Evaporator
AssigneeSlimline Mfg. Ltd.
InventorKim Blagborne
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Abstract
A relatively simple portable evaporator for quickly evaporating large volumes of water includes a stand with adjustable legs, a frame carrying a tubular housing and a motor rotatably mounted on the stand for rotation around a vertical axis, a fan in the housing driven by the motor, a nozzle rotatably mounted on one end of the housing for directing air from the fan upwardly and outwardly from the housing, and a manifold carrying a plurality of jets for receiving water from a tailings pond or other source and spraying the water into a stream of air exiting the nozzle for expediting evaporation.
Claims6
A portable evaporator for evaporating a liquid comprising:
- (a) a stand for supporting the evaporator in a fixed position;
- (b) a frame rotatable on said stand for rotation around a vertical axis;
- (c) a tubular horizontal housing on said frame, said housing having first and second open ends;
- (d) a fan in said housing;
- (e) a motor on said frame at the first open end of said housing for driving said fan to move air through said housing from said first open end to the second open end thereof;
- (f) an elongated tubular nozzle extending upwardly and outwardly from said second open end of said housing for discharging a stream of air from the evaporator;
- (g) a manifold around an upper outlet end of said nozzle for receiving liquid from a source thereof;
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- (h) a plurality of jets in said manifold for discharging atomized liquid into the stream of air exiting said nozzle,
- whereby evaporation of the liquid is facilitated.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.