Patents Assigned to SEB S.A.,
  • Publication number: 20140239654
    Abstract: The device comprises two gripping arms movable to and from a resting position and a gripping position in which they are spread apart from one another and in contact with an inside face of the side wall of the cooking vessel; a fix-mounted gripping member designed for being in contact with an outside face of the side wall of the cooking vessel; and displacement means designed for being manually guided to and from an open position and a closed position and for effecting a spreading of the movable arms while switching from the open position to the closed position. Said device further comprises anti-return means separate from the displacement means and designed for being moved from a resting position to a clamping position in which they are inserted between the two arms and prevent the two arms from coming together.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2014
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: SEB S.A.
    Inventor: Pascal Cuillery
  • Publication number: 20140239005
    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.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2014
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: SEB S.A.
    Inventor: Pascal Cuillery
  • Publication number: 20140230663
    Abstract: Provided is a kitchenware item for cooking food, comprising a pan provided with a side wall, a handle comprising attachment means for attaching said handle to the side wall, and a removable accessory of the kitchenware item, said accessory or lid comprising an electromechanical device. The handle comprises an electrical energy source and the electrical energy source feeds the electromechanical device arranged on the accessory by means of an electrical circuit comprising electrical connection-disconnection means.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2012
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Applicant: SEB S.A.
    Inventor: Jocelyn Bonnel
  • Patent number: 8807387
    Abstract: Provided is a removable handle for a kitchen object, having a lateral wall extending upwardly by a part that is curved back towards the outside, the handle comprising an inner jaw and an outer jaw to be respectively brought against the inner and outer surfaces of the lateral wall, the two jaws being mobile in relation to each other between an open position and a closed position wherein they pinch the lateral wall. The outer jaw comprises a groove that can receive the free end of the curved part of the lateral wall in abutment when the jaws are in the closed position thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: SEB S.A.
    Inventor: Michel Montgelard
  • Patent number: 8806707
    Abstract: A cyclonic separation device for dust and debris in vacuum cleaners, comprising a roughly cylindrical interior cyclonic chamber connected to an air intake, as well as a separator filter located in the central part of the interior chamber, comprising a tube segment to direct airflow to the air intake with this tube segment located around the roughly cylindrical interior cyclonic chamber, from a starting point to an end point near the air intake, with the cross-section of this tube segment near the end point being smaller than that near the starting point in order to form an acceleration ramp for the airflow between these two points.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: SEB S.A.
    Inventors: Alain Soen, Sylvain Reynard
  • Patent number: 8800437
    Abstract: Provided is an electrical cooking appliance with a case (10) forming a cooking container with a vat closed by a pivoting cover (12) mounted on case (10); cover (12) includes a joint (21) forming a spout designed so that joint (21) includes a channel (40) which leads through an initial extremity into the spout and, through a second extremity, to near a condensate reservoir when cover (12) is raised.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: SEB S.A.
    Inventors: Florent Pontabry, Frédéric Seurat
  • Publication number: 20140217104
    Abstract: Provided is a kitchenware item comprising a pan provided with a side wall, a cover suitable for covering the pan and a handle comprising attachment means for attaching to the side wall. The handle comprises an electrical energy source, and an electromechanical device fed by the electrical energy source and controlled by control means, and the electromechanical device is suitable for driving an actuating device that acts on the cover in order to move same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2012
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Applicant: SEB S.A.
    Inventor: Jocelyn Bonnel
  • Publication number: 20140209598
    Abstract: Provided is a kitchenware item comprising a pot comprising a metal substrate (31), and a power supply source (7) connected to a heating electrical resistance (9) with which the pot is provided. The electrical resistance is arranged in the region of the side wall (300) of the pot: either outside the metal substrate, or embedded in said substrate, within either a moulded electroconductive metal material or a plurality of electroconductive metal layers that are interconnected, without adhesive, by deformation and/or physicochemical metal connection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2012
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Applicant: SEB S.A.
    Inventor: Jocelyn Bonnel
  • Patent number: 8789539
    Abstract: A hair-care device includes at least two jaws, a first jaw and a second jaw. The first and second jaw are elongated and hinged together so as to be able to shift between an open position and a closed position in which opposing working surfaces define a hair treatment region. An electric heating element is attached to at least one of the working surfaces. The first jaw includes at least one friction bar which is able to move along an adjacent working surface and which is adapted to engage with an opposing element of the second jaw to create, when the jaws are closed, a traction region which generates a traction force which exceeds the traction force generated by the treatment region as the device is moved over a lock of hair.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2014
    Assignee: SEB S.A.
    Inventors: Benoît Linglin, Régis Fereyre, Bénédicte Simond
  • Publication number: 20140202487
    Abstract: Provided is a hairdressing appliance, which comprises a portable treatment unit provided with gripping means 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 means 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 comprises 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.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2014
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicant: SEB S.A.
    Inventors: Regis Fereyre, Serge Cubizolles, Franck Mandica
  • Patent number: 8783170
    Abstract: A device for raising and lowering a basket out of and into the tank of a cooking appliance. The device has a support adapted to rest on the cooking appliance and to be coupled to the basket for moving the basket with respect to the support between a raised position and a lowered position, and a handle mounted for movement between a first position to place the basket in the raised position, and a second position to place the basket in the lowered position. The support includes a hub mounted to have a certain degree of rotational freedom, together with the basket, with respect to the appliance about an axis extending in the direction of the basket, and the handle is connected to the hub for movement between the first position and the second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: SEB S.A.
    Inventors: Olivier Mathey, Pascal Dirand
  • Patent number: 8784570
    Abstract: Method for cleaning a steam nozzle (7) of a beverage preparation machine comprising a rinsing container (12) having a top opening (22) and a draining device (23) for evacuating the liquid contained therein; a feed device for feeding the nozzle with liquid; a device (13) for moving the nozzle vertically so that its free end (7a) enters the container (12); and a control unit for controlling the moving and feeding devices. It includes a rinsing sequence with the following steps: the lowering of the nozzle (7) into the rinsing position inside the container; the filling of the container (12) with liquid by the nozzle; and the draining of the container (12) activated by the control unit connected to the moving and feeding devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: SEB S.A.
    Inventors: Gilles Morin, Laurent Gagnon, Vincent Crosville
  • Patent number: 8776410
    Abstract: Ironing board consisting of a top supported by at least one leg with two sections connected to one another by hinge; said hinge allows lower segment of leg to pivot between an unfolded position, in which said lower segment forms an extension of upper segment of leg, and a folded position, in which lower segment is folded in the direction of upper segment, wherein said hinge contains a mechanism to lock the lower segment in an unfolded position and at least one unlocking button to deactivate the locking mechanism to allow lower segment to rotate into the folded position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: SEB S.A.
    Inventors: Guy Ducruet, Daniel Vieira Gameiro
  • Publication number: 20140158698
    Abstract: Provided is a removable handle (1) for a food cooking pot comprising a side wall, said handle comprising a grip body (7), attachment means (2) that can be connected to the cooking pot and disconnected therefrom, and an electrical and/or electromechanical (5) device housed in the grip body (7). The handle comprises a rechargeable electrical energy source supplying the electrical and/or electromechanical device (5) with power, and electromagnetic connection means (8) that are connected to the rechargeable electrical energy source and electrically connected to a power supply source separate from the handle so that the rechargeable electrical energy source (6) can be recharged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2012
    Publication date: June 12, 2014
    Applicant: SEB S.A.
    Inventors: Jocelyn Bonnel, Jose Luis Herrada
  • Publication number: 20140158701
    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.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2012
    Publication date: June 12, 2014
    Applicant: SEB S.A.
    Inventors: Jocelyn Bonnel, Michel Montgelard, Jose Luis Herrada
  • Publication number: 20140158800
    Abstract: Provided is a tool for cutting food into pieces, comprising at least one cutting element adjacent to a bearing surface, the cutting element comprising at least one vertical member forming a longitudinal cutting member provided for slicing the food to be cut longways, and a transverse wall having, on either side of said vertical member, two transverse cutting members provided for separating the food pieces that were sliced longways, so as to provide two channels for cut food. The vertical member has a front notch. A retaining member, which is rigidly connected to the bearing surface, can be inserted into the front notch. Also provided is an accessory for preparing food and to an appliance for preparing food comprising the above-described tool for cutting food into pieces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2012
    Publication date: June 12, 2014
    Applicant: SEB S.A.
    Inventors: Jean-Luc Bordes, Jean-Michel Noguez, Lionel Peyras
  • Patent number: 8745904
    Abstract: A heating appliance including a metal substrate, at least a part of which is covered with a self-cleaning coating including at least one oxidation catalyst selected from the platinoid oxides, and at least one dopant of said oxidation catalyst selected from the rare-earth oxides. The self-cleaning coating is a bilayer coating including: an inner layer at least partially covering the metal substrate and including the dopant; and an outer layer in contact with the ambient air and including the oxidation catalyst. Also provided is a method for producing such a heating appliance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: SEB S.A.
    Inventor: Denis Paccaud
  • Publication number: 20140150663
    Abstract: Provided is a brewing device for an espresso maker having a brewing chamber for receiving grounds, a pressing ram mounted movably on a path of travel extending between a top position and a bottom compaction position in which it penetrates into said brewing chamber to form a cake of compacted grounds, a hydraulic drive mechanism for the pressing ram having a hydraulic pump and means for measuring the volume of hydraulic fluid injected into the drive mechanism. The brewing device has a control circuit that determines the height of the cake of compacted grounds from signals delivered by the volume measurement means during the travel of the pressing ram.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2013
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Applicant: SEB S.A.
    Inventors: Michel Leforgeais, Thomas Leterrier, Frederic Hiron, Patrick Deliens, Ronan Le Goueff
  • Publication number: 20140154476
    Abstract: Provided is a heating article comprising a substrate having two opposite surfaces, a heat-stable coating comprising at least one base layer comprising at least one heat-stable binder, said base layer being arranged on one of the surfaces of the substrate, and one microstructured surface layer comprising a heat-stable binder of the same chemical nature as that of the base layer. The microstructured layer partly or fully covers the base layer and is sintered integrally to it. The microstructured surface layer has a relief with patterns comprised of local variations in its surface level, said relief having a regularity in average pitch Ar with a variation SAr which is not more than 10% higher or lower than the value of said average pitch Ar. A method of manufacturing such an article is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2012
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Applicant: SEB S.A.
    Inventors: Jean-Luc Perillon, Stephanie Le Bris
  • Patent number: D707079
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2014
    Assignee: SEB S.A.
    Inventor: Nicolas Blaise