Patent ID: 6067802
Filing Date: 2000-05-30
Classification: F25B,H01L

Abstract:
Element usable as a heat pump that takes advantage of the Peltier effect, characteristic in that it is transparent or translucent and is made of crystal, glass, plastic or similar material to form a flat or curved, constant or variable thickness plate (1) wherein thermoelements (3, 4) are arranged either on the surface or internally in a manner that, although partially (never fully) annulling the transparent or translucent property of the plate and after said thermoelements are supplied with external energy, the natural process of transmitting heat from the highest to the coldest temperature focus point is altered, according to the thermal conductivity of the plate assembly, either enhancing said natural process by transporting more heat from the hot to the cold focus point than corresponds to the plate assembly's thermal conductivity, or else inverting said natural process in a manner that heat is transported from the lower to the higher temperature focus.