Patent ID: 6370884
Filing Date: 2002-04-16
Classification: B67D,F25B,F25D

Abstract:
A counter top mounted apparatus for cooling and dispensing fluids comprising:flowboard mounting base having an inlet, an outlet, and a fluid passageway extending between said inlet and said outlet, a plurality of receptacles on said flowboard each connected to said fluid passage and adapted for accepting single ended cartridges therein; thermoelectric fluid cooling cartridge means receivable on said flowboard, said cooling cartridge means having a single port for an inlet and an outlet communicating with said passageway of said flowboard, a vertically mounted coaxial water flow pipe communicating with said inlet of said water cooling cartridge, said water flow pipe having a cylindrical interior with plurality of flat external surfaces, a like plurality of longitudinally finned heat sink means positioned coaxially around said water flow pipe, forced air fan means connected to said fluid cooling cartridge so as to draw air flow across said heat sink, and solid state thermoelectric heat pump means formed by arrays of P and N pellets of semiconductor material, said pellets being connected electrically in series and thermally in parallel and encapsulated between metalized ceramic substrates, said arrays being positioned between said heat sinks and said water flow pipe; and a cartridge external shell extending around and fully encapsulating said heat sinks and said water flow pipe and providing an annulus for air driven be said air fan.