Beverage Cooler and Heater

• US 20170027359A1
• Filed: 07/25/2016
• Published: 02/02/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 07/28/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: QDot Engineers, LLC
• Original Assignee: QDot Engineers, LLC
• Inventors: Goodson, Christian Ross, Goodson, Mark
• Granted Patent: US 10,667,637 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A47G 23/0313 with means for keeping food cool or hot
• CPC Class Codes: F25B 21/04 reversible
• CPC Class Codes: F25D 31/005 Combined cooling and heating devices
• CPC Class Codes: F25D 31/006 specially adapted for cooling receptacles, e.g. tanks

Abstract

A system having a beverage coaster with a receiving coil that can be magnetically coupled or decoupled from a driving coil in a counter, table, bar, and the like. The coaster may be magnetically coupled to the table by moving the coaster into an area where the driving coil generates a magnetic field of sufficient strength. The coaster also includes a switch that activated or deactivated based on its proximity to a magnet in the table. The coaster has a metallic plate on which may be positioned a beverage container. The plate is thermally and mechanically coupled to a Peltier cell that either cools or heats the plate, depending on the state of the switch.

Claims

1. A beverage heating and cooling system comprising:

a beverage coaster having a first end, an opposing second end, a housing, a metallic plate connected to the housing at the first end, a Peltier cell within the housing mechanically and thermally connected to the metallic plate, a switch within the housing, a receiving coil located within the housing proximal to the second end, and coaster circuitry electrically connected to the Peltier cell, the switch, and the receiving coil; and

a counter with a countertop having a top surface and a bottom surface, a magnet, a driving coil, and driver circuitry connected to the driving coil.

2. The system of claim 1 wherein the driving coil is magnetically coupled with the receiving coil.

3. The system of claim 1 further comprising driver circuity electrically connected to the driving coil.

4. The system of claim 1 further comprising coaster circuity electrically connected to the receiving coil, the Peltier cell, and the switch.

5. The system of claim 1 further comprising a USB port mounted to the housing and electrically connected to the coaster circuitry.

6. The system of claim 1 further comprising an AC-to-DC converter connected to the receiving coil.