Patent ID: 6402063
Filing Date: 2002-06-11
Classification: B05B

Abstract:
A spray head to produce a stream of finely divided electrostatically charged water droplets, comprising:a hollow rigid body having impermeable walls forming a conduit with an inlet end and a discharge end to receive and discharge an air stream; a panel including a base and a pair of side walls, said base and said side walls all comprising a central layer of rigid electrically conductive metal, said conductive metal having oppositely facing surfaces, an insulating layer of insulating material coating said surfaces, said layer being strongly adherent thereto, ports formed through said insulating layer to expose selected areas of said metal facing into said conduit thereby to form electrodes exposed to said air stream, and an electrical contact connected to said central layer; a plurality of nozzles attached to said body, said nozzles opening inside said conduit and being so disposed and arranged as to inject water into said conduit where it will be sheared into said air stream; and fasteners attaching said panel to said body.