Patent ID: 7898790
Filing Date: 2011-03-01
Classification: B03C,H01T

Abstract:
1. An ionizer comprising: a fan unit provided, in a first housing, with a discharge electrode generating ions by application of a high voltage and a fan generating air flow to convey the ions generated at the discharge electrode; and a control unit provided, in a second housing, with an indicator indicating an operating state of the ionizer and an adjuster for adjusting an operating state of the ionizer, wherein the fan unit and the control unit are formed separately from each other, the units being coupled detachably while coupling faces of the first housing and the second housing abut on each other and are also changeable between a normal coupling condition, where both units are oriented in the same direction from front to back, and an opposite coupling condition, where both units are oriented in opposite directions from front to back, and first and second separate connectors electrically connected to each other when the fan unit and the control unit are coupled are provided on the coupling faces, the separate connectors being mutually connectable in either case of the fan unit and the control unit being in the normal coupling condition or the opposite coupling condition and also having connection terminals with a power/signal arrangement configured such that power supply and signal transmission/reception between both separate connectors is achieved in either coupling condition of both units.