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US 12,643,056 · App. 18/563,476 · Granted Jun 2, 2026

Water distillation device

Inventors: Gianpaolo Trivelli (Pavia, IT); Gianluigi Trivelli (Pavia, IT); Mauro Gazzelli (Lugano-Aldesago, CH); Claudio Raggi (Terni, IT)
Assignee: 77 VISION WAY LTD
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Patent No.
US 12,643,056
App. No.
18/563,476
Granted
Jun 2, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

Water distillation device, comprising: a body defining a cavity suitable for allowing the distillation of an amount of water to distill, wherein in said cavity are defined a distillation chamber and a condensation chamber, and wherein the condensation chamber comprises a collection portion designed to collect at least temporarily distilled water, a heater, configured to heat the amount of water to distill present, in use, in the distillation chamber, a cooler, configured to cause a condensation of a distillation steam deriving from the heating of the water to distill through the heater, wherein the body comprises a head portion and a main portion, said distillation chamber being realized in substantial correspondence of the main portion, the water distillation device comprising a junction portion angularly joining the head portion with said main portion, the head portion comprising a three ways element in turn comprising a first way, a second way and a third way, wherein said first way faces on said junction portion, and wherein said third way houses said cooler and substantially defines the condensation chamber and a collection portion for the distilled water.

Claims (39)

1 . A water distillation device comprising:

a body defining a cavity suitable for allowing the distillation of an amount of water to distill, wherein in said cavity are defined a distillation chamber and a condensation chamber, and wherein the condensation chamber comprises a collection portion designed to collect at least temporarily distilled water,

a heater, configured to heat the amount of water in the distillation chamber to distill said water,

a cooler, configured to cause a condensation of a distillation steam deriving from the heating of the water to distill through the heater,

wherein the body comprises a head portion and a main portion, said main portion comprising said distillation chamber,

the water distillation device comprising a junction portion angularly joining the head portion with said main portion,

the head portion comprising a three ways element in turn comprising a first way, a second way and a third way, wherein said first way faces on said junction portion, and wherein said third way houses said cooler and defines the condensation chamber and a collection portion for the distilled water.

2 . The device according to claim 1 , wherein the second way and the third way are aligned along a common vertical-direction, and wherein the collection portion and/or the third way is positioned at a height lower than the height at which lies at least one between the second way and/or the first way.

3 . The device according to claim 1 , wherein said first way extends transversally to the second way and/or to the third way.

4 . The device according to claim 1 , wherein:

the junction portion is configured to deviate the flow of the distillation steam from a direction axial with the distillation chamber to a position, and along a direction, offset from said distillation chamber,

the junction portion extends for an angle higher than 45°, or higher than 60°, or equal to 90°,

and wherein said head portion is the portion wherein, in use, takes place the condensation of said distillation steam.

5 . The device according to claim 1 , configured for carrying out the distillation of the water to distill at a pressure lower with respect to the atmospheric pressure and further comprising a vacuum pump connected with said cavity and configured to put said cavity in a vacuum condition;

said second way being connected to said vacuum pump, optionally through an air extraction duct.

6 . The device according to claim 1 , wherein the junction portion is integral to the main portion or wherein the junction portion is integral to the three ways element, or wherein the three ways element, the main portion and the junction portion are all integral.

7 . The device according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of the portions of the assembly formed by the junction portion, by the main portion and by the head portion is removably connected to at least one of the remaining portions of said assembly.

8 . The device according to claim 1 , wherein the heater is contained within said distillation chamber, and/or wherein the cooler is positioned within said third way and/or within the, or in correspondence of the, collection portion.

9 . The device according to claim 1 , wherein the heater is proximal to the distillation chamber and lies outside of said distillation chamber, and/or wherein said cooler is positioned in substantial correspondence of the head portion and outside of said third way and/or outside of said collection portion and/or outside of said condensation chamber.

10 . The device according to claim 9 , wherein said third way comprises a lateral wall at least partially integrating a thermal-conductive material and wherein said cooler is partially or integrally introduced and/or in contact and/or embedded within said thermal-conductive material.

11 . The device according to claim 1 , wherein the cooler is a refrigerator evaporator, the heater is a refrigerator condenser and wherein the water distillation device comprises a refrigerator compressor connected to the refrigerator evaporator and to the refrigerator condenser, said refrigerator compressor being configured to compress a gas directed into said refrigerator condenser for heating said gas to cause a boiling of the water to distill, said refrigerator evaporator being configured to allow an expansion of the gases previously compressed by the refrigerator compressor for cooling the distillation steam sufficient to cause a condensation of the distillation steam in the collection portion, the water distillation device comprising an intermediate duct, said intermediate duct having a first ending connected with the refrigerator condenser and a second ending connected with the refrigerator evaporator, said intermediate duct being configured to transport a fluid and/or gas outflowing from the refrigerator condenser toward the refrigerator evaporator.

12 . The device according to claim 1 , wherein the junction portion is configured to divert the flow of distillation steam from a direction substantially axial with a main axis of at least part of said cavity, to a direction axially misaligned from said distillation chamber.

13 . The device according to claim 1 , wherein said cooler lies within the condensation chamber.

14 . The device according to claim 1 , wherein said cooler lies outside of said condensation chamber.

15 . The device according to claim 1 , wherein said third way comprises a lateral wall at least partially integrating a thermal-conductive material,

wherein the cooler is a refrigerator evaporator, the heater is a refrigerator condenser and wherein the water distillation device comprises a refrigerator compressor connected to the refrigerator evaporator and to the refrigerator condenser, said refrigerator compressor being configured to compress a gas directed into said refrigerator condenser for heating said gas to cause a boiling of the water to distill,

wherein said refrigerator evaporator is embedded within said thermal conductive material by means of a process of casting of said heat-conductive material into a shape.

16 . A water distillation device comprising:

a body defining a cavity suitable for allowing the distillation of an amount of water to distill, wherein in said cavity are defined a distillation chamber and a condensation chamber, and wherein the condensation chamber comprises a collection portion designed to collect at least temporarily distilled water,

a heater, configured to heat the amount of water in the distillation chamber to distill said water,

a cooler, configured to cause a condensation of a distillation steam deriving from the heating of the water to distill through the heater,

wherein the body comprises a head portion and a main portion, said main portion comprising said distillation chamber,

the water distillation device comprising a head portion joined with said main portion,

the head portion comprising a curved junction portion comprising a three ways element in turn comprising a first way, a second way and a third way, wherein said first way faces on said distillation chamber, and wherein said third way houses said cooler and defines said condensation chamber and a collection portion for the distilled water.

17 . The device according to claim 16 , wherein the second way and the third way are aligned along a common vertical direction, and wherein the collection portion and/or the third way is positioned at a height lower than the height at which lies at least one between the second way and/or the first way.

18 . The device according to claim 16 , wherein the junction portion extends for an angle higher than 45°, or higher the 60°, or equal to 90°.

19 . The device according to claim 16 , configured for carrying out the distillation of the water to distill at a pressure lower with respect to the atmospheric pressure and further comprising a vacuum pump connected with said cavity and configured to put said cavity in a vacuum condition;

said second way being connected to said vacuum pump, optionally through an air extraction duct.

20 . The device according to claim 16 , wherein the heater is contained within said distillation chamber, and/or wherein the cooler is positioned within said third way and/or within the, or in correspondence of the collection portion.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 4, 2025
From: TRIVELLI, GIANPAOLO; TRIVELLI, GIANLUIGI; RAGGI, CLAUDIO; GAZZELLI, MAURO
To: 77 VISION WAY LTD
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Priority Claims (1)
IT 102021000013613 · May 25, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20240269578A1 · Aug 15, 2024
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