Patent ID: 9132439
Filing Date: 2015-09-15
Classification: B05B,F24F

Abstract:
1. An electrostatic atomizer comprising: water supply means having a Peltier unit and a cooling unit contacting a cooling surface of the Peltier unit, for dropping water condensed at the cooling unit from the cooling unit in a direction of gravitational force; and an atomizing electrode formed by a porous body, the atomizing electrode including a tabular trunk unit and a tabular top end atomizing unit formed integrally with the tabular trunk unit, for receiving the water dropped from the water supply means at the trunk unit, delivering the water from the trunk unit to the top end atomizing unit, and atomizing the water at the top end atomizing unit when high voltage is applied, wherein the top end atomizing unit projects from a side surface of the trunk unit to form a top end part of the top end atomizing unit, the top end part being formed by a single continuous surface with a linearly decreasing width that terminates at a sharpened point with substantially the same thickness as the tabular trunk unit, the top end atomizing unit and the top end part of the top end atomizing unit forming a single continuous and substantially triangular shape in upper plan view, wherein the trunk unit is provided below the cooling unit with a space of a predetermined distance so as not to contact the cooling unit, the trunk unit having a substantially rectangularly shaped uppermost surface, said uppermost surface receiving water from the water supply means, a longitudinal width of the uppermost surface of the trunk unit facing the cooling unit being equal to or greater than a width of the cooling unit in a same direction as a longest side of said uppermost surface, wherein the rectangularly shaped uppermost surface comprises four sides, a first pair of opposing sides having a length longer than a second pair of opposing sides, and wherein the top end atomizing unit projects from one of said first pair of opposing sides of the trunk unit in a direction orthogonal to the one of said first pair of opposing sides of the trunk unit.