Electrostatic carpet cleaner?

Question

There are electrostatic air filters but haven't seen a carpet cleaner. Carpets are major harbourers of mites, dust and grime and sweeping and hoovering would seem to increase the static charge of the carpet. If you passed an electrostatically charged element over the carpet the undesirables would cling to the element which could then be discharged in the rubbish. My degree from Dogpatch Insititute of Technology isn't enough for me to reason the whole idea out.

HG Wells wrote a story about such a dust buster which worked very effectively but had catastrophic consequences for the whole planet

Answer 1

What you are describing theoretically would work. However, electrostatic air filters typically use DC voltages of several hundred or a few thousand volts. Finding a way to make the element (I envision a flat metal plare.) safe around people would be a big challenge

Answer 2

Thanks, Shaan, for your answer

Answer 3

Electrostatic filtration. I use them in devices all the time. The air shifting through the narrow creates set power. Some filtration need a resource of power to do this. The electrostatic area draws and holds little contaminants.