Patent ID: 8919138

Claim:
A packaged beverage temperature adjustment apparatus comprising: a temperature adjustment section configured to hold a packaged beverage, and adjust a temperature of the packaged beverage; a rotation driving section capable of continuously rotating the temperature adjustment section, the rotation driving section including a rotating shaft; a slip ring for supplying an electric power to the temperature adjustment section, the slip ring being mounted on the rotating shaft; and a rotary joint for supplying a coolant for heat dissipation to the temperature adjustment section and recovering the coolant used in the temperature adjustment section from the temperature adjustment section, the rotary joint being mounted on the rotating shaft; the temperature adjustment section including; a plurality of temperature adjustment units, the plurality of temperature adjustment units being disposed around the packaged beverage to abut on a side face of the packaged beverage; wherein each of the plurality of temperature adjustment units includes: a heat-transfer member for abutting on said side face of said packaged beverage; a thermoelectric conversion module having one surface thermally contacting the heat-transfer member; and a liquid cooling member thermally contacting the other surface of the thermoelectric conversion module, wherein the electric power is supplyable to the thermoelectric conversion module through the slip ring while the temperature adjustment section is rotated continuously, and the coolant is supplyable to and recoverable from the liquid cooling member through the rotary joint while the temperature adjustment section is rotated continuously.