Patents by Inventor Jean-Paul Astegno

Jean-Paul Astegno 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: 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
  • 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
  • Publication number: 20040045445
    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: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2003
    Publication date: March 11, 2004
    Inventors: Carole Tompa, Jean-Paul Astegno, Thomas Lallemand, Lionel Peyras
  • Publication number: 20030071152
    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: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2002
    Publication date: April 17, 2003
    Inventors: Jean-Paul Astegno, Lionel Peyras
  • Patent number: 6394640
    Abstract: The invention concerns a cooking accessory (1) for a domestic or household electrical cooking appliance, designed to be used in a cooking vessel, comprising a operation element (2) and a work tool (8) mounted on the operation element (2). The invention is characterized in that the work tool consists of flexible wires (3) defining a cage capable of being deformed against a wall of the cooking vessel to match the shape of said wall. The flexible wires (3) are mounted in a crossed manner between the operation element (2) and a holding element (9). The invention also concerns a domestic or electrical household appliance comprising such an accessory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2002
    Assignee: SEB S.A.
    Inventors: Jean-Paul Astegno, Carole Tompa, Patrick Garrigues
  • Patent number: 6193181
    Abstract: Electrical household appliance for culinary preparation of the multi-function food processor type composed of a container (1) with a bottom (16) and an opposed opening (19), as well as a rotatable working assembly (2) driven by a motor connected to the working assembly by a driving shaft (4) and on which is mounted a working implement (5) disposed substantially in proximity to the bottom of the container, the implement defining a working zone (3). The container (1) has at least one rib (6) extending along a wall (15) of the container in the working zone (3), the rotatable working assembly (2) is removable with respect to the container (1), and the rotatable working assembly (2) includes a pedestal (7) movable in rotation around the axis A-A′ of the working assembly (2), which comes to bear on a relief (8) formed on the bottom of the container (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2001
    Assignee: SEB S.A.
    Inventors: Jean-Paul Astegno, Carole L. Tompa
  • Patent number: 5643444
    Abstract: Apparatus for filtering liquids, the apparatus including: a reservoir for the liquid to be purified; a pump operatively associated with the reservoir; a filter having a lower portion and an upper portion and coupled to the pump so that liquid supplied by the pump circulates through the filter from the lower portion to the upper portion; a dispensing member coupled to the filter for dispensing purified liquid; and a one-way valve connected upstream of the filter, with respect to the direction of liquid flow in the apparatus, and operable to maintain the filter in permanent contact with liquid to be purified when the pump is not in operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 1995
    Date of Patent: July 1, 1997
    Assignee: SEB S.A.
    Inventors: Patrick Garrigues, Luc Gabette, Jean-Paul Astegno
  • 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