US 2017/0282679 A1 · SOLID-STATE COOLING ADD-ON BAR UNIT FOR AIRCRAFT FOOD SERVICE APPARATUS

Abstract

A solid-state cooling apparatus for a galley installed in an aircraft that includes at least one storage enclosure for containing chilled beverage and/or foods for storage and a solid-state air-to-air thermoelectric device having a hot side and a cold side mounted in the galley and having at least one fan for circulating chilled air in proximity to the storage enclosure. A waste heat capture device is provided and includes a hot air outlet for discharging waste heat from the hot side of the cooling thermoelectric devices into the aircraft exterior to the galley.

Claims14

Dependent claims

A solid-state cooling apparatus for a galley installed in an aircraft, comprising:

(a) at least one storage enclosure for containing chilled beverage and/or foods for storage;
(b) a solid-state air-to-air thermoelectric device having a hot side and a cold side mounted in the galley and having at least one fan for circulating chilled air in proximity to the storage enclosure;
and
(c) a waste heat capture device including a hot air outlet for discharging waste heat from the hot side of the cooling thermoelectric devices into the aircraft exterior to the galley.

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A solid-state cooling apparatus for a food service apparatus installed in an aircraft, comprising:

(a) at least one open beverage/food shelf positioned in the food service apparatus;
(b) a cold air cascade thermoelectric device having a cold side and a hot side positioned in a top portion of the food service apparatus above the at least one open beverage/food shelf for providing downwardly cascading, non-recirculating chilled air to the at least one open beverage/food shelf;
(c) an ice bucket/bottle chiller positioned below the beverage/food shelf for receiving scavenged chilled air from the beverage/food shelf, and a fully-enclosed recirculated thermoelectric device having a cold side and a hot side for circulating chilled air to the ice bucket/bottle chiller;
(d) at least one sliding beverage drawer positioned below the ice bucket/bottle chiller for receiving scavenged air from the beverage/food shelf and the ice bucket/bottle chiller, and a semi-enclosed reversed recirculated cooling thermoelectric device having a cold side and a hot side for circulating chilled air within the beverage drawer;
(e) a food warming compartment positioned in the food service apparatus above the thermoelectric device circulating chilled air to the ice bucket/bottle chiller in air flow communication with the hot side for receiving exhaust air from the hot side to warm the food contents of the warming compartment;
and
(f) at least one warm air outlet for exhausting warm air from the hot side of the beverage/food shelf thermoelectric device or the sliding beverage drawer thermoelectric device.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

15/474,781Filed 30 Mar 2017

Priority

31 Mar 2016

Published

5 Oct 2017

Term ends

Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification13 codes

B60H 1/00478
Heating, cooling or ventilating devices: air-conditioning devices using the Peltier effect
B60H 1/2225
The heat being derived from electric heaters: arrangements of electric heaters for heating air
B64D 11/0007
Passenger or crew accommodation; Flight-deck installations not otherwise provided for: devices specially adapted for food or beverage distribution…
B64D 11/04
Passenger or crew accommodation; Flight-deck installations not otherwise provided for: galleys

Solid-state cooling add-on bar unit for aircraft food service apparatus

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Solid-state cooling add-on bar unit for aircraft food service apparatus

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Abstract

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