ELECTROSTATIC ATOMIZER AND HOT AIR BLOWER HAVING THE SAME
There is provided an electrostatic atomizer that electrostatically atomizes a liquid supplied to a discharge electrode by electric discharge caused by an electric field formed in response to voltage application to the discharge electrode. The electrostatic atomizer has a high-voltage generation circuit that generates a pulse voltage to be applied to the discharge electrode, and the high-voltage generation circuit includes a high-voltage control circuit that converts an input AC signal to a pulse signal, and an igniter that steps up the pulse signal obtained by the high-voltage control circuit to a voltage value of the pulse voltage to be applied to the discharge electrode.
1 . An electrostatic atomizer that electrostatically atomizes a liquid supplied to a discharge electrode by electric discharge caused by an electric field formed in response to voltage application to the discharge electrode, comprising:
a voltage generation unit that generates a pulse voltage to be applied to the discharge electrode, wherein
the voltage generation unit includes:
a conversion unit that converts an input AC signal to a pulse signal; and
an igniter that steps up the pulse signal obtained by the conversion unit to a voltage value of the pulse voltage to be applied to the discharge electrode.
2 . The electrostatic atomizer according to claim 1 , further comprising a current limiting unit that limits a current value of the pulse voltage to be applied to the discharge electrode.
3 . A hot air blower comprising:
the electrostatic atomizer according to claim 1 ; and
a hot air blowing unit that delivers warm air.