Abstract 1. AN APPARATUS FOR THE DISTILLATION OF A LIQUID COMPRISING A SOLAR STILL HAVING IN COMBINATION ONE OR MORE DISTILLAND-RETAINING COMPONENTS, A COVER CAPABLE OF TRANSMITTING RADIANT ENERGY TO CONVERT DISTILLAND IN SAID DISTILLAND-RETAINING COMPONENT TO VAPOR WHICH IS CONDENSED TO DISTILLAND WHICH IS COLLECTED, AND THE IMPROVEMENT WHICH COMPRISES: (A) A RIGID COVER-SUPPORTING TRANSPORT MEMBER WHICH AT LEAST IN PART IS ADAPTED FOR MOVING SAID COVER AS A WHOLE, AND (B) AT LEAST ONE RIGID TRACKWAY ASSOCIATED WITH A DISTILLAND-RETAINING COMPONENT SAID TRACKWAY ENGAGING SAID TRANSPORT MEMBER IN A MANNER WHICH PERMITS SAID MEMBER TO BE MOVED FROM A FIRST POSITION IN WHICH SAID COVER OVERLIES AT LEAST A PORTION OF SAID DISTILLAND-RETAINING COMPONENT TO A SECOND POSITION EXPOSING SAID PORTION TO AMBIENT OVERLYING AIR AND PERMITTING THE RETURN OF SAID MEMBER AND SAID COVER TO SAID FIRST POSITION AND (C) MEANS FOR REMOVING FROM SAID SOLAR STILL THE LIQUID CONDENSATE SO AS TO MAINTAIN IN A RELATIVELY WATERFREE CONDITION A DIRECT DOWNWARD BEARING RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE RIGID COVER-SUPPORTING MEANS AND THE RIGID TRACKWAY.
AN APPARATUS FOR THE DISTILLATION OF A LIQUID COMPRISING A SOLAR STILL HAVING IN COMBINATION ONE OR MORE DISTILLAND-RETAINING COMPONENTS, A COVER CAPABLE OF TRANSMITTING RADIANT ENERGY TO CONVERT DISTILLAND IN SAID DISTILLAND-RETAINING COMPONENT TO VAPOR WHICH IS CONDENSED TO DISTILLAND WHICH IS COLLECTED, AND THE IMPROVEMENT WHICH COMPRISES: (A) A RIGID COVER-SUPPORTING TRANSPORT MEMBER WHICH AT LEAST IN PART IS ADAPTED FOR MOVING SAID COVER AS A WHOLE, AND (B) AT LEAST ONE RIGID TRACKWAY ASSOCIATED WITH A DISTILLAND-RETAINING COMPONENT SAID TRACKWAY ENGAGING SAID TRANSPORT MEMBER IN A MANNER WHICH PERMITS SAID MEMBER TO BE MOVED FROM A FIRST POSITION IN WHICH SAID COVER OVERLIES AT LEAST A PORTION OF SAID DISTILLAND-RETAINING COMPONENT TO A SECOND POSITION EXPOSING SAID PORTION TO AMBIENT OVERLYING AIR AND PERMITTING THE RETURN OF SAID MEMBER AND SAID COVER TO SAID FIRST POSITION AND (C) MEANS FOR REMOVING FROM SAID SOLAR STILL THE LIQUID CONDENSATE SO AS TO MAINTAIN IN A RELATIVELY WATERFREE CONDITION A DIRECT DOWNWARD BEARING RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE RIGID COVER-SUPPORTING MEANS AND THE RIGID TRACKWAY.
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AN APPARATUS FOR THE DISTILLATION OF A LIQUID COMPRISING A SOLAR STILL HAVING IN COMBINATION ONE OR MORE DISTILLAND-RETAINING COMPONENTS, A COVER CAPABLE OF TRANSMITTING RADIANT ENERGY TO CONVERT DISTILLAND IN SAID DISTILLAND-RETAINING COMPONENT TO VAPOR WHICH IS CONDENSED TO DISTILLAND WHICH IS COLLECTED, AND THE IMPROVEMENT WHICH COMPRISES: (A) A RIGID COVER-SUPPORTING TRANSPORT MEMBER WHICH AT LEAST IN PART IS ADAPTED FOR MOVING SAID COVER AS A WHOLE, AND (B) AT LEAST ONE RIGID TRACKWAY ASSOCIATED WITH A DISTILLAND-RETAINING COMPONENT SAID TRACKWAY ENGAGING SAID TRANSPORT MEMBER IN A MANNER WHICH PERMITS SAID MEMBER TO BE MOVED FROM A FIRST POSITION IN WHICH SAID COVER OVERLIES AT LEAST A PORTION OF SAID DISTILLAND-RETAINING COMPONENT TO A SECOND POSITION EXPOSING SAID PORTION TO AMBIENT OVERLYING AIR AND PERMITTING THE RETURN OF SAID MEMBER AND SAID COVER TO SAID FIRST POSITION AND (C) MEANS FOR REMOVING FROM SAID SOLAR STILL THE LIQUID CONDENSATE SO AS TO MAINTAIN IN A RELATIVELY WATERFREE CONDITION A DIRECT DOWNWARD BEARING RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE RIGID COVER-SUPPORTING MEANS AND THE RIGID TRACKWAY.