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US3206380A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Hydraulic salt water conversion unit

Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1960-03-10
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Granted: 1965-09-14
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Expires: 1980-03-10
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Jerome G Daviau

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-27 12:03
CPC Classifications
C; C02; C02F; C02F1/00; C02F1/02; C02F1/04; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S159/00; Y10S159/16; Y10S159/17; Y10S203/00; Y10S203/18

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 170 words
A DESALINATION SYSTEM, COMPRISING: A VESSEL FOR FRESH WATER; AN INLET PIPE FOR RELATIVELY COOL SALT WATER EXTENDING INTO SAID VESSEL; A RECEPTACLE WITHIN SAID VESSEL; A PERFORATED CONDUIT IN SAID RECEPTACLE CLOSED AT ONE END AND COMMUNICATING AT ITS OTHER END WITH SAID INLET PIPE; A HEAT EXCHANGER TUBE WITHIN SAID PERFORATED CONDUIT HAVING OPEN ENDS EXTENDING OUTWARDLY OF SAID RECEPTACLE AND COMMUNICATING WITH THE INTERIOR OF SAID VESSEL, SAID RECEPTACLE HAVING AN UPPER WALL WITH ASPIRATING MEANS INCORPORATED THEREIN; A CIRCULATING PUMP IN SAID VESSEL ARRANGED TO FORCE FRESH WATER FROM SAID VESSEL AT HIGH VELOCITY OVER SAID ASPIRATING MEANS TO THEREBY REDUCE THE PRESSURE IN SAID RECEPTACLE AND TO INDUCE FLOW OF SALT WATER THROUGH SAID INLET PIPE FOR DISCHARGE THROUGH SAID PERFORATIONS AND EVAPORATION IN SAID RECEPTACLE, SAID HIGH VELOCITY FRESH WATER FURTHER CONDENSING SAID ASPIRATED VAPORS, AND TO FORCE WATER FROM SAID VESSEL THROUGH SAID HEAT EXCHANGE TUBE TO INCREASE THE TEMPERATURE OF THE SALT WATER IN SAID PERFORATED CONDUIT TO FURTHER FACILITATE EVAPORATION THEREOF.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 170 words
A DESALINATION SYSTEM, COMPRISING: A VESSEL FOR FRESH WATER; AN INLET PIPE FOR RELATIVELY COOL SALT WATER EXTENDING INTO SAID VESSEL; A RECEPTACLE WITHIN SAID VESSEL; A PERFORATED CONDUIT IN SAID RECEPTACLE CLOSED AT ONE END AND COMMUNICATING AT ITS OTHER END WITH SAID INLET PIPE; A HEAT EXCHANGER TUBE WITHIN SAID PERFORATED CONDUIT HAVING OPEN ENDS EXTENDING OUTWARDLY OF SAID RECEPTACLE AND COMMUNICATING WITH THE INTERIOR OF SAID VESSEL, SAID RECEPTACLE HAVING AN UPPER WALL WITH ASPIRATING MEANS INCORPORATED THEREIN; A CIRCULATING PUMP IN SAID VESSEL ARRANGED TO FORCE FRESH WATER FROM SAID VESSEL AT HIGH VELOCITY OVER SAID ASPIRATING MEANS TO THEREBY REDUCE THE PRESSURE IN SAID RECEPTACLE AND TO INDUCE FLOW OF SALT WATER THROUGH SAID INLET PIPE FOR DISCHARGE THROUGH SAID PERFORATIONS AND EVAPORATION IN SAID RECEPTACLE, SAID HIGH VELOCITY FRESH WATER FURTHER CONDENSING SAID ASPIRATED VAPORS, AND TO FORCE WATER FROM SAID VESSEL THROUGH SAID HEAT EXCHANGE TUBE TO INCREASE THE TEMPERATURE OF THE SALT WATER IN SAID PERFORATED CONDUIT TO FURTHER FACILITATE EVAPORATION THEREOF.

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