Drip brew maker with delay valve

Claim 1

A DRIP BREW MAKER COMPRISING A HOT WATER RESERVOIR, A BREW SERVER THEREBENEATH, A BASKET FOR THE INFUSION MATERIAL DISPOSED BETWEEN THE RESERVOIR AND THE SERVER, SAID BASKET HAVING A PERFORATE BOTTOM, A SPREADER IN SAID BASKET TO RECEIVE THE FLOW OF HOT WATER, A SUPPORT FOR SAID BASKET, SAID BASKET AND SPREADER AND SUPPORT COMBINATION PROVIDING MEANS TO AFFORD RELATIVELY UNRESTRICTED OVERFLOW OF HOT WATER DIRECTLY TO THE SERVER, A RELATIVELY SMALL FLOW RATE CONTROL ORIFICE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE RESERVOIR AND EFFECTIVE TO FLOW HOT WATER ONTO THE SPREADER AT A DESIRED RATE FOR RELATIVELY SMALL QUANTITIES OF WATER, AN ADDITIONAL RELATIVELY LARGE PASSAGE LEADING FROM THE RESERVOIR AT A SUBSTANTIALLY HIGHER LEVEL AND EFFECTIVE TO GREATLY ACCELERATE THE FLOW FROM THE RESERVOIR FOR QUANTITIES OF WATER ABOVE SAID HIGHER LEVEL, A VALVE OPERABLE TO EFFECTIVELY SIMULTANEOUSLY OPEN OR CLOSE BOTH THE ORIFICE AND THE PASSAGE AGAINST FLOW FROM THE RESERVOIR, AND A THERMALLY RESPONSIVE MEANS TO OPEN THE VALVE AT ELEVATED TEMPERATURE, WHEREBY SAID VALVE WHEN OPEN FOR LARGER QUANTITIES OF WATER IN THE RESERVOIR IS EFFECTIVE TO CAUSE ACCELERATED FLOW AND OVERFLOW TO THE EXTENT NEEDED SUCH THAT THE EXTRACTION TIME FOR LARGE QUANTITIES ABOVE SAID HIGHER LEVEL IS ONLY A LITTLE MORE THAN THE EXTRACTION TIME FOR THE QUANTITY AT SAID HIGHER LEVEL.