An ionising device is described comprising a tubular bulb of electrically insulating or dielectric material extending along a longitudinal reference axis and having the two opposite longitudinal terminal ends and open, a tubular cathode engaged in the bulb, a tubular anode fitted onto the bulb, a pair of covers coupled to a relative end of said bulb so as to hermetically close it, and a conductive electrode comprising a stem extending into said bulb, and a plurality of conductive crowns which are fitted onto the stem at predetermined distances from each other and are suitable to exert an elastic compression on the tubular cathode against the inner surface of the bulb.

A filtration system includes a frame directing a fluid flow through the filtration system. An ionization array is located in the frame and has an ionizer current flowing therethrough. The system further includes a media filter having a plurality of media fibers arranged to capture particles flowing therethrough and a conductive surface located at the media filter and having a filter current flowing therethrough. A comparator is utilized to determine a difference between the ionizer current and the filter current, and compare that difference to a predetermined range.

A dust collecting module for reducing vibration by maintaining a distance between electrodes includes an arrangement of discharge electrodes and dust collecting electrodes alternately disposed and spaced apart from each other, the discharge electrodes configured to be charged to a predetermined voltage for generating a corona discharge between the discharge electrodes and the dust collecting electrodes, at least one dust collecting electrode of the dust collecting electrodes having a first hole; a first hole jig received in the first hole and fixed to the at least one dust collecting electrode, the first hole jig having a larger thickness than the at least one dust collecting electrode; a first tie rod coupled to the discharge electrodes and configured to pass through and fix the discharge electrodes by being fitted into the first hole jig; and a second tie rod coupled to the dust collecting electrodes to fix the dust collecting electrodes.

The present disclosure relates to an air supply arrangement for a vehicle, the air supply arrangement comprising an air supply duct, an ionising member located in the air supply duct and a passive collecting member located in the air supply duct downstream of the ionising member, wherein a shortest path length of an air flow between the ionising member and the collecting member is in the range of from 20 to 70 centimeters (cm), preferably in the range of from 25 to 50 cm. The disclosure further relates to an external portion of such an air supply arrangement and a vehicle with such an air supply arrangement.

An electrification apparatus for dust collection includes an electrification module configured to generate an ion that is emitted to air. The electrification module includes: at least one discharge tip configured to emit the ion in a direction opposite to a flow direction of the air, a conductive plate configured to generate a potential difference with the discharge tip, a frame that defines an appearance of the electrification module and that supports the discharge tip and the conductive plate, and a high voltage supplier configured to generate a voltage to supply the voltage to the discharge tip.

An electrification apparatus for dust collection includes an electrification module configured to generate ions that are emitted to air. The electrification module comprises: a high voltage tip comprising at least one discharge tip configured to emit the ions in a direction opposite to a flow direction of the air, a conductive plate disposed around the discharge tip and configured to generate an electric potential difference with the discharge tip of the high voltage tip, a lower frame that mounts the conductive plate and the high voltage tip, and an upper frame that is coupled to the lower frame and that covers the conductive plate and the high voltage tip so that the discharge tip is exposed to outward.

An electrification apparatus for dust collection includes an electrification module configured to generate an ion emitted to air and comprising: at least one discharge tip configured to emit the ion in a direction opposite to a flow direction of the air, at least one tip holder supporting the discharge tip, a conductive plate generating a potential difference with the discharge tip, and a frame defining an appearance of the electrification module and supporting the tip holder and the conductive plate. The frame comprises an upper frame disposed at an upper side of the conductive plate and a lower frame disposed at a lower side of the conductive plate, the tip holder is disposed between the upper frame and the lower frame, and an upper surface of the tip holder is coupled to the upper frame and a lower surface of the tip holder is coupled to the lower frame.

An electrification apparatus for dust collection includes an electrification module configured to generate ions that are emitted to air. The electrification module comprises: a high voltage tip comprising at least one discharge tip configured to emit the ions in a direction opposite to a flow direction of the air, a conductive plate that surrounds the discharge tip and that is configured to generate an electric potential difference with the discharge tip of the high voltage tip, a lower frame that mounts the conductive plate and the high voltage tip, an upper frame that is coupled to a first side of the lower frame and that covers the conductive plate and the high voltage tip, the discharge tip protruding outward through the upper frame, and a ground mesh coupled to a second side of the lower frame.

A wearable air purifier includes at least one wearable component, a control unit, at least one speaker assembly and at least one negative ion generating component. The control unit is disposed inside the at least one wearable component. The at least one speaker assembly is disposed on the at least one wearable component and electrically connected to the control unit. The at least one negative ion generating component is disposed on the at least one wearable component and electrically connected to the control unit. The control unit provides high-voltage currents to the at least one negative ion generating component to enable the at least one negative ion generating component to emit negative ions by corona discharging, and the control unit further provides audio signals to the at least one speaker assembly to activate the at least one speaker assembly to generate sound.

An image forming apparatus includes a flow passage associated with a direction of flow and a particle collecting device including a filter to collect particles in a fluid passing through the flow passage in the direction of flow. The flow passage includes a curved portion, and a distribution in particle collecting performance of the filter in a direction perpendicular to the direction of flow results from the curved portion of the flow passage.