Patent ID: 6893540

Claim:
A distillation apparatus comprising: a container holding water; a heating section on said container and extending into said water to boil said water into a vapor; a condenser section on said container and adjacent to said heating section to condense said vapor into distilled water; a thermoelectric section having a Peltier effect device interposed between said heating section and said condenser section, said Peltier effect device having one side adjacent and in contact with said condenser section to transfer heat therefrom and an other side adjacent to and in contact with said heating section to transfer heat thereto to boil said water into said vapor and feed said vapor through said condenser to condense it into said distilled liquid; and an insulating cover extending across said container and having a traverse opening, said Peltier effect device of said thermoelectric section fitting in said traverse opening to place said one side in contiguous contact with said heating section and said other side in contiguous contact with said condenser section.