Combo grinder and brewer

A brewing apparatus including beverage brewing means and brewing substance dispensing means, said brewing apparatus comprising:

• a receptacle for retaining a brewing substance being positioned relative to said brewing substance dispensing means for receiving brewing substance therefrom and said brewing means for receiving brewing water therefrom;
• a sensor operatively associated with said receptacle for indicating when said receptacle is positioned in a desired location relative to said substance dispensing means and said brewing means;
• a chute positioned between said substance dispensing means and said receptacle for selectively directing brewing substance from said substance dispensing means to said receptacle;
• water dispensing means operatively associated with said beverage brewing means and selectively communicating with said receptacle for delivering water to a brewing substance retained in said receptacle;
• drive means being operatively associated with one of said chute and said water dispensing means and for controllably displacing the other of said chute and said water dispensing means, whereby said chute and said water dispensing means controllably, individually communicate with said receptacle;
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• control means operatively associated with said drive means, said sensor and said substance dispensing means for synchronously operating said brewing apparatus, whereby said sensor must indicate a receptacle positioned in a desired location and said dive means must position said water dispensing means in communication with said receptacle before said beverage brewing means can operate.

A beverage brewing apparatus including a beverage brewer and a brewing substance dispenser, said beverage brewing apparatus comprising:

• a receptacle for receiving a beverage brewing substance;
• said brewing substance dispenser being operatively associated with said receptacle for controllably dispensing brewing substance into said receptacle;
• a movable chute positioned between said substance dispenser and said receptacle for directing brewing substance from said substance dispenser to said receptacle;
• a water dispensing assembly communicating with said beverage brewer for delivering water to a beverage brewing substance retained in said receptacles;
• a carriage assembly positioned proximate to said receptacle and being pivotably movable relative thereto, said water dispensing assembly being carried on said carriage assembly for selectively positioning said water dispensing assembly in communication with said receptacle;
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• a drive assembly connected to said carriage assembly for selectively moving said carriage assembly to controllably displace said water dispensing assembly relative to said receptacle and said chute, whereby said water dispensing assembly and said chute controllably, individually communicates with said receptacle.