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H. Novis Inc.

Keith W McIntyre

John J Parry

Scott J McIntyre

A receptacle for storing, pressurizing, and dispensing packaged beverages. The receptacle includes an airtight chamber with a removable lid, wherein the joint between the lid and the chamber is also airtight. A gas valve allows for the inflow and outflow of gas, and a tap port and tap stem allow the beverage to be dispensed without breaking the seal of the chamber. A pressure relief valve allows for more rapid depressurization. The chamber can be used at high and low pressures, such as a partial vacuum, to prevent oxidation of a number of open beverages, such as beers, wines, and sodas. A pressure gauge port coupled with an optional pressure gauge allows a user to verify the appropriate pressure for the type of beverage being preserved. The gas valve may be disposed on a base of the receptacle, as may the pressure relief and/or the pressure gauge port.

Systems and methods for beverage preservation

A receptacle for storing, pressurizing, and dispensing packaged beverages. An airtight chamber with a removable lid, wherein the joint between the lid and the chamber is also airtight. A gas valve allows for the inflow and outflow of gas, and a tap port and tap stem allow the beverage to be dispensed without breaking the seal of the chamber. A pressure relief valve allows for more rapid depressurization. Chamber can also be used at high and low pressures, such as a partial vacuum, to prevent oxidation of a number of open beverages, such as beers, wines, and sodas. Can be used with multiple types of gas, and is coupleable with both American and European tap systems. A pressure gauge port allows a user to verify the appropriate pressure for the type of beverage being preserved. Lid may have multiple taps to allow for the storage of multiple beverages.

An automobile windscreen clearing and cleaning system in which cleaning of the windshield is accomplished primarily by a high velocity, essentially laminar flow of air from a distributed lineal nozzle located adjacent the surface of the windscreen. In one specific emodiment a foil-shaped body of rigid but flexible material is bonded to the outsdie lower surface of the windshield to form a plenum which in turn defines a lineal nozzle from which air is emitted at high velocity to flow up and over the windshield surface for cleaning the windshield surface as well as to create an air curtain. A turbine or other high velocity high pressure air source carried by the vehicle supplies air to the plenum. In another embodiment the foil-shaped rigid but flexible body is mounted for movement with a windshield wiper arm such that the plenum and nozzle are reversed in orientation relative to the windshield surface during each half cycle of travel to maintain the air curtain emitted by the nozzle in advance of the nozzle and in the direction of nozzle movement.

Automobile windscreen cleaning system

An automobile windscreen clearing and cleaning system in which cleaning of the windshield is accomplished primarily by a high velocity, essentially laminar flow of air from a distributed lineal nozzle located adjacent the surface of the windscreen. In one specific embodiment a foil-shaped body of rigid but flexible material is bonded to the outside lower surface of the windshield to form a plenum which in turn defines a lineal nozzle from which air is emitted at high velocity to flow up and over the windshield surface for cleaning the windshield surface as well as to create an air curtain. A turbine or other high velocity high pressure air source carried by the vehicle supplies air to the plenum. In another embodiment the foil-shaped rigid but flexible body is mounted for movement with a windshield wiper arm such that the plenum and nozzle are reversed in orientation relative to the windshield surface during each half cycle of travel to maintain the air curtain emitted by the nozzle in advance of the nozzle and in the direction of nozzle movement.

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Bellevue, WA, United States of America

Keith W McIntyre