Patents by Inventor Séverine Mih
Séverine Mih 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).
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Patent number: 8439235Abstract: An automatic ground-coffee dispenser with a ground-coffee storage vessel designed to be mounted on an automatic coffee maker. The storage vessel includes rotary serving paddles for transferring a predetermined quantity of ground coffee through an outflow opening formed in the bottom of the storage vessel and a cone-shaped driver with rotary paddles located above the outflow opening turned by a motor about a vertical axis of the storage vessel. The internal wall of the storage vessel includes at least one longitudinal rib projecting into the storage vessel.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2009Date of Patent: May 14, 2013Assignee: SEB S.A.Inventors: Séverine Mih, Thierry Dutertre
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Patent number: 8161867Abstract: An automatic dispenser for ground coffee composed of a reservoir for grounds, the reservoir having a bottom provided with an outlet opening, rotatable dosing paddles at the bottom of the reservoir for dispensing a predetermined quantity of ground coffee through the outlet opening; a drive cone having rotatable blades disposed above the dosing paddles and adapted to be rotated about a vertical axis by a motor assembly, and a mixer in the form or a pyramid disposed above, and forming an extension of, the drive cone. An automatic coffee maker equipped with this dispenser.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2008Date of Patent: April 24, 2012Assignee: SEB S.A.Inventors: Thierry Dutertre, Séverine Mih, Fabrice Reveillere
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Patent number: 8051765Abstract: A distributor of powdered product, the distributor having a case, a reservoir removably installable in a housing formed in the case, the reservoir having a distribution orifice and being adapted to contain the powdered product and to be installed in the housing by a vertical translation movement, and elements for locking the reservoir in an intended position in the housing, with associated elements for confirming that the reservoir is correctly positioned inside the housing, elements for confirming including a switch that is responsive to the position of the reservoir in the housing and that forms part of an operating control of a machine associated with the distributor.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2007Date of Patent: November 8, 2011Assignee: SEB S.A.Inventors: Gilles Morin, Séverine Mih
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Publication number: 20110163131Abstract: Automatic ground-coffee dispenser with a ground-coffee storage vessel comprising rotary serving paddles for transferring a predetermined quantity of ground coffee through an outflow opening formed in the bottom of the storage vessel and a cone-shaped driver with rotary paddles located above the outflow opening turned by motor means about a vertical axis of the storage vessel. The internal wall of the storage vessel comprises at least one longitudinal rib projecting into the storage vessel.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 12, 2009Publication date: July 7, 2011Applicant: SEB S.A.Inventors: Séverine Mih, Thierry Dutertre
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Patent number: 7942093Abstract: The invention relates to an automatic dispenser for infused beverages made from powdered coffee or from pre-packaged capsules comprising, inside a housing: an infusion group (1) containing an infusion chamber (2) having a bottom and an opening (3) and being able to receive a pressing plunger (5), actuating means (7) for effecting a sliding movement relative to the pressing plunger (5) and/or said infusion chamber (2) relative to one another, starting from a position of rest, in which the plunger is located outside the chamber, and up to a working position inside the infusion chamber, and an ejecting plate mounted inside the infusion chamber (2) in a manner that enables it to be displaced between the bottom and the opening (3) of the latter by means of a drive device, and; a device (20) for ejecting the cake consisting of coffee grounds or ejecting infused capsules when said ejecting plate is brought to the level of the opening (3) of the infusion chamber (2), this ejecting device comprising an ejecting arm (2Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2005Date of Patent: May 17, 2011Assignee: SEB S.A.Inventors: Gilles Morin, Severine Mih
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Publication number: 20090223374Abstract: The invention relates to an automatic dispenser for infused beverages made from powdered coffee or from pre-packaged capsules comprising, inside a housing: an infusion group (1) containing an infusion chamber (2) having a bottom and an opening (3) and being able to receive a pressing plunger (5), actuating means (7) for effecting a sliding movement relative to the pressing plunger (5) and/or said infusion chamber (2) relative to one another, starting from a position of rest, in which the plunger is located outside the chamber, and up to a working position inside the infusion chamber, and an ejecting plate mounted inside the infusion chamber (2) in a manner that enables it to be displaced between the bottom and the opening (3) of the latter by means of a drive device, and; a device (20) for ejecting the cake consisting of coffee grounds or ejecting infused capsules when said ejecting plate is brought to the level of the opening (3) of the infusion chamber (2), this ejecting device comprising an ejecting arm (2Type: ApplicationFiled: December 2, 2005Publication date: September 10, 2009Inventors: Gilles Morin, Severine Mih
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Publication number: 20090145302Abstract: An automatic dispenser for ground coffee composed of a reservoir for grounds, the reservoir having a bottom provided with an outlet opening, rotatable dosing paddles at the bottom of the reservoir for dispensing a predetermined quantity of ground coffee through the outlet opening; a drive cone having rotatable blades disposed above the dosing paddles and adapted to be rotated about a vertical axis by a motor assembly, and a mixer in the form or a pyramid disposed above, and forming an extension of, the drive cone. An automatic coffee maker equipped with this dispenser.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 4, 2008Publication date: June 11, 2009Applicant: SEB S.A.Inventors: Thierry DUTERTRE, Severine Mih, Fabrice Reveillere
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Patent number: 7357071Abstract: An automatic coffeemaker having, at the interior of a housing: an infusion group that includes an infusion chamber arranged to receive a pressing piston and means for actuating a relative sliding movement, between the pressing piston and the infusion chamber, between a rest position in which the piston is outside of the infusion chamber and a working position in which the piston is inside the infusion chamber; and a ground coffee distributor having a distribution orifice that communicates with a chute arranged to channel ground coffee toward the infusion chamber, wherein a drawer for collecting ground coffee grains is disposed under the chute and covers the periphery of the infusion chamber, the drawer being mounted in a manner to allow it to be directly withdrawn from the machine.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2006Date of Patent: April 15, 2008Assignee: SEB S.A.Inventors: Marc Geroult, Séverine Mih
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Publication number: 20070295752Abstract: A distributor of powdered product, the distributor having a case, a reservoir removably installable in a housing formed in the case, the reservoir having a distribution orifice and being adapted to contain the powdered product and to be installed in the housing by a vertical translation movement, and elements for locking the reservoir in an intended position in the housing, with associated elements for confirming that the reservoir is correctly positioned inside the housing, elements for confirming including a switch that is responsive to the position of the reservoir in the housing and that forms part of an operating control of a machine associated with the distributor.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 26, 2007Publication date: December 27, 2007Applicant: SEB. S.A.Inventors: Gilles MORIN, Severine Mih
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Publication number: 20070261563Abstract: An automatic dispenser for brewing beverages from a product in granular form, composed of: a brewing chamber; a device for dispensing the product in granular form, having a dispensing opening and a chute communicating with the dispensing opening, the chute being adapted to channel the product towards the brewing chamber; and an automatic device for cleaning the chute. The automatic device for cleaning includes a wiping arm disposed within the chute and an electric drive mechanism connected for imparting a cleaning movement to the wiping arm.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 9, 2007Publication date: November 15, 2007Applicant: SEB S.A.Inventors: Gilles MORIN, Severine Mih, Thierry Dutertre
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Publication number: 20060219102Abstract: An automatic coffeemaker having, at the interior of a housing: an infusion group that includes an infusion chamber arranged to receive a pressing piston and means for actuating a relative sliding movement, between the pressing piston and the infusion chamber, between a rest position in which the piston is outside of the infusion chamber and a working position in which the piston is inside the infusion chamber; and a ground coffee distributor having a distribution orifice that communicates with a chute arranged to channel ground coffee toward the infusion chamber, wherein a drawer for collecting ground coffee grains is disposed under the chute and covers the periphery of the infusion chamber, the drawer being mounted in a manner to allow it to be directly withdrawn from the machine.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2006Publication date: October 5, 2006Applicant: SEB S.A.Inventors: Marc Geroult, Severine Mih