Patents Assigned to SEB
  • Article in cast iron comprising a vitreous coating and method of manufacturing such an article
    Patent number: 10017667
    Abstract: Provided is an article, particularly culinary, comprising a cast iron support having two opposite sides. The article comprises a vitreous coating in the form of at least a continuous layer of a sol-gel material comprising a matrix formed from at least a metal polyalkoxylate and at least a reactive or unreactive silicone oil, the layer of sol-gel material being deposited directly on one at least of the sides of said support, and the side provided with a vitreous coating has a surface roughness Ra ranging between 3 and 15 ?m with a peak count per centimeter RPc ranging between 50 and 200. A method for manufacturing such an article is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: SEB S.A.
    Inventors: Pierre Jean Muller, Aurelien Dubanchet, Jean-Luc Perillon
  • Method for determining a performance index of a cooking utensil for a predetermined cooking temperature with the aim of assessing nutritional gain
    Patent number: 9995721
    Abstract: Provided is a method for determining a performance index of a cooking utensil (1a, 1b, 11) for a predetermined cooking temperature with, the aim of assessing nutritional gain, said cooking utensil comprising a bottom (2a, 2b, 10) having a cooking surface (3a, 3b, 10a).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: SEB S.A.
    Inventors: Céline Hofleitner, Pascal Cuillery
  • Brewing device with ground coffee quantity control and coffee machine comprising such a device
    Patent number: 9986868
    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: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: SEB S.A.
    Inventors: Arnaud Vitel, Gilles Lebuffe, Thierry Gailhard
  • Method for obtaining a cooking vessel having a colored, hard, anodized outer surface
    Patent number: 9976225
    Abstract: Provided is a method for obtaining a cooking vessel that includes the following steps: producing a bowl having an aluminum outer surface and an inner surface; performing hard anodization of at least the outer surface of the bowl; and providing a sol-gel coating on the anodized outer surface. At least one coloring step is carried out following the hard anodization, the coloring step(s) being carried out before and/or during the sol-gel coating step. Also provided is a kitchen item or an electrical cooking appliance that includes a cooking vessel obtained by the above method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: SEB S.A.
    Inventors: Martin Rubio, Stephane Tuffe, Aurelien Berrux
  • Modular cooking system and a method relating to said system
    Patent number: 9962029
    Abstract: The invention provides a cooking system that includes a pressure cooker provided with a regulator valve designed to maintain the pressure at a setpoint value, a telecommunications module, and a timer module, the pressure cooker, the telecommunications module, and the timer module being provided with complementary fastener means making it possible to fasten the telecommunications module and the timer module to the pressure cooker as alternatives and in a removable manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: SEB S.A.
    Inventors: Laurent Eric Baraille, Nicolas Decroze
  • Heat-stable particulate ink for inkjet use
    Patent number: 9920208
    Abstract: Provided is a heat-stable particulate composition for inkjet use, preferably pigmented and including 10 wt % to 95 wt % of water relative to the total weight of the composition, and 90 wt % to 5 wt % of at least one fluorinated heat-stable binder in particle form, at least one of the characteristic dimensions thereof being smaller than 800 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: SEB S.A.
    Inventors: Laurent Caillier, Stephanie Le Bris
  • Household food preparation appliance comprising a working container with a device to heat the contents of the working container
    Patent number: 9895028
    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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: SEB S.A.
    Inventors: Emmanuel Gerard, Stéphane Retour
  • Household appliance for food preparation, comprising a food insertion device
    Patent number: 9894926
    Abstract: Provided is a household appliance for food preparation, comprising a working body having a cover, and a working tool arranged in the working body, the cover comprising at least two spouts for inserting food into the working body. The cover comprises an upper collector leading into at least two of the spouts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: SEB S.A.
    Inventors: Fabien Delavaud, Christian Raude, Nicolas Suberbie, David Ginestet
  • Cooking device comprising a cooking surface that is easy to clean and resistant to scratching
    Patent number: 9895020
    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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: SEB S.A.
    Inventors: Jean-Francois Pierson, Simon Allemand, Mickaël Meyer, Stephane Tuffe
  • Massaging appliance equipped with interchangeable and distinguishable massaging heads
    Patent number: 9872813
    Abstract: Provided is a massaging appliance comprising: a body which has drive means, at least one type of massaging head which comprises at least two massaging elements, a transmission mechanism which allows the massaging elements to be activated under the action of the drive means, fitting means which are designed to fit at least one type of massaging head in a removable manner on the body, distinguishing means for distinguishing the type of massaging head fitted on the body and control means for controlling said massaging appliance which, depending on which type of massaging head is distinguished, are designed to act on the drive means so as to control the movement of at least two elements of the massaging head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignee: SEB S.A.
    Inventors: Camille Giraud, Monique Paget, Franck Mandica
  • Metal-oxide nanofiller, method for synthesising same, and use thereof in a fluorocarbon-resin non-stick coating
    Patent number: 9862843
    Abstract: Provided is a metal-oxide nanofiller including at least two graft chains, at least one of the chains being hydrophilic and the other being a hydrophobic chain compatible with fluorinated polymers. The hydrophobic chain is an oligomer, the weight-average molar mass Mw of which is between 300 and 20,000 g/mol?1. Also provided is a non-stick coating comprising such a filler, as well as to a culinary article provided with such a coating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignees: SEB S.A., Ecole Nationale Superieure de Chimie de Montpellier, Specific Polymers
    Inventors: Nelly Durand, Bernard Boutevin, Bruno Ameduri, Cedric Loubat, Barbara Gantillon, Jean-Luc Perillon
  • Household electrical ironing appliance comprising a filter designed to retain lime scale particles transported by the steam
    Patent number: 9856598
    Abstract: An ironing appliance including a steam distribution circuit having at least one filter designed to retain lime scale particles transported by the steam flow, wherein it includes a lime scale disposal orifice that communicates with a portion of the steam distribution circuit located upstream of the filter and that said filter is fixedly mounted in the appliance or is removable via an orifice separate from the lime scale disposal orifice.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: SEB S.A.
    Inventor: Frederic Collet
  • Cooking appliance and method for implementing same
    Patent number: 9844297
    Abstract: Provided is a cooking appliance comprising a first structure having a hot plate for cooking food, and a measuring device for measuring the thickness of the food arranged thereon and comprising a pivoting rocker connected to a pivotable shaft by a first end thereof, and a means for measuring the pivoting angle of the rocker in order to estimate the thickness of the food. The appliance comprises a second mobile structure which, when moved away from the first structure, generates a pivoting of said shaft in relation to the first structure, causing the pivoting of the rocker, and the measuring means interacts with the rocker towards a second end thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: SEB S.A.
    Inventors: Sebastien Volatier, Joel Lecerf
  • REFILL FOR INSERTING INTO A DEVICE FOR TREATING THE HAIR BY PIVOTING
    Publication number: 20170354223
    Abstract: The invention relates to a cosmetic refill (20) intended to be inserted in a removable manner into a housing (22) in a device (2) for treating the hair and to the associated treatment device (2). The cosmetic refill (20) comprises a body (23) that has a first wall (40) and a second wall (38) opposite the first wall (40), and at least one coupling relief (50, 52) that extends from each of the first wall (40) and the second wall (38). The coupling relief (50) on the first wall (40) is intended to cooperate with a first surface (46) of the housing (22) when the first wall (40) is introduced into the housing (22). The coupling relief (52) on the second wall (38) is intended to cooperate with a second surface (44) of the housing (22) when the refill (20) is brought into a use position by pivoting in the housing (22) about a pivot axis (B).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2015
    Publication date: December 14, 2017
    Applicants: L'OREAL, SEB S.A.
    Inventor: Edouard MESSAGER
  • DEVICE FOR TREATING THE HAIR FOR CONTROLLING THE APPLICATION OF A PRODUCT
    Publication number: 20170340082
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for treating the hair and to the corresponding application method, the device (2) comprising: —two arms (5, 6) that are able to move relative to one another between a moved-together configuration for treating the hair and a spaced-apart configuration for inserting hair to be treated between said arms, and —a system (18) for applying a product, comprising an applicator member (26) for applying the product, the application system (18) being mounted on one of the arms (5) and being able to move relative to said arm (5) between at least two positions generating, while the device (2) is being used to treat the hair, different respective application pressures of the applicator member (26) on the hair to be treated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2015
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Applicants: L'OREAL, SEB S.A.
    Inventors: Baptiste BONNEMAIRE, Martial MAISONNEUVE, Fabien NORMAND, Régis FEREYRE, Xavier VACHERON, Sandy LAPIZE, Gabin VIC, Stefania NUZZO, Edouard MESSAGER
  • REFILL FOR A DEVICE FOR TREATING THE HAIR, HAVING A COUPLING RELIEF
    Publication number: 20170340084
    Abstract: The invention relates to a refill (20) for a device for treating the hair, comprising a body (23) having a cavity (30) that is formed at least partially by two opposite walls (34, 36; 38, 40) and a bottom and opens towards the outside by way of an opening (31), and an applicator member that is inserted into the cavity (30) in the body (23) along an insertion axis and extends out of the cavity (30) through the opening (31). At least one of the walls (34, 36; 38, 40) and the bottom comprises at least one coupling relief (32) that engages with the applicator member in order to prevent it from being extracted from the cavity (30), this coupling relief (32) being designed such that the force for inserting the applicator member into the cavity is weaker than the extraction force.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2015
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Applicants: L'OREAL, SEB S.A.
    Inventors: Régis FEREYRE, Edouard MESSAGER
  • Electric sandwich maker
    Patent number: D802985
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: SEB
    Inventor: Luc Jozancy
  • Electric kettle
    Patent number: D818756
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: SEB
    Inventor: Lionel Averty
  • Electric fryer
    Patent number: D819389
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: SEB
    Inventor: Laurent Dutruel
  • Electric fryer
    Patent number: D821804
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: SEB
    Inventor: Nils Wessels