ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,303,913, issued on May 20.
"Electrostatic separator" was invented by Oliver Schmitz (Monchengladbach, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrostatic separator or precipitator through which an air stream to be cleaned of particles flows in a longitudinal direction includes at least one electrospray ionization source, which is supplied with a positive potential and can be implemented, for example, by the tips of a graphite fiber bundle, and a collector unit arranged downstream for particle separation and having parallel collector and driver plates. The ion flow from the corona zone is additionally homogenized and spread by an upst...