Patents Assigned to SEB S.A.,
  • Quick Frying Method Adapted for Using a Small Amount of Fatty Material and Apparatus Using Said Method
    Publication number: 20120107471
    Abstract: Provided is a method for frying food that comprises mixing said food with a fatty material in a cooking housing in association with the ventilation of said cooking housing and the heating of said cooking housing heating means capable of heating by radiation. The method comprises limiting the exposure of the food to the radiation of the heating means during an initial food drying and cooking step, and increasing the exposure of the food to the radiation of the heating means during a following food colouring step. The cooking apparatus comprising a cooking housing associated with food mixing means, with heating means capable of heating by radiation and with ventilation means, and to means for modulating the exposure of the food to the radiation of the heating means.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2010
    Publication date: May 3, 2012
    Applicant: SEB S.A.
    Inventors: Celine Sobole, Jean-Marie Balandier
  • Automatic dispenser of ground coffee
    Patent number: 8161867
    Abstract: An automatic dispenser for ground coffee composed of a reservoir for grounds, the reservoir having a bottom provided with an outlet opening, rotatable dosing paddles at the bottom of the reservoir for dispensing a predetermined quantity of ground coffee through the outlet opening; a drive cone having rotatable blades disposed above the dosing paddles and adapted to be rotated about a vertical axis by a motor assembly, and a mixer in the form or a pyramid disposed above, and forming an extension of, the drive cone. An automatic coffee maker equipped with this dispenser.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2012
    Assignee: SEB S.A.
    Inventors: Thierry Dutertre, Séverine Mih, Fabrice Reveillere
  • Electric Cooking Appliance With a Pivoting Cover With a Condensate Recovery Mechanism
    Publication number: 20120079949
    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: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2011
    Publication date: April 5, 2012
    Applicant: SEB S.A.
    Inventors: Florent Pontabry, Frédéric Seurat
  • Cookware handle with a hollow structure
    Patent number: 8132689
    Abstract: A cookware handle designed to be grasped by a user's hand, consisting of a rigid structure attached to the cookware and a flexible grip surrounding the rigid structure. The rigid structure contains at least one hollow cavity positioned directly underneath the grip, facing the hand support area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2012
    Assignee: SEB S.A.
    Inventor: Ludovic Pasquini
  • Heating Article Including Coloured Heat Indicator with Improved Visability and Precision
    Publication number: 20120052265
    Abstract: This invention relates to a heating article (1) comprising a substrate (2) of which one of the surfaces (21) is equipped with a design (4), in the form of a coating layer with at least one pattern (41, 42), which comprises a thermochromic pigment composition with at least one SC thermochromic pigment that is lipid-sensitive under heat. According to the invention, the thermochromic pigment composition includes at least one thermostable pigment and composite pigment grains (43), which each include a core (430) including the semiconducting thermochromic pigment, and a solid, transparent and continuous envelope (431), formed by a mineral or organomineral material. The thermochromic pigment composition shows a reversible change in colour in a thermal colour-change area with an amplitude of no more than 40° C. within the range of variation of said temperature T1 of use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2011
    Publication date: March 1, 2012
    Applicant: SEB S.A.
    Inventors: Stephanie Le Bris, Laurent Voisin, Jean-Luc Perillon
  • Hair-Care Device with Jaws
    Publication number: 20120024311
    Abstract: A hair-care device includes at least: two jaws, first jaw and second jaw, which 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, and electric heating element attached to at least one of the working surfaces. The first jaw consists of 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 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: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2010
    Publication date: February 2, 2012
    Applicant: SEB S.A.
    Inventors: Benoît Linglin, Régis Fereyre, Bénédicte Simond
  • Food Cooking Basket and Corresponding Cooking System
    Publication number: 20120017772
    Abstract: The invention relates to a basket (1) for cooking food for a cooking utensil designed to cook the food in an atmosphere charged with steam, said basket (1) having a bottom (6) that is permeable to steam and an upper annular side wall (8) extending upwards from said bottom (6) so as to co-operate therewith to form a receptacle for receiving said food, said basket being characterized in that it further has a lower annular side wall (9) extending downwards from said bottom (6), said lower annular side wall (9) being shaped to channel the steam towards said bottom (6) so that the steam channeled in this way passes at least locally through said bottom (6).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2009
    Publication date: January 26, 2012
    Applicant: SEB S.A.
    Inventors: Guillaume Cohade, Richard Rocca
  • Article Including a Sol-Gel Coating Equipped with a Functional Design and Process for Producing Such an Article
    Publication number: 20120018433
    Abstract: This invention relates to an article (1) including a substrate (2) including two opposite faces (21, 22), and a sol-gel coating (3) covering at least one of the faces (21, 22) of said substrate (2), in which said sol-gel coating (3) is in the form of a continuous film of a material including a matrix formed by at least one metal polyalkoxylate and at least 5% by weight with respect to the total weight of the coating (3) of at least one metal oxide dispersed in said matrix. According to the invention, the sol-gel coating (3) is coated with a functional design (4) including at least one optically non-transparent chemical substance. This invention also relates to a process for producing an article.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2011
    Publication date: January 26, 2012
    Applicant: SEB S.A.
    Inventors: Stephanie Le Bris, Aurelien Dubanchet, Isabelle Joutang, Jean-Luc Perillon
  • PRESSURE-COOKING UTENSIL PROVIDED WITH A LOCKING/UNLOCKING CONTROL MEMBER THAT OPERATES ASYMMETRICALLY
    Publication number: 20120012584
    Abstract: The invention relates to a food-cooking utensil including: locking/unlocking means; and a control member (6) for controlling the movement of said locking/unlocking means; the control member (6) and the locking/unlocking means co-operating so that the position of the locking/unlocking means varies as a function of the position of the control member (6) in a first relationship while the control member (6) is being moved from its locking position towards its unlocking position, and so that the position of the locking/unlocking means varies as a function of the position of the control member (6) in a second relationship while the control member (6) is being moved from its unlocking position towards its locking position. Food pressure cooking devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2009
    Publication date: January 19, 2012
    Applicant: SEB S.A.
    Inventors: Eric Chameroy, Michel Pierre Cartigny
  • Pressure cooker with overpressure safety device
    Patent number: 8096436
    Abstract: The invention relates to a pressure cooking appliance (1) having: a bowl (2) with a side wall (2B), a lid (3), a sealing gasket (4) interposed between the side wall (2B) and the lid (3), said appliance (1) being designed so that, when the pressure inside the chamber reaches a predetermined safety value, the gasket (4) moves up to reach a safety position, said appliance (1) being characterized in that the side wall (2B) comprises a geometrical irregularity (10) intended to interact with the gasket (4) when the latter is located at the predetermined safety position thereof so as to interrupt the contact between the gasket (4) and the side wall (2B).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2012
    Assignee: SEB S.A.
    Inventors: Eric Jacques Rhetat, Nathalie Bouye
  • Pressure cooker equipped with a gripping part attached to the pan
    Patent number: 8096440
    Abstract: Pressure cooker equipped with a gripping part attached to the pan. The invention relates to a domestic pressure cooker comprising: a pan (2) which itself comprises a wall. a lid designed to be attached to the pan (2) to form with the latter a cooking chamber that is substantially impervious. at least one gripping part (20), attached to the pan (2) by means of attachment means (20A), characterized in that the attachment means (20A) at least comprise: an attachment orifice (200A) passing through the wall of the pan (2), wherein said attachment orifice (200A) is positioned on the wall of the pan (2) so that it does not communicate with the inside of the cooking chamber, and an attachment part (201A), connected to the gripping part (20) and extending through the attachment orifice (200A). Cooking devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2012
    Assignee: SEB S.A.
    Inventors: Eric Jacques Rhetat, Michel Pierre Cartigny
  • Working Vessel Including a Removable Collar and Electric Household Appliance for Culinary Preparation Equipped with Such a Vessel
    Publication number: 20120006921
    Abstract: Working vessel for an electric household appliance for culinary preparation including a removable collar (4) and a casing (3) comprising a bottom end equipped with an opening (30A) surrounded by a sleeve (30) on which said collar (4) can be coupled by turning, said collar (4) comprising a tool holder plate (43) designed to project through said opening (30A), wherein the working vessel includes locking means (6) movable between a locking position, in which the collar (4) and the casing (3) cannot be uncoupled, and an unlocking position in which they can be uncoupled, characterized in that the locking means (6) occupy the locking position when the working vessel is held right side up and the unlocking position when the working vessel is held upside down.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2011
    Publication date: January 12, 2012
    Applicant: SEB S.A.
    Inventors: Damien Maunoury, Christophe Lemarie, Michèle Beunache
  • Cooking Article With Folding Handle
    Publication number: 20120006827
    Abstract: Cooking article (1) consists of a vessel (3) with a bottom surface (4) and a lateral surface (5), and at least one handle (10) and 11) attached to lateral surface (5) formed by assembly one (20) and assembly two (40), with each assembly (20 and 40) connected to vessel (3) to pivot between a storage position and a working position in which the two assemblies (20 and 40) form a single unit extending radially to lateral surface (5). Each assembly (20 and 40) is essentially aligned with the lateral surface (5) and assembly two (40) contains a gripping section (47) which extends above vessel (3) to allow a user to hold the cooking article (1) when inserting it into or removing it from a similar, slightly larger cooking article (2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2011
    Publication date: January 12, 2012
    Applicant: SEB S.A.
    Inventor: Guy Magnouloux
  • PRESSURE-COOKING UTENSIL HAVING A DUAL-PURPOSE LOCKING/UNLOCKING CONTROL MEMBER
    Publication number: 20120000909
    Abstract: The invention relates to a utensil for cooking food under pressure, which utensil comprises firstly a vessel and a lid and secondly a control member (6) for controlling locking/unlocking of the lid relative to the vessel, said utensil being characterized in that said control member (6) is mounted to move on the lid between firstly a deployed position corresponding to the lid being unlocked, and in which said control member (6) is designed to be taken hold of manually in order to enable the lid to be handled, and secondly a retracted position corresponding to the lid being locked and in which said control member is designed to be more difficult to take hold of manually than it is in the deployed position. Utensils for cooking food under pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2009
    Publication date: January 5, 2012
    Applicant: SEB S.A.
    Inventors: Eric Chameroy, Philippe Roussard
  • Brewing Device With Ground Coffee Quantity Control and Coffee Machine Comprising Such a Device
    Publication number: 20110297002
    Abstract: A brewing device (2) for an espresso-type coffee machine including a brewing chamber (12) for receiving ground coffee, a movably mounted pressure piston (13) in translation with a stroke that extends from an upper retracted position in which the pressure piston (13) is located above the brewing chamber (12) to a lower tamping position in which the pressure piston (13) enters said brewing chamber (12) and a potentiometer controlled by driving means during the stroke of the pressure piston (13) to measure the tamping position of said pressure piston and to thereby calculate the height of the compressed cake of ground coffee. The driving means only act on the potentiometer for a portion of the stroke of the pressure piston (13).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2011
    Publication date: December 8, 2011
    Applicant: SEB S.A.
    Inventors: Arnaud VITEL, Gilles LEBUFFE, Thierry GAILHARD
  • Easy-to-clean cooking surface
    Patent number: 8070010
    Abstract: A food cooking surface for a cooking appliance, a method of producing that surface and a method of cooking food with a cooking appliance having that food cooking surface. The food cooking surface is made of a metal alloy of zirconium and of at least another metal, the zirconium content is not less than 75 wt %. In accordance with one embodiment of the invention, the alloy contains less than 10 wt % of elements added to zirconium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2011
    Assignee: SEB S.A.
    Inventor: Alain Coudurier
  • Culinary item presenting improved hydrophobic properties and method of manufacturing such an item
    Patent number: 8071219
    Abstract: The invention concerns a culinary item comprising a support element and a first coating of a sol-gel baked composition, said first coating overlying at least a portion of a first face of the support element, wherein said culinary item further comprises a second coating of a silicone-based baked composition overlying at least a portion of the first coating. The invention also involves a method of manufacturing such a culinary item.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2011
    Assignee: SEB S.A.
    Inventors: Aurélien Berrux, Pierre-Jean Muller, Jean-Luc Perillon
  • Device for heating milk and coffee machine comprising same
    Patent number: 8061264
    Abstract: A device for heating milk includes a body (2) having: a steam injecting conduit and a milk conduit emerging into a suction chamber; and a heating chamber (4) extending from an outlet of the suction chamber to an outlet (7) through which the heated milk can flow outside said body (2). The heating chamber (4) includes a globally helical inner conduit (40). A coffee machine including such a device is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2011
    Assignee: SEB S.A.
    Inventors: Romain Turpin, Nicolas Bazin, Pascal Meyer
  • Distributor of powdered product with removable reservoir
    Patent number: 8051765
    Abstract: A distributor of powdered product, the distributor having a case, a reservoir removably installable in a housing formed in the case, the reservoir having a distribution orifice and being adapted to contain the powdered product and to be installed in the housing by a vertical translation movement, and elements for locking the reservoir in an intended position in the housing, with associated elements for confirming that the reservoir is correctly positioned inside the housing, elements for confirming including a switch that is responsive to the position of the reservoir in the housing and that forms part of an operating control of a machine associated with the distributor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2011
    Assignee: SEB S.A.
    Inventors: Gilles Morin, Séverine Mih
  • Cookware handle with compressible grip
    Patent number: 8046876
    Abstract: A cookware handle designed to be grasped by a user's hand, consisting of a rigid structure attached to the cookware, and a flexible grip surrounding the rigid structure. The flexible grip has at least one part consisting of a wall that is from 2 to 10 mm thick, and preferably 5 mm thick, that creates a hand support surface, and at least one hollow cavity inside the grip is adjacent to the wall to enable said wall to be compressed when the handle is grasped.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2011
    Assignee: SEB S.A.
    Inventor: Ludovic Pasquini