Patent ID: 7540903

Claim:
A device for ionizing ( 2 ) particles carried in an airflow ( 4 ) circulating inside a system, the device ( 2 ) including at least two electrodes ( 8 , 9 ) held by a chassis ( 13 ) and connected, respectively, to corresponding terminals ( 10 , 11 ) of a polarized electrical power supply, two adjacent first electrodes ( 8 ) being arranged on either side of a second electrode ( 9 ), the second electrode ( 9 ) being formed from at least one conductor cable ( 14 ), the conductor cable ( 14 ) being hooked onto fingers ( 15 ) that are designed as an elastic part for tensioning the conductor cable ( 14 ) and that are held by the chassis ( 13 ); wherein the fingers ( 15 ) are designed in the form of a flexible strip; and wherein the conductor cable ( 14 ) extends from one edge to the other of the chassis ( 13 ), forming at least one loop whose strands each constitute the second electrode ( 9 ).