Patent ID: 8063336

Claim:
An apparatus for neutralizing an electro-statically charged object, comprising: a power supply including a multi-frequency voltage output and a reference voltage output, said power supply disposed to generate a multi-frequency voltage and to provide said multi-frequency voltage through said multi-frequency voltage output; an ionizing cell having an ionizing electrode and a reference electrode, said ionizing electrode disposed to receive a multi-frequency voltage through said multi-frequency voltage output, and said reference electrode coupled to said reference voltage output and separated from said ionizing electrode by a first distance; and wherein, in response to the application of said multi-frequency voltage on said ionizing electrode, said multi-frequency voltage creates an oscillating ion cloud having positive ions and negative ions upon reaching a corona onset voltage threshold of said ionizing cell; and said multi-frequency voltage redistributes said positive and negative ions into separate regions when said multi-frequency voltage creates a polarizing electrical field of sufficient strength to increase the effective range in which positive or negative ions from said ion cloud may be displaced or directed towards the electro-statically charged object.