Means for desalting sea water by solar heat and air convection

Claim 1

A DESALINATION SYSTEM FOR CONVERTING SEA WATER TAKEN FROM A GIVEN SOURCE THEREOF INTO FRESH WATER, SAID SYSTEM COMPRISING AN EVAPORATOR COMPRISING AN ELONGATED HOLLOW EVAPORATOR BODY EXPOSED TO THE SUN''S RAYS SO AS TO BE HEATED THEREBY AND INCLINED ALONG ITS LENGTH RELATIVE TO THE HORIZONTAL SO THAT WATER COLLECTING IN THE BOTTOM THEREOF WILL FLOW THEREALONG BY GRAVITY, A SEA WATER PIPE LOCATED WITHIN SAID HOLLOW EVAPORATOR BODY AND RUNNING LONGITUDINALLY THEREOF SOME DISTANCE ABOVE ITS BOTTOM, MEANS FOR WITHDRAWING SEA WATER FROM SAID SOURCE AND FOR INTRODUCING THE SAME INTO SAID SEA WATER PIPE, SAID SEA WATER PIPE HAVING OPENINGS IN THE WALL THEREOF SO THAT WATER CONTAINED THEREIN MAY PASS THROUGH THE WALL THEREOF AND FALL THROUGH THE BODY OF SAID EVAPORATOR TO THE BOTTOM THEREOF FOR SUBSEQUENT FLOW ALONG SAID BOTTOM, MEANS FOR INTRODUCING AIR INTO SAID EVAPORATOR BODY FOR FLOW THERETHROUGH IN CONTACT WITH SAID SEA WATER SO THAT WATER VAPOR MAY EVAPORATE FROM SAID SEA WATER INTO SAID AIR TO PRODUCE HUMIDIFIED AIR AS A RESULT OF HEAT REVEIVED FROM SAID EVAPORATOR BODY, A CONDENSER UTILIZING THE SEA WATER OF SAID SOURCE AS A COOLING AGENT, AND MEANS FOR WITHDRAWING SAID HUMIDIFIED AIR FROM SAID EVAPORATOR BODY AND FOR CONDUCTING THE SAME TO SAID CONDENSER FOR FLOW THERETHROUGH TO CONDENSE WATER VAPOR FROM SAID AIR FOR USE AS FRESH WATER.