Seb S.a.

Tefal S.a.

Tefal

Pascal Cuillery

Stéphane Plichon

Jean-Francois Brasset

Christophe Lorthioir

Jocelyn Bonnel

Guy Magnouloux

Pierre-Jean Muller

Jean-François Brasset

Nathalie Bergeret

Céline Hofleitner

Michel Demolis

Eric Genthon

Stephane Plichon

Fabrice Parent

Provided is a method for determining a performance index of a cooking utensil () for a predetermined cooking temperature with, the aim of assessing nutritional gain, said cooking utensil comprising a bottom () having a cooking surface (). The method comprises: a) bringing the cooking surface () to said predetermined cooking temperature by using heating means (), the heating of the surface resulting in a deformation of the bottom () b) determining a minimum quantity of fat () necessary to cover the entire cooking surface () of the bottom () deformed in this way at said predetermined cooking temperature, by pouring the minimum quantity of fat () necessary to cover the entire cooking surface () or by calculating said minimum quantity of fat () necessary to cover the entire cooking surface () by recreating the cooking utensil () deformed in this way by means of a computer equipped with a computer assisted design software program, said minimum quantity of fat () making it possible to define the performance index of the cooking utensil () for a predetermined cooking temperature.

Method for determining a performance index of a cooking utensil for a predetermined cooking temperature with the aim of assessing nutritional gain

Provided is an injection-molded article made up of a thermoplastic polymer material comprising a polyethylene terephthalate (PET) matrix, and at least one pigment and at least one nucleating agent dispersed in said PET matrix. The thermoplastic polymer material comprises no more than 5 wt % of mineral filler relative to the total weight of the article, and the article has a variable thickness ranging from 0.2 mm to 10 mm, at least two adjacent areas having a difference in thickness of at least 10%. A method for producing such an article is also provided.

PET thermoplastic polymer article, and method for the production of such an article

The device comprises an internal support upper arm and an external support lower arm, designed to work together so that, by gripping, the upper arm and the lower arm push against an internal face and an external face, respectively, of the lateral vessel wall; a tightening arm which rotates around an axis between an unlocked and a locked position in which the tightening arm pushes against the lateral wall and works with one of the two lower and upper arms to pin the lateral wall against at least one of the arms; and movement means designed to manually shifted between an open and closed position and to rotate the tightening arm when moving from an open to a closed position. In addition, provision is made of anti-return means, separate from the movement means, for blocking the rotation of the tightening arm in the opposite direction from the tightening direction when said tightening arm is in the locked position.

Removable gripping device for a cooking vessel with an anti-return mechanism consisting of a rotating tightening arm

The device comprises two gripping arms movable to and from a resting position and a gripping position in which they are spread apart from one another and in contact with an inside face of the side wall of the cooking vessel; a fix-mounted gripping member designed for being in contact with an outside face of the side wall of the cooking vessel; and displacement means designed for being manually guided to and from an open position and a closed position and for effecting a spreading of the movable arms while switching from the open position to the closed position. Said device further comprises anti-return means separate from the displacement means and designed for being moved from a resting position to a clamping position in which they are inserted between the two arms and prevent the two arms from coming together.

Removable gripping device for a cooking vessel equipped with non-return means for two arms

A cooking utensil includes a base () doubled underneath via an insert () made from a hard material with openings () crossing the insert for the fixing thereof to the base. At least some of the openings are in the form of elongated slots () individually defining over the length thereof, a global arched form with opposing end portions either leading to the centre of the insert or to the external periphery () of the insert.

Cooking utensil with extended anti-deformation slots

The invention relates to a cover for a culinary article comprising a lid designed to cover the culinary article and a silicone gasket running around the lid. According to the invention, in the radial direction, the gasket extends at least 10 mm, or ever 15 mm beyond the perimeter of the lid.

Cover for a culinary article with silicone gasket

A lid includes a grip member () capable of being at least in a stacked state wherein it does not prevent stacking of the lid with another similar lid, and a gripping state wherein it has a released surface for gripping the lid. The lid includes at least one elastic member () moving the grip member () from its stacked state to its gripping state.

Cooking appliance lid

A set of handles is provided for gripping a first cooking culinary article that includes a first container, and a second cooking culinary article that includes a second container. These containers can be stacked in a stationary stacked position. Each handle includes a stud and/or a housing defined at least partly by a hollow zone of the handle, and a locking protrusion adapted to engage a reception zone and/or a reception zone adapted to engage a locking protrusion. The housing and/or stud of the first handle can engage with the housing and/or stud of the second handle for holding the containers superimposed in the stationary stacked position in which the first container does not contact the second container. The locking protrusion and/or reception zone of the first handle can engage with the locking protrusion and/or reception zone of the second handle, with the locking protrusion located along a vertical wall of the stud, and the reception zone located along a vertical wall of the housing.

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Faverges, France

Pascal Cuillery