EP0100975A2 - Appareil de massage - Google Patents

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EP0100975A2
EP0100975A2 EP83107488A EP83107488A EP0100975A2 EP 0100975 A2 EP0100975 A2 EP 0100975A2 EP 83107488 A EP83107488 A EP 83107488A EP 83107488 A EP83107488 A EP 83107488A EP 0100975 A2 EP0100975 A2 EP 0100975A2
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61H—PHYSICAL THERAPY APPARATUS, e.g. DEVICES FOR LOCATING OR STIMULATING REFLEX POINTS IN THE BODY; ARTIFICIAL RESPIRATION; MASSAGE; BATHING DEVICES FOR SPECIAL THERAPEUTIC OR HYGIENIC PURPOSES OR SPECIFIC PARTS OF THE BODY
    • A61H23/00—Percussion or vibration massage, e.g. using supersonic vibration; Suction-vibration massage; Massage with moving diaphragms
    • A61H23/02—Percussion or vibration massage, e.g. using supersonic vibration; Suction-vibration massage; Massage with moving diaphragms with electric or magnetic drive
    • A61H23/0254—Percussion or vibration massage, e.g. using supersonic vibration; Suction-vibration massage; Massage with moving diaphragms with electric or magnetic drive with rotary motor
    • A61H23/0263—Percussion or vibration massage, e.g. using supersonic vibration; Suction-vibration massage; Massage with moving diaphragms with electric or magnetic drive with rotary motor using rotating unbalanced masses

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  • the invention relates to a massage device comprising : a housing, optionally with a handle attached thereto, an electric drive motor which is unbalanced by a swing weight, eccentric or the like and which can be connected to a power supply and whose end is opposite to the swing weight, eccentric or the like an elastic or pivotable holder is pivotally mounted in the housing or handle, and one, optionally via a tool holder, attached to the end of the motor opposite the holder and vibrating together with this treatment tool, which transmits the motor vibrations to a body to be massaged.
  • the electric drive motor can be pivoted at one end by means of a holder and on the opposite side is mounted eccentrically in a housing by means of a crankshaft driven by a gear transmission.
  • the drive motor is thereby set in a wobble-like oscillating movement, which is transmitted directly to the housing serving as a treatment tool and therefore causes unpleasant handling of the device.
  • the invention has for its object a massage device of the above mentioned type so that an effective body massage can be carried out with low drive power and that a vibration-free comfortable handling of the device is guaranteed.
  • this is achieved in that the drive motor is supported in the area of the flywheel weight, eccentric or the like by an additional elastic holder relative to the housing.
  • the additional elastic holder can thus absorb the pressure force required for an effective massage and prevent the treatment tool from deviating from the massage body.
  • the housing surrounding the drive motor can also be kept completely vibration-free.
  • the additional elastic holder is arranged between the housing and the treatment tool. This also enables a lower drive power, since instead of the entire housing, only the treatment tool connected to the unbalanced drive motor has to be driven.
  • Versatile massages can be carried out with a tool carrier carrying the treatment tool, it being advantageous if, according to a further embodiment of the invention, the additional elastic holder is arranged between the housing and the tool carrier.
  • the additional elastic holder consists of two oscillating elements arranged opposite one another, the center lines of the oscillating elements and preferably also the direction of extension of the treatment tool being perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the drive motor.
  • the treatment tool is thus an elyp. table orbit imposed, the ratio of the semiaxes of the ellipsis is very large, that is, that the orbit forms a flat ellipse.
  • the center lines of the oscillating elements and the direction of extension of the treatment tool can be oriented in the same direction or can take an angle, for example, of about 90 °, so that the longer axis of the flat ellipse is either parallel or perpendicular to the treatment body. Therefore, according to this embodiment of the invention, it is also possible to produce massage devices which are used either for a surface massage or are also suitable for a deep massage.
  • a massage device is made possible by a further embodiment of the invention in that the additional elastic holder consists of at least three oscillating elements arranged uniformly distributed on or in the housing in the plane perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the motor.
  • the treatment tool which is expediently arranged in the same direction as the longitudinal axis of the motor, is thereby brought into a circular orbit oscillating around the pivot bearing, so that a massage movement acting in two directions, namely parallel and perpendicular to the massage body, can be exerted.
  • FIG. 1 shows a longitudinal section of a massage device according to the invention with a vertical massage movement
  • FIG. 2 shows a cross section along the lines II in FIG. 1
  • FIG. 3 shows a variant of the additional elastic holder for Fig. 2
  • Fig. 4 shows a variant of the pivotable bracket for Fig. 1
  • Fig. 5 in longitudinal section another massager according to the invention u.
  • Fig. 6 is an applicable treatment tool for the device of FIG. 5 in view.
  • the unbalanced electric drive motor 1 whose end opposite the flywheel weight 3 is pivotably supported by an elastic holder 6 in the housing 4, is supported in the region of the flywheel weight 3 by an additional elastic holder 7 relative to the housing 4.
  • the additional elastic holder 7 is formed from two oscillating elements arranged opposite one another and arranged between a tool carrier 15 fastened to the drive motor 1 and a housing part 4 ′ which can be screwed onto the housing 4 by the screws 17.
  • the same consist of rubber bolts 7 'with a tapered diameter in the middle, which are screwed on the one hand by vulcanized-in threaded bolts 14 to the shoulder 19 of the tool carrier 15 and on the other hand connected by vulcanized-in nuts 16 and the screws 18 to the housing part 4'.
  • the tool carrier 15 enclosing the flywheel 3 is connected to the drive motor 1 by the two screws 16 with a double-armed bracket 5, the elastic holder 6 for the pivotable mounting of the drive motor 1 being arranged between the end of the bracket 5 and the housing 4.
  • a rubber bolt 9 with vulcanized-in grub screws 14 is provided, one grub screw being screwed onto the bracket 5 and the other by means of an internal thread trained screw 13 is connected to the housing 4.
  • the tool carrier 15 On the part on the treatment side, the tool carrier 15 has a further extension 15 ′, somewhat protruding from the housing 4, into which the treatment tool 12 is screwed.
  • the housing 4 is also formed with a half-shell-shaped shoulder which, together with another half-shell-shaped housing part 4 ′′ which can be screwed onto the housing 4 by means of the screws 24 and 25, forms the handle 8 the on / off switch 11 drive the drive motor 1.
  • the batteries 10 can be charged by means of the device socket 26 and a charger (not shown).
  • the orbit of the treatment tool 12 is flat, because the direction of extension thereof and the center lines of the oscillating elements 7 are perpendicular to the longitudinal axis 2 of the drive motor 1. As indicated by arrow A in FIG. 2, it is mainly directed perpendicular to the treatment body, since the center lines of the oscillating elements 7 and those of the treatment tool 12 also at least approximately form an angle of 90 °. In view of the fact that the vibrating mass causes a displacement of the Egyptian orbit in the direction of rotation of the swing weight, this angle can also be smaller or larger than 90 °.
  • a ball joint is provided instead of an elastically acting joint 6 for the pivotable mounting of the unbalanced drive motor 1. see which is inelastic with the housing 4.
  • the spherical bearing 20, which is mounted in the housing 4, has at the end a plurality of radial slots 21 through which the ball head 22, which is integrally connected to the double-armed bracket 5, can be inserted. This can prevent natural vibrations in the joint.
  • the embodiment of the invention shown in FIG. 5 is that according to FIG. 1 u. Fig. 4 similar, the tool carrier 15 but outside of the parts 4, 4 'and. 4 "existing housing.
  • the tool carrier 15 is for partial use as a treatment tool 12 educated.
  • the additional elastic holder 7 consists of three vibrating elements 7 1 distributed uniformly on the housing part 4 'in the plane perpendicular to the longitudinal axis 2 of the motor, which are arranged between the housing part 4' and the tool carrier 12, which is partially designed as a treatment tool. Their arrangement is such that the treatment tool 12 or the tool carrier 15 connects to the lower edge of the housing part 4 1 at a distance of a few millimeters.
  • rechargeable batteries 10 are also provided here, which are fastened by means of the cage 34 in the housing part 4 and by the input and.
  • Switch 11 and the cable 29 are connected to it in a current-carrying manner. Further cable connections 27 are arranged between the batteries 10 and the device plug socket 26 used for charging the same.
  • the treatment tool 12 is formed with an annular extension 31 which has recesses, so that further treatment tools 12 '(FIG. 6) can also be arranged on it.
  • the tool carrier 15 is formed with bead-shaped projections 30, with which this is also an essential treatment tool.
  • the mode of operation of the massage device created according to the invention - a vibrating perpendicular to the surface of the massage body according to arrow A and a circular parallel to this according to arrow B - is not changed even if the vibrating elements 7 used for additional mounting are perpendicular to the longitudinal axis 2 of the unbalanced drive motor 1 are arranged or if they are also loosely mounted between the housing part 4 'and the treatment tool 12 or the tool carrier 15.
  • the training courses according to the invention are not limited to the illustrated embodiments, but arrangements of the same can also be interchanged or expanded. So it is for example in the in Fig. 1 u. 2 shown massage device also possible to arrange three or more vibrating elements 7 or the treatment tool 12 or another, e.g. on the shoulder 19, parallel to the longitudinal axis 2 of the unbalanced drive motor 1, so that a reciprocating massage movement can be carried out both perpendicular to the massage body and parallel to it.
  • the massage device designed according to the invention can also be powered from a car battery or from the power supply directly or via a
  • the number of revolutions of the drive motor can also be adjustable, or the flywheel weight can be mounted in the tool carrier and possibly driven by a counter gear of a reduction gear.
  • the drive shaft of the drive motor which is oppositely pivoted by an elastic or pivotable holder in the housing, to accommodate an eccentric instead of a flywheel, which is supported in the tool holder or in the treatment tool, which is supported by the additional elastic holder according to the invention is so that not only the mass of the drive motor oscillating about its longitudinal axis, but also the driving force of the drive shaft acts on the tool carrier or the treatment tool,
  • the drive according to the invention which is preferably arranged in a hand-held device, for a treatment tool used for massage can also be arranged in a stationary device.

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WO1996023402A1 (fr) * 1995-02-02 1996-08-08 Nonna Efimovna Lipovetskaya Appareil vibromasseur pour les muscles du corps
WO2009102838A1 (fr) * 2008-02-12 2009-08-20 Bellecore, Llc Procédé et appareil pour traiter la cellulite
US20150305487A1 (en) * 2014-04-29 2015-10-29 Elc Management Llc Powered Skin Care Device
US20160135582A1 (en) * 2014-11-13 2016-05-19 Jen-Yen Yen Palm-held electric bath massage brush
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US11653752B2 (en) 2017-12-20 2023-05-23 The Gillette Company, LLC. Oral care implement
US11399622B2 (en) 2017-12-20 2022-08-02 The Gillette Company Llc Oral care implement
US11375802B2 (en) 2017-12-20 2022-07-05 The Gillette Company Llc Oral care implement
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