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Power-driven massager

US5092315A · kind A · utility

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20Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateJun 18, 1990
Grant dateMar 3, 1992
Priority date
Expiry dateJun 18, 2010

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA61H2201/5053
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The disclosed massager comprises a frame at the top portion of which are a plurality of beaters or massaging elements arranged as side-by-side mirror-image systems driven by parallel camshafts, and the beaters are controlled through combination motions by guide members, one for each system, by which the beaters are guided via lost-motion means on the guide members. A third camshaft centrally between the beater-drive camshafts functions to reciprocate the guide members to further augment the motions of the beaters. The cams on each beater camshaft are strategically timed so that each beater moves in a phase different from its neighbors. The beater camshafts are driven at a speed faster than that of the guide member camshaft.

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