Fresh water recovery system

Claim 1

A WATER EVAPORATOR COMPRISING (A) A TANK, (B) AN INCLINED PARTITION SECURED IN THE TANK AND DIVIDING IT INTO A LOWER BOILING CHAMBER AND AN UPPER CONDENSING CHAMBER, THE LOWER END OF SAID PARTITION BEING CONNECTED TO A SIDE WALL OF THE TANK TO PROVIDE A SUMP, AND INCLUDING MEANS FOR DRAINING THE SUMP INTO SAID BOILING CHAMBER, (C) DEMISTER MEANS COMMUNICATING FROM THE LOWER CHAMBER INTO THE UPPER CHAMBER, (D) MEANS FOR ADMITTING WATER INTO SAID BOILING CHAMBER, (E) WATER HEATING TUBES IN SAID BIOLING CHAMBER HAVING AN INLET AND AN OUTLET, (F) VAPOR CONDENSING MEANS HAVING INLET MEANS CONNECTED TO RECEIVE SEA WATER AND HAVING OUTLET MEANS INCLUDING TWO BRANCHES, THE CONDENSING MEANS BEING LOCATED IN SAID CONDENSING CHAMBER, (G) MEANS CONNECTING ONE BRANCH OF THE OUTLET MEANS OF SAID CONDENSING MEANS TO THE MEANS FOR ADMITTING WATER TO THE BOILING CHAMBER, (H) MEANS BENEATH THE CONDENSING MEANS FOR COLLECTING CONDENSATE AND WITHDRAWING IT FROMTHE TANK, (I) EDUCTOR MEANS HAVING A SUCTION CONNECTION CONNECTED WITH THE UPPER CHAMBER AND HAVING A LIQUID FLOW CIRCUIT CONNECTED TO THE OTHER BRAHCN OF THE CONDENSING MEANS, AND (J) MEANS FOR CIRCULATING A REFRIGERANT THROUGH SAID HEATING TUBES, MEANS INCLUDING A CLOSED REFRIGERANT CIRCUIT INCLUDING A COMPRESSOR HAVING AN INTAKE AND HAVING AN OUTLET CONDUIT CONNECTED WITH THE INLET OF SAID HEATING TUBES, EXPANSION VALVE MEANS HAVING ONE SIDE CONNECTED TO THE OUTLET OF SAID HEATING TUBES, AND OTHER REFRIGERANT TUBE MEANS CONNECTING THE OTHER SIDE OF THE VALVE MEANS TO THE COMPRESSOR INTAKE.