Patents by Inventor Kurt F. Ziehm, Jr.

Kurt F. Ziehm, Jr. has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Desalination apparatus
    Patent number: 4138293
    Abstract: Desalination apparatus utilizing solar heating of metal member(s) such as balls, rollers, or metal endless belt(s) in a heating chamber and vaporizing saline water with the latent heat in said metal member(s) by spraying saline water thereon in a vaporizing chamber, a water-cooled condenser to condense the vapors, a trough to collect the condensate, a rinse tank to remove salt deposits and/or saline water from the metal member(s), and means for returning the rinsed metal member(s) for solar reheating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 1978
    Date of Patent: February 6, 1979
    Inventor: Kurt F. Ziehm, Jr.
  • Desalination apparatus
    Patent number: 4077849
    Abstract: Desalination apparatus utilizing solar heating of metal member(s) such as balls, rollers, or metal endless belt(s) in a heating chamber and vaporizing saline water with the latent heat in said metal member(s) by spraying saline water thereon in a vaporizing chamber, a water-cooled condenser to condense the vapors, a trough to collect the condensate, a rinse tank to remove salt deposits and/or saline water from the metal member(s), and means for returning the rinsed metal member(s) for solar reheating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 1975
    Date of Patent: March 7, 1978
    Inventor: Kurt F. Ziehm, Jr.