Massaging apparatus having two rollers and a suction chamber
US6017320A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 11, 1997 |
| Grant date | Jan 25, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 11, 2017 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61H2015/0035
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
In a massaging apparatus with two rotatable rollers, which are spaced apart transversely to their roller spindles, and with a suction chamber disposed in the area of the two rollers and having two transverse walls extending transversely to the roller spindles and two longitudinal walls extending parallel to the roller spindles, this suction chamber being connected to a pump via an air-transfer connection for generating a vacuum in the suction chamber so as to form a skin fold which is drawn into the suction chamber, at least one longitudinal wall is disposed between the two rollers and the free end of a longitudinal wall disposed between the two rollers extends up to the circumferential surface of the roller adjacent this free end in that area of its circumferential surface which faces the other roller.
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