Claims
- 1. Corona discharger having a shield casing formed with a longitudinal opening defined by opposed shield plates and a discharge wire extending between two longitudinal ends of said shield casing, said corona discharger comprising:
- a spring for stretching the discharge wire;
- means for supporting the discharge wire in a portion of said shield casing inwardly of said shield plates and between said two longitudinal ends of said shield casing; and
- adjusting means for adjusting the position of said supporting means within said shield casing to maintain said discharge wire spaced from a member to be subjected to the discharge of the wire and to control the distance between the discharge wire and a surface of the member to be subjected to the discharge of the wire;
- said spring maintaining a constant tension in said discharge wire regardless of the degree of adjustment effected by said adjusting means.
- 2. Corona discharger according to claim 1, wherein said means supporting the discharge wire are formed with recesses to receive the wire and the adjusting means are screws, one end of said wire being fixed to a tension member biased by said spring in a direction to apply tension to said wire.
- 3. A corona discharger according to claim 1, including, means for energizing said wire and grounding means including a tension pin and a grounding plate, said tension pin being adapted to shift under the influence of said spring means, upon failure of said wire, to contact said grounding plate and electrically ground the portion of said wire remaining charged.
Priority Claims (2)
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45-32112 |
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Parent Case Info
This application is a continuation of application Ser. No. 576,299 filed May 12, 1975, now abandoned, which is in turn a division of application Ser. No. 348,093 filed Apr. 5, 1973, now U.S. Pat. No. 3,883,240 which is a division of application Ser. No. 120,132 filed Mar. 2, 1971, now U.S. Pat. No. 3,784,297.
US Referenced Citations (1)
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Divisions (2)
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Continuations (1)
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