Patent ID: 7054130

Claim:
An air ionizer blower comprising: a voltage source; an air inlet; an air outlet; an air mover configured to cause air to flow into the air inlet and out of the air outlet, thereby creating an air flow; at least one electrode disposed in the flow path of the air and being electrically connected to the voltage source, the at least one electrode being configured to generate either or both of positive and negative polarity ions; and a straightening vane disposed in the path of the air flow and being configured to attenuate loss-causing air flow patterns in the air flow by redirecting the loss-causing air flow toward a single output direction and to redirect portions of the air flow having a trajectory other than that of the single output direction toward the single output direction, the straightening vane having a plurality of generally uniformly distributed apertures, each aperture having a depth that is a function of the overall open area of the aperture.