Abstract: Iron containing a steam generator connected to steam outlet holes by a steam conduit with at least one filter for retaining mineral particles carried by the steam, wherein the steam conduit has a mineral deposit collection cavity with a mineral deposit removal orifice closed by a detachable plug that is accessible from outside the iron, and wherein the filter can be detached from the iron through the mineral deposit removal orifice.

Abstract: Provided is an electrical kitchen appliance including a pressing screw rotated about a substantially vertical axis in a work chamber having a food insertion chute communicating with the upper end of the pressing screw, and a discharge outlet. The pressing screw includes at least two main threads providing at least two separate passages for inserting food, each main thread having a lower face extending over at least one quarter of the circumference of the pressing screw.

Abstract: Provided is a filter cartridge for an air purifier, comprising a structure ensuring the retention of a filter medium, the filter medium comprising a standard absorbent material chosen from the group consisting of activated charcoal or zeolites, and the filter medium further comprises a nanoporous specific absorbent material functionalized with probe molecules in such a way that chemical pollutants of the aldehyde type can be trapped.

Abstract: A mechanism for storing nesting cutting tools includes a hood to house and at least partially cover at least some of the cutting tools nested within one another. The hood includes locking mechanisms on a household electrical appliance for preparing food. The mechanism includes a securing ring for cutting tools nested in the hood, with the locking mechanisms for the hood designed to come into contact with additional locking mechanisms of the securing ring which also contain at least one locking stop for the nested cutting tools relative to the ring which holds the tools at least partially inside the hood.

Abstract: Provided is an electric kitchen appliance including a housing which contains an electric motor connected to an upper drive output, a work chamber comprising a work container sealed by a lid with a chute for inserting food, the work container having a discharge outlet, a removable pressing screw which can be rotated by the upper drive output being arranged in the work chamber. Rotation of the pressing screw is provided by a rotary element removably mounted in the work chamber, the rotary element including a pre-cutting disc and a driving member which is rotated by the upper drive output.

Abstract: Provided is a non-stick cooking container, comprising a container body, in which the container body comprises a ribbed inner surface, the ribbed inner surface comprising a plurality of ribs and grooves arranged at regular intervals, a non-stick coating covering the surfaces of the ribs and the grooves, the ribs comprising a top surface, the grooves comprising a bottom surface. It is difficult to scratch or chip off the non-stick coating of the non-stick cooking container, which allows the cooking container to retain the non-stick properties over a long period.

Abstract: Provided is a sealing gasket for a utensil for cooking food under pressure, the utensil includes a vessel on which a lid is designed to be mounted; a sealing gasket interposed between the vessel and the lid for sealing the utensil in operation; and centering means designed to center the gasket relative to the vessel and to the lid. The sealing gasket includes a peripheral band and a peripheral under-band extending under the peripheral band and extending it, and centering means provided in or disposed in the gasket in such a manner that said centering means can come to be interposed between the lid and the vessel while the lid is being put into place on the vessel so as to form a centering abutment. The centering means being formed by a plurality of local extra-thickness zones, situated on the inside face of said peripheral under-band and designed to come into contact with the vessel. The utensil is a pressure cooker.

Abstract: Provided is an injection-molded article made up of a thermoplastic polymer material comprising a polyethylene terephthalate (PET) matrix, and at least one pigment and at least one nucleating agent dispersed in said PET matrix. The thermoplastic polymer material comprises no more than 5 wt % of mineral filler relative to the total weight of the article, and the article has a variable thickness ranging from 0.2 mm to 10 mm, at least two adjacent areas having a difference in thickness of at least 10%. A method for producing such an article is also provided.

Abstract: A dry cooking fryer (1) comprising a main body (2) receiving food items that are to be fried, and a stirrer (6) automatically coats the items with a film of fat by mixing the food items with fat. The coated food items are cooked within the fryer without immersion in a cooking fluid.

Abstract: A working container for electrical household food preparation appliances including a lower transmission component connected by a shaft to a rotary working tool arranged in a receptacle, wherein the shaft runs through the bottom of the receptacle and is rotatably mounted in a bearing housed in the bottom of the receptacle by virtue of the lower transmission component having an upper flange ring forming a reservoir around the shaft. The inner wall of the flange ring enables the collection of oil coming from the bearing and prevents the projection of oil onto a wall of the working container and permits the oil to drain to the bottom of the reservoir.

Abstract: Provided is a removable grip device (1) for a pot for cooking food, said removable grip device (1) comprising a grip body (7), attachment means that can be connected to the cooking pot and disconnected therefrom, and an electrical energy source (6). The removable grip device (1) comprises an electromechanical device fed by the energy source (6) and suitable for actuating a mechanical device, and control means for controlling the operation and the shut-off of the electromechanical device.

Abstract: Provided is a static food cutting element including a hollow body having an inlet opening in which are arranged food cutting means, and also a discharge outlet. It includes a through-window formed in a lower part of the hollow body, and at least one lengthwise edge of the through-window forms a unit for guiding the cut foods towards the discharge outlet. Also provided is a cutting tool including such a static cutting element and also to an electric appliance including such a cutting tool.

Abstract: A cooking appliance, particularly an electric fryer, having a vat and a lid enclosing a cooking chamber, the lid having a viewing window. The cooking chamber has an air inlet and an air and cooking vapor outlet connected to a suction device. Air introduced through the air inlet is directed toward the air and cooking vapor outlet while passing under the viewing window. An electric heating resistor is disposed inside the vat and is connected to a control box separable from the vat. Said suction device is supported by said control box.

Abstract: An electrical food preparation appliance includes a working container enclosing a tool rotated by a motor, a device for heating the contents of the working container and a removable lid that covers the working container, the lid having an opening for inserting ingredients into the working container, at least one steam exhaust orifice, and a removable measuring cap accommodated into said opening for inserting ingredients. The measuring cap can occupy at least two stable positions in the opening of the lid and in that the motion of the measuring cap from one stable position to the other makes it possible to vary the passage cross-section of the steam exhaust orifice.

Abstract: An apparatus for the steam treatment of hair, comprising a housing including a liquid tank, a means for supplying a steam generator with liquid, one or more openings for dispensing the steam thus generated towards a lock of hair, and a hair shaping device that comprises at least one treatment surface provided with heating means and brought into contact with a lock of hair. The steam generator includes a heating member that is thermally independent from said treatment surface.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a cooking device including a metal holder supporting a ceramic cooking surface, the holder having a hardness no lower than 150 HV. The holder forms a substrate supporting a surface layer made of a transition metal boride or boronitride forming the cooking surface. The present invention further relates to a culinary article including a cooking device of the type above-mentioned, a household cooking appliance including a cooking device of the type above-mentioned, as well as a method for producing a cooking device of the type above-mentioned.

Abstract: Provided is a hairdressing appliance, which includes a portable treatment unit provided with a gripping device and a heat and steam treatment system configured for heating hair and for applying steam to this hair, a base remote from the portable treatment unit, and connection device between the base and the portable treatment unit configured for supplying the portable treatment unit at least with electricity from the base. The hairdressing appliance includes a circuit board for controlling the treatment system arranged in the base and a system of communication between the control circuit board and the treatment system. The hairdressing appliance enables, for example, the straightening, curling, or crimping of hair and chiefly aims to reduce the weight and the bulk of the portable treatment unit so as to make it easier to handle during styling.

Abstract: The device comprises an internal support upper arm and an external support lower arm, designed to work together so that, by gripping, the upper arm and the lower arm push against an internal face and an external face, respectively, of the lateral vessel wall; a tightening arm which rotates around an axis between an unlocked and a locked position in which the tightening arm pushes against the lateral wall and works with one of the two lower and upper arms to pin the lateral wall against at least one of the arms; and movement means designed to manually shifted between an open and closed position and to rotate the tightening arm when moving from an open to a closed position. In addition, provision is made of anti-return means, separate from the movement means, for blocking the rotation of the tightening arm in the opposite direction from the tightening direction when said tightening arm is in the locked position.