Apparatus for recovering heat released by condensation of a vaporized liquid

Claim 1

APPARATUS FOR RECOVERING THE HEAT RELEASED BY THE CONDENSATION OF A VAPOR, COMPRISING MEANS DEFINING AT LEAST ONE PAIR OF CHAMBERS, SAID CHAMBERS COMPRISING A FIRST ENCLOSED CHAMBER FOR EVAPORATING A LIQUID TO PRODUCE SAID VAPOR AND A SECOND ENCLOSED CHAMBER FOR CONDENSING SAID VAPOR, SAID CHAMBERS OF SAID PAIR HAVING A COMMON, HEAT-CONDUCTING WALL BETWEEN THEM; SAID WALL DEFINING ONE SIDE OF EACH OF SAID CHAMBERS; MEANS ON THE SECOND CHAMBER SIDE OF SAID COMMON WALL FOR INCREASING THE SURFACE AREA THEREOF AND FOR PROMOTING THE FORMATION OF DROPS OF LIQUID FROM THE CONDENSED VAPOR; FIRST MEANS FOR SUPPLYING SAID LIQUID TO SAID FIRST CHAMBER AT ONE END THEREOF, WHEREBY A PORTION OF THE DEPTH OF SAID CHAMBER IS FILLED WITH LIQUID; SECOND MEANS FOR DISCHARGING THE UNEVAPORATED PORTION OF SAID LIQUID FROM THE OTHER END OF SAID FIRST CHAMBER; THIRD MEANS INCLUDING AIR PUMP MEANS FOR CREATING A PARTIAL VACUUM IN SAID FIRST CHAMBER AND CONNECTING SAID PAIR OF CHAMBERS AT ONE END THEROF AND FOURTH MEANS INCLUDING A PRESSURE REGULATING MEANS THEREIN CONNECTING SAID PAIR OF CHAMBERS AT THE OTHER END THEREOF, WHEREBY GAS IS SUCKED THROUGH SAID FIRST CHAMBER AND BLOWN INTO SAID SECOND CHAMBER AND DRAWN ONCE AGAIN INTO SAID FIRST CHAMBER; FIFTH MEANS FOR COLLECTING THE LIQUID CONDENSED IN SAID SECOND CHAMBER, SAID PAIR OF CHAMBERS BEING ELONGATED AND SLOPED WHEREBY SAID ONE END IS ELEVATED ABOVE SAID OTHER END, AND SAID PAIR OF CHAMBERS BEING CONFIGURED TO TWIST ABOUT A SURFACE OF REVOLUTION.