Crystal growing system

Claim 1

THE METHOD OF GROWING CRYSTALS FROM NUTRIENT SOLUTION CIRCULATING IN CONTACT WITH EXCESS SOLID SALT DISPOSED AT A POINT ALONG THE PATH OF TRAVEL OF THE SOLUTION PASSING SUCCESSIVELY THROUGH A SATURATOR STAGE, AN UNSATURATOR STAGE, A FEED STAGE AND A CRYSTALLIZER STAGE COMPRISING THE STEPS OF CIRCULATING THE SOLUTION CYCLICALLY IN A CONTINUOUS PATH OF TRAVEL PASSING SUCCESSIVELY FROM THE SATURATOR STAGE TO THE UNSATURATOR STAGE, FROM THE UNSATURATOR STAGE TO THE FEED STAGE, FROM THE FEED STAGE TO THE CRYSTALLIZER STAGE AND FROM THE CRYSTALLIZER STAGE BACK TO THE SATURATOR STAGE, MOVING THE SOLUTION IN CONTACT WITH THE EXCESS SOLID SALT IN THE SATURATOR STAGE, HEATING THE SOLUTION IN THE SATURATOR STAGE TO A TEMPERATURE VALUE SUFFICIENTLY ABOVE ITS SATURATION POINT TEMPERATURE TO RENDER IT SUFFICIENTLY UNSATURATED TO ADD ADDITIONAL SALT SOLUTE THERETO FROM THE EXCESS SOLID SALT THEREIN, HEATING THE SOLUTION IN THE UNSATURATOR STATE TO A DIFFERENT TEMPERATURE VALUE ABOVE SAID TEMPERATURE VALUE IN THE SATURATOR STAGE AND SUFFICIENTLY ABOVE ITS SATURATION POINT TEMPERATURE TO RENDER TO DISSOLVE CRYSTALLINE MATERIAL, MOVING THE HEATED SOLUTION FROM THE UNSATURATOR STAGE TO THE FEED STAGE, MOVING THE HEATED SOLUTION FROM THE FEED STAGE INTO THE BOTTOM OF THE CRYSTALLIZER STAGE AT A RATE OF FLOW SUFFICIENT TO REPLENISH USED SOLUTE REMOVED FROM THE SOLUTION BY CRYSTALLIZATION IN THE CRYSTALLIZER STAGE, MOVING A PORTION OF THE HEATED SOLUTION IN THE FEED STAGE INTO THE PATH OF TRAVEL OF THE SOLUTION BETWEEN THE SATURATOR STAGE AND THE UNSATURATOR STAGE TO CURTAIL SPURIOUS CRYSTAL GROWTH THEREIN, HEATING THE LOWEST PART OF THE BODY OF SOLUTION IN THE CRYSTALLIZER STAGE AT A TEMPERATURE SUITABLE TO MAINTAIN THE LOWEST PART ONLY THEREOF UNSATURATED AT A TEMPERATURE VALUE SUFFICIENTLY ABOVE SATURATION POINT TEMPERATURE TO CURTAIL CRYSTALLIZATION AND SUITABLE SIMULTANEOUSLY TO MAINTAIN THE UPPER PART THEREOF SATURATED AT A TEMPERATURE VALUE SUFFICIENTLY BELOW SATURATION POINT TEMPERATURE TO PERMIT CRYSTALLIZATION AND GROWTH OF CRYSTALS, AND MOVING THE CRYSTALS IN CONTACT WITH THE SATURATED UPPER PART OF THE SOLUTION IN THE CRYSTALLIZER STAGE.