Patent ID: 7762481

Claim:
An electrostatic rotary atomizer apparatus for atomizing paint into paint droplets comprising: a hollow atomizer housing having an outlet at which the paint droplets are formed; a turbine assembly disposed in said housing; a shaping air assembly disposed in said housing radially outwardly from said turbine assembly, said shaping air assembly having a plurality of shaping air passageways adapted to be in fluid communication with a shaping air supply; and a charge ring adapted to be connected to an electrical power supply and mounted to said housing, said charge ring having a plurality of electrodes, at least one of said electrodes located inside said housing and terminating inside one of said shaping air passageways, whereby when said shaping air assembly is in fluid communication with the shaping air supply and said electrodes are electrically charged, shaping air passing thereby through said shaping air assembly is ionized.