Un ed States Patent

35~33~12~ma~g in p~ce. A w~ in~t probe ~ansm~s ~com~gwa~r through Me pa~ ~ap ~ a ~wer end of the heatingcondens~g u~, m lower the co~ and wean of the distHle~The use of pN~c m~eriNs ~r the he~ng bowl and the.bowl, and may Mso be easily ~moved for c~aning once Me condenser un~ N~r enhances the m~enance of theheating bowl N ~moved. The condens~g un~ ~c~des a ¯ ~er by ~o~ng Me ~pme~ m be ~rio~c~yse~es of fin and robe he~ exchanges fluid~ inmrconnecmd 5 c~aned whh a m~im~ amoum of time and ~p~.w~h p~stic end caps for effi~ent perio~cleaning of theAn ~pro~d p~de ~ with a horizontal chamb~condens~g un~.A mi~oproce~or con~ol un~ w~h an oper~or inputb~ween Me ~eam inlet and the ~eam outlet ~fiab~ducescomam~n in the dNfifled w~e~ The p~Me ~ N~gu~ms lhe amount of ~com~g wamr m lhe heating bowl.Each of two heating probes are suppoaed ~ an upper end~d ~ ~ ~Me~e on Me w~s of Me ~p c~e~.~0 ~ma~n~ which then &op back to the water in thew~hin Me he~ hou~n~ and ~c~de a sub~antiN~ ho~zontMplate ~ its ~w~ end for engagemeN with Me surfaceof the w~er in the heating bowl. R~her than fimiting the ~ ~pro~d vent v~ve to ~aNy veto g~ ~om the dNtiHerelectrical power to the heating probe~ the distiller of the oNy when the conden~ng unh fan is ~e~g.present invention ~gul~es an inlet water valve to control An a~aN~e of the distillation ~mb~ is that h is~5 deigned Nr mouN~g under a couN~mp or cabinet. Thethe w~er added to the heating bowl and thus the ~vel ofw~er w~Nn the heating bowl. Wi~ ~asonab~ limits, therate of added water N equM to the rate of gentledcondens~ and accord~y the water level in the bowl~mNns sub~aN~fly con~ank A sligN flucm~n in thew~er ~v~ in the bowl wifl ~gnificantly increase the contactsur~ce area between the sub~antiafly ho~zon~l probedNtiHation ~mNy N M~N~y compa~ and ~gN weaN.S~aN~fly the same dNfiflafion un~ mag howeve~ ~sobe w~l moume~ or may be ~ppoa~ on a ~and.A ~gNficaN a~am~e of the dNfiflafion ~mb~ N ~se~e of~e ~d Ngh ~ T~ dNtifl~n ~mNy m~ be~fi~ used by num~ous ~v~ua~, and may be easyplates and Me w~e~ ~e~by N~wing more e~ricM power and qNcNy cleaned.to be ~ansm~d through the water and generating moreThese ~d ~r ~ ~u~ and advantages of the~eam, which ~ turn ~duces Me wamr ~vel and accor~ngly ~ pm~m ~ ~ be~me ~p~em ~om Me ~the elec~ical power consumption.&t~d &~ w~m~ m~m~e N m~e m Me figuresThe w~er dNtifler ~dudes various sa~ ~am~s wh~henhance hs m~abk op~ation and ufi~zation. An e~fic~in the accompany~g &~.~ock N provided for engagement wi~ the heating bowl, BRIEF DESC~P~ON OF THE ~~such that elec~ical power to the heating probes is only3o FIG. 1 is a side view of a ~R~k embo~mem of aprovided when the bowl N properly secured w~hin Me¯ sM~fion ~mb~ p~fid~ ~ ~s~e~o~ ~g mhe~er hou~ng. A vent vane provided ~ong the flow Hnethe proem invention.b~ween Me p~tide ~p and Me condenser unit N autom~icallyopened ~ response m ~r flow gentled by the fan and NG. 2 N a morn &m~ed ~ew ~ Me mm~aNe ~wl, Memoving pa~ the condens~g unh. When the ~n N not p~fide ~, ~d Me ~ prob~ ~ ~own ~ NG.351.op~atinN Me ve~ vane N dosed m prevent contamination.The heating bowl N insulated for salty. A mechaNcM FIG. 3 N a &m~ ~ew of a ~k condens~g ~am~~mflock may be prov~ed m prevent mmovM of the heatingbowl until the water mmperamm in the bowl is below a FIG. 4 ~lu~rates the dNt~ler hou~ngs generafly shown ~sek~ed va~e. Re~tive~ co~ w~ N dNcharged ~om Me4o FIG. 1, and an optionafly wdl mourned brack~ and acondenser unh due to ~s series de~g~ ~emby m~im~g s~po~ ~and ~r ~mmonnem~n w~h the hou~ngs.the lik~ood of hot condensed w~er injuring the use~~ is an oNe~ of thN invention to provide an improved ~D DESCR~TION OF THEwater d~tifler which has a ml~N~y low m~ntenance. ByPREFERRED EMBODIMENTSdeskn~g Me ~iller for mdu¢ed m~nmnance, the accept-4abil~y of the d~tiHer N enhanced and ~s utility ~ home and deigned Nr moum~g undeme~h a cabin~ or coun~opA water dNtifler 10 as shown in FIG. 1 N @edficaflyoffic env~onmen~ N sub~anti~ increased.h N anther oNe~ of Me ~vention m prov~e a ~l~Ndy~w co~ and compare dNtifler which may be conven~ntlygenerafly mpm~med by C and ha~ng a Mwer s~am~p~n~ ~ppo~ surface S. The dNtifler compri~s a heaterhou~ng 12, a condenser unR and con~ol hous~g 14, and amouNed in a varie~ of location~ By m~im~g or dim~ 50 ~nk hou~ng 16 each pm~mb~ ~bric~ed ~om ~a~ ~hating floor space and counter space ~quired for the shown in FIG. 4, the gene~ configuration of the hou~ngsdNtifle~ the number of appfications whe~ the dNtH~r maybe conven~ntly used N s~Nficantly increased.Still ano~er oNem of Me invention N ~ ~e wamr input12 and 16 may be ~b~tiM~ ~em~d, ~ e~h hou~ngh~ a mp N~e 20 ~d a ~&~d ~& p~e ~ ~gan inve~ed cup configuration defining an inmrior c~ 24rate to the heating bowl is selectively controfled by the 55 therein. The hou~ng 14 ~c~d~ a cyEndficM ~& p~e 26op~or. The heating probes inc~de sub~antiN~ horizontM and Muv~ed bosom p~e 28 ~r p~s~g dr upw~d ~roughplates which s~Nficantly increase the water contact areawhen the water level in the bowl rise slightlN so that asub~aNhfly con~ant level of water N provided in thethe hou~ng 14.St~ m~rring to FIG. ~ each hous~g 12, 14 and 16 maybe ~md by convenfionM ~en~s 30 to a u~y ~an~heating bowl. By directly con~fing Me w~er input r~e, 6o m~ ~e 32. ~g~ each hou~ng may beMe distiller cu~ut N directly (ontrolled in a cost-effemNes~p~ ~e~y ~om the suppo~ p~e 32. ~Mmanne~ By minim~g the quantity of w~ in Me heatingbowl and by ~dudng the mmperam~ of condens~e ~om~enem 34 may be used to a~ach the ~de pl~ of hous~gs12 and 16 to the Nde p~e of hou~ng 14. ~m~ e~the condenser unit, a reduced ~vd of none N ou~ut by Me hou~ng 12, 14 and 16 may be supposed ~om and po~d~fifle~65 tioned below the s~ ~e 32, wRh hou~ng 12 and 16A s~nificant ~u~ of the invention N the extensNe useof plastic mamriM~ p~ficu~fly for Me he~g bowl and Mebring ~e~y ~ppo~ by the p~e 32 and hou~ng 14bring supposed by Me hous~gs 12 and 16. Thee ~ed ~4