Desalinization of salt water and apparatus therefor

Claim 1

IN A LIQUID PURIFICATION SYSTEM, A CENTRIFUGAL SEPARATOR ADAPTED TO EXERT A CNETRIFUGLA FORCE INE XCESS OF ABOUT 20,000 TIMES THE FORCE OF GRAVITY UPON A SOLUTION CONTAINING DISSOLVED SOLIDS WHEREBY TO SEPARATE SAID SOLIDS FROM SAID SOLUTION, SAID SEPARATOR COMPRISING A ROTATABLE BODY ELEMENT POSSESSED WITH MEANS FOR HIGH SPEED ROTATION THEREOF, AN AXIALLY DISPOSED CHARGING CHAMBER IN SAID ELEMENT FOR RECEIVING SAID SOLUTION, EQUALLY SPACED AND RADICALLY DISPOSED SEPARATING CHAMBERS INTERCONNECTED WITH SAID CHARGING CHAMBER, SAID SEPARATING CHAMBERS HAVING A RADIALLY SLIDEABLE CLOSURE MEANS THEREFOR, SID CHAMBERS INCLUDING AN INNER RADIALLY DISPOSED LIQUID RECEIVING PASSAGEWAY AND A RADIAL SOLID SLURRY RECEIVING PASSAGEWAY EXTENDING THEREFROM A DISCHARGE SLURRY CONDUIT AND A LIQUID DISCHARGE CONDUIT, SAID CLOSURE MEANS FOR SID LIQUID RECIEVING PASSAGEWAY HAVING A SLURRY RECEIVING BORE THEREIN OF LESSER DIAMETER THAN SAID LIQUID RECEIVING PASSAGEWAY AND ADAPTED TO BE ALIGNED WITH SAID DISCHARGE SLURRY CONDUIT, MEANS TO RADIALLY MOVE SAID CLOSURE MEANS TO SELECTIVELY SEAL AND OPEN SAID LIQUID AND SLURRY DISCHARGE CONDUITS, AND COLLECTOR MEANS CIRCUMFERENTIALLY DISPOSED ABOUT SAID BODY ELEMENT TO SEPARATELY RECEIVE SAID SLURRY AND SAID LIQUID FROM THE RESPECTIVE DISCHARGE CONDUITS THEREOF.