Patent ID: 8303419
Filing Date: 2012-11-06
Classification: G06F,G07F,H01L

Abstract:
1. A system comprising: a gaming machine including a housing; one or more heat generating components within the gaming machine housing; and a thermoelectric cooler apparatus located within the gaming machine housing and operable to draw heat from the one or more heat generating components, the thermoelectric cooler apparatus including: a cooler enclosure having a hot side compartment and a cold side compartment separated by a wall member, the hot side compartment having a hot side inlet disposed within an interior of the gaming machine housing and a hot side outlet aligned with a first opening in an outer wall of the gaming machine housing, and the cold side compartment having a cold side inlet aligned with a second opening in the outer wall of the gaming machine housing and a cold side outlet disposed within the interior of the gaming machine housing; a thermoelectric device positioned within an opening in the wall member; a hot side heat sink disposed within the hot side compartment and directly coupled to a first surface of the thermoelectric device; and a cold side heat sink disposed within the cold side compartment and directly coupled to a second surface of the thermoelectric device.