Coffee dispensing

Claim 1

A STRIP TYPE BEVERAGE CARRIER TAPE HAVING A SERIES OF LIQUID PERMEABLE PODS OF BEVERAGE MATERIAL ARRANGED IN SPACED RELATION ALONG THE TAPE AND ADAPTED TO BE SEQUENTIALLY SUBJECTED TO A BREWING OPERATION IN A BREWING CHAMBER OF A BREWING MACHINE, THE CARRIER TAPE COMPRISING FLUID PERMEABLE PAPER STRIPS HVING FLAT AREAS BETWEEN THE PODS AND HAVING FLAT MARGINAL AREAS ALONG EACH EDGE PROJECTING WELL BEYOND THE BEVERAGE PODS, SAID AREAS COOPERATING TO PROVIDE FLAT SEALING REGIONSL ADAPTED TO BE ENGAGED IN THE BREWING MACHINE AT ALL SIDES OF THE BREWING CHAMBER, THE PAPER STRIPS BEING ADHESIVELY SECURED TO EACH OTHER AROUND THE ENTIRE PERIPHERY OF EACH POD, AND THE TAPE HAVING INDEXING MEANS ADAPTED TO COOPERATE WITH INDEXING MECHANISM FOR INDEXING THE POSITON OF A POD WITH RESPECT TO THE BREWING CHAMBER OF A BREWING MACHINE WHEN THE TAPE IS FED THROUGH THE MACHINE, SAID INDEXING MEANS COMPRISING APERTURES FORMED N THE TAPE IN PLANES INTERMEDIATE ADJACENT PODS LENGTHWISE OF THE TAPE AND POSITIONED INBOARD OF THE EDGES OF THE TAPE SO AS TO LEAVE AT LEAST MOST OF SAID MARGINAL PORTIONS PROJECTING BEYOND THE APERTURES, AND THE AREAS OF THE TAPE COMPLETELY SURROUND THE PODS INCLUDING THE AREAS BETWEEN THE PODS AND BETWEEN THE PODS AND THE EDGES OF THE TAPE IN THE REGION OF THE SAID MARGINAL AREAS BEING IMPEREFORATE TO PROVIDE IMPERFORATE ZONES COMPLETELY SURROUNDING THE PODS ADAPTED TO BE ENGAGED AND SEALED AROUND THE BREWING CHAMBER OF A BREWING MACHINE.