Drip infusion brew maker with wide capacity range

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, A SUPPORT FOR SAID BASKET, A SMALL FLOW RATE CONTROL ORIFICE LOCATED NEAR THE BOTTOM OF THE RESERVOIR AND EFFECTIVE TO FLOW HOT WATER TO THE BASKET AT A DESIRED RATE FOR A DESIRED EXTRACTION TIME FOR RELATIVELY SMALL QUANTITIES OF WATER IN THE RESERVOIR, AND AN ADDITIONAL RELATIVELY LARGE FLOW PASSAGE LOCATED AT A SUBSTANTIALLY HIGHER LEVEL IN THE RESERVOIR AND EFFECTIVE TO GREATLY ACCELERATE THE FLOW OF HOT WATER FOR QUANTITIES OF WATER ABOVE SAID HIGHER LEVEL IN THE RESERVOIR, WHEREBY THE EXTRACTION TIME FOR LARGER QUANTITIES ABOVE SAID HIGHER LEVER IS ONLY A LITTLE MORE THAN THE EXTRACTION TIME FOR THE QUANTITY AT SAID HIGHER LEVEL, THE SAID FLOW RATE CONTROL ORIFICE AND THE ACCELERATING PASSAGE BEING SO DIMENSIONED THAT THE HOT WATER FLOW FROM THE RESERVOIR IS CONTROLLED TO PROVIDE A TOTAL DISCHARGE TIME FROM THE RESERVOIR WHICH WHEN ADDED TO THE RESIDUAL BASKET DRAIN TIME COMES WITHIN THE RANGE OF OPTIMUM EXTRACTION TIME FOR THE MATERIAL CONTEMPLATED TO BE USED, AND REGARDLESS OF QUANTITY WITHIN A CONTEMPLATED WIDE RANGE OF QUANTITY.