Patents by Inventor Thierry Dutertre

Thierry Dutertre 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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