Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080236208 | Washing machine - A washing machine comprises a wash tub having an opening, a door for covering the opening, and an electrostatic atomizer. The electrostatic atomizer is configured to produce mist of charged fine water particles by means of electrostatic atomization to spray the mist into the wash tub and thereby perform elimination and deodorization with respect to laundry in the wash tub. | 10-02-2008 |
20090114747 | ELECTROSTATICALLY ATOMIZING DEVICE - The liquid supplied to an emitter electrode located at a tip of an atomization nozzle receives the high-voltage and electrically charged. The mist of the charged minute water particles of nanometer sizes is generated from the emitter electrode. A pressure regulating means regulates a pressure applied to the liquid on the tip of the emitter electrode. Therefore, the mode of generating the mist of the charged minute water particles of nanometer sizes or the mode of generating the mist of the charged minute water particles of nanometer and micron size is selected. | 05-07-2009 |
20090127357 | ELECTROSTATICALLY ATOMIZING DEVICE AND FOOD CONTAINER PROVIDED WITH THE SAME - The liquid is supplied to an emitter electrode which is provided at a tip of a liquid carrier, receives a high voltage, is electrical-charged, and discharged as a mist of charged minute water particles of nanometer order from the emitter electrode. The emitter electrode discharges the mist of the charged minute water particles of micron order at the same time by a pressure which is applied to the liquid which is supplied to the tip of the emitter electrode. An electrostatically atomizing device supplies liquid to an emitter electrode of a tip of a liquid carrier, applies the high voltage to the liquid, electrically-charges the liquid, and causes the emitter electrode to discharge a mist of charged minute water particles of nanometer order. In addition, the electrostatically atomizing device applies a pressure to the emitter electrode and causes the emitter electrode to discharge a mist of the charged minute water particles of micron order. The electrostatically atomizing device is able to humidify a space by the mist of the charged minute water particles of micron order as well as is able to decompose harmful substances in the space, is able to sterilize and deodorize the substances in the space by radicals which is included by the mist of the charged minute water particles of nanometer order. | 05-21-2009 |
20090184186 | ELECTROSTATICALLY ATOMIZING DEVICE - An electrostatic atomizing device for ejecting a mist of charged minute particles includes metal ion elution means for eluting sterilizing metal ions into a liquid to be electrostatically atomized. The metal ions are taken up by the charged minute particles, and are ejected into an environment space together with the charged minute particles, thereby eliciting a sterilizing effect. The elution amount of the metal ions is regulated by varying the voltage applied between two kinds of metal bodies. | 07-23-2009 |
20100000240 | ELECTROSTATICALLY ATOMIZING UNIT FOR USE IN A TEMPERATURE-REGULATING APPLIANCE - An electrostatically atomizing unit for use in a temperature regulating appliance to add a function of generating a mist of charged minute water particles for deodorization and/or sterilization of a temperature-regulated space. The appliance has a cold space of which air is cooled by cooling means and is fed to cool the temperature-regulated space divided from the cold space by a partition. The atomizing unit has an emitter electrode which is configured to condense water from within a surrounding air. A high voltage source applies a high voltage to the emitter electrode to atomize the condensed water into the charged minute water particles which are discharged from the emitter electrode into the temperature-regulated space. The emitter electrode is provided with a cooling coupler which establishes a heat transfer relation through the partition to the cold space to cool the emitter electrode by making the use of the cooling means inherent to the appliance. | 01-07-2010 |
20100242547 | WASHING MACHINE - The washing machine of this invention comprises a housing with a washing tub, a rotating mechanism, a perforated basket, and an electrostatically atomizing device. The perforated basket is rotatably mounted in the washing tub with leaving a space between the perforated basket and the washing tub. The electrostatically atomizing device is configured to generate the mist of the charged minute water particles. The washing machine is configured to lead the mist of the charged minute water particles to the space, so that the space is filled with the mist of the charged minute water particles. Consequently, molds on an inside of the washing tub and an outside of the perforated basket is eliminated by the electrostatically atomizing device. | 09-30-2010 |
20100243766 | OXIDATION AND REDUCTION FINE PARTICLES GENERATOR - An oxidation and reduction fine particles generator includes an atomization electrode, a water feeder for supplying water to the atomization electrode and a high voltage generator, and also includes a switch device and a controller. The switch device changes an operation mode to an oxidation mode or a reduction mode. The controller generates negatively charged fine water particles including radicals through electrostatic atomization by applying a high voltage to water supplied to the atomization electrode in the oxidation mode. The controller also inactivates and activates the water feeder and the high voltage generator, respectively to generate reduction fine particles from the atomization electrode by dry discharge in the reduction mode. | 09-30-2010 |
20100327089 | ELECTROSTATIC ATOMIZING DEVICE - The electrostatic atomizing device includes a discharge electrode, an opposed electrode, and a voltage application device. The voltage application device is configured to apply a voltage between the discharge electrode and the opposed electrode so as to atomizing a liquid supplied to the discharge electrode. The electrostatic atomizing device further includes a reduced water provision device configured to supply reduced water as the above liquid to the discharge electrode. | 12-30-2010 |
20110068193 | ATOMIZATION APPARATUS - Atomization apparatus is configured to produce mist by atomizing liquid after electrolysis to discharge the mist. The apparatus includes a substrate, an electrolysis device and a vibration device. The substrate includes: a liquid receiving part having a liquid storage surface; and a reservoir having a discharge surface. The electrolysis device has an anode and a cathode located at the liquid receiving part. The reservoir holds the liquid after electrolysis obtained from one of the anode and the cathode. The discharge surface is located at the side of the one of the anode and the cathode. The vibration device is configured to vibrate and atomize the liquid after electrolysis held at the reservoir. | 03-24-2011 |