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A single ended filly encapsulated water cooling cartridge for thermoelectrically cooling fluids has a vertically mounted cylindrical water flow pipe with a plurality of flat sides and acting as a cold plate communicating with an inlet of the water cooling cartridge, a like plurality of heat sinks ci

A single ended filly encapsulated water cooling cartridge for thermoelectrically cooling fluids has a vertically mounted cylindrical water flow pipe with a plurality of flat sides and acting as a cold plate communicating with an inlet of the water cooling cartridge, a like plurality of heat sinks circumferentiary positioned around the water flow pipe with longitudinal fins extending radially outwardly from each heat sink, a cylindrical shell enveloping the heat sinks and the water flow pipe and forming an annulus air passageway therein, an axial forced air fan mounted on the top of the water cooling cartridge to induce air flow along the heat sinks, thermoelectric elements acting as heat pumps positioned between the heat sink and the water flow pipe, and a temperature control thermostat.

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1. A counter top mounted apparatus for cooling and dispensing fluids comprising:flowboard mounting base having an inlet, an outlet, and a fluid passageway extending between said inlet and said outlet, a plurality of receptacles on said flowboard each connected to said fluid passage and adapted for a

1. A counter top mounted apparatus for cooling and dispensing fluids comprising:flowboard mounting base having an inlet, an outlet, and a fluid passageway extending between said inlet and said outlet, a plurality of receptacles on said flowboard each connected to said fluid passage and adapted for accepting single ended cartridges therein; thermoelectric fluid cooling cartridge means receivable on said flowboard, said cooling cartridge means having a single port for an inlet and an outlet communicating with said passageway of said flowboard, a vertically mounted coaxial water flow pipe communicating with said inlet of said water cooling cartridge, said water flow pipe having a cylindrical interior with plurality of flat external surfaces, a like plurality of longitudinally finned heat sink means positioned coaxially around said water flow pipe, forced air fan means connected to said fluid cooling cartridge so as to draw air flow across said heat sink, and solid state thermoelectric heat pump means formed by arrays of P and N pellets of semiconductor material, said pellets being connected electrically in series and thermally in parallel and encapsulated between metalized ceramic substrates, said arrays being positioned between said heat sinks and said water flow pipe; and a cartridge external shell extending around and fully encapsulating said heat sinks and said water flow pipe and providing an annulus for air driven be said air fan.