Patent ID: 6280577
Filing Date: 2001-08-28
Classification: B01D,C02F,Y10S

Abstract:
A distiller comprising:a main body comprising a main housing inside which water is heated to generate steam;a condenser through which the steam is passed therethrough, the condenser comprising a condenser tube, the condenser extending helically in the main body and comprising plurality of circular cooling fins on an outer periphery thereof;a water output defined in the main body and connected to the condenser;a plurality of air inlets defined in an outer periphery of the main housing;an upper lid mounted on top of the main body, the upper lid comprising a plurality of air outlets positioned in an upper side thereof and arranged to guide air which circulated around the condenser to exit the main body;an air guide securely mounted between the upper lid and the main body, the air guide comprising a channel formed by upper and lower tubular members, the tubular members each comprising inlets having inlet diameters, the inlet diameter of the lower tubular member is greater than that of the upper tubular member;a fan housed in the channel of the air guide and arranged to supply ambient air to cool the condenser;wherein ambient air is pulled into the air inlets and through the air guide, circulated over the condenser and dissipated out of the distiller through the air outlets by the fan; andwherein the air guide comprises a disc with a central opening, the upper tubular member projecting upwardly from an upper side of the disc and having a first through hole communicating with the central opening of the disc, and the lower tubular member projecting downwardly from an underside of the disc and having a second through hole communicating with the central opening of the disc, each of the cooling fins of the condenser comprising an uppermost central point defined in a peripheral edge thereof, and a circle being defined by the uppermost central points of the cooling fins of an upper section of the condenser.