Electrostatic agglomerator having an improved discharge electrode structure

Claim 1

IN AN AGGLOMERATOR INCLUDING A DIELECTRIC BLOCK HAVING AT LEAST A PAIR OF APERTURES EXTENDING FROM ONE END OF THE BLOCK TO THE OTHER, A SOURCE OF HIGH VOLTAGE ALTERNATING CURRENT, AND A CASING CONNECTED TO ONE END OF THE DIELECTRIC BLOCK FOR CONDUCTING SMOKE TO THE APERTURES, THE IMPROVEMENT COMPRISING; AN ELECTRODE POSITIONED LONGITUDINALLY IN EACH OF SAID APERTURES AND BEING CONNECTED TO THE SOURCE OF HIGH VOLTAGE ALTERNATING CURRENT TO PROVIDE AN ELECTRICAL POTENTIAL BETWEEN THE ELECTRODES, EACH OF THE ELECTRODES INCLUDING A PLURALITY OF ELONGATED ANGLE MEMBERS, EACH OF SAID ANGLE MEMBERS HAVING AT LEAST FIRST AND SECOND SIDE ARMS, SAID FIRST AND SECOND SIDE ARMS DEFINING AN ANGLE MEMBER ANGLE THEREBETWEEN, THE VERTEX OF EACH ANGLE MEMBER ANGLE BEING DISPOSED SUBSTANTIALLY AT A COMMON POINT, SAID SIDE ARMS OF SAID ANGLE MEMBERS EXTENDING RADIALLY OUTWARDLY FROM SAID COMMON POINT, ALL OF SAID SIDE ARMS BEING SUBSTANTIALLY LONGITUDINALLY COEXTENSIVE WITH EACH OTHER, THE FIRST SIDE ARM OF EACH ANGLE MEMBER BEING SUBSTANTIALLY TRANSVERSELY COEXTENSIVE WITH AND SECURED IN FACIAL ENGAGEMENT TO THE SECOND SIDE ARM OF AN ADJACENT ANGLE MEMBER TO FORM A PLURALITY OF BASE MEMBERS EXTENDING RADIALLY OUTWARDLY FROM SAID COMMON POINT, THE OTHER RADIAL EX-