Coffee vending machine having single cup brewing mechanism

Claim 1

IN BEVERAGE BREWING APPARATUS, THE COMBINATION OF: BEVERAGE MATERIAL DISPENSING MEANS; BREWING LIQUID SUPPLY MEANS; ROTATABLE STRUCTURE HAVING RECESS MEANS THEREIN DISPOSED TO RECEIVE SAID MATERIAL AND SAID LIQUID FROM SAID DISPENSING MEANS AND SAID SUPPLY MEANS RESPECTIVELY WHEN SAID STRUCTURE IS IN DIFFERENT ANGULAR POSITIONS OF ROTATION THEREOF RELATIVE TO SAID DISPENSING MEANS AND SAID SUPPLY MEANS; POWER MEANS OPERABLY COUPLED TO SAID STRUCTURE FOR ROTATING THE LATTER SUCCESSIVELY INTO SAID POSITIONS THEREOF; A MATERIAL SUPPORT ELEMENT SHIFTABLY MOUNTED IN SAID RECESS MEANS FOR MOVEMENT AXIALLY OF THE STRUCTURE AND PROVIDED WITH A LIQUID PASSAGE THERETHROUGH FOR CONVEYING LIQUID FROM THE DISPENSING MEANS TO THE OUTWARDLY FACING PORTION OF SAID RECESS MEANS, MANUALLY OPERABLE ADJUSTMENT MEANS ON THE STRUCTURE AND ENGAGING THE ELEMENT FOR SHIFTING THE ELEMENT AXIALLY OF THE STRUCTURE WITHIN SAID RECESS MEANS IN RESPONSE TO MANUAL ACTUATION OF THE ADJUSTMENT MEANS TO PERMIT SELECTIVE VARIATION OF THE AMOUNT OF SAID MATERIAL WHICH MAY BE RECEIVED IN SAID RECESS MEANS; AND CONTROL MEANS OPERABLY COUPLED WITH SAID POWER MEANS AND SAID LIQUID SUPPLY MEANS FOR CONTROLLING THE OPERATION THEREOF IN COOPERATIVE RELATIONSHIP.