Stored heat steam generator

Claim 1

A STORED HEAT STEAM GENERATOR COMPRISING: A WALL FORMED OF SURROUNDING TIERS OF BLOCKS ONE WITHIN ANOTHER WITH THE UPPER ENDS OF THE BLOCKS CONNECTED TO PROVIDE A STEPPED STEAM GENERATING SURFACE DISPOSED SO THAT WATER MAY FLOW BY GRAVITY DOWN SAID SURFACE, FROM ONE TIER TO ANOTHER, THE LOWER PORTIONS OF SAID BLOCKS FORMING HEAT STORAGE LUGS, MEANS FOR HEATING SAID LUGS SO THAT HEAT IS CONDUCTED FROM SAID LUGS TO SAID STEAM GENERATING SURFACE, A RELATIVELY THIN UPPER CONICAL WATER RECEIVING SURFACE POSITIONED IN THE CENTER OF THE SURROUNDING TIERS TO DIRECT WATER THEREFROM ONTO ALL PORTIONS OF SAID STEAM GENERATING SURFACE, MEANS FOR DIRECTING WATER ONTO SAID CONICAL WATER RECEIVING SURFACE TO FLOW THEREFROM ONTO SAID STEAM GENERATING SURFACE AND PROGRESSIVELY COOL THE LATTER, MEANS FOR CONTROLLING THE QUANTITY OF WATER DIRECTED ONTO THE WATER RECEIVING SURFACE SO THAT THE WATER WILL COVER SAID PORTION OF THE WALL WHICH HAS BEEN COOLED TO A TEMPERATURE UNDER THE CRITICAL TEMPERATURE FOR STEAM GENERATION TO CAUSE THE CRITICAL TEMPERATURE LINE TO PROGRESS DOWNWARDLY, AND MEANS FOR DISCHARGING GENERATED STEAM.