Apparatus for horizontal distillation

Claim 1

A DISTILLATION FOR SEPARATING A LIQUID MIXTURE OF LIQUIDS OF LOW AND HIGH BOILING POINTS COMPRISING A HORIZONTAL LONGITUDINAL TUBE, AND APERTURED VAPOR INLET CLOSURE SECURED IN AIR-TIGHT MANNER TO ONE END OF SAID TUBE, AN APERTURED VAPOR OUTLET CLOSURE SECURED IN AIR-TIGHT MANNER TO THE OTHER END OF SAID TUBE, A PLURALITY OF SPACED-APART FORAMINIOUS BATS COMPLETELY AND SUBSTANTIALLY TRANSVERSELY ACROSS THE CHAMBER OF SAID HORIZONTAL TUBE, A PLURALITY OF PUMPS DISPOSED BETWEEN RESPECTIVE SUCESSIVE BATS FOR CONVEYING LIQUID TOWARD SAID INLET CLOSURE AND FROM THE BOTTOM OF ONE BAT TO THE TOP OF THE ADJACENT BAT, BOILER MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID INLET CLOSURE FOR CONVEYING VAPORS OF SAID LIQUID MIXTURE INTO SAID TUBE, A CONDENSER SECURED TO SAID OUTLET CLOSURE FOR CONDENSING VAPORS OF THE SEPARATED LOW BOILING LIQUID A LIQUID MIXTURE FEED INLET DISPOLSED INTERMEDIATE SAID CLOSURE ENDS, CONDUIT MEANS FOR RETURNING A PORTION OF THE CONDENSATE TO THE TUBE AND ADJACENT SAID OUTLET CLOSURE AND CONDUIT MEANS FOR CONVEYING THE LIQUID IN SAID TUBE ADJACENT THE INLET CLOSURE TO SAID BOILER MEANS.