Patents Assigned to SEB
  • Heating element and electric toaster with thermal insulation
    Publication number: 20040222215
    Abstract: A heating element composed of at least one mica sheet and a heating ribbon, or strip, mounted on the sheet, a support device holding the mica sheet and constituting a first reflector, and a plate secured to the support device and constituting a second reflector. An electric toaster composed of a base, a case having an upper end, a toasting chamber disposed in the case and having an opening in the form of a slot at the upper end for the introduction and removal of bread, a movable bread support rack in the chamber, and at least one substantially vertical heating element as described above.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2004
    Publication date: November 11, 2004
    Applicant: SEB S.A
    Inventors: Lionel Reyes, Michel Klinger, Jean-Marie Balandier, Guy Mauffrey
  • Iron with an open rear cavity
    Patent number: 6807757
    Abstract: The invention relates to an iron having, from the base upwards: a heating soleplate (1); a body (2) which is defined by a casing; and a handle (3), the rear end of which is connected to the body (2) of the iron. The aforementioned handle (3) is connected to the body (2) at the rear end thereof by (5) which extend outwards from the body in an essentially symmetric manner in relation to the mid-place of the iron, thereby creating an open cavity or space therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2004
    Assignee: SEB S.A.
    Inventors: Cedric Bontems, David Hilary Powell, Edgar Hipp, Bernard Dugelay
  • Electric cooking appliance having a tank associated with a pouring device
    Patent number: 6807899
    Abstract: An electric cooking appliance composed of: a tank for holding a cooking liquid; a housing in which the tank is mounted, the housing having an upper opening; an upper peripheral rim surrounding the upper opening, the upper peripheral rim being provided with an indentation; and a pouring accessory constructed to be removably mounted in the indentation to facilitate the pouring of the cooking liquid out of the tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2004
    Assignee: SEB S.A.
    Inventor: Pascal Dirand
  • Iron comprising a water filling slide valve
    Patent number: 6807755
    Abstract: The invention relates to an iron. The inventive iron consists of a liquid container (6) comprising an inlet (7) which is fitted with means of receiving and guiding the liquid through said opening towards the container. Preferably, the aforementioned means comprise a part (9) in the form of a slide valve or chute. Moreover, said means, which pass through the opening, can move in translation between a first open position, whereby the liquid can be introduced, and a second closed position, whereby the means are retracted into the iron in order to close the opening (7).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2004
    Assignee: SEB S.A.
    Inventors: Cédric Bontems, Gérald Latout, Eric Mathieu, Matthias Hahn
  • Toaster with reinforced walls
    Patent number: 6799505
    Abstract: The toaster shell (2) is open at the top, and is reinforced by a ring (30) which is mechanically attached to the top edge of the walls (2a) forming the toaster shell. The ring has a ‘U’-shaped cross-section which fits over the edges of the walls. The ring is made of a material with low thermal conductivity, ideally molded from a heat-resistant plastic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2004
    Assignee: SEB S.A.
    Inventor: Guy Mauffrey
  • Pressing iron having an electro-osmotic pump
    Publication number: 20040181979
    Abstract: A clothes iron appliance composed of a water reservoir, a steam chamber, and an electro-osmotic pump having a porous body disposed to pump water from the reservoir to the steam chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2004
    Publication date: September 23, 2004
    Applicant: SEB S.A.
    Inventors: Jean Louis Compeau, Jean Pierre Debourg
  • Device for loading slices of bread in a toaster
    Patent number: 6789464
    Abstract: An automatic toaster, comprising heating means (2) with slices of bread pass passing in front of said heating means, and means for transporting slices of bread to said heating means, characterized in that the means for transporting the slices of bread include a spiral-shaped rotating element (6) defining a plurality of housings (11) for slices of bread (30), the length of said housings corresponding essentially to the pitch of the spiral (6).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2004
    Assignee: SEB S.A.
    Inventor: Alain Rousseau
  • Vessel for electrical household food processor closed with a pivoting removable lid
    Patent number: 6786141
    Abstract: The invention concerns a working chamber for an electrical household food processor, comprising a vessel (1) and a lid (3), the vessel and the lid comprising hinge means (10). The invention is characterised in that the hinge means (10) comprise two matching nesting surfaces (7, 8), one (7) integral with the lid (3) and the other (8) integral with the vessel (1), having at least along one pivot axis a series of at least partly circular sections perpendicular to said pivot axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2004
    Assignee: SEB S.A.
    Inventors: Carole Tompa, Jean-Paul Astegno, Thomas Lallemand, Lionel Peyras
  • Cover locking device
    Patent number: 6786353
    Abstract: A lid includes resilient restoring element for returning the lid to an open position, and a locking mechanism actuated by a button. The locking mechanism including a locking member able to be placed at two well defined and stable positions, namely a locked position, where the locking member cooperates with the retainer element provided on the container for locking the lid in a closed position on the container, and an unlocked position where the lid is freely driven into its open position by the restoring element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2004
    Assignee: SEB S.A.
    Inventor: Thierry Gourand
  • Case for household appliance with water reservoir
    Publication number: 20040160761
    Abstract: A case for a household electric appliance, composed of a base containing a signal light and provided with a passage, a water reservoir disposed above the base, and a light conducting window mounted in the passage and disposed to be illuminated by the signal light. The window is fixed to the water reservoir.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2004
    Publication date: August 19, 2004
    Applicant: SEB S.A.
    Inventors: Philippe Dumoux, Nicolas Pretre
  • Waste collecting container for vacuum cleaner
    Patent number: 6772473
    Abstract: Removable container (1, 44) for collecting waste (8) separated by a cyclonic or inertial device (12, 22, 31) for a waste collecting appliance of the vacuum cleaner type, the container having several walls (2, 4, 6, 45a, 45b, 46, 48, 50) delimiting a storage volume (10, 54), including a base wall (2, 46) forming the base of the container (1, 44), and at least one link wall (4, 48) provided with an opening (5, 49). The base wall (2, 46) and the link wall (4, 48) are contiguous with one another while presenting either a curve of one and/or the other wall, or an inclination between the walls, and the opening (5, 49) of the link wall (4, 48) is located in immediate proximity to the zone of contiguity between the link wall and the base wall (2, 46).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2004
    Assignee: SEB S.A.
    Inventors: Roland Dubos, Gilles Diascorn
  • Electric fryer with a device for keeping fried food hot
    Patent number: 6772677
    Abstract: A household electric fryer having: a case having a bottom and a side wall and enclosing a warming chamber, the side wall having a lateral opening permitting access to the warming chamber; a bowl contained in the case above the warming chamber, the bowl having a bottom; electric heating elements for heating the bowl to frying temperatures; and an element presenting an imperforate surface between the electric heating elements and the warming chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2004
    Assignee: SEB S.A.
    Inventors: Michel Marotel, Jean-Marc Payen
  • Infusion machine
    Patent number: 6766729
    Abstract: An infusion machine includes a base receiving a collecting tray formed with a bottom and a side wall and provided with a cover forming a support for an infusion receptacle, as well as a device for producing infusion having a head for an infusion outlet, overlying the support by a distance. The support is movably mounted as to height relative to the tray by an adjustment device to cause the distance to vary. The adjustment device includes nesting members adjustable in height by sliding and distributed over at least two opposite regions of the sidewall of the well and of the periphery of the support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2004
    Assignee: SEB S.A.
    Inventor: Jacky Rolland
  • Base for storing an electrical food processor accessories
    Patent number: 6761326
    Abstract: The invention concerns a box for storing the working accessories of an electrical food processor, comprising a base (3) including a lower resting surface and a lid including an upper surface designed to receive an electrical food processor. The invention is characterised in that an inner surface (38) of the base (3), respectively an inner surface of the lid, comprises at least a configuration (43, 44, 53, 61) whereon are arranged non-peripheral support means (45, 46, 54, 62) designed to co-operate with an inner surface of the lid or with non-peripheral support means complementarily arranged on a configuration of the lid inner surface, respectively with an inner surface of the base, when the lid closes the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2004
    Assignee: SEB S.A.
    Inventors: Jean-Paul Astegno, Lionel Peyras
  • ELECTRIC FRYER WITH A DEVICE FOR KEEPING FRIED FOOD HOT
    Publication number: 20040123742
    Abstract: A household electric fryer having: a case having a bottom and a side wall and enclosing a warming chamber, the side wall having a lateral opening permitting access to the warming chamber; a bowl contained in the case above the warming chamber, the bowl having a bottom; electric heating elements for heating the bowl to frying temperatures; and an element presenting an imperforate surface between the electric heating elements and the warming chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2003
    Publication date: July 1, 2004
    Applicant: SEB S.A.
    Inventors: Michel Marotel, Jean-Marc Payen
  • Electric cooking appliance having a tank associated with a pouring device
    Publication number: 20040112227
    Abstract: An electric cooking appliance composed of: a tank for holding a cooking liquid; a housing in which the tank is mounted, the housing having an upper opening; an upper peripheral rim surrounding the upper opening, the upper peripheral rim being provided with an indentation; and a pouring accessory constructed to be removably mounted in the indentation to facilitate the pouring of the cooking liquid out of the tank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2003
    Publication date: June 17, 2004
    Applicant: SEB S.A.
    Inventor: Pascal Dirand
  • Food mincer
    Patent number: D495921
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2004
    Assignee: SEB
    Inventor: Thomas Lallemand
  • Filtering container for fryer
    Patent number: D496823
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2004
    Assignee: SEB
    Inventor: Luc Josancy
  • Toaster
    Patent number: D497279
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2004
    Assignee: SEB
    Inventor: Jasper Charles Morrison
  • Electric knife
    Patent number: D497521
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2004
    Assignee: SEB
    Inventor: Bruno Leverrier