Patents by Inventor Mickael Beule

Mickael Beule 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).

  • Method for measuring the quantity of coffee dispensed by a coffee mill and appliance comprising such a mill
    Patent number: 8181565
    Abstract: A method for measuring a quantity of coffee MNi or MTi that a grinding burr of a coffee mill driven in rotation by a motor dispenses in a predetermined number of revolutions Ni of the grinding burr or in a predetermined time interval Ti. According to the method: the average speed Vi of the grinding burr in a number of revolutions Ni or respectively in a time interval Ti is measured; and the quantity or mass MNi of coffee dispensed in the number of revolutions Ni or respectively the mass MTi of coffee dispensed in the time interval Ti is deduced as a function of the speed Vi from an experimentally obtained stored correspondence table (Vi, MNi) or (Vi, MTi).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2012
    Assignee: SEB S.A.
    Inventors: Mickaël Beule, Gilles Lebuffe
  • Method for counting the number of revolutions of a burr of a coffee mill and appliance comprising such a mill
    Patent number: 8179072
    Abstract: A method for counting the number of revolutions of a burr of a coffee mill driven in rotation by an electric motor. According to the method: at least one electrical parameter Pi of the motor that varies in proportion to the speed of said motor is measured in a regular time interval Ti; the speed Vi in each time interval Ti is calculated from the parameter Pi based on an experimentally obtained relation; and the number of revolutions Ni made by the burr in each time interval Ti is calculated from the speed Vi determined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2012
    Assignee: SEB S.A.
    Inventors: Mickaël Beule, Gilles Lebuffe
  • METHOD FOR COUNTING THE NUMBER OF REVOLUTIONS OF A BURR OF A COFFEE MILL AND APPLIANCE COMPRISING SUCH A MILL
    Publication number: 20090056554
    Abstract: A method for counting the number of revolutions of a burr of a coffee mill driven in rotation by an electric motor. According to the method: at least one electrical parameter Pi of the motor that varies in proportion to the speed of said motor is measured in a regular time interval Ti; the speed Vi in each time interval Ti is calculated from the parameter Pi based on an experimentally obtained relation; and the number of revolutions Ni made by the burr in each time interval Ti is calculated from the speed Vi determined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2008
    Publication date: March 5, 2009
    Applicant: SEB S.A.
    Inventors: Mickael Beule, Gilles Lebuffe
  • METHOD FOR MEASURING THE QUANTITY OF COFFEE DISPENSED BY A COFFEE MILL AND APPLIANCE COMPRISING SUCH A MILL
    Publication number: 20090056555
    Abstract: A method for measuring a quantity of coffee MNi or MTi that a grinding burr of a coffee mill driven in rotation by a motor dispenses in a predetermined number of revolutions Ni of the grinding burr or in a predetermined time interval Ti. According to the method: the average speed Vi of the grinding burr in a number of revolutions Ni or respectively in a time interval Ti is measured; and the quantity or mass MNi of coffee dispensed in the number of revolutions Ni or respectively the mass MTi of coffee dispensed in the time interval Ti is deduced as a function of the speed Vi from an experimentally obtained stored correspondence table (Vi, MNi) or (Vi, MTi).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2008
    Publication date: March 5, 2009
    Applicant: SEB S.A
    Inventors: Mickael BEULE, Gilles LEBUFFE