Vapor compression still for distilling impure water

Claim 1

AN APPARATUS FOR PURIFYING WATER WHICH COMPRISES COMPRESSOR MEANS FOR COMPRESSING A REFRIGERANT, MEANS FOR CIRCULATING THE COMPRESSED REFRIGERANT INTO HEAT EXCHANGE WITH WATER TO BE PURIFIED IN A WATER VAPORIZATION ZONE FOR HEATING THE WATER, MEANS FOR EXPANDING SAID REFRIGERANT AFTER APSSAGE THROUGH THE WATER VAPORIZATION ZONE, MEANS FOR DIRECTING THE EXPANDED REFRIGERANT IN HEAT EXCHANGE WITH A WATER CONDENSING ZONE FOR COOLING THE WATER CONDENSING ZONE, MEANS FOR RECYCLING THE EXPANDED REFRIGERANT TO THE COMPRESSOR FOR RECOMPRESSION, MEANS PROVIDING A CURRENT OF AIR MOVING FROM THE WATER VAPORIZING ZONE TO THE WATER CONDENSING ZONE FOR VAPORIZING THE WATER TO BE PURIFIED IN THE VAPORIZING ZONE, MEANS FOR SEPARATING CONDENSED PRODUCT WATER FROM THE CONDENSING ZONE INTO AT LEAST TWO BODIES, MEANS DIRECTING COMPRESSED REFRIGERANT THROUGH ONE OF SAID BODIES IN HEAT EXCHANGE THEREWITH FOR PROVIDING A BODY OF HOT WATER, MEANS DIRECTING EXPANDED REFRIGERANT INTO HEAT EXCHANGE WITH THE OTHER OF SAID BODIES TO COOL SAID BODY AND PROVIDE A BODY OF COLD WTER, AN ACCUMULATOR FOR STORING REGRIGERANT, AND MEANS COMPRISING A SERIES OF SOLENOID ACTUATED VALVES CONNECTED IN CIRCUITRY WITH THE COMPRESSOR FOR SELECTIVELY BY-PASSING THE RESPECTIVE HEAT EXCHANGERS ASSOCIATED WITH THE RESPECTIVE BODIES OF HOT AND COLD WTER, AND MEANS RESPONSIVE TO A PRESELECTED LEVEL AND A PRESELECTED TEMPERATURE OF EACH OF SAID TWO BODIES TO ACTUATE THE SERIES OF SOLENOID ACTUATED VALVES.

Claim 2

AN APPARATUS FOR PURIFYING WATER WHICH COMPRISES COMPRESSOR MEANS FOR COMPRESSING A REFRIGERANT, MEANS FOR CIRCULATING THE COMPRESSED REFRIGERANT INTO HEAT EXCHANGE WITH WATER TO BE PURIFIED IN A WATER VAPORIZATION ZONE FOR HEATING THE WATER, MEANS FOR EXPANDING SAID REFRIGERANT AFTER APSSAGE THROUGH THE WATER VAPORIZATION ZONE, MEANS FOR DIRECTING THE EXPANDED REFRIGERANT IN HEAT EXCHANGE WITH A WATER CONDENSING ZONE FOR COOLING THE WATER CONDENSING ZONE, MEANS FOR RECYCLING THE EXPANDED REFRIGERANT TO THE COMPRESSOR FOR RECOMPRESSION, MEANS PROVIDING A CURRENT OF AIR MOVING FROM THE WATER VAPORIZING ZONE TO THE WATER CONDENSING ZONE FOR VAPORIZING THE WATER TO BE PURIFIED IN THE VAPORIZING ZONE, MEANS FOR SEPARATING CONDENSED PRODUCT WATER FROM THE CONDENSING ZONE INTO AT LEAST TWO BODIES, MEANS DIRECTING COMPRESSED REFRIGERANT THROUGH ONE OF SAID BODIES IN HEAT EXCHANGE THEREWITH FOR PROVIDING A BODY OF HOT WATER, MEANS DIRECTING EXPANDED REFRIGERANT INTO HEAT EXCHANGE WITH THE OTHER OF SAID BODIES TO COOL SAID BODY AND PROVIDE A BODY OF COLD WTER, AN ACCUMULATOR FOR STORING REGRIGERANT, AND MEANS COMPRISING A SERIES OF SOLENOID ACTUATED VALVES CONNECTED IN CIRCUITRY WITH THE COMPRESSOR FOR SELECTIVELY BY-PASSING THE RESPECTIVE HEAT EXCHANGERS ASSOCIATED WITH THE RESPECTIVE BODIES OF HOT AND COLD WTER, AND MEANS RESPONSIVE TO A PRESELECTED LEVEL AND A PRESELECTED TEMPERATURE OF EACH OF SAID TWO BODIES TO ACTUATE THE SERIES OF SOLENOID ACTUATED VALVES.