Thermoelectric drinking apparatus and thermoelectric heat pump

摘要

A thermoelectric drinking apparatus has a feeding pipe, a cooling-gain circulating loop, a heating-gain circulating loop, an outlet pipe, and a thermoelectric heat pump. The thermoelectric heat pump has a cooling unit attached to the cold side of a thermoelectric chip, which has a cooling channel in its interior, and a heating unit attached to the hot side of the thermoelectric chip and provided with a heating channel in its interior. The feeding pipe conducts fluid into the cooling channel and the heating channel respectively. The cooling-gain and heating-gain circulating loop respectively cause fluids in the cooling channel and heating channel to create circular flows, such that the cold side and hot side of the thermoelectric chip respectively cool and heat the fluids via the cooling channel and heating channel. The outlet pipe discharges the cooled and/or heated fluids respectively from the cooling-gain circulating loop and heating-gain circulating loop.

主权项

1. A thermoelectric drinking apparatus comprising:
a thermoelectric heat pump comprising: a thermoelectric chip having a cold side for absorbing heat and a hot side for rejecting heat; a cooling unit being attached to the cold side of the thermoelectric chip and having a cooling channel provided therein, the cooling unit comprising a cooling body having the cooling channel and a cooling gasket groove, a cooling sealing gasket disposed in the cooling gasket groove, and a cooling sealing cover covering the cooling body, wherein the cooling channel is defined by a cooling trench in the cooling unit, wherein the cooling sealing cover and the cooling body are each formed with screw holes, the screw holes of the cooling sealing cover corresponding in position to the screw holes of the cooling body for screws to pass through the screw holes of the cooling sealing cover and the screw holes of the cooling body so as to fix the cooling sealing cover onto the cooling body and the cooling sealing gasket in the cooling gasket groove; and a heating unit being attached to the hot side of the thermoelectric chip and having a heating channel provided therein, the heating unit comprising a heating body having the heating channel and a heating gasket groove, a heating sealing gasket disposed in the heating gasket groove, and a heating sealing cover covering the heating body, wherein the heating channel is defined by a heating trench in the heating unit, and wherein the heating sealing cover and the heating body are each formed with screw holes, the screw holes of the heating sealing cover corresponding in position to the screw holes of the heating body for screws to pass through the screw holes of the heating sealing cover and the screw holes of the heating body so as to fix the heating sealing cover onto the heating body and the heating sealing gasket in the heating gasket groove; a feeding pipe for conducting fluid into the cooling channel of the cooling unit and the heating channel of the heating unit, respectively; a cooled fluid tank; a cooling-gain circulating loop coupled to the cooling unit for introducing the fluid from the feeding pipe into the cooling channel to create a cool circular flow, so as to make the cold side of the thermoelectric chip cool the fluid flowing in the cooling channel of the cooling unit, one end of the cooling-gain circulating loop being connected to the cooling unit and another end of the cooling-gain circulating loop being connected to the cooled fluid tank such that the fluid introduced into the cooling channel via the feeding pipe flows circularly; a heated fluid tank; a heating-gain circulating loop coupled to the heating unit for introducing the fluid from the feeding pipe into the heating channel to create a heat circular flow, so as to make the hot side of the thermoelectric chip heat the fluid flowing in the heating channel of the heating unit, one end of the heating-gain circulating loop is connected to the heating unit and another end of the heating-gain circulating loop is connected to the heated fluid tank such that the fluid introduced into the heating channel via the feeding pipe flows circularly; and an outlet pipe coupled to the cooling-gain circulating loop and to the heating-gain circulating loop for discharging the cooled fluid and the heated fluid respectively from the cooling-gain circulating loop and the heating-gain circulating loop, wherein the thermoelectric heat pump cools the fluid flowing in the cooling channel of the cooling unit and heats the fluid flowing in the heating channel of the heating unit simultaneously without a fan or a fin, wherein the cool circular flow circulates through the cooling-gain circulating loop, the cooling unit, the cooled fluid tank and back to the cooling-gain circulating loop, and the heat circular flow circulates through the heating-gain circulating loop, the heating unit, the heated fluid tank and back to the heating-gain circulating loop.