Process for separating sea salts

Claim 1

IN THE ART OF OBTAINING SODIUM CHLORIDE FROM SEA WATER, THE METHOD WHICH COMPRISES CONCENTRATING SEA WATER IN OPEN PONDS TO THE INCIPIENT SATURATION OF THE BRINE WITH MAGNESIUM SALTS, TRANSFERRING THE CONCENTRATED BRINE TO SETTLING TANKS, TREATING THE BRINE WITH SODIUM CARBONATE SUFFICIENT TO PRECIPITATE THE BULK OF THE MAGNESIUM AS CARBONATE AND THE COMPOUNDS OF HEAVY METALS FORMED AFTER REACTING WITH SODIUM CARBONATE, EFFECTING SEPARATION BY SETTLING, REMOVING THE CLEAR BRINE TO A HEATING ZONE, BOILING THE BRINE TO FURTHER CONCENTRATE IT AND SEPARATING OUT THE BULK OF THE SODIUM CHLORIDE AS THE BRINE CONCENTRATES AND CONTINUING THE EVAPORATION OF BRINE AND SEPARATION OF SODIUM CHLORIDE TO THE INCIPIENT PRECIPITATION OF POTASSIUM SALT, TRANSFERRING HOT CLEAR BRINE TO A ZONE OF REDUCED PRESSURE AND THERIN COOLING THE BRINE ABRUPTLY BY SPRAYING IT INTO SAID ZONE, FURTHER COOLING THE ACCUMULATED PARTIALLY COOLED BRINE BY HEAT EXCHANGE AND MECHANICALLY SEPARATING OUT OF THE FURTHER COOLED BRINE, PRECIPITATED POTASSIUM SALT.