ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,276,273, issued on April 15, was assigned to SEB S.A. (France).
"Sealed peristaltic pump for household electric appliance" was invented by Mathias Ganem (Lyons, France), Regis Fereyre (Lyons, France) and Johan Sabattier (Tassin la Demi Lune, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a peristaltic pump (6) for a household electric appliance comprising a pump body (60) defining a chamber (68) in which a deformable hose is located (63), which is intended to contain a liquid to be moved, characterized in that the peristaltic pump (6) comprises a sealing device (661, 662, 663) designed to contain the liquid inside the cham...