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 including a thermoelectric element configured to operate at a first voltage, and a voltage converter adapted to down convert the output voltage of at least one battery to the first voltage and for supplying the first voltage to the thermoelectric element.
Claims22
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, the thermoelectric element being configured to operate at a first voltage;
- a pin fin 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, the battery having an output voltage greater than the first voltage;
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- a voltage converter adapted to down convert the output voltage of the at least one battery to the first voltage and for supplying the first voltage to the thermoelectric element.
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 thermoelectric element being configured to operate at a first voltage;
- a pin fin heat sink in thermal communication with the first side;
- a fan arranged to ventilate the heat sink and positioned in the lower portion;
- at least one battery positioned in the lower portion and electrically connected to the thermoelectric element to provide power to the thermoelectric element, the battery having an output voltage greater than the first voltage;
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- a voltage converter adapted to down convert the output voltage of the at least one battery to the first voltage and for supplying the first voltage to the thermoelectric element.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.