High vacuum distillation

Claim 1

A HIGH VACUUM CENTRIFUGAL DISTILLATION APPARATUS COMPRISING A ROTATABLE VAPORISER HAVING A VAPORISING SURFACE, A CONDENSER AND AN INLET CONDUIT FOR INTRODUCING DISTILLAND TO SAID VAPORISING SURFACE, SAID VAPORISER AND CONDENSER BEING SEPARATED BY SUBSTANTIALLY UNOBSTRUCTED SPACE, AND WHEREIN SAID VAPORISING SURFACE IS DIVIDED INTO A SERIES OF CONCENTRIC VAPORISATION ZONES, EACH ZONE BEING PROVIDED WITH A DRAINAGE CONDUIT SITUATED NEAR ITS OUTER PERIPHERY AND ADAPTED TO REMOVE SURPLUS LIQUID FROM THE ZONE, AND WHEREIN SAID INLET CONDUIT IS POSITIONED SO AS TO INTRODUCE DISTILLAND NEAR THE INNER BOUNDARY OF THE INNER ZONE AND THE CONDENSER COMPRISES A SERIES OF CONDENSING TRAYS, ONE FOR EACH VAPORISING ZONE, THE TRAYS SLOPING DOWNWARDLY TOWARDS THE OUTER CIRCUMFERENCE OF THE VAPORISER AND HAVING AN OUTER EDGE POSITIONED, IN THE CASE OF ALL TRAYS EXPECT THE LAST, OVER THE NEXT SUCCEEDING VAPORISATION ZONE NEAR ITS INNER BOUNDARY AND, IN THE CASE OF THE LAST TRAY OVER A COLLECTING ZONE, EACH TRAY BEING ADAPTED, IN THE USE OF THE APPARATUS, TO CONDENSE VAPOR FROM ITS ASSOCIATED VAPORISING ZONE AND TO DEPOSIT THE CONDENSED VAPOR FROM ITS OUTER EDGE.