US Patent Issued on June 16 for "System for desalinating saltwater" (Florida Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,654,111, issued on June 16.

"System for desalinating saltwater" was invented by John Markham Cody (Havana, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for separating salt and/or minerals from ocean, sea, brackish, or brine water collected in a water enclosure. The water enclosure is heated with solar radiation to increase a rate of evaporation of the saline water and produce humidity or moisture within the water enclosure for conversion to desalinated water. Due to condensation, water collects as droplets on cold surfaces of cooling coils when the humidity or moisture comes in contact with the cold surfaces of the cooling coils. The wat...