/47
Inventor BOTVINNIK, IGOR Y.PARKER, ANDREW J.TAYLOR, CHARLES E.
Owner THE SHARPER IMAGE
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