Abstract: A hair roller includes a longitudinally extending hair curling portion defined between a pair of opposed end members. The hair curling portion is expandable and retractable in a radial direction with respect to the longitudinal axis of the hair curling portion, in response to relative movement of the end members with respect to each other.

Abstract: A hair styling apparatus includes a handle, a styling head and a heater. The handle has a pair of pivotally joined arms, and the head includes a pair of styling members which cooperate to form styling surfaces of the styling head. Each styling member is extendable from and retractable into the handle.

Abstract: A hair roller (300) comprising a pair of opposed end members (344, 354) defining there-between a longitudinally extending hair receiving portion, and a pair of opposed hair engagement members (342, 352), wherein the hair engagement members are movable relative to each other, and each hair engagement member comprises a plurality of hair engagement protrusions (356) for engagement with hair received at the hair receiving portion so as to act against movement of the hair relative to the hair receiving portion, —the hair engagement members are movable relative to the end members and are arranged such that, upon movement of the hair engagement members relative to each other, the extent of protrusion of the hair engagement protrusions into the hair receiving portion is adjustable.

Abstract: An air diffuser includes a main body and an air diffusing baffle for hair styling. The main body has an upstream end with an air inlet and a coupler for attachment to a hair blower, and a downstream end with an air outlet for delivery of air to a user. The air diffusing baffle has an air baffling surface. The air baffling surface is movable relative to the main body for varying effective level of baffling to an air stream from the air inlet portion.

Abstract: A hair styling apparatus includes a styling head, the styling head has a contact styling surface for contact styling of hair, a heater and a magnet. The magnet is disposed so that magnetic force due to the magnet appears on the styling surface.

Abstract: A hair care device includes a hair comb with a plurality of combing teeth. The effective teeth spacing between adjacent combing teeth is adjustable. At least some of the combing teeth are thermally conductive so that heat can be conducted from the hair comb to a user's hair via the thermally conductive combing teeth when hair is being engaged under tension by the combing teeth.

Abstract: This invention provides a domestic appliance (1) such as a kettle, coffee maker, and toaster or similar that includes a fluid chamber (3). The fluid chamber (3) is provided with a light to diffuse through the fluid and is visible through a transparent or translucent portion in the exterior wall of the wall of the chamber. The light may be controlled to show different operative states of the appliance and provide a large visual area of indication of the operative.

Abstract: An beverage making apparatus making including a fluid compartment (20), a beverage compartment (40), beverage processing means (51), heating means (30) and heating power control means (32), said beverage processing means (51) interconnecting said fluid compartment and said beverage compartment so that said fluid compartment and said beverage compartment being communicable via said beverage processing means, said heating means being adapted for heating said fluid compartment so that steam generated in said fluid compartment will force fluid to move from said fluid compartment to said beverage compartment via said beverage processing means, wherein the heating power of said heating means being user controllable.

Abstract: A hair styling attachment including a main housing and at least a pair of hair treating members, the hair treating member includes at least a thermally conductive hair treating surface, the pair of hair treating members being adjacently disposed with the corresponding hair treating surfaces on the pair of adjacent hair treating members generally in compressive contact, the corresponding hair treating surfaces on the pair of adjacent hair treating members being relatively displaceable to form a gap for receiving the hair to be treated, the main housing includes an air inlet and the hair treating surface being communicable with the air inlet.

Abstract: A hair styling attachment including a main housing and at least a pair of hair treating members, the hair treating member includes at least a thermally conductive hair treating surface, the pair of hair treating members being adjacently disposed with the corresponding hair treating surfaces on the pair of adjacent hair treating members generally in compressive contact, the corresponding hair treating surfaces on the pair of adjacent hair treating members being relatively displaceable to form a gap for receiving the hair to be treated, the main housing includes an air inlet and the hair treating surface being communicable with the air inlet.

Abstract: A pipe fitting includes a hollow body and at least one open end for connection to a pipe fitting, the end including internal screw threads. The end includes an integral extension collar which has an inner diameter larger than the screw threads for surrounding unused trailing screw threads of a pipe joined to the fitting and forming an annular gap for holding a sealing compound. The collar has a wall of a comparable thickness to the and an outer diameter larger than the body of the fitting.

Abstract: A hair care device including hair combing means, said hair combing means including a plurality of combing teeth and means for adjusting effective teeth spacing between adjacent combing teeth, characterised in that at least some of said combing teeth being thermally conductive so that heat can be conducted from said combing means to said hair via said thermally conductive combing teeth when said hair is being engaged under tension by said combing teeth.

Abstract: An improved hair curling iron 1 with a radiant heat source 21 which emits visible light during operation in which the instantaneous intensity of the emitted visible light is substantially commensurate with the instantaneous power across the said heating element. Advantage of this improved iron includes a fast response time because of the radiant nature of the heating source and an improved, and more convenient, visual indication of the instantaneous operation conditions of the iron resulting from the visible light emitted by heating element which is concurrently generated with the useful radiant heat.

Abstract: An automatic convection heating baking apparatus for bread or cake making with greatly improved automatic-baking quality is disclosed. Baking in this apparatus is achieved by two hot air streams each covering about half of the baking chamber space. Hot air circulation is produced by forming suction and blowing regions within the baking chamber by placing an electric fan within a single ventilation compartment. The machine is compact and low-cost since only a single electric fun is needed to cause circulation and to produce two hot air streams, premature hot air return to the ventilation compartment is prevented by using air-regulating means. Dual timer for mixing and baking is provided to improve cake fluffiness by controlling heating during ingredient mixing.

Abstract: A hair drying apparatus comprising a conventional hand-held hair dryer, a hair dryer holder, a power cord retainer and a base, wherein the hair dryer holder has features for removably receiving the hair dryer, for making an elevation adjustment for the hair dryer and for maintaining the position of the barrel of a hair dryer, the power cord retainer comprises features for storing and releasing a length of flexible power cord, such that when the hair dryer is detached from the hair dryer holding means, the hair dryer is connected to the base by a length of flexible cord released from the power cord retainer. In addition, a detachable wall-mount member may be added to this apparatus, making it transformable between hand-held, table-top and wall-mount types of hair dryer which would offer a high degree of flexibility particularly to consumers.

Abstract: An attachment for a hair dryer is provided which is allowed to move relative to the barrel of the hair dryer in use. This is achieved by forming the attachment in two parts, a first part being a tool member for actually performing the desired function of the attachment, and the second part being a connecting member for fixing the attachment to the barrel of the hair dryer. Each of these parts is formed with a complementary part-spherical portion which are disposed one within the other to form a rotatable joint in the manner of a ball-and-socket joint. The attachment can take any of a number of conventional forms.

Abstract: A foot massager is provided in the form of a footbath (1) having first and second foot receiving portions (10). The base (2) of the footbath (1) is provided with a plurality of movable massaging elements (31, 50) to perform a massaging function on the feet. In one embodiment, the massaging elements are half-round projections (31) formed on a movable member (30) and which project through apertures (33) in an overlying fixed member (32), while in a second embodiment the massaging elements are rotating wheels (50) fixed on the movable member (30).