Air-circulating base for bottled water cooling and dispensing apparatus

In water cooling and dispensing apparatus having an insulated chilling tank, a thermoelectric unit and heat sink disposed beneath said chilling tank, and a fan unit disposed beneath said heat sink, the improvement comprising:

• a generally circular air-circulating base disposed beneath said heat sink, said base comprising a first plate, at least one inlet port through which said outside air is drawn upwardly and across said heat sink by operation of said fan unit, thereby removing heat from said heat sink, at least one outlet port displaced 90 degrees from said inlet port through which said air is expelled from said apparatus by operation of said fan unit, first and second dividing walls extending upwardly from said plate and separating said inlet and said outlet ports, each of said walls defining one of said outlet ports, and a plurality of fins extending upwardly from said plate and spaced circumferentially across each of said inlet and said outlet ports, said fins defining a plurality of air-circulating passageways.

In a water cooling and dispensing apparatus having an insulated chilling tank, and an air circulating fan unit beneath said chilling tank, the improvement comprising:

• a circulating base having a generally circular plate, at least one inlet port through which outside air is drawn into said apparatus, at least one outlet port displaced 90 degrees from said inlet port through which said air is expelled from said apparatus, first and second dividing walls extending upwardly from said plate and separating said inlet and said outlet ports, and a plurality of fins extending upwardly from said plate and spaced circumferentially across each of said inlet and said outlet ports, said fins defining a plurality of air-circulation passageways, said apparatus supported on said fins and said dividing walls.