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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7431897 | Apparatus replacing atmospheric oxygen with an inert gas from a laminar air boundary layer and application of said apparatus The invention relates to apparatus replacing atmospheric oxygen with an inert gas such as N2 from the minimum of one laminar air boundary layer of substrates moving in the direction of advance, for instance fast moving lines of material fitted with a firs... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7368094 | Plasma-assisted NOreduction Ozone, preferably produced in an ambient air stream passed through a non-thermal hyperplasma reactor, is added to the hot exhaust gas stream from a lean-burn (oxygen-rich) combustion source. The ozone converts much of the NO in the NOx containing exhaust ... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7368002 | Ionic air conditioning system The air conditioning system includes a housing having a vent portion and an ion generating unit positioned in the housing. The ion generating unit includes a first electrode, at least one second electrode, and a voltage generator that provides a constant potential d... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7364709 | Manufacturing apparatus and method for carbon nanotube A manufacturing apparatus, including: two electrodes whose forwardmost end portions are opposed to each other; a power supply which applies a voltage between the electrodes in order to generate discharge plasma in a discharge area between the electrodes; and plural ... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7329997 | System including an electronic ballast for use with a spa A starting circuit for an electric discharge lamp providing an electric current to a lamp having a first and a second filament. The circuit measures a lamp current and a filament temperature and then compares these against a reference voltage. When the lamp current ... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7314600 | Apparatus for generating ozone An apparatus and method for generating ozone is provided. An ozone generator comprises a substantially transparent element having ozone-generating means mounted on an inner element area and an outer element area. An enclosure is positioned over the element, and an o... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7311762 | Air conditioner device with a removable driver electrode An air-conditioning device including a housing having at least one grill, an electrode assembly and a driver electrode. Both the electrode assembly and the driver electrode are supported by the housing. The electrode assembly includes a portion that is removable fro... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7309386 | Vertical air cleaner A portable air cleaner having a vertical orientation with a small footprint that uses an electrostatic precipitator to remove small particles from the air in combination with forced air for increased air flow and improved particle removal. ... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7291207 | Air treatment apparatus with attachable grill Embodiments of the present invention are directed to a method and apparatus for moving air using an air treatment apparatus, the air treatment apparatus preferably including at least one first electrode, at least one second electrode, and at least one third electrod... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7256979 | Ion generator, and electric apparatus and air conditioning apparatus incorporating the same A booster coil is stored in a coil storing room provided in the bottom section of a common case having an opening on one side, and is insulation-molded with a filler. A circuit substrate is inserted into the common case and supported by a supporting edge which is pr... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7244335 | Substrate processing system and substrate processing method A substrate processing system is provided with an ozone generator capable of generating an ozone-containing gas by discharging electricity in an oxygen-containing gas, and a plurality of processing chambers each capable of holding substrates therein to process the s... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7244290 | Electrostatic room air cleaner An electrostatic room air cleaner includes a housing having a given profile and a plurality of electrostatic precipitation collector units arrayed in the housing with a common fan to circulate room air through the plurality of electrostatic precipitation collector u... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7241330 | Air cleaner electrostatic precipitator cell An electrostatic precipitator cell is provided according to an embodiment of the invention. The electrostatic precipitator cell includes a connection rod including first and second ends, a length, a cross-sectional shape, and a lengthwise surface. The electrostatic ... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7204038 | Hairdryer with electrostatic precipitator and filter cleanout warning A hairdryer air intake is cleansed of dust particles with an electrostatic precipitator. The precipitator consists of a charging device (1) and a grounded filter media (2) that can be removed and cleaned. A warning lamp (13) indicates the need t... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7192828 | Capacitor with high dielectric constant materials and method of making A stabilized capacitor using non-oxide electrodes and high dielectric constant oxide dielectric materials and methods of making such capacitors and their incorporation into DRAM cells is provided. A preferred method includes providing a non-oxide electrode, oxidizin... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7166259 | Air purifier with control sensors An air purifier (10) held in a housing (12, 14) with an ambient air inlet (16) and an air outlet (18) and defining an airflow path therethrough for treating ambient air, a filter (disposed in the airflow path and having an air permeable m... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7161789 | Ion chip The ion chip has an ionizing structure in intimate electrical and physical contact with a conductor. The ionizing structure is either a carbon fiber layer or ionizing needles or both. The conductor may be a bare metal wire, a metal plate or a metal layer on a base i... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7156962 | Electrolyzing electrode and production method therefor and electrolysis method using electrolyzing electrode and electrolysis solution producing device There are provided an electrode for electrolysis which takes into consideration safety to human bodies and environmental pollution upon disposal of the electrode, produces ozone with high efficiency and has excellent durability, a production process of the electrode... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7128872 | Method and apparatus for ozone sterilization The sterilization method disclosed includes the steps of providing a sterilization chamber; placing the article into the sterilization chamber; equalizing the temperature of the article and the | 10/31/2006 |
| 7119029 | Method of oxidizing a silicon substrate and method of forming an oxide layer using the same In a method of forming an oxide layer, ozone is generated by reacting an oxygen gas having a first flow rate with a nitrogen gas having a second flow rate of more than about 1% of the first flow rate. A reactant including the ozone and nitrogen is provided onto a si... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7097716 | Method for performing fluorocarbon chamber cleaning to eliminate fluorine memory effect A method of cleaning a plasma etching reactor is provided. The method of cleaning a plasma etching reactor includes generating one or more plasmas from oxygen gas and a hydrogen-containing gas, and exposing interior surfaces of the reactor to the plasma(s) from the ... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7094322 | Use of self-sustained atmospheric pressure plasma for the scattering and absorption of electromagnetic radiation A self-sustained atmospheric pressure system for absorbing or scattering electromagnetic waves using a capillary discharge electrode configuration plasma panel and a method for using the same. Of particular interest is the application of this system to vary the leve... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7067102 | Method and apparatus for producing ozone A method of producing ozone comprises the steps of generating intermittent bursts of corona discharge in an electrode region 20.2, and passing oxygen-containing fluid through the region, thereby to cause ionization of the oxygen. The electrode is energized by... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7053565 | Electrostatic fluid accelerator for and a method of controlling fluid flow An electrostatic fluid acceleration and method of operation thereof includes at least two synchronously powered stages with final or rear-most electrodes of one stage maintained at substantially the same instantaneous voltage as the immediately adjacent initial or f... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7029637 | Apparatus for ozone production, employing line and grooved electrodes An ozone generation cell has a first conductor generally having a line geometry and a second conductor having a first groove formed in a surface thereof, and having first and second flanks on opposite sides of the first groove. The second conductor and the first gro... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7014686 | Electrostatic air cleaner An air cleaner electrode assembly includes an elongated collector electrode and a plurality of elongated discharge electrodes arranged around the collector electrode. A fan may move air in a direction parallel to a length of the electrodes. The collector electrode m... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6991768 | Apparatus and method for the treatment of odor and volatile organic compound contaminants in air emissions An odor removal system to neutralize odors and VOC emissions in commercial and/or industrial air streams utilizes Non-Thermal Plasma (NTP) to create a range of Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS) to cause the oxidation and/or reduction of odor causing molecules and VOC's.... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6990965 | Combustion-engine air-intake ozone and air ion generator An engine power booster comprises an electronic voltage generator that converts the direct current (DC) battery voltage of a vehicle at a power input, into an AC ripple voltage of 2.8–5.0 KV peak-to-peak at 2.4–14.0 KHz, that includes a DC voltage of 2.0–3.5. ... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6974560 | Electro-kinetic air transporter and conditioner device with enhanced anti-microorganism capability An electro-kinetic air conditioner for removing particulates from the air creates an airflow using no moving parts. The airflow is subjected to UV radiation from a germicidal lamp within the device. The conditioner includes an ion generator that has an electrode ass... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6967165 | Method for fabricating multilayer interconnect and method for checking the same A method for forming a multilayer interconnect includes: a first step of forming a lower layer interconnect in an upper portion of a first insulating film and then forming a second insulating film and a third insulating film in this order on the first insulating fil... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6964189 | Portable aerosol contaminant extractor A compact, portable, aerosol contaminant extractor having ionization and collection sections through which ambient air may be drawn at a nominal rate so that aerosol particles ionized in the ionization section may be collected on charged plate in the collection sect... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6958134 | Electro-kinetic air transporter-conditioner devices with an upstream focus electrode An electro-kinetic air conditioner for removing particulates from the air creates an airflow using no moving parts. The conditioner includes an ion generator that has an electrode assembly including a first array of emitter electrodes, a second array of collector el... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6953523 | Portable, refillable water dispenser serving batches of water purified of organic and inorganic pollutants A portable, refillable water dispenser serving batches of water purified of organic and inorganic pollutants includes a portable, refillable and hand-holdable vessel for holding and pouring water having a spout and, inside the portable, refillable and hand-holdable ... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6953556 | Air conditioner devices An air conditioner includes an ion generator that provides ions and safe amounts of ozone. The ion generator includes a high voltage generator that provides a voltage potential difference between first and second electrode arrays. At least one of the first and secon... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6939813 | Apparatus for improved low pressure inductively coupled high density plasma reactor A plasma reactor comprises an electromagnetic energy source coupled to a radiator through first and second variable impedance networks. The plasma reactor includes a chamber having a dielectric window that is proximate to the radiator. A shield is positioned between... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6919698 | Electrostatic fluid accelerator for and method of controlling a fluid flow An electrostatic fluid accelerator includes a first number of corona electrodes and a second number of accelerating electrodes spaced apart from and parallel to adjacent ones of the corona electrodes. An electrical power source is connected to supply the corona and ... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6919053 | Portable ion generator and dust collector This invention relates to a portable, battery-operated ion generator featuring an electronic high voltage system which uses extremely low battery power. The ion generator can be made in the form of a pendant using a standard 9-volt alkaline battery, which can last f... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6916359 | Ozone production processes Methods of providing ozone at a selected pressure above atmospheric pressure include supplying a purge gas supply (22) pressurized above the selected pressure to at least one ozone adsorption apparatus (12); desorbing ozone from the ozone adsorption ap... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6911186 | Electro-kinetic air transporter and conditioner device with enhanced housing configuration and enhanced anti-microorganism capability An electro-kinetic air conditioner for removing particulates from the air creates an airflow using no moving parts. The airflow is subjected to UV radiation from a germicidal lamp within the device. The conditioner includes an ion generator that has an electrode ass... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6908501 | Electrode self-cleaning mechanism for air conditioner devices An air conditioner with a cleaning member having an opening, through which a wire-like electrode passes. The member is moved along the wire to frictionally clean the wire-like electrode when a collector electrode array is moved. A lifting arm is mounted to the colle... | 06/21/2005 |
