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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 15, 2011
Filed:
Oct. 05, 2009
Klaus Flinner, Zöschingen, DE;
Georg Hausmann, Blindheim, DE;
Stefan Holzer, Aalen, DE;
Fritz Hägele, Herbrechtingen, DE;
Jörg Stelzer, Giengen, DE;
Klaus Flinner, Zöschingen, DE;
Georg Hausmann, Blindheim, DE;
Stefan Holzer, Aalen, DE;
Fritz Hägele, Herbrechtingen, DE;
Jörg Stelzer, Giengen, DE;
BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbH, Munich, DE;
Abstract
An auxiliary cooling device is used in another main cooling device, such as a refrigerator. The auxiliary cooling device includes a thermoelectric element, such as a Peltier element, which includes a heat source and a heat sink. The heat sink is used to directly or indirectly cool an item, such as a bottle of liquid. The heat source, which is insulated from the heat sink, is in close thermal contact with a heat exchange fluid in a container. The heat exchange fluid is used as a thermal buffer for the waste heat generated by the cooling process. That waste heat may be transmitted into the main storage chamber of the main cooling device.