A compact, energy efficient blower that is controlled by a Peltier thermoelectric device to supply either hot or cold air. The Peltier device is sandwiched between a pair of heat exchangers that are surrounded by a plastic enclosure. Each heat exchanger includes a plurality of parallel aligned therm
A compact, energy efficient blower that is controlled by a Peltier thermoelectric device to supply either hot or cold air. The Peltier device is sandwiched between a pair of heat exchangers that are surrounded by a plastic enclosure. Each heat exchanger includes a plurality of parallel aligned thermal energy conducting fins that are folded to maximize the surface area thereof. A fan is mounted atop the enclosure to pump a first supply of intake air through a first air flow path in a first heat exchanger at one side of the Peltier device to exhaust the waste energy emitted by the Peltier device and collected by the first heat exchanger. The fan also pumps a second supply of intake air through a second air flow path in the second heat exchanger at the opposite side of the Peltier device to blow the useful energy emitted by the Peltier device and collected by the second heat exchanger to an application device or a space within which the blower is located. The first and second heat exchangers are turned upside down relative to one another at opposite sides of the Peltier device so that the waste energy and useful energy are pumped from the blower in directions which are aligned perpendicular to one another.
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1. A blower assembly, comprising:a Peltier thermoelectric device having first and opposite sides and adapted to be connected to a source of power to emit waste thermal energy from the first side thereof and useful thermal energy from the opposite side;a first heat exchanger located in thermal commun
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A blower assembly, comprising:a Peltier thermoelectric device having first and opposite sides and adapted to be connected to a source of power to emit waste thermal energy from the first side thereof and useful thermal energy from the opposite side;a first heat exchanger located in thermal communication with the first side of said Peltier thermoelectric device to collect the waste thermal energy emitted from said first side, said first heat exchanger having a first air flow path running therethrough;a second heat exchanger located in thermal communication with the opposite side of said Peltier thermoelectric device to collect the useful thermal energy emitted from said opposite side, said second heat exchanger having a second air flow path running therethrough;a fan for pumping a first supply of fan air through the first air flow path of said first heat exchanger for exhausting the waste thermal energy emitted from the first side of said Peltier thermoelectric device and collected by said first heat exchanger and a second supply of fan air through the second air flow path of said second heat exchanger for blowing the useful thermal energy emitted from the opposite side of said Peltier thermoelectric device and collected by said second heat exchanger to an application device or a space within which said blower assembly is located; anda housing having an upper housing portion and a lower housing portion, said upper housing portion enclosing said first heat exchanger and said lower housing portion enclosing said second heat exchanger, and said Peltier thermoelectric device being located between said first and second heat exchangers within said housing, and upper housing portion having first and second air passages formed therein and aligned with said fan, said fan pumping said first supply of fan air into the first air passage in said upper housing portion and through the first air flow path of said first heat exchanger enclosed by said upper housing portion and said second supply of fan air into the second air passage in said upper housing portion and through the second air flow path of said second heat exchanger enclosed by said lower housing portion. 2. The blower assembly recited in claim 1, wherein the waste thermal energy emitted by said Peltier device and collected by said first heat exchanger is exhausted from said blower assembly in a first direction and the useful thermal energy emitted by the Peltier device and collected by said second heat exchanger is blown from said blower assembly in a second direction, said first and second directions in which said waste thermal energy is exhausted and said useful thermal energy is blown lying in perpendicular alignment with one another. 3. The blower assembly recited in claim 1, wherein the upper housing portion of said housing has at least one open window formed therein and the lower housing portion of said housing has an open vent formed therein, such that the waste thermal energy emitted by said Peltier device is exhausted from said blower assembly through said open window by means of the first supply of air being pumped through the first air flow path of said first heat exchanger enclosed by said upper housing portion, and the useful thermal energy emitted by said Peltier device is blown from said blower assembly through said open vent by means of the second supply of fan air being pumped through the second air flow path of said second heat exchanger enclosed by said lower shell housing portion. 4. The blower assembly recited in claim 3, wherein said at least one open window is formed in one end of said upper housing portion and said open vent is formed in the bottom of said lower housing portion such that the waste thermal energy is exhausted through said window in a first direction and the useful thermal energy is blown through said vent in second direction which lies in perpendicular alignment with said first direction. 5. The blower assembly recited in claim 1, wherei n each of said first and second heat exchangers includes an open top, a closed bottom, open opposite sides, and a plurality of thermal energy conducting fins extending in parallel alignment with one another between said open sides, said first and second heat exchangers turned upside down relative to one another such that the closed bottom of said first heat exchanger lies against the first side of said Peltier device and the closed bottom of said second heat exchanger lies against the opposite side of said Peltier device. 6. The blower assembly recited in claim 5, wherein the plurality of parallel aligned thermal energy conducting fins which extend between the open opposite sides of said first heat exchanger are arranged in perpendicular alignment with the plurality of parallel aligned thermal energy conducting fins which extend between the open opposite sides of said second heat exchanger. 7. The blower assembly recited in claim 6, wherein the first air flow path running through said first heat exchanger is established between the open top of said first heat exchanger into which the first supply of fan air is pumped and the open opposite sides of said first heat exchanger between which said plurality of thermal energy conducting fins extend and from which the waste thermal energy emitted by said Peltier device is exhausted. 8. The blower assembly recited in claim 7, wherein the second air flow path running through said second heat exchanger is established between the open opposite sides of said second heat exchanger between which said plurality of thermal energy conducting fins extend and into which the second supply of fan air is pumped and the open top of said second heat exchanger from which the useful thermal energy emitted by said Peltier device is blown. 9. A blower assembly, comprising:a Peltier thermoelectric device to be connected to a source of power and adapted to emit thermal waste energy from one side thereof and useful thermal energy from the opposite side;a first heat exchanger including a first plurality of thermal energy conducting fins lying against the first side of said Peltier thermoelectric device to collect the waste energy emitted from said first side, said first heat exchanger having a first air flow path running therethrough;a second heat exchanger including a second plurality of thermal energy conducting fins lying against the opposite side of said Peltier thermoelectric device to collect the useful thermal energy emitted from said opposite sides, said second heat exchanger having a second air flow path running therethrough; anda fan for pumping a first supply of fan air through the first air flow path of said first heat exchanger for exhausting the waste thermal energy emitted from the first side of said Peltier thermoelectric device and collected by said first heat exchanger and a second supply of fan air through the second air flow path of said second heat exchanger for blowing the useful thermal energy emitted from the opposite side of said Peltier thermoelectric device and collected by said second heat exchanger into an application device or a space within which said blower is located,whereby the waste thermal energy emitted by said Peltier thermoelectric device and collected by said first heat exchanger is exhausted from said blower in a first direction and the useful thermal energy emitted by said Peltier thermoelectric device and collected by said second heat exchanger is blown from said blower in a second direction, said first and second directions in which said waste thermal energy is exhausted and said useful thermal energy is blown lying in perpendicular alignment with one another. 10. The blower assembly recited in claim 9, wherein each thermal energy conducting fin of said first and second pluralities of thermal energy conducting fins has a front face, a back face spaced from said front face, an air exhaust cavity located between said front and back faces, a top connected between said front and back faces, and an opening formed through said top to receive one of said first and second supply of fan air pumped by said fan. 11. The blower assembly recited in claim 10, wherein said opening through the top of each thermal energy conducting fin of said first and second pluralities of thermal energy conducting fins extends in a vertical direction and said air exhaust cavity located between the front and back faces of said fin extends in a horizontal direction, said vertically extending opening communicating with said horizontally extending air exhaust cavity in perpendicular alignment therewith. 12. The blower assembly recited in claim 11, wherein each thermal energy conducting fin of said first and second pluralities of thermal energy conducting fins also has a closed bottom and a pair of open opposite sides, said air exhaust cavity located between said front and back faces and extending laterally between said pair of open opposite sides, such that each of said first and second air flow paths of said first and second heat exchangers includes the vertical opening, the horizontal air exhaust cavity and the open opposite sides of each fin thereof. 13. The blower assembly recited in claim 9, further comprising a housing having an upper shell connected to a lower shell, said upper shell enclosing said first heat exchanger and said lower shell enclosing said second heat exchanger, said Peltier thermoelectric device being sandwiched between said first and second heat exchangers within said housing. 14. The blower assembly recited in claim 13, wherein said fan is mounted above the upper shell of said housing, said upper shell having first and second air passages formed therein and aligned with said fan, said fan pumping said first supply of fan air in to the first air passage in said upper shell and through the first air flow path of said first heat exchanger enclosed by said upper shell and said second supply of fan air into the second air passage in said upper shell and through the second air flow path of said second heat exchanger enclosed by said lower shell. 15. The blower assembly recited in claim 14, wherein the upper shell of said housing has at least one open window formed therein and the lower shell of said housing has an open vent formed therein, such that the waste thermal energy emitted by said Peltier thermoelectric device is exhausted from said blower through said window by means of the first supply of fan air being pumped through the first air flow path of said first heat exchanger enclosed by said upper shell, and the useful thermal energy emitted by said Peltier thermoelectric device is blown from said blower through said vent by means of the second supply of fan air being pumped through the second air flow path of said second heat exchanger enclosed by said lower shell. 16. The blower assembly recited in claim 9, wherein each of said first and second heat exchangers include an open top, a closed bottom, open opposites sides, and one of said first and second pluralities of thermal energy conducting fins extending in parallel alignment between said open opposite sides, said first and second heat exchangers turned upside down relative to one another such that the closed bottom of said first heat exchanger lies against the first side of said Peltier thermoelectric device and the closed bottom of said second heat exchanger lies against the opposite side of said Peltier thermoelectric device. 17. The blower assembly recited in claim 16, wherein said plurality of parallel aligned thermal energy conducting fins which extend between the open opposite sides of said first heat exchanger are arranged in perpendicular alignment with said plurality of parallel aligned thermal energy conducting fins which extend between the open opposite sides of said second heat exchanger. 18. A blower assembly, comprising:a Peltier thermoelectric device having first and opposite sides and adapted to be connected to a source of powe r to emit waste thermal energy from the first side thereof and useful thermal energy from the opposite side;a first heat exchanger located in thermal communication with the first side of said Peltier thermoelectric device to collect the waste thermal energy emitted from said first side, said first heat exchanger having a first air flow path running therethrough;a second heat exchanger located in thermal communication with the opposite side of said Peltier thermoelectric device to collect the useful thermal energy emitted from said opposite side, said second heat exchanger having a second air flow path running therethrough;each of said first and second heat exchangers including an open top, a closed bottom, open opposite sides, and a plurality of thermal energy conducting fins extending between said open sides, said first and second heat exchangers turned upside down relative to one another such that the closed bottom of said first heat exchanger lies against the first side of said Peltier thermoelectric device and the closed bottom of said second heat exchanger lies against the opposite side of said Peltier thermoelectric device; anda fan for pumping a first supply of fan air through the first air flow path of said first heat exchanger for exhausting the waste thermal energy emitted from the first side of said Peltier thermoelectric device and collected by said first heat exchanger and a second supply of fan air through the second air flow path of said second heat exchanger for blowing the useful thermal energy emitted from the opposite side of said Peltier thermoelectric device and collected by said second heat exchanger into an application device or a space within which said blower assembly is located. 19. The blower assembly recited in claim 18, wherein the plurality of thermal energy conducting fins which extend between the open opposite sides of said first heat exchanger are arranged in perpendicular alignment with the plurality of thermal energy conducting fins which extend between the open opposite sides of said second heat exchanger. 20. The blower assembly recited in claim 19, wherein the first air flow path running through said first heat exchanger is established between the open top of said first heat exchanger into which the first supply of fan air is pumped and the open opposite sides of said first heat exchanger between which said plurality of thermal energy conducting fins extend and from which the waste thermal energy emitted by said Peltier device is exhausted, and the second air flow path running through said second heat exchanger is established between the open opposite sides of said second heat exchanger between which said plurality of thermal energy conducting fins extend and into which the second supply of fan air is pumped and the open top of said second heat exchanger from which the useful thermal energy emitted by said Peltier device is blown.
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