Patent ID: 7272936
Filing Date: 2007-09-25
Classification: B60N

Abstract:
1. A thermoelectric heat pump comprising: a housing having a top end with an inlet opening to allow in outside air, having an upper and a lower portion and a bottom end inside the housing, and cool and warm outlets proximate the bottom end of the housing, a blower motor mounted in the upper portion of the housing to draw in the outside air through the inlet opening and cause the air to flow into the lower portion of the housing; a thermoelectric device mounted in the lower portion and extending to the bottom end of the housing and forming a sealed wall between a warm side and a cool side of the housing; and, a condensate trap mounted across the bottom end of the housing and spanning the warm and cool sides of the housing to transfer condensate from the cool side to the warm side; whereby the outside air is drawn into the heat pump and cooled on the cool side and heat transferred to the warm side, and cooled air passed out the cool outlet and warmed air passed out the warm outlet, and condensate transferred from the cool side to the warm side and evaporated out the warm outlet.