Method and apparatus for rendering saline water potable

Claim 1

IN A METHOD FOR RENDERING A SALINE SOLUTION POTABLE THE STEPS WHICH CONSIST OF PASSING THE SALINE SOLUTION INTO A HELICAL PASSAGEWAY ENVELOPED BY A REFRIGERATED CYLINDRICAL SURFACE, FORMING ICE ADJACENT THE CYLINDRICAL SURFACE, CENTRIFUGALLY DISPLACING THE LESS DENSE ICE WITH SALINE SOLUTION ADJACENT THE REFRIGERATED SURFACE, PASSING THE ICE INTO THE CENTER OF THE STREAM PASSING THROUGH THE HELICAL PASSAGEWAY, PASSING THE MIXTURE OF ICE AND SALINE SOLUTION INTO A SEPARATION TANK, SETTLING THE MORE DENSE CONCENTRATED SALINE SOLUTION IN THE BOTTOM OF THE SETTLING TANK, PASSING THE LESS DENSE ICE AND SALINE SOLUTION INTO THE UPPER PORTION OF THE SETTLING TANK, PASSING THE ICE ABOVE THE LEVEL OF THE SALINE SOLUTION IN THE SETTLING TANK, MELTING A PORTION OF THE ICE ABOVE THE LEVEL OF THE SALINE SOLUTION TO WASH THE BRINE FROM THE SURFACE AND INTERSTRICES OF THE ICE.