PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a functional water generator capable of maximally utilizing functional water generated within an electrolytic vessel.SOLUTION: In a functional water generator performing electrode washing wherein an electrolysis unit 4 consisting of an anode and a cathode is configured within an electrolytic vessel 1, wherein, on an occasion where functional water is generated by electrolyzing, via the electrolysis unit 4, water W fed into the electrolytic vessel 1 and where the functional water is discharged from a discharge port 3 of the electrolytic vessel 1, a body of functional water is induced to remain within the electrolytic vessel 1 so as to immerse therein at least portions of both electrodes, namely anode and cathode, and wherein hardness components adhered to the electrodes at the time of the generation of the functional water are eluted into the water by streaming, through the electrodes of the electrolysis unit 4, a current disposed oppositely to that at the time of the generation of the functional water, the anode and cathode are configured in parallel opposition to one another along the vertical direction.COPYRIGHT: (C)2014,JPO&INPIT【課題】電解容器内で生成した機能水を最大限利用可能な機能水発生器を提供することを目的とする。【解決手段】 電解容器1内に陽極及び陰極から成る電気分解部4が設けられ、電解容器1内に供給された水Wを電気分解部4にて電気分解することにより機能水を生成した後、電解容器1の排出部3から機能水を排出する際に、陽極及び陰極の両電極の少なくとも一部が浸漬するように、電解容器1内に機能水を残留させ、電気分解部4の電極に対して機能水生成時とは逆向きの電流を流すことにより、機能水生成時に電極に付着した硬度成分を水中に溶出させる電極洗浄を行う機能水発生器であって、陽極と陰極とが垂直方向に平行に対向配置された構成とする。【選択図】 図1
