Patents Assigned to SEB
  • Patent number: 12290790
    Abstract: A mixing method using a manufacturing apparatus having a mixing machine having a support defining a receiving housing including a first and a second receiving locations configured to receive a first and a second deformable capsules, respectively, the first and second capsules configured to be fluidly linked and containing respectively a first and a second formulations and a second formulations, an actuation system configured to transmit a pressure force to the first and second capsules to move the content of the first capsule in the second capsule, and vice versa, the mixing machine includes a heater element configured to heat at least one of the first and second capsules when received in the mixing machine, the method includes: heating and/or kneading alternately or simultaneously, setting in motion of the actuation system and heating by the heater element, and maintaining a withdrawal temperature by the heater element, without motion of the actuation system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignees: Duolab International SARL, SEB S.A.
    Inventors: Franck Da Palma, Pierre Durif, Jacky Chelle, Magali Millet, Mélodie Perrin, Cécile Tourel
  • Publication number: 20250134299
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a culinary article (I) comprising a hollow metal cap (2) which comprises a bottom (211) and a side wall (212) rising from the bottom (211), said cap (2) having a concave inner face (21) suitable for receiving food and a convex outer face (25), said inner face (21) being coated with a coating (5) consisting in series, from the cap (2), of a hard underlayer (3) and a non-stick coating (4), the non-stick coating (4) including at least one layer comprising at least one fluorocarbon resin, alone or in a mixture with at least one thermostable bonding resin that can withstand at least 200° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2022
    Publication date: May 1, 2025
    Applicant: SEB S.A.
    Inventors: Barbara Gantillon, Michel Fontaine, Hanlin Liao
  • Patent number: 12286744
    Abstract: A domestic appliance for ironing and/or steaming includes at least a first vaporization chamber and a second vaporization chamber arranged in a heating body containing at least one electric resistance, and a distribution circuit enabling a flow of steam to be conveyed from the second vaporization chamber to at least one steam outlet hole, the first vaporization chamber and the second vaporization chamber being positioned in series and connected to each other by at least one connecting duct, wherein the connecting duct is formed by a connecting tube inserted in the heating body, the connecting tube running in an area of the heating body heated by said at least one electrical resistance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: SEB S.A.
    Inventors: Florian Conjard, Jean-Claude Guery, Franck Da Palma
  • Patent number: 12279720
    Abstract: The invention relates to a removable handle intended to cooperate with a cooking container having a side wall that is extended upwards by a outwardly-curved portion comprising a free end, said removable handle extending in a longitudinal direction and comprising an internal support member and an external support member intended to come against, respectively, an interior surface and an exterior surface of the side wall, said removable handle comprising a plastic gripping body that extends in the longitudinal direction and which comprises a front end provided with the external support member. According to the invention, the gripping body comprises a metal reinforcement attached to the front end and provided with a tab that extends at the support member, the metal reinforcement and the tab being dimensioned to guarantee the geometry of the removable handle assembly cooking container in the event of thermal degradation of the plastic material of the front end of the gripping body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: SEB S.A.
    Inventor: Michel Montgelard
  • Patent number: 12276273
    Abstract: The invention relates to a peristaltic pump (6) for a household electric appliance comprising a pump body (60) defining a chamber (68) in which a deformable hose is located (63), which is intended to contain a liquid to be moved, characterized in that the peristaltic pump (6) comprises a sealing device (661, 662, 663) designed to contain the liquid inside the chamber (68) in the event of rupture of the deformable hose (63).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Assignee: SEB S.A.
    Inventors: Mathias Ganem, Régis Fereyre, Johan Sabattier
  • Patent number: 12274340
    Abstract: The invention concerns a hair treatment apparatus, comprising: —two arms that are movable relative to each other and capable of assuming a spaced-apart configuration in which a lock of hair can be inserted between them, and a closed configuration for treating the lock of hair, the arms being capable of being moved along the lock in this closed configuration, —two contact surfaces carried respectively by the two arms, arranged opposite each other, at least one of the contact surfaces being heated, —at least one steam outlet carried by one of the arms at a distance from the corresponding contact surface, in order to expose the hair engaged between the arms to steam, —a containment structure for at least partially containing the steam, carried at least partially by the other of said arms, —a comb having teeth, carried by said one of the arms that carries said at least one steam outlet, said at least one steam outlet being interposed between the comb and the contact surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Assignee: SEB S.A.
    Inventors: Régis Fereyre, Johan Sabattier, Mathias Ganem
  • Publication number: 20250113944
    Abstract: An electric cooking appliance includes a casing having a receiving compartment and a cooking recipient configured to be housed at least partially inside the receiving compartment. The cooking recipient includes a recipient bottom, a baking tray, and a hot-air heating system configured to heat and cook foodstuffs. The electric cooking appliance further includes a positioning system configured to position the baking tray in at least one first cooking position in which the baking tray extends in a first cooking plane and is located a first distance from the recipient bottom, and in a second cooking position in which the baking tray extends in a second cooking plane and is located a second distance from the recipient bottom which is smaller than the first distance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2024
    Publication date: April 10, 2025
    Applicant: SEB S.A.
    Inventors: Marie Dussart, Johann Petitallot
  • Patent number: 12268997
    Abstract: An apparatus for manufacturing a cosmetic product including a mixing machine having a removable receiving device, a support defining a receiving housing, able to receive the receiving device, the receiving device being configured to receive first and second capsules containing respectively a first formulation and a second formulation, the two capsules being fluidly linked to each other, an actuation system, movable inside the receiving housing to exert a pressure force on the receiving device and/or on the first and/or the second capsule(s), a clamping mechanism, movable relative to the support and configured: in an insertion position, not to interfere with the insertion and the withdrawal of the receiving device including capsules into/from the receiving housing, and in a clamping position, to pinch a section of a capsule, in which the clamping mechanism is a clamping wheel, movable in rotation about a clamping wheel axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: SEB S.A.
    Inventors: Cédric Pollet, Martial Maisonneuve, Pierre Durif, Fabien Normand, Jacky Chelle
  • Publication number: 20250107656
    Abstract: A cooking appliance includes a casing defining an internal cooking space and an opening towards the internal cooking space, a cooking vessel, arranged to be introduced into the internal cooking space through the opening of the casing, and including at least one wall with a transparent window arranged to face the opening of the casing, and a closing wall, arranged to close the opening of the casing when the cooking vessel is in the internal cooking space, and including at least one transparent porthole arranged facing the transparent window. The closing wall is provided to be detachable relative to the cooking vessel, and in that the transparent porthole is permanently mounted on the closing wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2024
    Publication date: April 3, 2025
    Applicant: SEB S.A.
    Inventors: Bernard Allemand, Marie DussART, Gautier Fradet
  • Patent number: 12245677
    Abstract: A mixing machine comprising: a support defining a receiving housing, the receiving housing comprising a first receiving location configured to receive a first deformable capsule and a second receiving location configured to receive a second deformable capsule, the first and second capsules being intended to be fluidly linked to each other and containing respectively a first formulation and a second formulation, an actuation system movable relative to the support along a nominal stroke, inside the receiving housing, wherein the actuation system comprises a spring able to be compressed when the actuation system reaches the end of the nominal stroke.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: SEB S.A.
    Inventors: Martial Maisonneuve, Pierre Durif, Jacky Chelle
  • Publication number: 20250072679
    Abstract: The suction head comprises a main body (4); a rotating brush (11) comprising a brush body (12); a motor compartment (19) housed in a motor housing (21) delimited by the brush body (12); a drive motor (17) housed in the motor compartment (19) and configured to drive in rotation the brush body (12) about an axis of rotation; and an air-cooling circuit (41) fluidly connected to the suction chamber (9) and including a first circuit portion (41.1) partially delimited by the drive motor (17) and a second circuit portion (41.2) partially delimited by the motor compartment (19) and the brush body (12) and located downstream of the first circuit portion (41.1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2024
    Publication date: March 6, 2025
    Applicant: SEB S.A.
    Inventors: Antoine Marti, Xavier Baert, Thomas Guillard
  • Publication number: 20250072680
    Abstract: The suction head comprises a main body (4); a rotating brush (11) comprising a brush body (12); a drive motor (17) housed in a motor housing (21) delimited by the brush body (12) and configured to drive in rotation the brush body (12) about an axis of rotation; a bearing support (31) fixed relative to the main body (4); a bearing (28) mounted on the bearing support (31); and a support ring (26) interposed between the bearing (28) and an inner circumferential surface of the brush body (12) and including at least one through hole (44) through which an air stream is capable of flowing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2024
    Publication date: March 6, 2025
    Applicant: SEB S.A.
    Inventors: Antoine Marti, Xavier Baert, Thomas Guillard
  • Patent number: 12239203
    Abstract: A mixing method using a mixing machine including a support having a receiving housing including first receiving location configured to receive a first deformable capsule and a second receiving location configured to receive a second deformable capsule. The first and second capsules are fluidly linked and respectively contain a first formulation and a second formulation, the mixing machine includes an actuation system having a first actuation member configured to transmit a pressure force on the first capsule and of a second actuation member configured to transmit a pressure force on the second capsule. The mixing method includes a preparation phase that includes, successively: setting in motion the second actuation member; setting in motion the first actuation member, along a stroke lower than its actuation stroke; and heating by the heater element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: SEB S.A.
    Inventors: Franck Da Palma, Jacky Chelle
  • Patent number: 12232589
    Abstract: A manufacturing apparatus includes a mixing machine having a receiving housing with a first receiving location configured to receive a first deformable capsule and a second receiving location configured to receive a second deformable capsule, the first and second capsules intended to be fluidly linked to each other and containing respectively a first formulation and a second formulation. The mixing machine has at least an electrically motorized actuation system configured to transmit a pressure force to the first and second capsules to move the content of the first capsule in the second capsule, and vice versa, and an electrical heater element configured to heat at least one of the first and second capsules when the first and second capsules are received in the mixing machine, in which, in a preparation phase prior to bringing the two formulations into contact, the actuation system and the heater element are electrically supplied alternately.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: SEB S.A.
    Inventors: Franck Da Palma, Jacky Chelle
  • Patent number: 12226047
    Abstract: A cooking method and a cooking appliance allow the same cooking time to be used to cook different types of ingredients, without any action being required by the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: SEB S.A.
    Inventors: Olivier Delrue, François Letain
  • Publication number: 20250049258
    Abstract: A culinary item includes a hollow metal cup having a bottom and a sidewall extending up from the bottom, said cup having a concave interior face designed to accept food products and a convex exterior face, said interior face or said bottom being coated with a coating which consists successively, starting from the cup, in a hard sub layer and a sol-gel coating, wherein the hard sub layer takes the form of a discontinuous layer, in that the hard sublayer is porous and in that the hard sublayer is made up of one or more non-fluorinated polymer materials selected from polyetherary I ketones (PEAK) and mixtures thereof, possibly containing hard inorganic fillers, possibly conductive fillers and possibly less than 3 wt % of additives with respect to the weight of the hard sublayer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2022
    Publication date: February 13, 2025
    Applicant: SEB S.A.
    Inventors: Barbara Gantillon, Aurelien Dubanchet, Michel Fontaine, Hanlin Liao
  • Publication number: 20250051585
    Abstract: A method for applying a release coating to a metal support includes the following steps: i. depositing on the metal support one or more continuous layers of a tie sublayer comprising one or more polymers selected from the group consisting of polyaryletherketones (PAEK), polyethyleneimines (PEI), polyimides (PI), polyamide imides (PAI) and polybenzymidazoles (PBI) in an amount of 20% to 95% by weight of the total weight of said sublayer, characterized in that it comprises only a single sintering step at T° C.>400° C., and that of the total, after the deposition of the various layers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2022
    Publication date: February 13, 2025
    Applicant: SEB S.A.
    Inventor: Barbara Gantillon
  • Publication number: 20250031928
    Abstract: The vacuum cleaner conduit (5) comprises first and second rigid conduit parts (7, 8); an articulation device (9) configured to allow a pivoting of the first and second rigid conduit parts (7, 8) between unfolded and folded configurations; a locking member configured to lock the first and second rigid conduit parts (7, 8) in the unfolded configuration; an actuating member (34) configured to move the locking member from a locking position to a release position; and a covering member (39) configured to cover at least one distal end portion of the locking member and to extend at least partly under said distal end portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2024
    Publication date: January 30, 2025
    Applicant: SEB S.A.
    Inventors: Christelle Philippe, Jean Damien Vivier, Alex Anquetin
  • Publication number: 20250025004
    Abstract: A portable vacuum cleaner includes a main body equipped with a suction duct, and a suction motor housed in the main body and configured to generate an air flow through the suction duct. The main body includes an air exhaust circuit through which the air flow generated by the suction motor is exhausted to the outside of the main body. The air exhaust circuit includes a filter having a generally cylindrical shape and delimiting an internal chamber fluidly connected to an air discharge orifice of the suction motor, and an acoustic absorption wall extending at least partly into the internal chamber of the filter, an internal surface of the filter and the acoustic absorption wall delimiting a first air conduit and a second air conduit in each of which is configured to circulate a part of the air flow.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2022
    Publication date: January 23, 2025
    Applicant: SEB S.A.
    Inventor: Julie Perchaud
  • Publication number: 20250003597
    Abstract: A cooking appliance includes a cooking chamber; a fan configured to generate an air flow in the cooking chamber; a drive unit configured to rotatably drive the fan; an upper heating device configured to heat the air flow generated by the fan; and a separation element configured to be located in the cooking chamber. The cooking appliance has a first use configuration in which the cooking appliance includes a first cooking compartment and a second cooking compartment which are delimited by the cooking chamber and the separation element, and a second use configuration in which the cooking appliance includes a single main cooking compartment delimited at least partly by the cooking chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2024
    Publication date: January 2, 2025
    Applicant: SEB S.A.
    Inventors: Marie Dussart, Kévin Bony