Patent ID: 6739530
Filing Date: 2004-05-25
Classification: H05F

Abstract:
For connection to a pressurized air supply, a surface static reduction device for generating an outlet stream of ionized air comprising a cartridge having a chamber with an inlet and only a single outlet, the inlet adapted for connection to the pressurized air supply, the outlet shaped to form the outlet stream, the chamber containing therein a quantity of air, the chamber containing at least one radioactive source for ionizing the quantity of air within the chamber, the cartridge being arranged to produce in the outlet stream a core region and a perimeter region, the cartridge further being arranged such that an average ion concentration in the core region is greater than an average ion concentration in the perimeter region, and including a holder mounted within the chamber, the holder having an inner surface adapted to receive the radioactive source, the holder further being adapted to create an inner ionizing air path and an outer air path.