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US 12,235,041 B2Granted
Apparatus for beverage container temperature control
AssigneeGrad ApS
InventorsKenneth Holck Jakobsen, Anders Bruus, Michael Skovbjerg, Ann-Marie Finn
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Abstract
Apparatus for controlling the temperature of a beverage container, for example, by either chilling the beverage container or maintaining the beverage container at a predetermined temperature, the apparatus having a generally cylindrical configuration with a receptacle in its upper portion and cooling components in the lower portion to establish a low center of gravity for the apparatus.
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Apparatus for controlling a temperature of a beverage container, the apparatus comprising:
- a housing having an upper portion and a lower portion, the upper portion including a receptacle adapted to receive the beverage container;
- a thermoelectric element positioned in the lower portion, the thermoelectric element having a first side at a first temperature and a second side at a second temperature lower than the first temperature, the second side being in thermal communication with the receptacle;
- a heat sink in thermal communication with the first side;
- at least one battery positioned in the lower portion and electrically connected to the thermoelectric element to provide power to the thermoelectric element;
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- a fan arranged in the housing;
- wherein the lower portion includes air outlets at a base of the lower portion and air inlets all positioned above and separated from the air outlets by a barrier and wherein the fan is arranged to draw air in through the air inlets, force the air through the heat sink and exhaust the air passed through the heat sink out through the air outlets in a 360° ring.
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Apparatus for controlling a temperature of a beverage container, the apparatus comprising:
- a cylindrical housing having an upper portion and a lower portion, the upper portion including a cylindrical receptacle adapted to receive the beverage container, the cylindrical housing having a slanted upper rim defining a raised portion and an integral handle in the raised portion;
- a thermoelectric element positioned in the lower portion, the thermoelectric element having a first side at a first temperature and a second side at a second temperature lower than the first temperature, the second side being in thermal communication with the receptacle;
- a heat sink in thermal communication with the first side;
- a fan arranged to ventilate the heat sink and positioned in the lower portion;
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- at least one battery positioned in the lower portion and electrically connected to the thermoelectric element to provide power to the thermoelectric element and the fan,
- wherein the lower portion includes air outlets at a base of the lower portion and air inlets all positioned above and separated from the air outlets by a barrier and wherein the fan is arranged to draw air in through the air inlets, force the air through the heat sink and exhaust the air passed through the heat sink out through the air outlets in a 360° ring.
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Apparatus for controlling a temperature of a beverage container, the apparatus comprising:
- a cylindrical housing having an upper portion and a lower portion, the upper portion including a cylindrical receptacle adapted to receive the beverage container, the cylindrical housing having a slanted upper rim defining a raised portion and an integral handle in the raised portion;
- a thermoelectric element positioned in the lower portion, the thermoelectric element having a first side at a first temperature and a second side at a second temperature lower than the first temperature, the second side being in thermal communication with the receptacle, the cylindrical housing comprising heat sink in thermal communication with the first side;
- at least one battery positioned in the lower portion and electrically connected to the thermoelectric element to provide power to the thermoelectric element,
- wherein the cylindrical housing comprises a plurality of heat radiating fins positioned parallel to an axis of the cylindrical housing
- and wherein the lower portion includes air outlets at a base of the lower portion and air inlets all positioned above and separated from the air outlets by a barrier and wherein the fan is arranged to draw air in through the air inlets, force the air through the heat sink and exhaust the air passed through the heat sink out through the air outlets in a 360° ring.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.