Patents Assigned to SEB
  • Household electrical appliance
    Publication number: 20070074629
    Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide an apparatus for producing a DNA doped carbon cluster capable of introducing DNA into the cavity of a carbon cluster. An apparatus for producing a DNA doped carbon cluster comprising a radio frequency current applying electrode which is composed of a porous material or a wire mesh capable of retaining a solution containing DNA, a grounding electrode placed opposite to the radio frequency current applying electrode, and a power source for supplying a radio frequency output to the radio frequency current applying electrode, wherein the grounding electrode bears hollow carbon clusters on its surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2006
    Publication date: April 5, 2007
    Applicant: SEB SA
    Inventors: Jean-Pierre Lubowicki, Denis Gruaz
  • Electrical household appliance having means for detecting the opening of a plug
    Publication number: 20070064355
    Abstract: A household electric appliance having an orifice, or passage, closed by a plug, or stopper, wherein the appliance further includes a unit for detecting opening of the plug, the unit allowing, when power is supplied to the appliance, a detection that opening of the plug previously occurred, when power was not being supplied to the appliance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2006
    Publication date: March 22, 2007
    Applicant: SEB S.A.
    Inventors: Marie-Alix Vialle, Pascal Badol, Jean Robin
  • Pressing iron having an improved cord guide device
    Publication number: 20070062078
    Abstract: A pressing iron composed of a case provided with an opening and a power cord that extends from the opening, and a cord guide device mounted to the case and disposed in the opening for reinforcing the cord in a region adjacent to the case in order to limit flexure of the cord. The cord guide device includes a body enveloping a portion of the cord and a mobile guide member for permitting the extent of the cord that is reinforced by the cord guide device to be varied. The mobile guide member is supported by the body and is adapted to occupy a folded up position in which the mobile guide member is substantially integrated into the body and a deployed position in which the mobile guide member projects outside of the body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2006
    Publication date: March 22, 2007
    Applicant: SEB S.A.
    Inventors: Christian Giovalle, Sylvain Maudhuit, Amar Djeroro
  • Waste separating device for vacuum cleaner
    Patent number: 7160347
    Abstract: The invention concerns a device for separating and collecting waste driven by an air stream, comprising an intake duct (52) emerging along a tangential direction in a waste separating chamber (53) defining an internal volume having substantially the shape of a cylinder, in the central part of said chamber (53) is arranged at least an opening (61, 63) emerging onto a duct connected to a suction unit, said chamber (53) having a channel (68) for evacuating waste along a radial direction, said channel (68) being connected to a sealed pan (76) collecting centrifuged waste, the air intake channel (52) and the waste evacuating channel (68) being arranged substantially at the same height in the waste separating chamber (53). The invention is characterized in that the diametrical section of the chamber (53) ranges between twice and ten times the smallest cross-section of the channel carrying waste from the nozzle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2007
    Assignee: SEB S.A.
    Inventors: Fabien David, Paul Dancer
  • Electric kettle
    Patent number: 7145105
    Abstract: The invention concerns an electric kettle comprising a power supply base (1) including electrical connection means (3), and, a removable container (2) including a reservoir (4), a electrical heating element (5), matching electrical connection means (8) adapted to co-operate with the electrical connection means (3) of the base (1), and control means (9) adapted to interrupt electric power supply of the electrical heating element (5) and which comprise a switch mobile between an open position and a closed position. The invention is characterized in that the power supply base (1) comprises a manual control knob (11) mobile between a neutral position and an activating position, and the kettle comprises transmission means (12) adapted to shift the switch in closed position when the manual control knob (11) is placed in activating position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2006
    Assignee: SEB SA
    Inventor: Hervé Gaulard
  • Coffeemaker having several infusion heads
    Publication number: 20060249030
    Abstract: A coffeemaker composed of: a plurality of infusion heads that can each receive a predetermined quantity of a product to be infused; a common hydraulic circuit including, connected in series: a water reservoir; a flow meter for measuring the rate of flow of water from said reservoir; a pump; a heater; and a plurality of parallel outlet tubes each connected to an outlet of the heater, the heater and the pump being operative to deliver water from the reservoir to the heater through the flow meter; a control unit connected to the flow meter and the pump being for controlling the operation of the coffeemaker; and distribution devices connected in series with each of the outlet tubes and connected to be controlled by the control unit for delivering water or steam to each of infusion head as a function of signals received from the flow meter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2006
    Publication date: November 9, 2006
    Applicant: SEB S.A.
    Inventors: Denis Bienvenu, Frederic Hiron
  • Iron including an additive reservoir
    Patent number: 7127839
    Abstract: An iron including an additive reservoir and a device for spreading the additive onto an article. The reservoir contains at least one additive packaged in the form of microcapsules in suspension in a liquid, the microcapsules having membranes made of a material that is chemically compatible with the materials of the device used for spreading the additive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2006
    Assignee: SEB S.A.
    Inventors: Stèphanie Pessayre, Jean Louis Compeau, Bertrand Couet
  • Automatic coffeemaker
    Publication number: 20060219102
    Abstract: An automatic coffeemaker having, at the interior of a housing: an infusion group that includes an infusion chamber arranged to receive a pressing piston and means for actuating a relative sliding movement, between the pressing piston and the infusion chamber, between a rest position in which the piston is outside of the infusion chamber and a working position in which the piston is inside the infusion chamber; and a ground coffee distributor having a distribution orifice that communicates with a chute arranged to channel ground coffee toward the infusion chamber, wherein a drawer for collecting ground coffee grains is disposed under the chute and covers the periphery of the infusion chamber, the drawer being mounted in a manner to allow it to be directly withdrawn from the machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2006
    Publication date: October 5, 2006
    Applicant: SEB S.A.
    Inventors: Marc Geroult, Severine Mih
  • Laundry iron comprising a water reservoir provided with a filling hole at the rear end of the iron
    Patent number: 7114273
    Abstract: The invention relates to a laundry iron comprising a water reservoir (3) provided with a filling hole (5) situated at the rear end of the iron so that the reservoir (3) is filled while holding the iron tipped forward. Said reservoir (3) communicates with a drop-by-drop body (7) that supplies a vaporization chamber (10). The invention is characterized in that the drop-by-drop body (7) is supplied by a channel (8) that open near the rear of the reservoir (3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2006
    Assignee: SEB S.A.
    Inventors: Christian Giovalle, Michel Jouvel
  • Blender
    Patent number: D530565
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2006
    Assignee: SEB S.A.
    Inventor: Konstantin Grcic
  • Pressure cooker
    Patent number: D532250
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2006
    Assignee: SEB
    Inventor: Philippe Roussard
  • Oven
    Patent number: D533012
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2006
    Assignee: SEB
    Inventors: Laurent Massaloux, Olivier Sidet, Robert Stadler
  • Electric hand mixer
    Patent number: D533022
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2006
    Assignee: SEB S.A.
    Inventor: Philippe Piret
  • Electric deep-fat fryer
    Patent number: D533393
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2006
    Assignee: SEB
    Inventors: Olivier Sidet, Laurent Massaloux, Robert Stadler
  • Pressure cooker
    Patent number: D534031
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2006
    Assignee: SEB
    Inventor: Phillippe Roussard
  • Toaster
    Patent number: D534391
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2007
    Assignee: SEB
    Inventor: Lionel Averty
  • Espresso coffee machine
    Patent number: D536917
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2007
    Assignee: Seb S.A.
    Inventor: Giles McWilliam
  • Espresso coffee machine
    Patent number: D538578
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2007
    Assignee: SEB S.A.
    Inventor: Giles McWilliam
  • Pressure cooker
    Patent number: D539077
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2007
    Assignee: SEB
    Inventor: Philippe Roussard
  • Electric coffee maker
    Patent number: D541097
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2007
    Assignee: SEB S.A.
    Inventor: Bruno Leverrier