Patents Assigned to SEB S.A.,
  • Patent number: 12364359
    Abstract: A cooking device includes a cooking support having a cooking face and a heating face, an aluminum layer being metallurgically assembled with the heating face, an anisotropic graphite layer being encapsulated between the aluminum layer and another aluminum layer. The aluminum layer may be metallurgically assembled with the heating face leaving a portion of the heating face free around the aluminum layer, the aluminum layer and the anisotropic graphite layer being part of a multilayer diffuser bottom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2025
    Assignee: SEB S.A.
    Inventor: Martin Rubio
  • Patent number: 12364360
    Abstract: The invention relates to a coated metal cooking rack compatible with induction healing, comprising a metal body including a heating face bearing a protective coating and a cooking face bearing an anti-adhesive coating forming a cooking surface. According to the invention, the metal body is made of two-sided aluminized ferromagnetic low-carbon steel sheet comprising a ferromagnetic low-carbon steel substrate having on each of its two faces an outer layer comprising an aluminum-based matrix, an intermediate layer comprising iron/aluminum intermetallic compounds being arranged between the ferromagnetic low-carbon steel substrate and the outer layer, and at least on the bottom of the heating face the outer layer has a thickness of less than 27 ?m, preferably less than 20 ?m, and even more preferably less than 18 ?m. The invention also relates to a culinary article, an electric cooking appliance and a method of obtaining a coated metal cooking rack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2025
    Assignee: SEB S.A.
    Inventors: Martin Rubio, Jean-Francois Brasset
  • Patent number: 12365106
    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 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: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2025
    Assignee: SEB S.A.
    Inventors: Stéphane Plichon, Stéphane Suchet
  • Publication number: 20250221594
    Abstract: The vacuum cleaner includes an electronic control unit configured to control operation of the vacuum cleaner, and a user interface configured to allow a user to select at least one operating mode of the vacuum cleaner, the user interface including a support part including a peripheral edge; a control part supported by the support part and configured to allow a user to select the at least one operating mode, the control part having a perimeter inscribed inside and partly at a distance from the peripheral edge of the support part; and a peripheral seal extending around the peripheral edge of the support part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2023
    Publication date: July 10, 2025
    Applicant: SEB S.A.
    Inventor: Eric Pouvreau
  • Publication number: 20250221588
    Abstract: A support base includes a base body; a first fastening hole provided on the base body and configured to be crossed by a first fastening screw, so as to fasten the base body to a first fastening point; a second fastening hole provided on the base body and configured to be crossed by a second fastening screw, so as to fasten the base body to a second fastening point; a support device configured to support a handheld vacuum cleaner; and first adjustment means configured to adjust a positioning of the base body with respect to the first fastening point according to a first adjustment direction and a second adjustment direction which are different from each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2023
    Publication date: July 10, 2025
    Applicant: SEB S.A.
    Inventor: Thomas Guillard
  • Patent number: 12336610
    Abstract: A hair treatment device includes a first and a second arm, movable in relation to each other, which can be opened to introduce a strand of hair between them and closed to treat the strand of hair, a first and second contact surfaces respectively supported by the first and second arms, arranged facing each other, with at least one of the contact surfaces being heated, at least the first arm having at least one first piece supporting the first contact surface, a sealing element including a central window arranged such that it extends at least partially around the first contact surface between the latter and the first supporting piece, wherein the sealing element includes at least one opening that is distinct from the central window and the first supporting piece and the first contact surface come into contact with each other through the at least one opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2025
    Assignee: SEB S.A.
    Inventors: Mathias Ganem, Johan Sabattier
  • Patent number: 12336669
    Abstract: A hand-held housing for a multi-purpose food preparation appliance, has at least one first drive output configured to drive a removable rotary work tool, an opening configured for mounting a removable work accessory, retaining members configured to engage with a connecting element of the work accessory mounted in the opening, and a second drive output configured to drive a rotary drive unit of the work accessory mounted in the opening. The retaining members are arranged on an outer part of a protrusion arranged inside the housing around the second drive output, the retaining members being configured to engage with an inner part of the connecting element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2025
    Assignee: SEB S.A.
    Inventors: Philippe Martin, Frédéric Gruau, Stéphane Grassin
  • Publication number: 20250185834
    Abstract: A food preparation appliance including a main lid, and a removable inner lid. The main lid can be moved between an open position and a closed position. The removable inner lid is designed to be coupled to the main lid. The food preparation appliance is designed to provide at least one first cooking mode in which the inner lid is coupled to the main lid and at least one second cooking mode in which the inner lid is removed from the main lid. The food preparation appliance comprises a closure mechanism that can be moved between retracted position and a deployed position. The retracted position is used in the first cooking mode, and the deployed position is used in the second cooking mode where the closure mechanism is designed to close off a gap left open when the inner lid is removed from the main lid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2024
    Publication date: June 12, 2025
    Applicant: SEB S.A.
    Inventors: Philippe Dumoux, Romain Turpin, Guillaume Prieto, Johan Petitallot, Frédéric Denis Seurat
  • Publication number: 20250185836
    Abstract: An electric preparation appliance includes at least: a housing with a supporting portion arranged to rest on a workspace and defining a base plane, a lid, which can be moved between a closed position in which access to the workspace is prevented and an open position in which access to the workspace is permitted, means of locking the lid, which can be moved between an unlocked position in which the lid can be freely moved, and a locked position in which the lid is locked in the closed position, a control interface, which can be moved between a first control position and a second control position, characterized in that the control interface comprises a handle that rotates around a handle axis contained in a plane parallel to the base plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2024
    Publication date: June 12, 2025
    Applicant: SEB S.A.
    Inventors: Romain Turpin, Philippe Dumoux
  • Patent number: 12325008
    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, 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 having, alternately or simultaneously, setting in motion of the actuation system and heating by the heater element up to a target temperature; then cooling with kneading through setting in motion of the actuation system from which the kneading is stopped.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2025
    Assignees: Duolab International SARL, SEB S.A.
    Inventors: Franck Da Palma, Pierre Durif, Jacky Chelle, Magali Millet, Mélodie Perrin, Cécile Tourel
  • Publication number: 20250169663
    Abstract: A cleaning unit comprises a rotating brush configured to be removably mounted in a suction chamber of a suction head, and a closing cap configured to close a passage opening provided on the suction head and through which the rotating brush is adapted to be removed from the suction chamber. The closing cap includes a cap body; a locking member movable between locking and unlocking positions; and a gripping member configured to displace the locking member from the locking position to the unlocking position and to move axially away from the cap body upon a displacement of the gripping member from a first position to a second position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2024
    Publication date: May 29, 2025
    Applicant: SEB S.A.
    Inventor: Nicolas Metot
  • 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