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US3190816A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Solar distillation

Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1958-12-16
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Granted: 1965-06-22
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Expires: 1978-12-16
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Oswald T Adamec

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-11-01 05:24
CPC Classifications
C; C02; C02F; C02F1/00; C02F1/02; C02F1/04; C02F1/14; F; F24; F24S; F24S20/00; F24S20/60; F24S20/64; Y; Y02; Y02A; Y02A20/00; Y02A20/20; Y02A20/208; Y02A20/212; Y02B; Y02B10/00; Y02B10/20; Y02E; Y02E10/00; Y02E10/40; Y02E10/44; Y10; Y10S; Y10S203/00; Y10S203/01

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 193 words
A SOLAR DISTILLER OF SEA WATER COMPRISING A FIRST STRUCTURAL MEANS WITH AN EXTENSIVE TIP AREA COMMERCIALLY UTILIZABLE BY HEAVY VEHICLES, AND HAVING THE PROPERTY OF THERMAL ABSORPTION AND CONDUCTIVITY OF SOLAR HEAT, A SERIES OF TUBULAR METAL CONDUITS SPACED IN AND EMBEDDED WITHIN SAID STRUCTURAL MEANS BENEATH SAID TOP SURFACE TO RECEIVE THE HEAT ABSORBED BY THE STRUCTURAL MEANS AND FOR TRANSFERRING THE HEAT TO SEA WATER FLOWING THERETHROUGH, A SECOND STRUCTURAL MEANS SUPPORTING SAID FIRST STRUCTURAL MEANS, A VAPORIZATION CHAMBER IN SAID SECOND STRUCTURAL MEANS FOR RECEIVING AND VAPORIZING HEATED WATER AND HAVING MEANS FOR DELIVERING MOISTURE RECPTIVE AIR TO MOVE FROM AN END AREA OF THE CHAMBER THROUGH THE CHAMBER, MEANS FOR DELIVERING THE SEA WATER FLOWING THROUGH SAID CONDUITS TO SAID VAPORIZATION CHAMBER SUBSTANTIALLY IN SAID END AREA, MEANS FOR SPRAYING HEATED SEA WATER INTO SAID CHAMBER TO EVAPORATE A PART THEREOF, CONDENSATION MEANS SEPARATE FROM SAID FIRST AND SECOND STRUCTURAL MEANS AND HAVING COOLING AND CONDENSING SURFACES, SAID COOLING SURFACES CONVEYING EVAPORATING SEA WATER TO COOL SAID CONDENSING SURFACES, MEANS FOR DELIVERING THE MOSITURE-LADEN AIR FROM SAID VAPORIZATION CHAMBER FOR CONDENSING THE MOISTURE THEREFROM AND FROMING PURIFIED WATER.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 193 words
A SOLAR DISTILLER OF SEA WATER COMPRISING A FIRST STRUCTURAL MEANS WITH AN EXTENSIVE TIP AREA COMMERCIALLY UTILIZABLE BY HEAVY VEHICLES, AND HAVING THE PROPERTY OF THERMAL ABSORPTION AND CONDUCTIVITY OF SOLAR HEAT, A SERIES OF TUBULAR METAL CONDUITS SPACED IN AND EMBEDDED WITHIN SAID STRUCTURAL MEANS BENEATH SAID TOP SURFACE TO RECEIVE THE HEAT ABSORBED BY THE STRUCTURAL MEANS AND FOR TRANSFERRING THE HEAT TO SEA WATER FLOWING THERETHROUGH, A SECOND STRUCTURAL MEANS SUPPORTING SAID FIRST STRUCTURAL MEANS, A VAPORIZATION CHAMBER IN SAID SECOND STRUCTURAL MEANS FOR RECEIVING AND VAPORIZING HEATED WATER AND HAVING MEANS FOR DELIVERING MOISTURE RECPTIVE AIR TO MOVE FROM AN END AREA OF THE CHAMBER THROUGH THE CHAMBER, MEANS FOR DELIVERING THE SEA WATER FLOWING THROUGH SAID CONDUITS TO SAID VAPORIZATION CHAMBER SUBSTANTIALLY IN SAID END AREA, MEANS FOR SPRAYING HEATED SEA WATER INTO SAID CHAMBER TO EVAPORATE A PART THEREOF, CONDENSATION MEANS SEPARATE FROM SAID FIRST AND SECOND STRUCTURAL MEANS AND HAVING COOLING AND CONDENSING SURFACES, SAID COOLING SURFACES CONVEYING EVAPORATING SEA WATER TO COOL SAID CONDENSING SURFACES, MEANS FOR DELIVERING THE MOSITURE-LADEN AIR FROM SAID VAPORIZATION CHAMBER FOR CONDENSING THE MOISTURE THEREFROM AND FROMING PURIFIED WATER.

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