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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 07, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 19, 2013
Food Equipment Technologies Company, Inc., Lake Zurich, IL (US);
Marek K. Kwiatkowski, Round Lake, IL (US);
FOOD EQUIPMENT TECHNOLOGIES COMPANY, INC., Lake Zurich, IL (US);
Abstract
A portable, insulated, opaque, hot beverage dispenser () with a sensor (), such as a level sensor, and an electronic display () is provided with a portable thermoelectric recharging power source (), a portable photovoltaic recharging source (), or both, to provide recharging power to a rechargeable power supply () which, in turn, provides electrical power to the display (), a display controller () and the sensor power to the level sensor. A thermoelectric generator is mounted within a funnelwith a cold side () in thermal communication with ambient air outside of the interior () of the container body () of the dispenser () and a hot side () in thermal communication with the interior air within the interior () is mounted within a funnel () fitted into the open top () of the container body ().