Patents by Inventor Erik Lebrun

Erik Lebrun has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 6474514
    Abstract: A container for pouring liquids, composed of a vessel having a longitudinal axis and a bottom, and a pouring lip made of a plastic material. The pouring lip has a central pouring part having a pouring end, and lateral parts, and the lip is composed of: an upper wall, a lower wall and a connecting surface that extends between the upper wall and the lower wall; the upper wall is inclined downwardly into the vessel when the longitudinal axis of the vessel has a vertical orientation; and, in the central pouring part, the connecting surface is free of any sharp edge and has an upper segment having a radius of curvature between 0.5 and 2 mm in a plane passing through the longitudinal axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2002
    Assignee: SEB S.A.
    Inventors: Christophe Guillemin, Erik Lebrun
  • Patent number: 5566605
    Abstract: An extraction cell of the centrifugal type for a hot beverage preparation machine, including a grounds collection drum on which is mounted, in a sealed manner by a sealing structure, a cover provided with a liquid delivery orifice, and a filtration structure, wherein the filtration structure and the sealing structure are constituted by at least one deformable joint, or seal, interposed in a groove between the drum and cover, the joint having deformation properties, and being mounted to be compressed by an amount which is in a pre-established compression range with the aid of a compression controlling means, to insure that below a pre-established operating pressure existing in the cell, fluid tightness of the cell is maintained, and beyond that pressure, filtration of the grounds-liquid mixture occurs by deformation of the joint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 1995
    Date of Patent: October 22, 1996
    Assignee: SEB S.A.
    Inventors: Erik Lebrun, Jean-Paul Astegno, Alain Macera, Alexandre Rouches, Jean-Michael Dulout