Patents by Inventor Nicolas Pretre

Nicolas Pretre 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).

  • Publication number: 20090013879
    Abstract: Cooking accessory (1) especially for use in a steam cooking device, said cooking accessory (1) comprising a cooking receptacle and a zone for the passage of steam (6). Specifically according to the invention, the cooking accessory (1) is reversible, and the cooking accessory (1) has in an inverted position a cooking zone (12) adjacent to a juice collecting zone (10), the cooking zone (12) and the juice collecting zone (10) having no through-flow passages.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2007
    Publication date: January 15, 2009
    Applicant: SEB S.A.
    Inventors: Philippe Dumoux, Nicolas Pretre
  • 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
  • Publication number: 20040112372
    Abstract: A steam cooker composed of at least one cooking element having a peripheral lateral wall and a pedestal having a steam production base. The at least one cooking element and the pedestal are constructed and dimensioned to allow the at least one cooking element to be placed in either an upright position on the pedestal to hold a food being cooked or in an inverted position on the pedestal so that the peripheral lateral wall at least partially envelopes the pedestal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2003
    Publication date: June 17, 2004
    Applicant: SEB S.A.
    Inventors: Philippe Dumoux, Valerie Vuillemot Ducarme, Nicolas Pretre
  • Patent number: 6474222
    Abstract: A domestic electrical appliance for cooking with steam, having a steam production device (43) composed of a steam reservoir (45) associated with a heating unit (46), a cooking enclosure (41) supplied with steam by the steam production device, and a steam detector (49) associated with elements for reducing the power of the heating unit, the cooking enclosure (41) having at least one exhaust (61, 61′, 62, 62′) to the outside. The cooking enclosure (41) communicates through a descending conduit (63) with a chamber (64) of the appliance in which the steam detector (49) is disposed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2002
    Assignee: SEB S.A.
    Inventor: Nicolas Pretre
  • Publication number: 20020157542
    Abstract: A domestic electrical appliance for cooking with steam, having a steam production device (43) composed of a steam reservoir (45) associated with a heating unit (46), a cooking enclosure (41) supplied with steam by the steam production device, and a steam detector (49) associated with elements for reducing the power of the heating unit, the cooking enclosure (41) having at least one exhaust (61, 61′, 62, 62′) to the outside. The cooking enclosure (41) communicates through a descending conduit (63) with a chamber (64) of the appliance in which the steam detector (49) is disposed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2002
    Publication date: October 31, 2002
    Applicant: SEB S.A.
    Inventor: Nicolas Pretre