Abstract: A roasting apparatus includes an outer annular wall, an inner annular wall disposed in the outer annular wall to define a roasting chamber, a radiant heating element disposed on an inner surface of the inner annular wall, an oil accumulating plate disposed in the roasting chamber and having a hub portion underneath thereof and coaxial with a rotating shaft in the roasting chamber, a roasting rack member above the oil accumulating plate, a speed reduction mechanism to couple the rotating shaft and the hub portion such that the latter rotates at a speed slower than that of the rotating shaft to drive the oil accumulating plate and the roasting rack member.

Abstract: A cooking device includes a base unit, an upper unit hinged to the base unit along a pivot axis, an oil accumulating tray, and slidably retaining device. The base unit defines a horizontal plane, and has a lower cooking plate disposed at an angle relative to the horizontal plane, a plurality of grilling members mounted on the lower cooking plate in heat conducting relationship, and a bottom wall disposed underneath the lower cooking plate. The upper unit has an upper cooking plate disposed therein and movable relative to the lower cooking plate. The lower cooking plate inclines gradually and downwardly from a proximate position relative to the pivot axis toward a distal position, and is formed with a fluid outlet at the distal position to communicate the lower cooking plate with the bottom wall. The base unit further has a pair of engagement portions disposed on the bottom wall and spaced apart from each other in a parallel manner.

Abstract: An apparatus for baking bread and making ice cram includes a housing unit, a bread baking assembly, an ice-cream making assembly and a base assembly. A selected one of the bread baking assembly and the ice-cream making assembly can be mounted into the housing unit and can be activated by a motor-driven member of the base assembly.

Abstract: A torch includes a head member with a bulb unit, a tail member with a cell unit, and a bellowed intermediate flexible tube member connected to the head and tail members. The tube member includes a tube body, two connectors respectively attached to two ends of the tube body and having internally threaded end sections which engages the end sections of the head and tail members, and front and rear conductive contact sets respectively provided in the connectors in such a manner that the front conductive set is in electrical contact with the bulb unit while the rear conductive set is in electrical contact with the cell unit.

Abstract: A flexible lamp tube includes an elongated foam member, a metal wire, and an accordion plastic pipe. The foam member has a central bore extending through the length of the foam member. The metal wire extends through the central bore of the foam member. The accordion plastic pipe is sleeved around the foam member.

Abstract: A torch includes a head member with a bulb unit, a tail member with a cell unit, and a bellowed intermediate flexible hose member threadedly connected to the head and tail members. The head member includes an on-off switch for energizing the bulb unit upon actuation. The hose member includes a hose body, two connectors respectively attached to two ends of the hose body, and front and rear conductive contact sets respectively provided in the connectors in such a manner that the front conductive set is in electrical contact with the bulb unit while the rear conductive set is in electrical contact with terminals of the cell unit. Each of the front and rear conductive sets includes an insulated tubular holding seat fixed within the corresponding connector and provided with a reduced-diameter outer end portion, an annular conductive ring sleeved around the outer end portion, a conductive mushroom-like contact element press-fitted within the end portion of the seat.

Abstract: A torch includes a head member, a tail member, and a bellowed intermediate flexible hose member connected threadedly to the head and tail members. The head member includes a bulb unit disposed therein, and an on-off switch which is mounted on the head member and which is capable of energizing the bulb unit upon actuation. The tail member includes a cell unit for supplying power to the bulb unit. One of the head member and the tail member has an internally threaded end section, while the other of the head member and the tail member has an externally threaded end section. The hose member has an externally threaded end section, an internally threaded end section, and two conductive contact sets respectively located in the end sections of the hose member in such a manner that one of the conductive contact sets is in electrical contact with the bulb unit while the other one of the conductive contact sets is in electrical contact with terminals of the cell unit.

Abstract: A torch includes a head member with a bulb unit, a tail member with a cell unit, and an intermediate flexible hose member interconnecting the tail and head members. The bulb unit includes an elongated bulb-holding seat made from an insulated material which has a front end wall, a rear end wall, a C-shaped-cross-sectioned intermediate section which interconnects the front and rear end walls securely, a bulb mounted on the front end wall, a conductive long stick which has a front end connected electrically to the bulb and a rear end fixed on the rear end wall, a conductive front short stick which has a front end connected electrically to the bulb and a rear end, and a conductive rear short stick which has a front end spaced apart from and adjacent to the rear end of the front short stick and a rear end fixed on the rear end wall. The tail member includes a cell unit for supplying power to the bulb unit.