Patents Assigned to SEB
  • PRESSURE-COOKING UTENSIL HAVING A DUAL-PURPOSE LOCKING/UNLOCKING CONTROL MEMBER
    Publication number: 20140042171
    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: October 17, 2013
    Publication date: February 13, 2014
    Applicant: SEB S.A.
    Inventors: Eric Chameroy, Philippe Roussard
  • PRESSURE-COOKING UTENSIL HAVING A DUAL-PURPOSE LOCKING/UNLOCKING CONTROL MEMBER
    Publication number: 20140042165
    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: October 17, 2013
    Publication date: February 13, 2014
    Applicant: SEB S.A.
    Inventors: Eric Chameroy, Philippe Roussard
  • Heating article including coloured heat indicator with improved visability and precision
    Patent number: 8647735
    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 color in a thermal color-change area with an amplitude of no more than 40° C. within the range of variation of said temperature T1 of use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Assignee: SEB S.A.
    Inventors: Stephanie Le Bris, Laurent Voisin, Jean-Luc Perillon
  • Metal-Oxide Nanofiller, Method for Synthesising Same, and Use Thereof in a Fluorocarbon-Resin Non-Stick Coating
    Publication number: 20140034651
    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: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2011
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Applicants: SPECIFIC POLYMERS, SEB S.A.
    Inventors: Nelly Durand, Bernard Boutevin, Bruno Ameduri, Cedric Loubat, Barbara Gantillon, Jean-Luc Perillon
  • DEVICE FOR MONITORING AND/OR CONTROLLING THE OPERATION OF AT LEAST ONE HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCE BY MEANS OF AT LEAST ONE PORTABLE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL
    Publication number: 20140039650
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for monitoring and/or controlling (1) the operation of at least one household appliance (40) by means of at least one portable communication terminal (20) comprising information processing means (5) arranged in such a way as to transmit instruction information (lT) to a household appliance (40) and/or to transmit monitoring information (lR) received from a household appliance (40) to the communication terminal (20), and means for receiving the portable communication terminal and/or holding same in position (2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2012
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Applicant: SEB SA
    Inventors: Eric Laurent Baraille, Serge Jean Cubizolles, Guillaume Pierre Joseph Armand Cohade, Nicolas Decroze
  • Household electric appliance having a piezoelectric pump
    Patent number: 8641388
    Abstract: The invention relates to an electric household appliance comprising a pump having a pumping chamber (11) including a movable wall formed by a diaphragm (12) made of an electrically conductive material comprising an inner surface covered with at least one layer (21) made of an electrically insulating material, and an outer surface, in contact with a piezoelectric actuator (13), characterized in that power is supplied to said piezoelectric actuator (13) by the voltage of a domestic power grid without inserting an insulation transformer therebetween, and in that said inner surface of the metal diaphragm (12) is covered by at least one first electrically insulating layer (21), having flame retardant properties, and by two additional electrically insulating layers (22, 23) of a lower thickness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2014
    Assignee: SEB S.A.
    Inventor: Franck Mandica
  • Toaster with pivoting lateral door
    Patent number: 8640608
    Abstract: A toaster with an housing containing at least one toasting chamber accessible from the top, the housing having a side wall that includes a door mounted to pivot about a horizontal axis relative to the rest of the housing, the axis being in a lower part of the housing, the toaster further including at least one bread carriage spaced from the axis so that in the open position of the door, a portion of bread on the carriage projects out of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2014
    Assignee: SEB S.A.
    Inventor: Sébastien Volatier
  • Food Cooking Appliance Comprising a Stirring Blade
    Publication number: 20140000462
    Abstract: Provided is a food cooking appliance comprising: a bowl having a side wall; and a blade, the bowl and blade being designed to have a relative rotary movement about an axis of rotation. The blade includes a lifting means shaped so as to lift the food with which it comes into contact, and a means for pushing the food toward the lifting means. The appliance is characterized in that: the aforementioned side wall includes a widened section, the lifting means extends directly vertically above the widened section, and the respective projections of the lifting means and of the widened section overlap in a single plane parallel to the axis of rotation. The invention can be used in the field of cooking appliances.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2011
    Publication date: January 2, 2014
    Applicant: SEB S.A.
    Inventor: Jean-Marc Payen
  • Ironing Board Comprising One Leg Composed of Two Parts Connected to One Another by a Joint
    Publication number: 20130340301
    Abstract: Ironing board consisting of a top supported by at least one leg with two sections connected to one another by hinge; said hinge allows lower segment of leg to pivot between an unfolded position, in which said lower segment forms an extension of upper segment of leg, and a folded position, in which lower segment is folded in the direction of upper segment, wherein said hinge contains a mechanism to lock the lower segment in an unfolded position and at least one unlocking button to deactivate the locking mechanism to allow lower segment to rotate into the folded position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2013
    Publication date: December 26, 2013
    Applicant: SEB S.A.
    Inventors: Guy Ducruet, Daniel Vieira Gameiro
  • Electrical Kitchen Appliance Comprising a Pressing Screw
    Publication number: 20130327232
    Abstract: Provided is an electrical kitchen appliance including a pressing screw rotated about a substantially vertical axis in a work chamber having a food insertion chute communicating with the upper end of the pressing screw, and a discharge outlet. The pressing screw includes at least two main threads providing at least two separate passages for inserting food, each main thread having a lower face extending over at least one quarter of the circumference of the pressing screw.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2011
    Publication date: December 12, 2013
    Applicant: SEB S.A.
    Inventors: Patrick Charles, Augustin Dominguez
  • Heating Article Comprising a Non-Stick Coating with a Three-Dimensional Decoration
    Publication number: 20130320024
    Abstract: Provided is a heating utensil comprising a support intended to be heated, said support comprising a surface covered by a non-stick coating, said non-stick coating comprising at least one sintered layer based on fluorocarbon resin forming a continuous network. Said sintered layer additionally comprises a mixture of magnetizable particles and of non-magnetizable particles, some of said magnetizable particles being oriented so as to form a three-dimensional pattern. Also provided is a method for producing such a heating utensil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2012
    Publication date: December 5, 2013
    Applicant: SEB S.A.
    Inventors: Jean-Luc Perillon, Michel Fontaine, Clotilde Baldeck
  • Method for Obtaining a Cooking Vessel Having a Colored, Hard, Anodized Outer Surface
    Publication number: 20130313247
    Abstract: Provided is a method for obtaining a cooking vessel, comprising 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 comprising a cooking vessel obtained by the above method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2011
    Publication date: November 28, 2013
    Applicant: SEB S.A.
    Inventors: Martin Rubio, Stephane Tuffe, Aurelien Berrux
  • Ironing Board Comprising Two Legs Arranged in an X-Configuration
    Publication number: 20130312297
    Abstract: Ironing board comprising a frame supporting a top and at least two legs joined to the frame, one of the legs having an upper end pivotably mounted on a back end of the frame, the other leg having an upper end slidably mounted on said frame, the two legs being connected to one another by a pivot linkage and movable between a storage position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2013
    Publication date: November 28, 2013
    Applicant: SEB S.A.
    Inventors: Guy Ducruet, Daniel Vieira Gameiro
  • Cover for a culinary article with silicone gasket
    Patent number: 8567632
    Abstract: The invention relates to a cover for a culinary article comprising a lid designed to cover the culinary article and a silicone gasket running around the lid. According to the invention, in the radial direction, the gasket extends at least 10 mm, or ever 15 mm beyond the perimeter of the lid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2013
    Assignee: SEB SA
    Inventors: Nathalie Bergeret, Christophe Lorthioir, Pascal Cuillery
  • Espresso coffee maker
    Patent number: D693165
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2013
    Assignee: SEB S.A.
    Inventor: Lionel Averty
  • Electric steamer
    Patent number: D697362
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2014
    Assignee: SEB
    Inventor: Shanti-Paul Nguyen Geslin
  • Slow cooker
    Patent number: D698595
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2014
    Assignee: SEB
    Inventor: Anders Kunz
  • Electric grater-mincer
    Patent number: D699508
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2014
    Assignee: SEB
    Inventor: Anthony Lebosse
  • Electric grater-mincer with graters
    Patent number: D700009
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2014
    Assignee: SEB
    Inventor: Anthony Lebosse
  • Electric fryer
    Patent number: D700471
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: SEB
    Inventor: Luc Jozancy