Beverage brewing machine

Claim 1

IN A MACHINE FOR BREWING SUCCESSIVE PORTIONS OF A BEVERAGE FROM A RIBBON HAVING LONGITUDINALLY SPACED, WATER PERVIOUS COMPARTMENTS CONTAINING THE MATERIAL FROM WHICH THE BEVERAGE IS TO BE EXTRACTED, BY FLOWING WATER THROUGH SUCCESSIVE ONES OF SAID COMPARTMENTS AT A BREWING STATION, THE COMBINATION OF: (A) A FIRST HEAD IN SAID BREWING STATION AND ENGAGEABLE WITH ONE SIDE OF SAID RIBBON AROUND A SAID COMPARTMENT IN SAID BREWING STATION, SAID FIRST HEAD BEING PROVIDED WITH A FIRST WATER PASSAGE ADAPTED TO COMMUNICATE WITH A SAID COMPARTMENT IN SAID BREWING STATION; (B) A SECOND HEAD IN SAID BREWING STATION AND ENGAGEABLE WITH THE OTHER SIDE OF SAID RIBBON AROUND A SAID COMPARTMENT IN SAID BREWING STATION, SAID SECOND HEAD BEING AXIALLY MOVABLE TOWARD SAID FIRST HEAD TO CLAMP SAID RIBBON BETWEEN SAID HEADS AROUND A SAID COMPARTMENT IN SAID BREWING STATION, SAID SECOND HEAD BEING PROVIDED WITH A SECOND WATER PASSAGE THERETHROUGH ADAPTED TO COMMUNICATE WITH A SAID COMPARTMENT IN SAID BREWING STATION; (C) MEANS FOR AXIALLY MOVING SAID SECOND HEAD TOWARD AND AWAY FROM SAID FIRST HEAD AND INTO CLAMPING ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID RIBBON AROUND A SAID COMPARTMENT THEREBETWEEN; (D) ROTARY RIBBON ADVANCING MEANS ANGULARLY DISPLACEABLE IN A STEP-BY-STEP MANNER FOR ADVANCING SUCCESSIVE ONES OF SAID COMPARTMENTS INTO SAID BREWING STATION AND BETWEEN SAID HEADS; (E) MEANS FOR ROTATING SAID ADVANCING MEANS ONE STEP FOR EACH RECIPROCATORY MOVEMENT OF SAID SECOND HEAD; (F) WATER HEATING MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID FIRST PASSAGE; (G) VALVE MEANS CARRIED BY SAID FIRST HEAD FOR CONTROLLING FLOW THROUGH SAID FIRST PASSAGE AND MOVABLE TO AN OPEN POSITION IN RESPONSE TO CLAMPING OF SAID RIBBON BETWEEN SAID FIRST AND SECOND HEADS FOR FLOWING WATER FROM SAID FIRST PASSAGE THROUGH A SAID COMPARTMENT CLAMPED BETWEEN SAID HEADS INTO SAID SECOND PASSAGE TO EXTRACT THE BEVERAGE FROM THE MATERIAL IN SUCH COMPARTMENT; AND (H) SAID FIRST HEAD BEING MOUNTED ON SAID WATER HEATING MEANS SO THAT SAID FIRST HEAD IS MAINTAINED AT AN ELEVATED TEMPERATURE BY CONDUCTION OF HEAT FROM SAID WATER HEATING MEANS.