Patents Assigned to SEB
  • Clothing Iron Comprising a Sole Having a Recess Equipped With Steam Exit Holes
    Publication number: 20110107625
    Abstract: Clothing iron including a sole (1) having a bottom side with a sliding surface (11) coming into contact with cloth and comprising at least one steam-supplied recess (10), the recess (10) being bounded on its entire periphery by the sliding surface (11) in such a manner that the recess (10) forms a steam diffusion cavity that is surrounded by the sliding surface (11) when the sole (1) is applied to the cloth being ironed, characterized in that the sliding surface (11) represents less than 50% of the total surface of the bottom side of the sole (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2010
    Publication date: May 12, 2011
    Applicant: SEB S.A.
    Inventors: Franck Mandica, Dominique Gelus, Stéphanie Pessayre
  • Clothing Iron Comprising a Sole Having a Recess Equipped With Steam Exit Holes
    Publication number: 20110107626
    Abstract: Clothing iron including a sole (1) having a bottom side with a sliding surface (11) coming into contact with cloth and comprising at least one steam-supplied recess (10), the recess (10) being bounded on its entire periphery by the sliding surface (11) in such a manner that the recess (10) forms a steam diffusion cavity that is surrounded by the sliding surface (11) when the sole (1) is applied to the cloth being ironed, characterized in that the depth of the recess (10) is greater than or equal to 1 mm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2010
    Publication date: May 12, 2011
    Applicant: SEB S.A.
    Inventors: Franck Mandica, Dominique Gelus, Stéphanie Pessayre
  • Control Process for a Piezoelectric Pump of an Electric Household Appliance and an Electric Household Appliance Employing Such a Process
    Publication number: 20110103977
    Abstract: Control process for a piezoelectric pump (100) of an electric household appliance comprising a pump chamber (110) equipped with a mobile wall (111) displaceable under the action of a piezoelectric actuator (111A), characterized in that during a startup phase of the pump (100), the piezoelectric actuator (111A) is supplied during a plurality of alternations with an alternating supply signal having a voltage U bringing about a substantial deformation of the piezoelectric actuator (111A) for a maximum sweeping of the volume of the pump chamber (110) by the mobile wall (111), and further characterized in that the pump startup phase is followed by a normal operation phase during which the supply signal is modified so that the mean flow rate provided by the pump (100) is less than the flow rate provided during the startup phase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2010
    Publication date: May 5, 2011
    Applicant: SEB S.A.
    Inventors: Franck Mandica, Bertrand Couet, Serge Cubizolles, Olivier Lavillat
  • Household Electric Appliance Having a Piezoelectric Pump
    Publication number: 20110103980
    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: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2009
    Publication date: May 5, 2011
    Applicant: SEB S.A.
    Inventor: Franck Mandica
  • HANDLE WITH DEFORMABLE CUSHION FOR CULINARY ARTICLE
    Publication number: 20110094062
    Abstract: A culinary article handle composed of a rigid body connected to the culinary article and at least one deformable cushion, or pad, wherein the cushion includes a silicone or thermoplastic skin designed to be in contact with the hand, the skin defining a receptacle, and a solid core having a Shore A hardness less than the Shore A hardness of the silicone skin, fixed in the receptacle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2010
    Publication date: April 28, 2011
    Applicant: SEB S.A.
    Inventor: Ludovic PASQUINI
  • Hairstyling device
    Patent number: 7931031
    Abstract: A hairstyling device composed of a handle (1), at least one heating part (3) cooperating with a retaining part (2), each mounted in a respective housing (6, 22; 5, 20) joined to the handle (1), at least one of the heating (3) or retaining (2) parts being float-mounted inside its housing (6, 5), hair being able to be inserted between the heating part (3) and the retaining part (2). At least one of the heating (3) or retaining (2) parts has a first permanent magnet (11) cooperating with a second, opposing permanent magnet (12) belonging to its housing (6, 22; 5, 20), the second permanent magnet being mounted in phase with the first.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2011
    Assignee: SEB S.A.
    Inventor: Marc LeGrain
  • TOASTER WITH PIVOTING LATERAL DOOR
    Publication number: 20110067578
    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: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2010
    Publication date: March 24, 2011
    Applicant: SEB S.A.
    Inventor: Sébastien VOLATIER
  • Filter holder for a dosette and coffeemaker comprising such a filter holder
    Patent number: 7886654
    Abstract: A filter holder for a coffee machine is used for receiving a pod with an infusible product and includes a cup (2) having a bottom (3) provided with a discharge orifice (19) and an annular wall (4) extending to a top circumference (5) defining an opening which is mountable on a hot water outlet, and a pod support (10) which extends between the annular wall (4) of the cup at a distance from the bottom (3) and is provided with perforations (7, 8). At least one perforation (7) which is embodied in the form of an elongated slot extends on the plane of the support (10) and has a thickness which enables the infusion to freely flow. The filter holder (1) is particularly suitable for a coffee machine producing a low-pressure hot water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2011
    Assignee: SEB S.A.
    Inventor: Frederic Hiron
  • Simplified ice-cream maker
    Patent number: 7878021
    Abstract: An ice-cream maker including a blade (30a) arranged in a double-walled container (20a), and a housing (1) containing a driving mechanism (10) that can generate a blade-rotating movement (30a) in relation to the double-walled container (20a), the double-walled container (20a) being composed of an external wall (23) and an internal wall (24) defining a housing (25) containing a phase changing mixture having a fusion range extending at least partially below 0° C. The inner wall (24) forms a vat (26), and the blade (301a; 30b?) is used to scrape the inner wall (24; 24?). The blade (30a) forms a spoon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2011
    Assignee: Seb S.A.
    Inventors: Matthieu Perrier, Alexandre Rouches, Régis Cypres, Hervé Fiedos
  • COVER FOR A CULINARY ARTICLE WITH SILICONE GASKET
    Publication number: 20100314394
    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: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2007
    Publication date: December 16, 2010
    Applicant: SEB SA
    Inventors: Nathalie Bergeret, Christophe Lorthioir, Pascal Cuillery
  • Container for Electrical Household Food Preparation Appliance Comprising a Lower Transmission Component
    Publication number: 20100294142
    Abstract: A working container for electrical household food preparation appliances including a lower transmission component connected by a shaft to a rotary working tool arranged in a receptacle, wherein the shaft runs through the bottom of the receptacle and is rotatably mounted in a bearing housed in the bottom of the receptacle by virtue of the lower transmission component having an upper flange ring forming a reservoir around the shaft. The inner wall of the flange ring enables the collection of oil coming from the bearing and prevents the projection of oil onto a wall of the working container and permits the oil to drain to the bottom of the reservoir.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2008
    Publication date: November 25, 2010
    Applicant: SEB S.A.
    Inventors: Cyril Durris, Marc Suberbie
  • Portable Apparatus for the Steam Treatment of Hair
    Publication number: 20100288298
    Abstract: A portable apparatus for the steam treatment of hair, comprising a housing including a liquid tank, a means for supplying a steam generator with liquid, one or more openings for dispensing the steam thus generated towards a lock of hair, and a hair shaping device that comprises at least one treatment surface brought into contact with said lock of hair. The generator is supplied with liquid by an electric pump.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2008
    Publication date: November 18, 2010
    Applicant: SEB S.A.
    Inventors: Gèrald Serresvives, Bènèdicte Simond
  • Easy-to-clean cooking surface and electrical household appliance comprising such a surface
    Patent number: 7833637
    Abstract: Food cooking surface for a kitchen utensil or cooking appliance, constituted by the surface of a compound fabricated starting from an alloy whose two principal components are zirconium and cobalt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2010
    Assignee: SEB S.A.
    Inventors: Stéphane Tuffe, Alain Coudurier
  • Apparatus for the Steam Treatment of Hair
    Publication number: 20100242986
    Abstract: An apparatus for the steam treatment of hair, comprising a housing including a liquid tank, a means for supplying a steam generator with liquid, one or more openings for dispensing the steam thus generated towards a lock of hair, and a hair shaping device that comprises at least one treatment surface provided with heating means and brought into contact with a lock of hair. The steam generator includes a heating member that is thermally independent from said treatment surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2008
    Publication date: September 30, 2010
    Applicant: SEB S.A.
    Inventors: Gèrald Serresvives, Bènèdicte Simond
  • Portable Apparatus for the Steam Treatment of Hair
    Publication number: 20100224206
    Abstract: A portable apparatus for the steam treatment of hair, comprising a housing including a liquid tank, and a means for supplying a steam generator with liquid having a vaporisation chamber in thermal contact with an electric heating member, the vaporisation chamber communicating with one or more openings for dispensing steam towards a lock of hair. The generator is supplied with liquid by an electric pump, and the flow rate of the steam thus generated is higher than 5 g/min, and preferably of between 10 g/min and 60 g/min.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2008
    Publication date: September 9, 2010
    Applicant: SEB S.A.
    Inventors: Gèrald Serresvives, Bènèdicte Simond
  • Fryer
    Patent number: D622093
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2010
    Assignee: SEB
    Inventor: Guillaume Reiner
  • Electric kettle
    Patent number: D627587
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2010
    Assignee: SEB S.A.
    Inventor: Björn Dahlström
  • Coffee maker
    Patent number: D628007
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2010
    Assignee: SEB S.A.
    Inventors: Anthony Di Bitonto, Paul Katz, Goeran Jerstroem
  • Electric kettle
    Patent number: D628008
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2010
    Assignee: SEB S.A.
    Inventor: Björn Dahlström
  • Slow cooker
    Patent number: D636629
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2011
    Assignee: SEB
    Inventors: Goeran Jerstroem, Paul Katz, Anthony Di Bitonto, Sing Pong (Brian) Chui