Apparatus for producing potable water from saline water

Claim 1

IN AN APPARATUS FOR PURIFYING SALINE WATER BY DISTILLATION OF SALINE DISTILLAND AND RECOVERING OF DISTILLATE, THE COMBINATION COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF WATER VAPORIZING STAGES, EACH OF SAID STAGES COMPRISING A FORAMINATED CONVEYOR, ROLLER MEANS FOR SUPPORTING SAID CONVEYOR IN AN INCLINED POSITION SO THAT THE CONVEYOR HAS AN UPPER WEB MOVING UPWARD AND A LOWER WEB POSITIONED BELOW SAID UPPER WEB, MEANS FOR DRIVING SAID ROLLER, MEANS FOR MOVING SAID CONVEYOR SO THAT SAID UPPER WEB MOVES IN THE UPWARD DIRECTION, HEATING MEANS POSITIONED UNDERNEATH SAID UPPER WEB, MEANS FOR SUPPLYING SALINE WATER TO THE LOWER ENDS OF THE CONVEYOR SO THAT SALINE WATER IS PICKED UP IN THE FORAMINA OF THE CONVEYOR AND MOVED OVER SAID HEATING MEANS, SOME OF SAID SALINE WATER BEING EVAPORATED AS THE CONVEYOR PASSES OVER SAID HEATING MEANS, SAID DRIVING MEANS MOVING SAID CONVEYOR AT A SPEED SUCH THAT SOME OF THE SALINE WATER REMAINING THEREON AFTER PASSING OVER SAID HEATING MEANS IS JETTISONED AT THE UPPER END OF SAID CONVEYOR WHERE THE DIRECTION OF MOTION OF THE CONVEYOR IS ABRUPTLY CHANGED AND MEANS AT THE UPPER END OF SAID CONVEYOR FOR COLLECTING SAID JETTISONED SALINE WATER AND PASSING IT TO THE NEXT ONE OF SAID STAGES, AND MEANS POSITIONED ABOVE SAID CONVEYOR FOR CONDENSING AND COLLECTING THE VAPORIZED WATER.