Patents Assigned to SEB
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Publication number: 20240423409Abstract: A system for reversibly attaching an accessory to a hot water and/or steam dispensing outlet of a beverage dispensing machine includes a main body and a locking element. The locking element is received in the main body and includes two elastically deformable arms designed to cooperate with at least one locking relief formed on the dispensing outlet. The arms are configured to be moved between a position in which the accessory is locked to the dispensing outlet and an unlocked position.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 20, 2024Publication date: December 26, 2024Applicant: SEB S.A.Inventors: Léo Cornu, Jean-Baptiste Giraud, Annabelle Guillot
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Patent number: 12161257Abstract: Provided is a food cooking surface for a cookware item or an electrical household cooking appliance, consisting of a deposit of nitride of metal elements on a substrate, the metal elements of the deposit comprising one or more X transition metal(s) and aluminium. The production of the deposit comprises a nitridation step in arder to obtain a coating of type (X,Al)N. According to the invention, the (X,Al)N-type coating is a coating of nitride(s) of the one or more X transition metal(s), enriched with aluminium, in which niobium and/or zirconium is/are make up the most part of the X transition metal(s), the atomic ratio of aluminium in the metal elements of the deposit being at least equal to 20%. Also provided are cookware items and electrical household appliances intended for the cooking of food, comprising the above-mentioned type of cooking surface.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2012Date of Patent: December 10, 2024Assignees: Centre National De La Recherche Scientifique, SEB S.A., Universite de LorraineInventors: Philippe Pigeat, Jean-Francois Pierson, Alexandre Mege-Revil, Frederic Tessier, Simon Allemand, Stephane Tuffe
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Patent number: 12161258Abstract: The invention relates to a cooking vessel (1) comprising a cap (2) equipped with an end wall (3). According to the invention, the end wall (3) comprises a housing (6) accomodating at least one bimetallic element (30a, 30b) that adopts a cold stable first position when the temperature is below a predetermined temperature and toggles into a hot stable second position when the temperature is above the predetermined temperature, and vice versa, the transition from the first stable position to the second stable position generating an audible signal designed to be perceived by a user or by an external device.Type: GrantFiled: May 9, 2019Date of Patent: December 10, 2024Assignee: SEB S.A.Inventors: Laurent Guegan, Sassi Bezzi, Olivier Billoud, Fabien Inclair
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Patent number: 12161212Abstract: A mixing machine, configured to receive a receiving device in order to form a manufacturing apparatus, the mixing machine comprising: a support defining a receiving housing, able to receive a first capsule and a second capsule both deformable and intended to be fluidly linked to each other, the first and second capsules containing respectively a first formulation and a second formulation, an actuation system, movable in rotation back-and-forth about a pivot axis, a cam movable in rotation along a cam axis of rotation not parallel to the actuation axis of rotation, the cam comprising a drive finger, wherein the actuation system comprises a drive groove configured to receive said drive finger, so that the rotation of the cam causes a back-and-forth motion of the actuation system, wherein the link between the drive finger and the drive groove comprises a ball joint.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2019Date of Patent: December 10, 2024Assignee: SEB S.A.Inventors: Cédric Pollet, Martial Maisonneuve
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Publication number: 20240398164Abstract: A food preparation appliance includes a housing with at least one supporting leg, a work bowl, and weighing means arranged to weigh food to be prepared. At least one supporting leg includes suspension means having a supporting part, an anchoring part, and elastic return means. The suspension means is arranged to allow a displacement of the supporting part, in that the preparation appliance includes abutment means to limit the displacement of the supporting part, and in that the weighing means are attached between the supporting part and the housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 12, 2022Publication date: December 5, 2024Applicant: SEB S.A.Inventors: Marie Dussart, Romain Turpin
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Patent number: 12134079Abstract: A mixing machine configured to receive a receiving device in order to form a mixing machine, the manufacturing apparatus comprising: a support defining a receiving housing, having a first receiving location configured to receive a first deformable capsule and a second receiving location configured to receive a second deformable capsule, the first and second capsules fluidly linked and respectively containing a first formulation and a second formulation, an actuation system movable relative to the support inside the receiving housing, comprising a first actuation member positioned on one side of the receiving housing and movable thereinside, in order to transmit a pressure force on the first capsule, along a first actuation stroke, a second actuation member positioned on another side, preferably an opposite side, of the receiving housing and movable thereinside, in order to transmit a pressure force on the second capsule, along a second actuation stroke, in which the first actuation stroke has a different lType: GrantFiled: December 20, 2019Date of Patent: November 5, 2024Assignee: SEB S.A.Inventors: Martial Maisonneuve, Fabien Normand
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Publication number: 20240349938Abstract: The invention relates to a coated cooking element for a kitchen item or electrical cooking apparatus, comprising a metal substrate coated on one side with a peelable film, forming a cooking face, the peelable film comprising one or several layers of fluorinated polymer, a mechanical reinforcing layer and a hotmelt polymer layer arranged on the opposite side to the cooking face and having a melting point higher than 250° C. and lower than or equal to that of at least one of the other layers of the peelable film, the peelable film being assembled with the metal substrate, the hotmelt polymer layer being in contact with the face of the metal substrate. The invention also relates to a method for manufacturing such a coated cooking element and to a cooking article or an electrical cooking appliance having said coated cooking element.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 2, 2022Publication date: October 24, 2024Applicant: SEB S.AInventors: Simon Allemand, Martin Rubio
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Publication number: 20240335075Abstract: A vacuum cleaner nozzle includes a sole provided with a lower face and a suction channel emerging into the lower face; and a front scraping member located at the front of a front edge of the suction channel and delimiting at least in part a central passage opening which is fluidly connected to the suction channel. The front scraping member generally has a V shape having an apex oriented towards a central part of the suction channel, the front scraping member including a first scraping branch extending in a first direction of extension and a second scraping branch extending in a second direction of extension, the first and second scraping branches being configured to orient waste, coming into contact against the front scraping member during a forward movement of the vacuum cleaner nozzle towards the central passage opening.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 2, 2022Publication date: October 10, 2024Applicant: SEB S.A.Inventors: Christelle Philippe, Jean Damien Vivier, Adrien Zanni
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Publication number: 20240315481Abstract: A beverage dispensing machine includes a beverage dispensing head whose position relative to a container receiving area can be adjusted, and a receiving structure for the dispensing head having a first slide and a second slide designed to interact with a respective lateral side of the dispensing head to form a first slide connection and a second slide connection, respectively. The receiving structure also includes a third slide, positioned between the first and second slides and designed to interact with the dispensing head to form a third slide connection. The third slide is closer to the receiving area along the longitudinal axis than the first slide and the second slide.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 22, 2024Publication date: September 26, 2024Applicant: SEB S.A.Inventors: Annabelle Guillot, Alban Pfersdorff, Alban Vetillard
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Publication number: 20240315516Abstract: The autonomous cleaning robot includes a main body including a lower face and a suction opening, opening into the lower face; a wet cleaning device including two mop supports which are each movably mounted in translation relative to the main body in a direction of translation, and two mops mounted respectively on the two mop supports; and two drive wheels configured to roll over the surface to be cleaned and movably mounted in rotation on the main body respectively about two rotation axes which are substantially parallel. The two mop supports are located behind the rotation axes of the drive wheels, and the direction of translation extends substantially parallel to the rotation axes of the two drive wheels.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 4, 2022Publication date: September 26, 2024Applicant: SEB S.A.Inventors: Laurent Delair, Mickael Boillet
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Patent number: 12089768Abstract: An electric cooking appliance includes a housing having a cooking vessel configured to receive food to be cooked; a lid pivotably mounted on the housing between an open position in which the lid frees access to the cooking vessel and a closed position in which the lid prevents access to the cooking vessel; and a heating device which is removably mounted on an inner surface of the lid, the heating device having a heating device configured to be located opposite the food to be cooked received in the cooking vessel and for heating said food to be cooked when the lid is in the closed position.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2020Date of Patent: September 17, 2024Assignee: SEB S.A.Inventors: Quentin Dos Santos, Géraldine Doat
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Patent number: 12059660Abstract: A receiving device for forming a mixing machine when the receiving device is inserted into a manufacturing apparatus, the receiving device includes: a first receiving location configured to receive a first capsule containing a first formulation, a second receiving location configured to receive a second capsule containing a second formulation, the two capsules configured to be fluidly linked to each other, a first actuation face, a second actuation face, opposite to the first actuation face, a heater element configured to heat at least one of capsules when the receiving device equipped with the capsules is received in the mixing machine, a first electrical contact track for the power supply to the heater element, located on a first connection face of the receiving device, and a second contact track for the power supply to the heater element, located on a second connection face of the receiving device.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2019Date of Patent: August 13, 2024Assignee: SEB S.A.Inventors: Martial Maisonneuve, Cédric Pollet, Jacky Chelle
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Patent number: 12059065Abstract: A mixing machine, configured to receive a receiving device in order to form a mixing machine includes a support defining a receiving housing, able to receive a 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), and a coupling 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 into/from the receiving housing, and in a coupling position, to exert a force on an actuation face of the receiving device.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2019Date of Patent: August 13, 2024Assignee: SEB S.A.Inventors: Martial Maisonneuve, Cédric Pollet, Pierre Durif
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Publication number: 20240247432Abstract: A crease-smoothing cabinet includes a base; a top extending opposite and at a distance from the base; and an expandable curtain intended to extend between the base and the top, so that the base, the top and the curtain together define an enclosed space in the crease-smoothing cabinet when the curtain is expanded and attached to the base and the top. The curtain includes a multilayer textile wall including a first layer and a second layer, wherein the first layer is made of a textile material made of elastic fibers and the second layer is made of a waterproof material.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 23, 2022Publication date: July 25, 2024Applicant: SEB S.A.Inventors: Amar Djeroro, Pierre Durif
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Publication number: 20240247433Abstract: A crease-smoothing cabinet includes: a base; a top extending opposite and at a distance from the base; and an expandable curtain configured to extend between the base and the top, so that the base, top and curtain together define an enclosed space in the crease-smoothing cabinet when the curtain is expanded and attached to the base and top. The curtain includes a textile wall and a frame having a plurality of stays, the frame stays being arranged at regular intervals along the textile wall, and in that each portion of the textile wall located between two frame stays has a convex shape, so that the frame and the textile wall ensure accordion-folding and unfolding of the curtain.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 23, 2022Publication date: July 25, 2024Applicant: SEB S.A.Inventors: Amar Djeroro, Nils Wessels, Morane Mangeant
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Patent number: 12042092Abstract: A smoke evacuating fryer, comprising a fryer body, an exhaust vent, a lid engaged on the fryer body, and a frying basket and a smoke evacuating and filtering apparatus provided within the fryer body An air intake gap is provided at a location where the lid and the fryer body are joined. The smoke evacuating and filtering apparatus is provided on the fryer body (1) and abuts against the frying basket. Air introduced into the air intake gap is passed over the frying basket, filtered by the smoke evacuating and filtering apparatus and then discharged via the exhaust vent.Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 2019Date of Patent: July 23, 2024Assignee: SEB S.A.Inventors: Tong Li, Zhiquan Tian, Zuocheng Lu
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Patent number: 12035795Abstract: A receiving device for forming a mixing machine, when the receiving device is inserted into a manufacturing apparatus, includes: a first receiving location configured to receive a first capsule containing a first formulation, a second receiving location configured to receive a second capsule containing a second formulation, the two capsules configured to be fluidly linked to each other, a first actuation face of the receiving device, authorizing a transfer of a pressure force on the first capsule, the first actuation face having a first protective shell, a second actuation face of the receiving device, opposite to the first face, authorizing a transfer of a pressure force on the second capsule, the second actuation face having a second protective shell, and a flap opening outwardly of the receiving device and extending between the two receiving locations, to authorize insertion of the capsules separately and extraction of the capsules jointly.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2019Date of Patent: July 16, 2024Assignee: SEB S.A.Inventors: Fabien Normand, Cédric Pollet
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Publication number: 20240225394Abstract: The vacuum cleaner conduit includes first and second rigid conduit parts; a hinge device configured to allow a pivoting of the first and second rigid conduit parts between unfolded and folded configurations; a locking member configured to lock the first and second rigid conduit parts in the unfolded configuration, the locking member being movably mounted between locking and release positions; and an unlocking button slidably mounted between a rest position and an unlocking position, and configured to displace the locking member into the release position. The unlocking button and the hinge device are located on the same side of the vacuum cleaner conduit which is substantially diametrically opposite to the side of the vacuum cleaner conduit where the locking member is located.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 20, 2023Publication date: July 11, 2024Applicant: SEB S.A.Inventor: Eric Pouvreau
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Publication number: 20240225395Abstract: The vacuum cleaner conduit includes first and second rigid conduit parts a hinge device configured to allow a pivoting of the first and second rigid conduit parts about a hinge axis and between unfolded and folded configurations; a locking member configured to lock the first and second rigid conduit parts the unfolded configuration; and an unlocking member including two lateral gripping parts located on either side of one of the first and second rigid conduit parts, each of the lateral gripping parts being intersected by a plane parallel to the hinge axis and containing a central longitudinal axis of the vacuum cleaner conduit in the unfolded configuration of the first and second rigid conduit parts.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 20, 2023Publication date: July 11, 2024Applicant: SEB S.A.Inventors: Stéphane Delevallee, Julien Gross
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Patent number: 12029363Abstract: A floor cleaning head body includes: a cleaning head body having at least one suction port at the bottom; a base plate; a water supply tank mounted to the cleaning head body and located above the base plate; a water distributor mounted to the base plate; and a communicating tube. The water supply tank includes a venting hole in communication with the exterior. A first chamber is provided inside the water supply tank, and a water outlet is provided at the bottom of the water supply tank. The water distributor includes a housing, a water inlet provided at the top of the housing, a second chamber formed inside the housing, and a water outlet hole provided at the bottom of the housing. The first chamber, the water outlet, the water inlet, and the second chamber are in communication sequentially.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2019Date of Patent: July 9, 2024Assignee: SEB S.A.Inventors: Zhuang Bian, Pierre-Louis Bodin