Patent 7753994 was granted and assigned to Daikin Industries, Ltd. on July, 2010 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
In a discharge device for performing streamer discharge between a discharge electrode (41) including a plurality of discharge parts (61) and a counter electrode (42) including a plurality of counter parts (62) confronting the discharge parts (61), a resistor (60) is provided in a current carrying path between power source means (45) and the discharge parts (61).