"I hate what they've done to my child...I would never let my own children watch it. "
Vladimir Zworykin, television pioneer ; Talking about an invention in which he played a critical role.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7244289 | Air purifier with detachable ionizer unit An air purifier includes an outer casing and an ionizer module. The outer casing has a top portion, a bottom portion having an electrode opening, an air purifying cavity defining between the top and bottom portion, and a peripheral opening communicating with the air... | 07/17/2007 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 6893618 | Device for air cleaning from dust and aerosols A device for air cleaning from dust and aerosols based on the use of non-homogeneous electrostatic field creating a flow of charged particles (the so called “ionic wind”) and operating as electrostatic precipitator. The device comprises a body inside which coron... | 05/17/2005 |
| 6764659 | Ozone applications for disinfection, purification and deodorization A frame-type ozone generator has a plurality of elongated electrodes deployed in substantially parallel, spaced relation to each other so as to form a substantially flat electrode array, and a flow generator for generating a flow of oxygen containing gas through the... | 07/20/2004 |
| 6514771 | Light-controlled electrokinetic assembly of particles near surfaces A method and apparatus for the manipulation of colloidal particulates and biomolecules at the interface between an insulating electrode such as silicon oxide and an electrolyte solution. Light-controlled electrokinetic assembly of particles near surfaces ... | 02/04/2003 |
| 6391183 | Apparatus for producing ozone water and method of producing ozone water by using the same apparatus An ozonized water generating device in which an inside of a casing is defined by a solid electrolyte film into an anode chamber and a cathode chamber. An anode electrode made of noble metal having an ozone generating catalyst function is arranged to be im... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6290823 | Convertible electrode roller for corona treating systems A corona treatment system (10d) has a corona treatment generator (11d), a first stationary electrode (12d) having a dielectric layer (18d) disposed thereon and a second roller electrode (13d) spaced from the first stationary electrode (12d) by a gap (15d)... | 09/18/2001 |
| 6251691 | Light-controlled electrokinetic assembly of particles near surfaces A method and apparatus for the manipulation of colloidal particles and biomolecules at the interface between an insulating electrode such as silicon oxide and an electrolyte solution. Light-controlled electrokinetic assembly of particles near surfaces rel... | 06/26/2001 |
| 5578280 | Ozone generator with a generally spherical corona chamber This invention relates to a novel ozone generator device for the production of high concentrations of ozone by way of a design that permits a process environment that is consonant with the optimum values of hardware and operating variables that thermodyna... | 11/26/1996 |
| 5487874 | Air intake system for an internal combustion engine An apparatus for supplying combustion gas to an internal combustion engine. The apparatus generates negatively-charged molecules of the formula [MOx ]-, where M is a positive ion, O is oxygen and x is a number at least equal to 3, an... | 01/30/1996 |
| 5002738 | Movement ozone generator An ozone generator comprising a body having a chamber, an inlet and an outlet to enable gas to flow through the body via the chamber, a primary electrode mounted within the chamber and a discharge electrode having one or more edge with a small radius of c... | 03/26/1991 |
| 4992246 | Ozonizer This invention relates to an ozonizer for generating ozone by causing a corona discharge to occur between electrodes oppositely arranged in air. An object of the ozonizer is to make the whole device compact and maintenance simple with reduction of the num... | 02/12/1991 |
| 4886645 | Ozone generator In the ozone generator, the inner electrodes which have been continuous until now, are subdivided into individual electrically series-connected segments (7) which are mechanically decoupled from one another. In this manner, ozoniers of almost arbitrary le... | 12/12/1989 |
| 4859429 | Ozone generating device An electronic type ozone generating device utilizing an elongated tube or cylinder having a negative electrode in the form of a fine wire, and a conductive coating on an inner surface of the tube connected to a source of positive potential, whereby air to... | 08/22/1989 |
| 4792438 | Rotary type ozonizer A rotary ozonizer has a base, a disk-shaped stationary electrode mounted on the base, and a rotary electrode unit disposed over the stationary electrode in face-to-face relation to form an electric discharge clearance. The rotary electrode unit comprises ... | 12/20/1988 |
| 4556544 | Retract mechanism for corona treater station A corona treatment station includes a header which supports an active electrode along the surface of a metal roller electrode. The header is attached to the side assemblies by carriages which translate the header and attached active electrode away from th... | 12/03/1985 |
| 4153560 | Corona device and method for using same A corona discharge device is disclosed in which a cylindrical shell made of a dielectric material is mounted around a rotatable axle. Electrodes are arranged inside and outside of the shell so as to provide a corona discharge across a material to improve ... | 05/08/1979 |
| 4049707 | Apparatus for fluid treatment by corona discharge An effective, efficient apparatus for treating a fluid by electron emission or corona discharge having a prolonged useful life can be constructed so as to include a first electrode, a composite dielectric structure located along the side of and spaced fro... | 09/20/1977 |