US 12,235,041 B2
Apparatus for beverage container temperature control
Kenneth Holck Jakobsen, Solrød Strand (DK); Anders Bruus, Copenhagen (DK); Michael Skovbjerg, Copenhagen (DK); and Ann-Marie Finn, Copenhagen (DK)
Assigned to Grad ApS, Copenhagen (DK)
Filed by Grad ApS, Copenhagen (DK)
Filed on May 24, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/751,745.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/194,275, filed on May 28, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0381508 A1, Dec. 1, 2022
Int. Cl. F25D 31/00 (2006.01); A47G 23/02 (2006.01); F25D 3/08 (2006.01)
CPC F25D 31/002 (2013.01) [A47G 23/02 (2013.01); F25D 3/08 (2013.01); A47G 2023/0283 (2013.01); F25D 2331/808 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. Apparatus for controlling a temperature of a beverage container, the apparatus comprising:
a housing having an upper portion and a lower portion, the upper portion including a receptacle adapted to receive the beverage container;
a thermoelectric element positioned in the lower portion, the thermoelectric element having a first side at a first temperature and a second side at a second temperature lower than the first temperature, the second side being in thermal communication with the receptacle;
a heat sink in thermal communication with the first side;
at least one battery positioned in the lower portion and electrically connected to the thermoelectric element to provide power to the thermoelectric element; and
a fan arranged in the housing;
wherein the lower portion includes air outlets at a base of the lower portion and air inlets all positioned above and separated from the air outlets by a barrier and wherein the fan is arranged to draw air in through the air inlets, force the air through the heat sink and exhaust the air passed through the heat sink out through the air outlets in a 360° ring.