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).

  • Patent number: 8439235
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2013
    Assignee: SEB S.A.
    Inventors: Séverine Mih, Thierry Dutertre
  • Patent number: 8161867
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2012
    Assignee: SEB S.A.
    Inventors: Thierry Dutertre, Séverine Mih, Fabrice Reveillere
  • Patent number: 8051765
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2011
    Assignee: SEB S.A.
    Inventors: Gilles Morin, Séverine Mih
  • Publication number: 20110163131
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2009
    Publication date: July 7, 2011
    Applicant: SEB S.A.
    Inventors: Séverine Mih, Thierry Dutertre
  • Patent number: 7942093
    Abstract: 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 (2
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2011
    Assignee: SEB S.A.
    Inventors: Gilles Morin, Severine Mih
  • Publication number: 20090223374
    Abstract: 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 (2
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2005
    Publication date: September 10, 2009
    Inventors: Gilles Morin, Severine Mih
  • Publication number: 20090145302
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2008
    Publication date: June 11, 2009
    Applicant: SEB S.A.
    Inventors: Thierry DUTERTRE, Severine Mih, Fabrice Reveillere
  • Patent number: 7357071
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2008
    Assignee: SEB S.A.
    Inventors: Marc Geroult, Séverine Mih
  • Publication number: 20070295752
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2007
    Publication date: December 27, 2007
    Applicant: SEB. S.A.
    Inventors: Gilles MORIN, Severine Mih
  • Publication number: 20070261563
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2007
    Publication date: November 15, 2007
    Applicant: SEB S.A.
    Inventors: Gilles MORIN, Severine Mih, Thierry Dutertre
  • Publication number: 20060219102
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2006
    Publication date: October 5, 2006
    Applicant: SEB S.A.
    Inventors: Marc Geroult, Severine Mih