Abstract: Provided is a culinary item, one surface of which is provided with a coating including at least one rare-earth oxide layer. Such a coating has the specific feature of not only having mechanical hardness and abrasion resistance comparable to those of enamels and ceramics, but also excellent intrinsic hydrophobic properties that enable the coating obtained to have a non-stick property that is comparable to that of fluorocarbon coatings and suitable for culinary applications.

Abstract: Hair treatment apparatus having: -first and second arms which are movable with respect to each other and can adopt a spaced-apart configuration, for introduction of a lock of hair between them, and a closed configuration for treatment of the lock of hair, first and second contact surfaces carried respectively by the first and second arms and arranged opposite each other, at least one of the contact surfaces providing heat, -at least one steam outlet carried by one of the arms at a distance from the contact surface situated on the same arm, in order to expose the hairs engaged between the arms to the steam, -at least the first arm having at least one first part supporting the first contact surface and at least one second part distinct from the first part and separated from the latter, -an elastically deformable sealing element having a proximal portion extending at least partially around the first contact surface between the latter and the first support part, and a distal portion extending in contact with the

Abstract: Provided is a utensil including a support having two opposite faces, at least one of which is provided with a sol-gel coating including at least one sol-gel layer that is present in the form of a continuous film of a sol-gel material including a matrix of at least one metal polyalkoxylate. Said utensil additionally includes a hybrid sol-gel coating including at least one screen-printed sol-gel layer completely or partially covering said sol-gel coating, said first hybrid sol-gel layer consisting of a hybrid sol-gel material including a matrix formed from a first hybrid sol-gel composition including at least one silicone resin and at least one silane and/or at least one metal alkoxide. Also provided is a process for producing such a utensil.

Abstract: A electrical cooking appliance, in particular an electric fryer, comprising a cooking assembly, a draining support forming a draining receptacle, and a lid configured to be mounted mounted on the draining support, the electrical cooking appliance configured to assume a drain configuration in which the draining support supports the cooking assembly, the cooking assembly comprising a vessel configured for receiving a cooking bath, the vessel provided with a draining device comprising a valve configured to adopt a closed stable return position and an open position, a control member configured to move the valve into the open position when the electrical cooking appliance assumes the draining configuration. When the electrical cooking appliance adopts the draining configuration, the lid is mounted on the draining support supporting the cooking assembly, the lid is configured to provide a passage for the cooking bath to flow into the draining receptacle from the draining device.

Abstract: The invention relates to a particle with a core-shell structure, the core of which comprises at least one thermochromic semiconductor and the shell comprises at least two layers—an inner layer in contact with the core and comprising a mineral material or an organo-mineral hybrid material; and—an outer layer comprising a mineral material or an organo-mineral hybrid material, different from that of the inner layer. The invention also relates to a method for producing this particle, and the use thereof as a temperature indicator, in particular in a culinary article, such as a pan.

Abstract: An iron has a heel on which the iron can rest during inactive ironing phases, an internal reservoir, a fill opening fluidly connected to the internal reservoir, a fill opening cover movable between a closed position and an open position, a seal configured to seal the fill opening when the fill opening cover is in the closed position, and a vent which is fluidly connected to the internal reservoir when the fill opening cover is in the closed position. The seal includes a barrier part extending into the internal reservoir, and a ventilation orifice which is fluidly connected to the vent, and which opens into the internal reservoir, the barrier part and the ventilation orifice being configured so as to prevent liquid from flowing from the internal reservoir and through the vent when the fill opening cover is in the closed position and the iron rests on the heel.

Abstract: Provided are non-stick coating hybrid primer compositions based on polyimide resin and/or polyamide-imide resin. Also provided are processes for preparing such compositions. Finally, non-stick coatings incorporating such compositions and a process for manufacturing articles comprising such non-stick coatings are provided.

Abstract: Provided is a non-stick coating primer composition, comprising an aqueous composition and a fluorocarbon resin dispersion, wherein the aqueous composition comprises a polyimide or a polyamide imide or a polyamide-amic acid; a Lewis base; a polar aprotic solvent; and at least 15% water compared to the total weight of the composition, wherein the Lewis base is one of an aminosilane or a silazane. Methods for preparing a non-stick coating primer composition are also provided.

Abstract: A device for applying a product to be distributed on user's skin by iontophoresis, includes a body intended to receive the product to be distributed, including an electric current generator; and an applicator head mounted on the body, the applicator head including: a device for distributing the product to be distributed on the skin; and a first electrode and a second electrode that are separated by an interelectrode zone, the first electrode and the second electrode to receive an electric current from the generator.

Abstract: The invention relates to a cooking utensil comprising a hollow bowl with a base and a side wall rising from the base, and including at least one fragile area. The bowl has a concave inner surface for receiving food, as well as a convex outer surface. The utensil is coated successively, from the bowl, with a hard base and a nonstick coating, which covers the hard base and includes at least one layer containing at least one fluorocarbon resin. The hard base has a layer that is at least broken at the fragile area. The invention also relates to a method for producing such a utensil.

Abstract: Provided is a facial massage device including: —a massage head that includes: —two parallel massage rollers that are mobiles in rotation on themselves about two rotational axes parallel to each other and to the application surface (S), and set apart from each other, being separated by a working area (Z), a first roller including at least one paddle that extends radially projecting from the surface of the first roller, and the second roller having a smooth surface, —transmission assembly designed to rotate the rollers in the same direction, the first roller moving from outside the working area (Z) to inside the working area (Z), and the second roller moving from inside the working area to outside the working area, when viewed from outside the massage head, —and a drive housing that carries the massage head and that includes an electric motor that actuates drive means designed to transmit the drive from the electric motor to the transmission means.

Abstract: Provided is a method for obtaining an item of cookware, including the following steps of: —producing or providing a blank from a textured sheet of stainless steel having at least one textured face, —stamping the blank in order to form a cap (2) having an inner face (3) and an outer face (4), the outer face (4) having parts in relief corresponding to the textured face of the blank, —optionally, partially covering the outer face (4) of the cap (2), —carrying out a mechanical finishing treatment of the free surface of the outer face (4) of the cap (2) in order to expose the stainless steel at the parts in relief of the free surface of the outer face (4) of the cap (2). Also provided is an item of cookware including a stamped cap (2) made of stainless steel having an inner face (3) and an outer face (4), wherein the outer face (4) of the cap (2) has a textured free surface (5).

Abstract: A steamer accessory includes a water reservoir communicating with the outside via a filling orifice, and a steam generator including a steam production chamber connected to at least one steam distribution outlet provided in a lower part of the steam generator, the water reservoir communicating with the steam production chamber via a water supply inlet. The steam production chamber communicates with at least one steam evacuation outlet disposed higher up than the water supply inlet, the steam production chamber being confined above the steam evacuation outlet(s), the or each steam evacuation outlet communicating via a duct with the or one of the steam distribution outlet(s).