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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| D525478 | Fryer | 07/25/2006 |
| 5804791 | Heating element having a sandwich structure and electric home appliance of the type of steam pressing iron containing such an element A heating structure for use in an appliance, the heating structure being a sandwich structure composed of two rigid elements constituting external elements of the sandwich structure, with at least one of the rigid elements being a heating plate; a heating... | 09/08/1998 |
| 5681388 | Applicator for meltable products, in particular depilatory wax An applicator for a meltable product comprising: a case, a reservoir for holding a quantity of the product, the reservoir having an outlet opening and being made at least in part of a thermally conductive material, heating means in thermal communication w... | 10/28/1997 |
| 5653158 | Electrical food toasting or heating appliance, particularly a toaster, having two toasting sub-assemblies moved by control arms A toasting or heating appliance, particularly an electrical food toasting or heating appliance such as a toaster, including a housing (1) with a fixed toasting subassembly (5) and a movable toasting subassembly (6) moved by a holder (20) to form a variabl... | 08/05/1997 |
| 5647270 | Electric toaster comprising a double-release control rack A toasting or heating appliance, particularly an electric toaster comprising a housing with a toasting slot (7) defined by two movable squeezing grills (13), a bread rack (15) axially movable within the toasting slot (7), a carriage (40) which controls th... | 07/15/1997 |
| 5643444 | Device for filtering a liquid, particularly water Apparatus for filtering liquids, the apparatus including: a reservoir for the liquid to be purified; a pump operatively associated with the reservoir; a filter having a lower portion and an upper portion and coupled to the pump so that liquid supplied by ... | 07/01/1997 |
| 5641085 | Pressurized container safety device comprising a sealing having a weakened section A safety device for automatically limiting the pressure in a container, which container is composed of a pot and a lid. The device is constituted by a seal member interposed between the pot and the lid to form a seal between the pot and the lid, the seal ... | 06/24/1997 |
| 5628332 | Hair care device A device and method for destroying parasites present in a mass of hair or fur growing from a skin surface, the device being composed of a handling body adapted to be gripped by a user; a comb fixed to the body and composed of a plurality of teeth, the tee... | 05/13/1997 |
| 5621198 | Safety device for a mobile electric unit and electric barbecue fitted with this device Safety device for an electric part mobile relative to a complementary unit cooperating in use with the electric part in a close together position. The safety device includes a system for controlling operation of the electric part movable between an on pos... | 04/15/1997 |
| 5619813 | Multilayer iron soleplate made up of co-laminated materials An iron. The invention relates to a soleplate for an iron, the soleplate comprising a casting (1) secured to a metal ironing cover (4) made up of at least two layers of different materials, said soleplate being characterized in that the metal cover (4) is... | 04/15/1997 |
| 5592764 | Evaporation chamber with anti-calefaction layer A steam generating device including an evaporation chamber for evaporating a liquid which is delivered from a reservoir while the chamber is being heated, which chamber includes a base composed of: a body of thermally conductive material having an upper s... | 01/14/1997 |
| 5556468 | Applicator for meltable products, in particular depilatory wax An applicator for a meltable product comprising: a case, a reservoir for holding a quantity of the product, the reservoir having an outlet opening and being made at least in part of a thermally conductive material, heating means in thermal communication w... | 09/17/1996 |
| 5526595 | Steam iron having a cartridge for treating water or cloth to be ironed A steam iron has a reservoir from which water is supplied to a vaporization chamber. A plurality of cartridges are placed within a housing of the iron and at least one cartridge contains a product other than a demineralizing product for the purpose of tre... | 06/18/1996 |
| 5524527 | Appliance for cooking or frying foodstuffs In an appliance for cooking or frying foodstuffs in a fluid, comprising: a cooking tank; an external housing surrounding the cooking tank, providing an external wall of the appliance and having an opening; a heating member in thermal communication with th... | 06/11/1996 |
| 5477775 | Machine for preparing hot beverages provided with a device for varying the flavor of the beverages A machine for making hot beverages composed of a chamber having at least one water outlet, a filter holder located beneath the chamber holding a mass of ground product, a water distribution member disposed below the water outlet for directing water onto t... | 12/26/1995 |
| 5472721 | Method of grilling and/or heating a food product, and device therefor A process and apparatus for grilling and/or reheating a food product by subjecting the product, for an operating time T, to infrared radiation from at least one electrically operated unit for producing infrared radiation, the process comprising: setting a... | 12/05/1995 |
| 5463916 | Process for the preparation of a surface for the securement of a coating A process for the preparation of a metallic surface permits securing a coating to this latter. The process comprises etching on a matrix (11) of hard metal a series of relief designs (12) separated by empty spaces (13). The etching has the effect of creat... | 11/07/1995 |
| 5462018 | Brushing device for grooming animals A manually operable grooming device for animal coats, the device including: a main body; a scratching unit carried by the main body and including a support member and a plurality of scratching teeth carried by, and extending from, the support member, the ... | 10/31/1995 |
| 5445066 | Cooking appliance having a cooking plate provided with openings The cooking appliance includes a cooking plate (1) which is removable and provided with openings (2), heating elements (3) mounted beneath the plate (1) and a container (7) for collecting the fats from cooking. The lower face of the cooking plate (1) incl... | 08/29/1995 |
| 5444228 | Flat, flexible heating element with integrated connector A flexible heating element is composed of at least one resistive conductor circuit having a first pair of ends, two sheets of electrically insulating material enclosing the conductor circuit, and a member for connecting the conductor circuit to at least o... | 08/22/1995 |
| 5430928 | Method for fixing a grid or perforated plate to the bottom of a cooking vessel In order to fix a perforated plate (2) to the bottom (1) of a vessel, the plate is fixed by closed-die forging, in particular by cold striking so as to make the metal of the bottom (1) penetrate into the openings (4) in the plate (2). At the same time as ... | 07/11/1995 |
| 5428910 | Steam iron with internal and external fluid supply A steam iron including a vaporization chamber (2) connected by a water/steam supply device (8,11) to a flexible hose (9) extending from an external large-capacity reservoir(13). A device (5) regulates the water discharge that is also connected to the vapo... | 07/04/1995 |
| 5415080 | Coffee maker with water recycling shaft An electric beverage maker comprising: a water reservoir; a water delivery tube for conducting hot water from the reservoir; a water distribution chamber located above a location of a filter holder and disposed for receiving water from the water delivery ... | 05/16/1995 |
| 5395175 | Dispenser having a heating reservoir for thermoplastic products, in particular depilatory wax A dispenser for dispensing a thermoplastic product in a fluid state, the dispenser including: a case having a manual holding part; a reservoir composed of a wall forming an enclosure for holding a supply of the product; a product applicator disposed in pr... | 03/07/1995 |
| 5383264 | Process for the application of a fluorocarbonated resin base coating to a flat metallic support The process permits applying a fluorocarbonated resin base coating on a flat metallic support (4). According to the invention, this coating is applied in a continuous manner, directly on the support (4) by serigraphy. Use particularly to coat cooking uten... | 01/24/1995 |
| 5370257 | Device for automatic control of a flow limiting valve Device for controlling a flow limiting valve mounted in a cover of an appliance for cooking under pressure, the appliance further including a container to be closed by the cover, the cover having a central axis and the valve being movable between an open ... | 12/06/1994 |
| 5326472 | Filter for rapid extraction of the aromatic substances of a product by a liquid under pressure, and an apparatus equipped with a filter of this type In an apparatus such as an electric coffee-maker, a filter (5) is placed at the bottom of a vessel (3) containing the product to be treated such as ground coffee. Resilient tongues (18) cut in the filter are disposed at uniform intervals about the center ... | 07/05/1994 |
| 5294779 | Electric hotplate with receptacle presence detecting and temperature measuring means Electric hotplate (1) comprising a temperature sensor (3) which includes a temperature-sensitive surface (4) projecting with respect to the surface of the hotplate intended to receive a cooking receptacle. The sensor (3) comprises in combination a device ... | 03/15/1994 |
| 5283395 | Weighing apparatus with test body bearing strain gauges The weighing apparatus comprises a base (1) and a receiving platform (2) for the load to be weighed, parallel to said base, a test body (3) extending between the base (1) and the platform (2), the opposite ends (3a, 3b) of which are fixed rigidly to the b... | 02/01/1994 |
| 5241883 | Method of manufacturing a knife blade The method of manufacturing the knife blade (1), comprises the following steps: by stamping the two faces (1a, 1b) of a blade blank (1), a series of protuberances (2, 3) are formed, extending transversely to the length of the blade and, during the same st... | 09/07/1993 |
| 5165184 | Ironing device sole-plate with coated ribs A smoothing or pressing or steam iron having a metallic sole-plate that comes into contact with articles to be ironed and has a series of substantially parallel ribs (6, 7) whose width and height are within the range of a few tenths of a millimeter to a f... | 11/24/1992 |
| 5129313 | Cooking appliance with hinged plates An electric appliance for cooking and especially toasting food products such as ham-and-cheese sandwiches has two cooking plates (1, 2) which are hinged together. Each cooking plate is formed of die-stamped sheet metal and attached to a sheet-metal suppor... | 07/14/1992 |
| 5097751 | Device for supporting the mechanical and electrical control members of a toaster an toaster comprising such a device The device is intended to support the mechanical and electrical members of a toaster (1). The device consists of a plate (2) in plastic material comprising protuberances or tongues (3, 4, 5, 6) molded in the plastic material and projecting on one of the f... | 03/24/1992 |
| 5085136 | Mechanical device for locking and unlocking the bread holder of a toaster A toaster having a bread holder (17) mounted to slide vertically in the toaster, has a mechanical device (25) for locking and unlocking the bread holder (17). This device (25) enables the holder (17) to be locked in a low position, and a return spring is ... | 02/04/1992 |
| 5063697 | Smoothing iron with a demineralizing cartridge A steam smoothing iron having a removable cartridge (1) which contains a product for demineralizing the water intended to be introduced into the vaporization chamber (2) of the iron. The cartridge (1) is arranged between the water outlet (3) of the water ... | 11/12/1991 |
| 5014454 | Smoothing iron having screen printed enamel strips wider at the front and narrower at the rear of the pressing sole surface The smoothing iron sole possesses a coating of enamel on its surface intended to be applied to the articles to be ironed. This surface comprises enamel strips (4) in relief which are substantially parallel and extend in the longitudinal direction of the s... | 05/14/1991 |
| 4995177 | Laundry-iron sole-plate formed by assembling together a plurality of metal sheets brazed to each other A steam-iron sole-plate comprises a first plate constituting the sole-plate proper and provided with a roll-bonded layer of brazing alloy, a second plate constituting the steam chamber and provided with a roll-bonded layer of brazing alloy and a flat resi... | 02/26/1991 |
| 4995312 | Cooking appliance with electric heating A plastic skirt (3) surrounding a metal pan (1) is employed for external heat-insulation of electrically-heated cooking appliances and in particular deep fryers. The skirt (3) is of plastic material which does not continuously withstand the temperature of... | 02/26/1991 |
| 4959256 | Enamel coating charged with glass beads for the bottom of cooking utensils and utensils coated in this manner A cooking utensil having an enamel coating of a first enamel layer (7) covered in the zone of the bottom (1) of the utensil with a second enamel layer (3) which is in turn covered with a non-continuous third enamel layer (4) constituting a decoration and ... | 09/25/1990 |
| 4913338 | Process for producing a heating plate and heating article relating to this A process for producing a heating plate involves fastening a tubular heating element (1) to a plate (2) made of metal or metal alloy. A plate (2) made of rolled metal or metal alloy is used, and cold-stamped in this plate is a shoulder (3), the contour of... | 04/03/1990 |
