Gaming apparatus with cooling of certain components
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1. A system comprising:
- a gaming machine including a housing;
one or more heat generating components within the gaming machine housing; and
a thermoelectric cooler apparatus located within the gaming machine housing and operable to draw heat from the one or more heat generating components, the thermoelectric cooler apparatus including;
a cooler enclosure having a hot side compartment and a cold side compartment separated by a wall member, the hot side compartment having a hot side inlet disposed within an interior of the gaming machine housing and a hot side outlet aligned with a first opening in an outer wall of the gaming machine housing, and the cold side compartment having a cold side inlet aligned with a second opening in the outer wall of the gaming machine housing and a cold side outlet disposed within the interior of the gaming machine housing;
a thermoelectric device positioned within an opening in the wall member;
a hot side heat sink disposed within the hot side compartment and directly coupled to a first surface of the thermoelectric device; and
a cold side heat sink disposed within the cold side compartment and directly coupled to a second surface of the thermoelectric device.
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Abstract
A system includes a gaming machine, one or more heat generating components within the gaming machine, and a thermoelectric cooler apparatus located within the gaming machine to draw heat from the one or more heat generating components.
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1. A system comprising:
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a gaming machine including a housing; one or more heat generating components within the gaming machine housing; and a thermoelectric cooler apparatus located within the gaming machine housing and operable to draw heat from the one or more heat generating components, the thermoelectric cooler apparatus including; a cooler enclosure having a hot side compartment and a cold side compartment separated by a wall member, the hot side compartment having a hot side inlet disposed within an interior of the gaming machine housing and a hot side outlet aligned with a first opening in an outer wall of the gaming machine housing, and the cold side compartment having a cold side inlet aligned with a second opening in the outer wall of the gaming machine housing and a cold side outlet disposed within the interior of the gaming machine housing; a thermoelectric device positioned within an opening in the wall member; a hot side heat sink disposed within the hot side compartment and directly coupled to a first surface of the thermoelectric device; and a cold side heat sink disposed within the cold side compartment and directly coupled to a second surface of the thermoelectric device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method comprising:
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mounting a thermoelectric cooler apparatus within a gaming machine housing having one or more heat generating components, the thermoelectric cooler apparatus including; a cooler enclosure having a hot side compartment and a cold side compartment separated by a wall member; a thermoelectric device positioned within an opening in the wall member; a hot side heat sink disposed within the hot side compartment and directly coupled to a first surface of the thermoelectric device; and a cold side heat sink disposed within the cold side compartment and directly coupled to a second surface of the thermoelectric device; drawing heat away from the one or more heat generating components, including pulling a first stream of air into the hot side compartment through a hot side inlet disposed within an interior of the gaming machine housing, and discharging the first stream of air through a hot side outlet aligned with a first opening in an outer wall of the gaming machine housing; and cooling the one or more heat generating components, including pulling a second stream of air into the cold side compartment through a cold side inlet aligned with a second opening in the outer wall of the gaming machine housing, and discharging the second stream of air through a cold side outlet disposed within an interior of the gaming machine housing. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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