Fluted tubular distillation apparatus

Claim 1

DISTILLATION APPARATUS COMPRISING: AN ELONGATED TUBE CONSTITUTING AN EVAPORATING CHAMBER, SAID TUBE HAVING INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR SURFACES COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF PARALLEL PROTUBERANCES SEPARATED BY DEPRESSIONS, SAID PROTUBERANCES BEING SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL TO THE LONGITUDINAL AXIS OF SAID TUBE, MEANS FOR SEALING SAID EVAPORATING CHAMBER FROM THE AMBIENT AIR AT ITS UPPER END, NOZZLE MEANS FOR SPRAYING WITH A DOWNWARD VELOCITY COMPONENT DISTILLAND ON THE WALL OF SAID EVAPORATING CHAMBER, A SEPARATING CHAMBER POSITIONED BELOW SAID EVAPORATING CHAMBER, MEANS LOCATED IN SAID SEPARATING CHAMBER TO SEPARATE EVAPORATED DISTILLAND FROM UNEVAPORATED DISTILLAND, MEANS FOR REMOVING EVAPORATED DISTILLAND FROM SAID SEPARATING CHAMBER, MEANS FOR REMOVING UNEVAPORATED DISTILLAND FROM SAID SEPARATING CHAMBER, A CONTAINER FORMING A SEALED CHAMBER SURROUNDING SAID TUBE CONSTITUTING A CONDENSING CHAMBER, MEANS FOR ADMITTING A SUPPLY OF STEAM TO SAID CONDENSING CHAMBER, AND MEANS FOR REMOVING CONDENSATE FROM SAID CONDENSING CHAMBER.