Patents Assigned to SEB S.A.,
  • Publication number: 20230301478
    Abstract: A handheld vacuum cleaner (1) comprising a vacuum cleaner housing (2), a handle (3) connected to the vacuum cleaner housing (2), an intake head (4) through which outside air can be drawn in by the handheld vacuum cleaner (1), at least one exhaust port (5) through which the cleaned air can exit the handheld vacuum cleaner (1), an airflow circuit (6) that extends between the intake head (4) and the exhaust port (5), a suction unit (7) fitted on the airflow circuit (6), the suction unit (7) comprising an electric motor (7.1) and a fan (7.2) coupled to the electric motor (7.1) to generate an air flow in the airflow circuit (6) from the intake head (4) to the exhaust port (5), a waste separation device (8) fitted on the airflow circuit (6) upstream of the suction unit (7) and through which the air flow generated by the fan (7.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2021
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Applicant: SEB S.A.
    Inventor: Bertrand Escalettes
  • Publication number: 20230293384
    Abstract: A skin care device includes a massage head, a body to which the head is intended to be removably attached. The body includes a housing and a motor for actuating the head, and a coupling system for transmitting rotation from the motor to the head. The coupling system includes first and second coupling members, one of which constitutes a male member and the other constitutes a female member intended to receive the male member to cooperate with the male member in a form-fitting manner. The first coupling member is mounted in a substantially rotational manner relative to the housing, and the male member hasa general conical shape and including fins the free edges of which define the general conical shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2021
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Applicant: SEB S.A.
    Inventor: Yohan Dassonville
  • Publication number: 20230293383
    Abstract: A massage device includes a first selection interface configured to allow a user to select an automatic or manual operating mode of the device, the automatic operating mode providing a treatment cycle for the area to be massage; a second selection interface configured to allow a user to select a parameter related to the automatic operation mode of the device and representative of a massage setting; a massage head including at least one massage element configured to come into contact with the area to be massaged; and an actuator enabling activation of said at least one massage element. The device further includes a controller configured to automatically select a first mode or a second mode of operation of the automatic operation of the device, depending on the user-selected setting, wherein the first mode and the second mode are each associated with a particular operation of the actuator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2021
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Applicant: SEB S.A.
    Inventors: Yohan Dassonville, Vivien Marzin, Ambroise De La Chapelle
  • Publication number: 20230270291
    Abstract: A food preparation container includes a receptacle provided with a main opening for the introduction of food into the receptacle and the removal of the resulting food preparation from the receptacle. The food preparation container includes at least a first handle designed so that the receptacle can be handled while keeping it in a normal position with the main opening positioned at the top of the receptacle. The food preparation container includes a second handle comprising a body which has an underside with a cavity extending deep into the body, the cavity designed to accommodate at least the distal phalanges of at least the three middle fingers of a hand and to allow the receptacle to be held suspended by the distal phalanges in an inclined position for pouring or scraping the food preparation. A food preparation appliance includes the food preparation container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2021
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Applicant: SEB S.A.
    Inventors: Jean-Louis Deshayes, Johan Nespoux, Aurélie Besse
  • Publication number: 20230255400
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a culinary article (1) comprising a support (2) having a bottom wall (21) and a side wall (31) rising around the bottom wall (21), the bottom wall (21) having an inner face (211) for receiving food and an outer face (212) intended to be disposed close to a heat source, and the side wall (31) having an inner face (311) and an outer face (312) characterised in that the outer faces (212) and (312) are covered with at least one continuous primer layer comprising at least one fluorocarbon polymer, the coating of the outer face (212) comprises, arranged between or in its layers, at least one decoration representing at least 20% of the surface of the outer face (212), which decoration comprises at least one fluorocarbon polymer, at least one polymer resin and between 5 and 25% by weight of mineral fillers and/or polymer fillers, in the form of particles of size d50 less than 25 ?m. The invention also relates to a method for making such an article.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2021
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Applicant: SEB S.A.
    Inventor: Marie Le Bonnec
  • Publication number: 20230255409
    Abstract: A work bowl assembly for a culinary preparation appliance, includes - a work bowl arranged to receive food to be prepared, and including a through-hole, arranged at the bottom of the work bowl, a bowl bearing, attached to the work bowl in the through-hole, a rotary shaft supported by the bowl bearing. The work bowl assembly includes reversible attachment means arranged to reversibly receive mobile work tool arranged to couple with the rotary shaft to occupy a working position, or a blanking plug arranged to cover the rotary shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2023
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Applicant: SEB S.A.
    Inventor: Bernard Allemand
  • Publication number: 20230203323
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is the use of (Bi1-xAx)(V1-yMy)04 in a non-stick coating for a household article so as to reduce or prevent the color change of said coating during the manufacturing process thereof, characterised in that: —x is equal to 0 or x is from 0.001 to 0.999; —y is equal to 0 or y is from 0.001 to 0.999; —A and Mare selected from the group consisting of nitrogen, phosphorus, an alkali metal, an alkaline earth metal, a transition metal, a poor metal, a metalloid or a lanthanide; —A and M are different from each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2021
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Applicant: SEB S.A.
    Inventors: Raphaël Turgis, Isabelle Joutang, Stephanie Le Bris
  • Publication number: 20230203324
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of (Bi1?xAx)(V1?yMy)O4 in a non-stick coating for a household article so as to catalyse the breakdown of the by-products resulting from said coating during the manufacturing process thereof or the use of said household article, characterised in that: x is 0 or x is from 0.001 to 0.999, y is 0 or y is from 0.001 to 0.999, A and M are selected from the group consisting of nitrogen, phosphorus, an alkali metal, an alkaline earth metal, a transition metal, a poor metal, a metalloid or a lanthanide, A and M are different from each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2021
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Applicant: SEB S.A.
    Inventors: Raphaël Turgis, Isabelle Joutang, Stephanie Le Bris
  • Patent number: 11684132
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for treating the hair and to the corresponding application method, the device (2) comprising: —two arms (5, 6) that are able to move relative to one another between a moved-together configuration for treating the hair and a spaced-apart configuration for inserting hair to be treated between said arms, and —a system (18) for applying a product, comprising an applicator member (26) for applying the product, the application system (18) being mounted on one of the arms (5) and being able to move relative to said arm (5) between at least two positions generating, while the device (2) is being used to treat the hair, different respective application pressures of the applicator member (26) on the hair to be treated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignees: L'OREAL, SEB S.A.
    Inventors: Baptiste Bonnemaire, Martial Maisonneuve, Fabien Normand, Régis Fereyre, Xavier Vacheron, Sandy Lapize, Gabin Vic, Stefania Nuzzo, Edouard Messager
  • Publication number: 20230193066
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a coating of the surface of an electrical household appliance comprising a decoration (a) comprising a pigmentary compound B1VO4 having a ?E* in the coating greater than or equal to 11 between ambient temperature and 150° C., ?E* being defined by the formula CIE1976 in the CIELAB colour space: Formula (I): L1*, a1* and b1* characterising the values L*a*b* of said compound at ambient temperature; L2*, a2* and b2* characterising the values L*a*b* of said compound at 150° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2021
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Applicant: SEB S.A.
    Inventors: Raphaël Turgis, Isabelle Joutang, Stephanie Le Bris
  • Publication number: 20230183497
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a fluoropolymer-based coating of the surface of a household article comprising at least two decorations (a) and (b) arranged between or in its layers, wherein: (a) is a decoration comprising at least one thermochromic pigment composition in the form of particles consisting of a (Bi1-xAx) (V1-yMy)O4 type pigment, where: —x is 0 or x is from 0.001 to 0.999; —y is equal to 0 or y is from 0.001 to 0.999; —A and M are selected from the group consisting of nitrogen, phosphorus, an alkali metal, an alkaline earth metal, a transition metal, a poor metal, a metalloid or a lanthanide; —A and M are different from each other; and (b) is a decoration comprising a temperature reference pigment composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2021
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Applicant: SEB S.A.
    Inventors: Raphaël Turgis, Isabelle Joutang, Stephanie Le Bris, Anne Teissier
  • Publication number: 20230147749
    Abstract: A combination of a sharpening sheath and a knife comprising a blade intended to be stored in the sheath, wherein the sheath comprises a cavity (40) intended to receive the blade and an access opening at one of the ends of the cavity, the sheath comprising, in the lower part thereof, a device for receiving the cutting edge of the blade, characterized in that the sheath comprises, in the upper part thereof, a locking element cooperating with a safety element provided on the back of the blade in order to longitudinally immobilize the knife in the sheath and in that the device for receiving the cutting edge of the blade is borne by an arm rotatably mounted in the sheath, the sheath comprising biasing means acting on the arm to bring the receiving device of the cutting edge of the blade towards the locking element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2021
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Applicant: SEB S.A.
    Inventors: Stéphane Plichon, Stéphane Suchet
  • Publication number: 20230148101
    Abstract: A sharpening sheath, designed to receive a knife to be sharpened or stored, comprising a cavity for receiving a blade, an access opening at one end of the cavity, the sheath comprising, preferably in the vicinity of the access opening, an upper part equipped with a device for guiding the back of the blade and a lower part comprising a sharpening device onto which the cutting edge of the blade is intended to be applied when inserting the blade in the sheath or removing it therefrom, characterized in that the sharpening device is supported by an arm comprising a first longitudinal end rotatably mounted on a stand, the arm being returned by recoil means in the direction of the guiding device, and in that the sharpening device is rotatably mounted at a second longitudinal end of the arm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2021
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Applicant: SEB S.A.
    Inventor: Stéphane Plichon
  • Publication number: 20230140211
    Abstract: A sharpening sheath, adapted to receive a knife to be sharpened or stored, comprising a cavity for receiving a blade, an access opening at one end of the cavity, the sheath comprising, preferably in the vicinity of the access opening an upper part provided with a guiding device for the back of the blade and a lower part comprising a sharpening device on which the cutting edge of the blade is intended to be applied when inserting or extracting the blade in the sheath, characterized in that the guide device comprises a V-shaped groove and in that the sharpening device comprises two sharpening elements arranged in a V-shape opposite the groove of the guide device, the sharpening device being mounted so as to be movable relative to the guide device and being returned by return means in the direction of the guide device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2021
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Applicant: SEB S.A.
    Inventors: Stéphane Plichon, Stéphane Suchet
  • Publication number: 20230130495
    Abstract: A cooking apparatus includes a heating device intended to be placed opposite a cooking chamber, and a ventilation member arranged to generate a flow of hot air, the flow of hot air is heated by the heating device wherein the heating device includes a first heating member and a second heating member, the apparatus having a processing unit configured to propose an operating mode of the cooking apparatus in which at least one of the first heating member and the second heating member and the ventilation member are activated simultaneously to perform a function of cooking food placed in the cooking chamber, and to propose another operating mode in which only one of the first heating member or the second heating member is activated to perform a function of grilling or browning food disposed in the cooking chamber, and the ventilation member is deactivated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2022
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Applicant: SEB S.A.
    Inventor: Johann Petitallot
  • Publication number: 20230132128
    Abstract: A vacuum cleaner includes a suction duct; a waste separating device fluidly connected to the suction duct; a main body in which a motor fan is housed; a gripping handle; a control member which is disposed on the gripping handle (4)-and which is configured to control an operation of the motor fan according to a first operating mode; and an activation member which is operable by a user and which is configured to control an operation of the motor fan in a second operating mode, the vacuum cleaner being configured such that a maximum rotational speed of the motor fan in the second operating mode is higher than a maximum rotational speed of the motor fan in the first operating mode, the activation member being arranged opposite the control member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2021
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Applicant: SEB S.A.
    Inventors: Anne-Marie Ouzazna, Thierry Prunier, Eric Pouvreau
  • Publication number: 20230131713
    Abstract: A vacuum cleaner includes a suction pipe; a waste separation device; a main housing wherein a suction device including a motor fan is housed; and a gripping handle, the main housing including a first housing portion having a first branch in which the suction pipe is housed, a second branch forming a front part of the gripping handle and a third branch partially defining a reception chamber in which the suction device is housed, and a second housing portion placed in a rear portion of the vacuum cleaner, the second housing portion having a primary branch forming a rear portion of the gripping handle and a secondary branch partially defining the receiving chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2021
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Applicant: SEB S.A.
    Inventors: Anne-Marie Ouzazna, Thierry Prunier, Eric Pouvreau
  • Publication number: 20230101591
    Abstract: The electric cooking appliance comprises a cooking vat; a lid (6) comprising a lid body (7) and an inner lid (8) comprising a fixed closure portion (12) attached to the lid body (7) and a movable closure portion (13) that can be moved relative to the fixed closure portion (12) between a raised configuration in which the fixed closure portion (12) and the movable closure portion (13) close the cooking vat, and a lowered configuration in which the fixed closure portion (12) and the movable closure portion (13) define an air vent passage (14) to the outside of the cooking volume (5) and an air intake passage (15) to the inside of the cooking volume (5); a fan (24) configured to generate an airflow; and a heating device (25) configured to heat the airflow generated by the fan (24) and located near the air intake passage (25) when the lid (6) occupies the closed position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Applicant: SEB S.A.
    Inventors: Géraldine Doat, Antonin Poupart
  • Publication number: 20230089788
    Abstract: A rotary drive device for a mixing or grinding cooking appliance includes (i) a rotary subassembly, (ii) a rotary drive member of a food processing arm and, (iii) a rotary coupling member of the rotary subassembly with the drive member for transmitting a rotational movement from the rotary subassembly the drive member. The coupling member is movable between a first position in which the coupling member is adapted to transmit motion in a single direction of rotation of the rotary subassembly and a second position in which the coupling member is adapted to transmit motion in two directions of rotation of the rotary subassembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2022
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Applicant: SEB S.A.
    Inventors: David Benoit, Stéphane Plichon
  • Publication number: 20230079676
    Abstract: A vacuum cleaner includes a main body in which a motor fan is housed; a control device that can be operated by a user; an activation device that can be operated by a user; and an electronic control unit that is configured to control the operation of the motor fan in a first operating mode when the control device is actuated by a user and to control the operation of the motor fan in a second operating mode when the activation device is actuated by a user. The electronic control unit includes an electronic board equipped with a first contact and a second contact, the control device being configured to activate the first contact when the control device is operated by a user, and the activation device being configured to activate the second contact when the activation device is operated by a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2021
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Applicant: SEB S.A.
    Inventors: Anne-Marie Ouzazna, Thierry Prunier, Eric Pouvreau