US3359183A
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Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1965-07-30
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Granted: 1967-12-19
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Expires: 1985-07-30
Abstract
No abstract record available.
Inventors
- 👤 Kenk Roman
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-03 16:21
CPC Classifications
C; C02; C02F; C02F1/00; C02F1/02; C02F1/04; C02F1/14; B; B01; B01D; B01D5/00; B01D5/0057; B01D5/006; B01D5/0066; F; F24; F24S; F24S23/00; F24S23/70; F24S23/74; Y; Y02; Y02A; Y02A20/00; Y02A20/20; Y02A20/208; Y02A20/212; Y02B; Y02B10/00; Y02B10/20; Y02E; Y02E10/00; Y02E10/40; Y10; Y10S; Y10S159/00; Y10S159/902; Y10S159/903
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim
483 words
A SOLAR STILL FOR DISTILLING A LIQUID, SAID STILL COMPRISING A PAIR OF UPRIGHT RECEPTACLES, EACH OF SAID RECEPTACLES COMPRISING A PAIR OF OPPOSED SPACED OUTER AND INNER WALLS, A PAIR OF OPPOSED SPACED SIDEWALLS, AND A BOTTOM WALL, SAID RECEPTACLES HAVING ADJACENT OPEN UPPER AND CLOSED BOTTOM ENDS, SAID RECEPTACLES BEING DISPOSED WITH SAID INNER WALLS SPACED FROM BUT CONFRONTING ONE ANOTHER AND WITH SAID FRONT WALLS BEING REMOTELY-DISPOSED RELATIVE TO ONE ANOTHER, MEANS CONNECTING TOGETHER THE UPPER ENDS OF EACH OF SAID INNER WALLS, SAID UPPER ENDS OF SAID INNER WALLS BEING SPACED BELOW THE UPPER ENDS OF SAID FRONT WALLS AND SAID FRONT WALL OF SAID RECEPTACLES BEING SPACED BELOW SAID FRONT WALL OF THE OTHER OF SAID RECEPTACLES, A CLOSURE MEMBER AND CONDENSER MEANS EXTENDING ACROSS THE UPPER ENDS OF SAID FRONT WALLS OF BOTH OF SAID RECEPTACLES, SAID CLOSURE MEMBER BEING DOWNWARDLY-INCLINED FROM SAID FRONT WALL OF SAID OTHER OF SAID RECEPTACLES TOWARD SAID FRONT WALL OF SAID ONE OF SAID RECEPTACLES, SAID CLOSURE MEMBER COOPERATING WITH SAID UPPER ENDS OF THE INNER WALLS TO FORM AN OPEN THROAT ESTABLISHING COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE UPPER ENDS OF SAID RECEPTACLES, MEANS SUPPORTING SAID RECEPTACLES IN THEIR SAID UPRIGHT POSITIONS, A LIQUID DISTILLAND CIRCULATION SYSTEM INCLUDING A CONDUIT HAVING AN END OPEN COMMUNICATION WITH SAID OTHER RECEPTACLE THROUGH SAID BOTTOM WALL THEREOF AND AT ITS OTHER END IN OPEN COMMUNICATION WITH SAID OTHER RECEPTACLE THROUGH ITS SAID FRONT WALL AND ADAPTED TO BE BELOW THE LEVEL OF THE LIQUID DISTILLAND DISPOSED IN SAID OTHER RECEPTACLE, AND SAID CONDUIT INCLUDING A PROTION THEREOF HAVING ITS LONGITUDINAL AXIS DISPOSED AT AN ACUTE ANGLE RELATIVE TO A HORIZONTAL PLANE AND BEING EXPOSED TO SOLAR HEAT EMISSION WHEREBY SAID HEAT EMISSION CAUSES SAID LIQUID IN SAID CONDUIT PORTION TO RISE FOR DISCHARGE IN SAID OTHER RECEPTACLE TO HEAT SAID LIQUID THEREIN AND TO EFFECT LIQUID CIRCULATION THROUGH SAID OTHER RECPTACLE AND SAID CONDUIT, SAID LIQUID HEATED IN SAID CONDUIT PORTION HEATING SAID LIQUID IN SAID OTHER RECEPTACLE TO CAUSE VAPORIZATION THEREOF AND SUBSEQUENT CONDENSATION ON SAID CLOSURE MEMBER, THE CONDENSATE COLLECTING AND SLIDING DOWNWARDLY ON THE UNERSIDE OF SAID CLOSURE MEMBER FOR DISCHARGE AND COLLECTION IN SAID ONE RECEPTACLE, SAID CONDUIT PORTION BEING PROVIDED WITH A COATING HAVING HIGH HEAT-ABSORBING CHARACTERISTICS, REFLECTOR MEANS MOUNTED ON SAID CONDUIT PORTION ADJACENT THE OPPOSED ENDS THEREOF, SAID REFLECTOR MEANS HAVING A FOCAL LINE LYING ON THE LONGITUDINAL AXIS OF SAID CONDUIT PORTION, MEANS FOR PIVOTING SAID REFLECTOR MEANS ABOUT THE LONGITUDINAL AXIS OF SAID CONDUIT PORTION TO A SELECTED ADJUSTED POSITION, AND MEANS FOR HOLDING SAID REFLECTOR MEANS IN ITS SAID ADJUSTED POSITION, A WIRE MESH SCREEN EXTENDING ACROSS SAID OPEN END OF SAID OTHER OF SAID RECEPTACLES, SAID SCREEN BEING DISPOSED IN VERTICALLY-SPACED RELATION RELATIVE TO SAID LIQUID LEVEL AND TO SAID CLOSURE MEMBER, DRAIN MEANS CONNECTED WITH SAID BOTTOM WALL OF SAID OTHER OF SAID RECEP-
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
483 words
A SOLAR STILL FOR DISTILLING A LIQUID, SAID STILL COMPRISING A PAIR OF UPRIGHT RECEPTACLES, EACH OF SAID RECEPTACLES COMPRISING A PAIR OF OPPOSED SPACED OUTER AND INNER WALLS, A PAIR OF OPPOSED SPACED SIDEWALLS, AND A BOTTOM WALL, SAID RECEPTACLES HAVING ADJACENT OPEN UPPER AND CLOSED BOTTOM ENDS, SAID RECEPTACLES BEING DISPOSED WITH SAID INNER WALLS SPACED FROM BUT CONFRONTING ONE ANOTHER AND WITH SAID FRONT WALLS BEING REMOTELY-DISPOSED RELATIVE TO ONE ANOTHER, MEANS CONNECTING TOGETHER THE UPPER ENDS OF EACH OF SAID INNER WALLS, SAID UPPER ENDS OF SAID INNER WALLS BEING SPACED BELOW THE UPPER ENDS OF SAID FRONT WALLS AND SAID FRONT WALL OF SAID RECEPTACLES BEING SPACED BELOW SAID FRONT WALL OF THE OTHER OF SAID RECEPTACLES, A CLOSURE MEMBER AND CONDENSER MEANS EXTENDING ACROSS THE UPPER ENDS OF SAID FRONT WALLS OF BOTH OF SAID RECEPTACLES, SAID CLOSURE MEMBER BEING DOWNWARDLY-INCLINED FROM SAID FRONT WALL OF SAID OTHER OF SAID RECEPTACLES TOWARD SAID FRONT WALL OF SAID ONE OF SAID RECEPTACLES, SAID CLOSURE MEMBER COOPERATING WITH SAID UPPER ENDS OF THE INNER WALLS TO FORM AN OPEN THROAT ESTABLISHING COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE UPPER ENDS OF SAID RECEPTACLES, MEANS SUPPORTING SAID RECEPTACLES IN THEIR SAID UPRIGHT POSITIONS, A LIQUID DISTILLAND CIRCULATION SYSTEM INCLUDING A CONDUIT HAVING AN END OPEN COMMUNICATION WITH SAID OTHER RECEPTACLE THROUGH SAID BOTTOM WALL THEREOF AND AT ITS OTHER END IN OPEN COMMUNICATION WITH SAID OTHER RECEPTACLE THROUGH ITS SAID FRONT WALL AND ADAPTED TO BE BELOW THE LEVEL OF THE LIQUID DISTILLAND DISPOSED IN SAID OTHER RECEPTACLE, AND SAID CONDUIT INCLUDING A PROTION THEREOF HAVING ITS LONGITUDINAL AXIS DISPOSED AT AN ACUTE ANGLE RELATIVE TO A HORIZONTAL PLANE AND BEING EXPOSED TO SOLAR HEAT EMISSION WHEREBY SAID HEAT EMISSION CAUSES SAID LIQUID IN SAID CONDUIT PORTION TO RISE FOR DISCHARGE IN SAID OTHER RECEPTACLE TO HEAT SAID LIQUID THEREIN AND TO EFFECT LIQUID CIRCULATION THROUGH SAID OTHER RECPTACLE AND SAID CONDUIT, SAID LIQUID HEATED IN SAID CONDUIT PORTION HEATING SAID LIQUID IN SAID OTHER RECEPTACLE TO CAUSE VAPORIZATION THEREOF AND SUBSEQUENT CONDENSATION ON SAID CLOSURE MEMBER, THE CONDENSATE COLLECTING AND SLIDING DOWNWARDLY ON THE UNERSIDE OF SAID CLOSURE MEMBER FOR DISCHARGE AND COLLECTION IN SAID ONE RECEPTACLE, SAID CONDUIT PORTION BEING PROVIDED WITH A COATING HAVING HIGH HEAT-ABSORBING CHARACTERISTICS, REFLECTOR MEANS MOUNTED ON SAID CONDUIT PORTION ADJACENT THE OPPOSED ENDS THEREOF, SAID REFLECTOR MEANS HAVING A FOCAL LINE LYING ON THE LONGITUDINAL AXIS OF SAID CONDUIT PORTION, MEANS FOR PIVOTING SAID REFLECTOR MEANS ABOUT THE LONGITUDINAL AXIS OF SAID CONDUIT PORTION TO A SELECTED ADJUSTED POSITION, AND MEANS FOR HOLDING SAID REFLECTOR MEANS IN ITS SAID ADJUSTED POSITION, A WIRE MESH SCREEN EXTENDING ACROSS SAID OPEN END OF SAID OTHER OF SAID RECEPTACLES, SAID SCREEN BEING DISPOSED IN VERTICALLY-SPACED RELATION RELATIVE TO SAID LIQUID LEVEL AND TO SAID CLOSURE MEMBER, DRAIN MEANS CONNECTED WITH SAID BOTTOM WALL OF SAID OTHER OF SAID RECEP-
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USPTO Annuity & Maintenance Windows
| Annuity Stage | Window Opens | Payment Deadline | Surcharge Period Until | Estimated Fee | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.5 Years (Year 4) | 1970-12-18 | 1971-06-19 | 1971-12-19 | $2000.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 7.5 Years (Year 8) | 1974-12-18 | 1975-06-19 | 1975-12-19 | $3760.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 11.5 Years (Year 12) | 1978-12-18 | 1979-06-19 | 1979-12-19 | $7700.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |