Apparatus for growing crystals

Claim 1

APPARATUS FOR GROWING SALT CRYSTALS BY PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING A SUPERSATURATED SOLUTION OF A SOLID IN A LIQUID BY CIRCULATION OF THE SOLUTION WHILE THE SOLID PASSES OUT OF SOLUTION THROUGH CRYSTALLIZATION, COMPRISING WALL MEANS AND BOTTOM MEANS DEFINING A DISSOLVER CHAMBER AND AT LEAST ONE LATERALLY ADJACENT CRYSTALLIZER CHAMBER AND AT A SALT CONTAINER HAVING AN UPPER PORTION AND A PERFORATED LOWER PORTION, SAID PERFORATED LOWER PORTION BEING DISPOSED WITHIN THE UPPER PART OF THE DISSOLVER CHAMBER, CONDUIT MEANS CONSTITUTED IN PART BY SAID WALL MEANS AND PROVIDING COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE CHAMBERS, SAID CONDUIT MEANS INCLUDING OPPOSITE ENDS DISPOSED BENEATH THE UPPER PORTION OF THE SALT CONTAINER, SAID CONDUIT MEANS FURTHER INCLUDING A FIRST CHANNEL HAVING AT LEAST ONE SUBSTANTIALLY VERTICAL PORTION TERMINATING IN AN OUTLET IN COMMUNICATION WITH THE LOWER PORTION OF THE CRYSTALLIZER CHAMBER, SAID FIRST CHANNEL HAVING AN INLET IN THE DISSOLVER CHAMBER, FURTHER CONDUIT MEANS PROVIDING A SECOND CHANNEL HAVING AN INLET IN THE CRYSTALLIZER CHAMBER AT A LEVEL AT LEAST ADJACENT THE LEVEL OF THE LOWER PORTION OF THE SALT CONTAINER, SAID SECOND CHANNEL INCLUDING A VERTICAL PORTION CONTIGUOUS WITH THE VERTICAL PORTION OF THE FIRST CHANNEL, SAID SECOND CHANNEL HAVING AN OUTLET IN DIRECT COMMUNICATION WITH THE PERFORATED LOWER