Coffee making machine

Claim 1

A MACHINE FOR MAKING VARYING AMOUNTS OF COFFEE EXTRACT OF THE ORDER OF 2 TO 12 CUPS WITHOUT REQUIRING ADJUSTMENT BE MADE OF THE MACHINE, SAID MACHINE COMPRISING: (A) A WATER TANK CLOSED AT ITS UPPER END, (B) MEANS FOR HEATING WATER IN SAID TANK, (C) A DISCHARGE HEADS MOUNTED IN SPACED RELATION TO SAID WATER TANK, (D) A DISCHARGE WATER LINE INTERCONNECTING THE UPPER END OF SAID WATER TANK AND SAID DISCHARGE HEAD, (E) MEANS UNDERBENEATH SAID DISCHARGE HEAD FOR RECEIVING GROUND COFFEE TO BE COVERED BY HOT WATER FROM SAID DISCHARGE HEAD, (F) A COFFEE BREAKER BELOW SAID COFFEE RECEIVING MEANS FOR RECEIVING COFFEE EXTRACT THEREFROM, (G) AN INLET WATER LINE COMMUNICATING WITH SAID WATER TANK NEAR ITS BOTTOM AND OPEN TO THE ATMOSPHERE ABOVE ITS UPPER END, (H) A BASIN OPEN AT ITS TOP AND CONNECTED AT ITS BOTTOM TO SAID UPPER END OF SAID INLET WATER LINE, AND (I) HOOD MEANS ENCLOSING THE UPPER END OF SAID WATER TANK AND SAID BASIN, (J) SAID HOOD MEANS HAVING AN OPENING REGISTERING WITH THE OPEN TOP OF SAID BASIN WHEREBY A MANUALLY MANIPULABLE COLD WATER BREAKER MAY BE EMPLOYED FOR POURING A PREDETERMINED QUANTITY OF COLD WATER THROUGH SAID OPENING INTO SAID BASIN TO FLOW BY GRAVITY INTO THE BOTTOM PORTION OF SAID WATER TANK IN AN AMOUNT SUBSTANTIALLY EQUAL TO THE AMOUNT OF HOT WATER TO BE DISPLACED AT THE TOP OF SAID WATER TANK TO CAUSE SAID HOT WATER TO FLOW THROUGH SAID DISCHARGE WATER LINE TO COVER SAID GROUND COFFEE AND TO CAUSE COFFEE EXTRACT TO FLOW INTO SAID COFFEE BREAKER IN AN AMOUNT CORRESPONDING TO THAT AMOUNT OF COLD WATER INITIALLY IN SAID COLD WATER BREAKER.