Patents by Inventor Gilles Miquelot

Gilles Miquelot 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).

  • Electric hotplate with receptacle presence detecting and temperature measuring means
    Patent number: 5294779
    Abstract: Electric hotplate (1) comprising a temperature sensor (3) which includes a temperature-sensitive surface (4) projecting with respect to the surface of the hotplate intended to receive a cooking receptacle. The sensor (3) comprises in combination a device (5) for measuring the temperature of the temperature-sensitive surface (4); a detector (7, 8) for detecting the presence of the receptacle on said hotplate; and a fuse (6, 23) comprising a thermal safety element in contact with the temperature-sensitive surface (4) for cutting off the electrical supply to the hotplate (1) when the temperature reaches a predetermined maximum value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 1992
    Date of Patent: March 15, 1994
    Assignee: SEB S.A.
    Inventor: Gilles Miquelot
  • Method and apparatus for the thermal control of a heating device
    Patent number: 4962299
    Abstract: For the purpose of effecting the thermal control of a heating apparatus the temperature is allowed to rise to a value lower than a predetermined maximum temperature (TM), whereupon, after stopping the heating, the temperature is allowed to rise through thermal inertia until the aforesaid maximum temperature (TM) is substantially reached, the difference (E) between said maximum temperature and the temperature (TC) at which heating is stopped being determined in dependence on the profile of the temperature rise curve during the heating period.Utilization in particular in cooking utensils.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 1989
    Date of Patent: October 9, 1990
    Assignee: SEB, S.A.
    Inventors: Alain Duborper, Gilles Miquelot, Paul Rivier, Roger Rosset
  • Sharpening sheath combined with a knife
    Patent number: 4718200
    Abstract: A blade-sharpening sheath contains sharpening elements (31) resiliently mounted in a crossed arrangement so as to define between them a blade-sharpening cavity which extends above a line (P) of intersection of the sharpening profiles (34). The rest position of the sharpening elements (31) is defined by abutment shoulders (42c) in cooperating relation with the sharpening profiles beneath the line (P). The abutment shoulders (42c) are carried by ribs (42) and the inner edge (42b) of each rib serves to guide the knife blade (48). The distance (h) between the tip (52) and the back (49) of the blade is slightly shorter than the distance (H) between the line (P) and the bottom of a groove (43) for guiding the back of the blade. The cutting edge (51) of the knife blade is inclined with respect to the back (49) of the blade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 1986
    Date of Patent: January 12, 1988
    Assignee: SEB S.A.
    Inventor: Gilles Miquelot
  • Can opener
    Patent number: D304900
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 1987
    Date of Patent: December 5, 1989
    Assignee: Tefal S.A.
    Inventor: Gilles Miquelot