1. A dispensing faucet for draught beer, comprising:
a valve assembly disposed in a flow path from a pressurized flow line or container containing the beer, to an outlet for dispensing the beer, including a valve head configured to be urged by a force into sealed contact with a valve seat disposed about the path for preventing flow of the beer through the valve seat, and the valve head being movable through a range of partially open positions spaced from the valve seat to a fully open position for allowing flow of the beer past the valve seat;
an actuator disposed and configured to be movable to exert a force to move the valve head from the sealed contact with the valve seat to the open positions; and
a biasing element disposed and configured to automatically absorb a force exerted by an initial movement of the actuator in a direction for moving the valve head from the valve seat such that the valve head will remain in the sealed contact with the valve seat, and then responsive to a continued movement of the actuator in the direction for moving the valve head from the valve seat so as to increase the force exerted, to automatically release and exert the force against the valve head to rapidly move the valve head to the fully open position or nearly the fully open position to allow the beer to flow past the valve seat independent of an actual speed of the continued movement.
2. The faucet of claim 1, wherein the biasing element comprises a spring.
3. The faucet of claim 2, wherein the spring is disposed between the actuator and the valve head.
4. The faucet of claim 3, further comprising a valve stem in contact with the actuator, and the spring is configured to exert the force against the valve head through the valve stem.
5. The faucet of claim 4, wherein the spring is incorporated with the valve stem.
6. The faucet of claim 5, wherein the spring is disposed between separate portions of the valve stem.
7. The faucet of claim 5, wherein the spring is disposed about portions of the valve stem.
8. The faucet of claim 1, wherein the initial movement of the actuator and the continued movement comprise portions of an uninterrupted movement of the actuator.
9. The faucet of claim 2, wherein the spring comprises a compression spring.
10. The faucet of claim 2, wherein the spring is disposed between the actuator and a valve stem connected to the valve head.
11. The faucet of claim 1, wherein the actuator comprises a lever.
12. The faucet of claim 1, wherein the force urging the valve head into sealed contact with the valve seat is generated by the beer.
13. The faucet of claim 1, wherein after automatically releasing and exerting the force against the valve head to rapidly move the valve head to the fully open position or nearly the fully open position, the biasing element is configured to allow the actuator to move the valve head within the range of partially open positions for filling a container with the beer to a desired extent.
14. A dispensing faucet for draught beer, comprising:
a valve assembly disposed in a flow path from a pressurized flow line or container containing the beer, to an outlet for dispensing the beer, including a valve head configured to be urged by a force into sealed contact with a valve seat disposed about the path for preventing flow of the beer through the valve seat, and the valve head being movable through a range of partially open positions spaced from the valve seat to a fully open position for allowing flow of the beer past the valve seat;
an actuator disposed and configured to be movable to exert a force to move the valve head from the sealed contact with the valve seat to the open positions; and
a biasing element disposed and configured to automatically absorb energy of the force exerted by a partial movement of the actuator in a direction for moving the valve head from the valve seat such that the valve head will remain in the sealed contact with the valve seat, and then responsive to a continued movement of the actuator in the direction for moving the valve head from the valve seat so as to exert an additional force, to automatically release the absorbed energy to exert the force against the valve head to rapidly move the valve head to the fully open position or nearly the fully open position to allow the beer to flow past the valve seat independent of an actual speed of the continued movement.
15. The faucet of claim 14, wherein after automatically releasing and exerting the force against the valve head to rapidly move the valve head to the fully open position or nearly the fully open position, the biasing element is configured to allow the actuator to move the valve head within the range of partially open positions for filling a container with the beer to a desired extent.
16. The faucet of claim 15, wherein the biasing element comprises a spring.
17. The faucet of claim 16, wherein the spring is disposed between the actuator and the valve head.
18. The faucet of claim 16, further comprising a valve stem in contact with the actuator, and the spring is configured to exert the force against the valve head through the valve stem.
19. The faucet of claim 14, wherein the force urging the valve head into sealed contact with the valve seat is generated by the beer.
20. The faucet of claim 14, wherein the actuator comprises a lever.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. In a mobile communication device, a method of relaying data originated from a network isolated device and which is addressed to a target destination device, comprising:
establishing a temporary wireless communication connection with the network isolated device;
storing data received from the network isolated device via the temporary wireless communication connection;
terminating the temporary wireless communication connection;
establishing a subsequent communication connection with a communication device;
transferring the data to the communication device via the subsequent communication connection;
ceasing subsequent transfers of the data to other communication devices regardless of whether the data is successfully relayed to the target destination device in response to a data transfer extinction parameter; and
deleting the stored data in response to the data transfer extinction parameter.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein the data transfer extinction parameter corresponds to an amount of time elapsed before establishing the subsequent communication connection.
3. The method of claim 1, wherein the data transfer extinction parameter corresponds to a number of mobile communication devices that previously transferred the data.
4. The method of claim 1, wherein the data transfer extinction parameter corresponds to a received data transfer cancellation message.
5. The method of claim 1, wherein the data transfer extinction parameter corresponds to a decay statistic indicating dispersion of the data.
6. The method of claim 1, wherein the data transfer extinction parameter corresponds to a timestamp.
7. The method of claim 1, further comprising transferring to the communication device an identifier uniquely associated with the mobile communication device.
8. The method of claim 1, wherein establishing a subsequent communication connection with a communication device comprises establishing a subsequent communication connection with a number of mobile communication devices corresponding to a data transfer distribution parameter.
9. The method of claim 1, wherein the communication device comprises one of a different mobile communication device and a network access point.
10. A mobile communication device, comprising:
a wireless communication circuit configured to establish a temporary wireless communication connection with a network isolated device, receive data addressed to a target destination device which is transferred to the mobile communication device via the temporary wireless communication connection, terminate the temporary wireless communication connection, establish a subsequent communication connection with a communication device, and transfer the data to the communication device via the subsequent communication connection; and
a control circuit configured to cease subsequent transfers of the data to other communication devices regardless of whether the data is successfully relayed to the target destination device in response to a data transfer extinction parameter and delete the stored data in response to the data transfer extinction parameter.
11. The mobile communication device of claim 10, wherein the data transfer extinction parameter corresponds to an amount of time elapsed before establishing the subsequent communication connection.
12. The mobile communication device of claim 10, wherein the data transfer extinction parameter corresponds to a number of mobile communication devices that previously transferred the data.
13. The mobile communication device of claim 10, wherein the data transfer extinction parameter corresponds to a received data transfer cancellation message.
14. The mobile communication device of claim 10, wherein the data transfer extinction parameter corresponds to a decay statistic indicating dispersion of the data.
15. The mobile communication device of claim 10, wherein the data transfer extinction parameter corresponds to a timestamp.
16. The mobile communication device of claim 10, wherein the wireless communication circuit is further configured to transfer to the communication device an identifier uniquely associated with the mobile communication device.
17. The mobile communication device of claim 10, wherein the wireless communication circuit is configured to establish a subsequent communication connection with a communication device by establishing a subsequent communication connection with a number of mobile communication devices corresponding to a data transfer distribution parameter.
18. The mobile communication device of claim 10, wherein the communication device comprises one of a different mobile communication device and a network access point.