Un ed States Patent

115~33~12various ~gnMs other than the setting ~om the selector 142 since this in~ial flow of current through the water beansm d~m~e the desired w~ low ~m. Controller 30 may, ionization of the water so that ions are held in suspenNonfor examp~, be ~sponsNe to senso~ 116 wh~h provide and ~adily avNlab~ for conducting ~rger amouNs of~gnMs ~dic~Ne of the ~vel of w~er in the holding ~nk current when the water level rises to engage the plates 42.112, Nnce the deskedNti~ation rate will be ~wer when ~e 5 Al~ough lhe plates 42 ~re generally ~orizontM, ~ shou~tank is nearly full. Also, ~e condoner 130 may be responsNeto the level of elec~ical power la~ used during the end of ~e beating probes 34 and 36 will ~p~M~ be slightlybe unde~tood th~ ~ ~a~ one of the plies 42 ~ the lowerdNti~ation operat~nthe same setting of selector 142. ti~ed or incfined rehtive to the horizon~l ~vel of w~ inAssuming the w~ W in the heating bowl 46 con~ins an the heating bowl 46. Accordingly, as the water level risesaverage level of contam~an~, the ~gic with~ the control~r ~0 above the rod exmnNons 44, the conm~ area of the ~wermo~surhce of th~ plate 42 increases d~m~a~y w~h a130 may calculate a theor~N dNti~er e~c~icM usage ogfor exampl~ four amps of power ~ th~ settin~ ff the slight increasethe water level. As the area contactdNti~er used on~ three amps of elec~ical power during ~s b~ween one or both plates 42 and the water ~eases, theN~ operation ~ th~ s~ting, the amount of ~ec~o~s ~ ~e amount of cu~ent which N ~ansm~md between the v~ngwater W wouM lik~y be Ngher than normN. Accordin~N~5 p~entiM probes increases d~matica~N ~e~by heating¯ e contro~ 130 may ~duce ~e wamr input ~m wh~h, as water and gen~ating ~eam. This increased generat~n ofexplained subsequeNly, will ~wer the amp~age used by ~e ~eam ~we~ ~e w~er ~vd slightly ~ ~e bowl 46, ~e~byd~fiHe~~duNng the area contact b~ween the plates and the waterA primly ~ure of th~ invention ~ th~ the con~oHer and thus ~duNng the amp~age ~ansmitted between the130 d~erminesde~md flow ~ate through the valve 70 ~ ~ probes 34 ~nd 36. Accordingly, the syslem of the presentcontrol the distillation r~e, rather than regulating elec~ical~ventioneffe~Ne~ balances ~e ~el of w~er ~ ~e bowlpower to the distiller to con~ol the distillation rate. Due to 4~ which N a fun~n of the flow r~e of ~e valve 70, wi~heating by afplying a voltage po~ntiM between the heating the power used by the dNtiHer to gener~e ~eam. Byprobes and u~ng the conductiv~y of the w~er to he~ the proving he~ing probes with horizontal ph~s 42 each w~hw~e~ the amount of ~eam gener~ed ~ not s~y a fun~n~ a ~rge surface ~ea oL for example, ~e squa~ inches forof ~e ek~ricM v~ge supplied ~ ~e heating probes. The engagemeN w~h the w~e~ a sub~antiM~ con~ant w~erkv~ of electrolytes in ~e w~er may vary cons~abl~ and ~vd N obm~ed in lhe bowl In mo~ appl~s, the wamrthis v~ng condu~y of the water effects the electrical ~vd in the bowl 46 will never rise ve~M~ above thepow~ required ~ gener~e ~eam. Accord~gly, the contr~kr130 may M~r the voyage po~ntiM ou~ut ~om the 3o be under~oo~ howeve~ th~ ~ the w~er ~vel rises abovehighe~ pNnt of ~e ~w~ sur~(e of ~e plies 42. It shouldvoyage mgu~r 144, the ~equency of ekc~A cu~ent the lower surface of both plates 42 and contacts the upperappEed to the heating probes 34 and 36, and the maximum surhce of the plies 42, the amount of power ~ansmittedamp~age wh~h may be ~a~sm~d ~ ~e heating probes. between the probes N significantly inc~ased by doubling theThe controller 130 primari~ regulus the distillation r~e, area contact of the plies 42 with the wam~ thereby gene~howeve~ by con~ol~ng the flow r~e of w~ through the 35 ating a sub~antia~y highe r~e of ~eam generat~n andw~er inkt vane 70. Wh~e th~ regulation of vane 70 may ~wering the water level in the bowl 46.be accompl~hed by various ~ch~ques, pm~b~ the con- A s~nificant ~amre of the present invention N th~ a~oHer 130 gener~es a series of pulse~ w~h each pulse sub~antiM horizontal spaNng N provided between thea~g the va~e 70 to Mlow a pmsek~ed quanti~ of probes 34 and 36, and ~us between ~e ph~s 42 ~ ~e ~werwater to pass through the valve with that pulse. The ~equencyand/or ~e durat~n of ~e pulses thus de~rmines ~e me,urn for ~ansm~ting e~rical cur~nt ~rough the wamr4o end of these probes. By utH~g w~er as a conductiveflow r~e through the vAve 70. Six hundred pulses per and th~eby heating ~e w~e~ the elec~ical cu~ent is usedminu ~om the con~oHer 130 will resu~ in flow ~rough ~e to bot hea the water and to kill bacteria and microorganv~vew~ch ~ tw~e the r~e when the vane 70 recdves 300 Nms w~Nn the w~e~ the~by ~duNng the ~vd of conpulsesper minute. ~ should be underwood th~ puling of the45 ~m~ants in the condenser un~ 108 and the holding ~nkv~ve 70 occu~ very quickl~ and accord~y wi~ a time 112. Since the substantial area of w~er between the platesperiod of severM minu~s the output ~om the vAve 70 42 N heamd by ~e ~ansmitted cu~ent, ~e gene~md ~eamprov~es a sub~anfi~ consent flow ~ of incom~g w~er s~wly rises w~hin a relatively large surface area.~ ~e bowl 46, r~h~ ~an pulses of ~com~g wa~ Accord~gly, there N less chance of contam~aNs b~ngThe w~er kvel in the bowl ~ mMntMned sub~am~Hy ~ 5o caugN in a c~umn of h~ ri~ng ~eam which commonlythe same level as the horizontal plates 42 at the end of the occu~ed when the w~ was he~ed by conventional Nghprobes. The plies 42 are pos~ned so that there ~ a resistance heating probes used ~ prior art distillers. Gene~rel~y Mw quam~y of w~er, e.g., or e-hMf ~¢h of w~e~ ~ed ~eam rises w~hin the chamber 47 w~Nn the heatingw~hin the bowl 46. Depending on the kvel of mineral~ bowl 46, and p~bly a phy~cM sep~ation of ~ ~a~ twocontaminant, and ek~rolytes wi~ ~e w~e~ the oper~or55 inches exists b~ween the ~p of the water level in themay add a small quantity of sa~ ~ ~e w~ ~ ~e bowl 46 heating bowl and the horizontal ~ap 8~ so ~ contam~antsto increase the ~ec~oly~ level. No power is used until the have a Ngh probabH~y of dropp~g back into the he~edwater level rises to engage ~e ~wermo~ end of the probes w~er befo~ entering the horizontal particle ~ap. Because34 and 36, ~nce w~er ~ onta~ b~ween the probes 34 and 36 ¯ e heating bowl 46 N fabricamd ~om plastic m~hN and~ mqu~ed ~ ~ansm~ power b~ween the v~ying po~ntiM6o because sa~ can be added to increase the dec~oly~s in theprobes. Once the w~er rises ~ engage the rod extensions 44 w~e~ mine~N w~Nn ~e w~ do not ~nd to a~ach to thebene~h the plates 42, a sm~l amount of cu~ent will flow sides of ~e ~ner wM1 56 of the heating bowl 46, but ratherthrough the w~e~ ~eby begging the heating of the are desirably kept in suspens~n in the wate~w~e~ The sur~ce ~ea prov~ed by the rod ex~n~ons 44 in S~am riNng w~hin the chamber 47 en~ the horizon~lconta~ w~h the wa~r ~ m~tive~ Mw, ~o lh~ no sknificant 65 particle ~ap 80 through the inlet 86. Due to the effect ofamount of energy ~ used and E~ ff any ~eam ~ generated ~eam pas~ng through a ~htively smOl in~t opening 86~ th~ time. The rod ex~n~ons 44 are important, howeve~ and then expan~ng ~m the hrge vo~me chamb~ 86, the12