EP0131305B1 - Massage apparatus - Google Patents

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EP0131305B1
EP0131305B1 EP84108052A EP84108052A EP0131305B1 EP 0131305 B1 EP0131305 B1 EP 0131305B1 EP 84108052 A EP84108052 A EP 84108052A EP 84108052 A EP84108052 A EP 84108052A EP 0131305 B1 EP0131305 B1 EP 0131305B1
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    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61HPHYSICAL 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
    • A61H15/00Massage by means of rollers, balls, e.g. inflatable, chains, or roller chains
    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61HPHYSICAL 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
    • A61H19/00Massage for the genitals; Devices for improving sexual intercourse
    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61HPHYSICAL 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
    • A61H19/00Massage for the genitals; Devices for improving sexual intercourse
    • A61H19/30Devices for external stimulation of the genitals
    • A61H19/32Devices for external stimulation of the genitals for inserting the genitals therein, e.g. vibrating rings for males or breast stimulating devices
    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61HPHYSICAL 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
    • A61H15/00Massage by means of rollers, balls, e.g. inflatable, chains, or roller chains
    • A61H2015/0007Massage by means of rollers, balls, e.g. inflatable, chains, or roller chains with balls or rollers rotating about their own axis
    • A61H2015/0014Massage by means of rollers, balls, e.g. inflatable, chains, or roller chains with balls or rollers rotating about their own axis cylinder-like, i.e. rollers
    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61HPHYSICAL 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
    • A61H2201/00Characteristics of apparatus not provided for in the preceding codes
    • A61H2201/12Driving means
    • A61H2201/1207Driving means with electric or magnetic drive
    • A61H2201/1215Rotary drive
    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61HPHYSICAL 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
    • A61H2201/00Characteristics of apparatus not provided for in the preceding codes
    • A61H2201/16Physical interface with patient
    • A61H2201/1657Movement of interface, i.e. force application means
    • A61H2201/1664Movement of interface, i.e. force application means linear
    • YGENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
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    • Y10TTECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T74/00Machine element or mechanism
    • Y10T74/18Mechanical movements
    • Y10T74/18568Reciprocating or oscillating to or from alternating rotary
    • Y10T74/18832Reciprocating or oscillating to or from alternating rotary including flexible drive connector [e.g., belt, chain, strand, etc.]
    • Y10T74/18848Reciprocating or oscillating to or from alternating rotary including flexible drive connector [e.g., belt, chain, strand, etc.] with pulley

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  • the invention relates to a massage device according to the preamble of claim 1.
  • an elongated, soft-elastic molded body in the area of its non-closed end by means of a rotatable membrane is formed within an outer, closed, dimensionally stable support tube, forming an approximately ring-shaped one Cavity connected to the open end of the support tube.
  • This cavity in the carrier space is connected via a connecting piece to a pump device which acts as a drive in order to push the molded body out of the support tube when the membrane expands when the membrane is expanded and to suck back the molded body due to a negative pressure generated in the cavity while simultaneously folding the membrane together .
  • the soft-elastic molded body contains areas with greater porosity, which are connected to chambers filled with lubricant.
  • a massage device in the form of an envelope cylinder open at one end is known which is placed on the male member to be treated and evacuated.
  • the resulting negative pressure in the enveloping cylinder is intended to stimulate the blood flow to the erectile tissue.
  • a massage apparatus for remedying nervous muscle weakness in the form of a cuff made of elastic material is known, the passage opening of which is narrowed by means of an air pump in order to inflate a cavity which surrounds the cuff passage opening and is self-contained.
  • Another massage device known from DE-A-2 528 093, comprises an elongated sleeve which is closed at one end and consists of latex in a dimensionally stable but elastic design.
  • the closed end of the sheath is connected to a vibration device which generates torsional and longitudinal vibrations by means of two electric motors, which are transferred to the sheath via a plug-in connection molded onto it.
  • the coupling of the vibrations of the vibrating device into the casing is arranged at an unfavorable point, and the elasticity of the casing also prevents the vibrations from being transmitted.
  • the invention has for its object to provide a massage device that has a particularly effective coupling of the actual massage contact parts with the vibration drive and is able to exert a largely natural massage effect with a robust design.
  • the soft-elastic molded body consists of a self-contained ring-shaped rubber tube which contains the support tube provided on its front ends with low-friction deflection areas and surrounds it both on the inside and on the outside and is movable around this, that the lubricant is provided to support the mobility of the rubber tube and to maintain a distance between the carrier tube and the rubber tube as a lubricating filling compound in the rubber tube, and that the drive acts on at least two rubber tube regions covering the outside of the carrier tube a common holding device, comprising the support tube comprising drive roller groups and a support roller pair arranged opposite each other and interacting with it, which in the space between the support tube and the outer rubber hose area includes individually mounted support rollers.
  • a particular advantage of the invention results from the drive acting distributed over a greater length of the support tube and the rubber hose guided on it, which in one embodiment includes at least four support rollers on diametrically opposite sides of the support tube, each of which is in contact with the paired ones Drive rollers consequently form at least eight different drive points distributed on the rubber hose, which, despite its elasticity, drive the outer section of the hose quickly to move along the carrier body. It is also favorable that the drive takes place on the outside of the support tube, which may also be made of a certain elastic material, since the drive forces are transmitted more effectively on the outside to a greater extent. Instead of the diametrical position of the pairs of support rollers, these can also be arranged at arc intervals of 120 ° or 90 ° and then interact with a group of 3 or 4 drive rollers.
  • the support rollers can have a convex profile in adaptation to the concave curvature of the drive roller profile, can be kept floating in adapted transverse cutouts within the carrier tube and can be secured against longitudinal displacements.
  • each support roller and a support roller that is approximately diametrically opposite on the support tube are mounted on a common spring clip, which is tight on both sides of the support roller and bends or in other supporting parts of the support tube Carrier tube releasably held sections.
  • molded or glued tabs can also be provided on the support tube, which surround the spring clips and are releasably latched into the spring clips.
  • Each spring clip can have rectilinear axis sections for mounting the support rollers, which lie closely against the support tube Connect bracket sections which, viewed in the longitudinal section of the support tube, have a general curvature, the concave side of which faces a common plane containing the axis of the drive roller pair.
  • the drive rollers can be equipped with longitudinal ribs or with knobs, while in the case of a concave roller profile, smooth-walled guide sections can be provided outside the area of contact with the support rollers, which guide sections are located directly on the circumference of the carrier tube adjacent hose sections are engaged.
  • this can also be used in the female genital area by lengthening the support tube while simultaneously reducing the diameter, the longitudinally extending rubber tube lying on the outside of the support tube acting in the same way as inside the support tube, but with the opposite direction of movement there .
  • the massage device can accommodate a divided, in particular spherical housing, at least one end of the support tube being accessible via a housing opening and the housing halves being able to be taken apart for the purpose of repair or cleaning, in which, in addition to the individual parts and assemblies described, batteries and a Storage containers for lubricants can be accommodated.
  • the drive for the circular movement of the rubber hose on the carrier tube can be realized in various ways.
  • groups of drive rollers are provided at two or more locations along the support tube in the longitudinal direction at a distance from one another, which surround the support tube in the manner of an equilateral triangle.
  • Each drive roller presses the rubber hose against an associated pair of support rollers mounted on the circumference of the carrier tube. With this drive force applied to the rubber tube distributed over the circumference of the support tube at several points, the concave profile of the drive rollers or the convex profile of the support rollers can be dispensed with.
  • the driving roller groups in groups of two, three or e.g. four-way arrangement are also stored together with a drive motor and gearbox in a common support frame, which in turn can be held interchangeably in the device housing and can optionally be displaceably guided in the longitudinal direction.
  • a mounting plate 14 is preferably releasably attached, on which two pairs of drive rollers with the drive rollers 16, 18, 20, 22 are rotatably mounted.
  • the drive rollers have a concave outer surface which corresponds approximately to the circular or elliptical cross section of a carrier tube 24 described below.
  • the concave jacket of the drive rollers is divided into a jacket region 26 provided with knobs or longitudinal ribs extending approximately in the axial direction, and into outer smooth-walled jacket regions 28.
  • axles 30 fixed in the mounting wall can be provided for supporting the drive rollers, which project cantilevered and each support a drive roller.
  • the drive rollers 16-22 can each be provided with a central projection 32 with which they are received in a recess (not shown in FIG. 2) of a counter-holding base 34 arranged in the second housing half 12.
  • the drive rollers On the front side facing the mounting wall 14, the drive rollers each have a disk with circumferential toothing or a spur gear 36, so that the drive rollers 16 and 20 are in drive engagement with the drive pinion 38 of an electric motor 40 which can be reversed in an adjustable frequency.
  • the spur gears 36 of the opposing drive rollers 16, 18, 20, 22 are in engagement with one another.
  • the length of the support tube can be greater than shown in relation to the housing in Fig. 1.
  • the carrier tube 24 can consist of dimensionally stable plastic material which has a certain elastic deformability, for example in order to assume the elliptical shape indicated in FIG. 2.
  • the inside and outside of the carrier tube are surrounded by a single, self-contained annular rubber tube 44. For illustration, this hose can be compared to that of an automobile, which contains a self-contained annulus.
  • the carrier tube 24 Within this annular space is the carrier tube 24 and, last but not least, a lubricious filling compound (45), for example glycerin, which maintains a distance between the carrier tube and the rubber hose.
  • the carrier tube is expediently smooth on the end faces Wall-mounted deflection areas or smaller deflection rollers, so that there is practically no difficulty in moving the rubber hose 44 to and fro in the longitudinal direction according to FIG. 1, the hose area located inside the carrier tube naturally moving in the opposite direction to the outer hose area. In this sense, a circular movement takes place around the carrier tube.
  • support roller pairs 48, 50 are detachably supported by means of spring clips 46.
  • the support rollers have a convex profile as shown in FIG. 2 to match the concave curvature of the drive rollers 16-22 and are preferably floating in cross-sections 52 of the support tube and held against longitudinal displacements.
  • a lower support roller 48 and an upper support roller 50 which is generally diametrically opposite on the support tube 24, are each mounted on a common spring clip 46.
  • the spring clip has straight upper and lower axle sections 56, on which the support rollers are mounted.
  • the axle sections 56 are adjoined by curved sections 54 lying closely against the support tube 24, so that, according to FIG. 1, brackets are formed whose concave side faces a common plane containing both axles 30 of the associated drive roller pair 20, 22.
  • the curved bracket sections 54 are held in a latching manner in bends or approaches of the carrier tube, not shown.
  • the spring clips 46 shown can be extended up to the clip halves on the side that is not visible in the longitudinal section according to FIG. 1.
  • the spring clips are arranged with the support rollers 48, 50 within the rubber hose 44.
  • the support rollers 48, 50 are kept floating within the cutouts 52 and are separated from the viscous lubricant, e.g. Glycerin surrounded. This does not affect the power transmission, because the drive rollers 16-22 act on the outer walls of the rubber tube and the support rollers elastically mounted in the interior of the rubber tube only have to apply the bearing force.
  • the selected form of drive with the drive rollers acting between two support rollers ensures a safe positive engagement, which can be reinforced by a roughened outer surface of the drive rollers.
  • FIG. 3 serves to explain another embodiment of the massage device, in which, similarly to FIG. 1, 44 pairs of support rollers 60, 62, 64 are supported on the support tube 24 within the rubber tube, of which in FIG. 3 each pair only one support roller is visible.
  • the support rollers are e.g. B. with molded bearing journals in elevated approaches or bends of the support tube, wherein they extend similar to FIGS. 1 and 2 each through cutouts in the circumference of the support tube in the chord direction.
  • Each support roller pair 60, 62, 64 is assigned a drive roller 66, 68 and 70, respectively, which are in drive engagement with the rubber hose 44, which is evenly supported over the circumference of the carrier tube 24, at three evenly distributed locations.
  • Tapered gears 74 are attached to the drive roller shafts 72 on both sides of the drive rollers, so that the drive rollers arranged in pairs at an angle of 60 ° to one another all rotate in the same direction via the intermeshing bevel gears 74 of the carrier tube.
  • the shaft journals of adjacent drive rollers are mounted directly in the vicinity of the intermeshing bevel gears 74 in longitudinal frame parts 76, 78, 80, which are connected to a stiffened support frame by means of struts lying outside the drawing plane.
  • Driving gearwheels can be seated on both levels of the drive roller shaft 72 and are driven by pinions of a motor arranged below the horizontal shaft.
  • two identical groups of drive rollers according to FIG. 3 can be arranged one behind the other at a distance along the support tube, in which case the motor with its drive pinions is arranged between the two lower drive roller shafts 72.
  • the longitudinal frame parts 76, 78, 80 of the stiffened support frame (not shown), which can extend over a substantial length of the support tube 24, are designed in an embodiment (not shown) as guides for guide rollers which are resiliently arranged in a surrounding device housing, each according to the central axis of the support tube are aligned.
  • the longitudinal support frame is supported by end attenuators, e.g. Guided springs in a certain longitudinal stroke.
  • Changeover contacts held adjustable in the device housing can be assigned to a contact tongue arranged on the support frame and connected to the motor in order to switch the direction of rotation of the rubber hose in the end positions of the drive frame, unless another motor control is used.
  • This type of longitudinal displaceability of a support frame can of course also be used in the embodiment of FIGS. 1, 2 if the mounting plate 14 and a counterplate 34 held in a rigid relationship therewith can be displaced in the device housing as a frame unit in suitable longitudinal guides.
  • the massager is also used in the female genital area, for which purpose the carrier tube including the rubber tube is extended on the left side in FIG. 1 or with an additional housing opening on the right side and the diameter of the carrier tube 24 is reduced.
  • the tube areas lying on the outside of the carrier tube and reciprocating in the longitudinal direction are effective.
  • the massager can be modified or supplemented by such be improved, which fall under the basic principles of the invention.
  • measures can be taken, for example, to conveniently open and close the device housing for cleaning and repair purposes and also to be able to take apart the drive rollers of the pairs or sets that belong together, so that the carrier tube with the surrounding rubber hose can be serviced as a unit.

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Massage apparatus for medicinal-therapeutical treatment of human genitals at psychical or physical irritations. A carrier tube is enclosed in a toroidal rubber hose, also filled with an antifriction mass like glycerin. Pairs of support rollers inside of the hose are journalized on the tube in encircling relationship thereof. Driving rollers, each associated to one pair of support rollers, are in engagement with the rubber hose supported by the inner support rollers for effecting revolving movement of the hose longitudinally around the tube. The drive rollers encircling the hose on the tube are rotatably supported in a common frame or housing and by their engagement with the support rollers at the same time maintain and support the carrier tube and hose.

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Die Erfindung betrifft ein Massagegerät gemäss dem Oberbegriff des Patentanspruches 1.The invention relates to a massage device according to the preamble of claim 1.

Bei einem aus der DE-A-2 606 869 bekannten Massagegerät der im Oberbegriff des Patentanspruches 1 angegebenen Art ist innerhalb eines äusseren einseitig geschlossenen, formstabilen Trägerrohres ein länglicher, weichelastischer Formkörper im Bereich seines nicht verschlossenen Endes mittels einer drehbaren Membran unter Bildung eines etwa ringförmigen Hohlraumes mit dem offenen Ende des Trägerrohres verbunden. Dieser Hohlraum im Trägerraum ist über einen Stutzen an eine Pumpeinrichtung angeschlossen, die als Antrieb wirkt, um bei einem Überdruck im Hohlraum den Formkörper unter Dehnung der Membran aus dem Trägerrohr herauszudrücken und um durch einen im Hohlraum erzeugten Unterdruck bei gleichzeitigem Zusammenfalten der Membran den Formkörper zurückzusaugen. Der weichelastische Formkörper enthält Bereiche mit grösserer Porosität, die an mit Gleitflüssigkeit gefüllte Kammern angeschlossen sind.In a massage device known from DE-A-2 606 869 of the type specified in the preamble of patent claim 1, an elongated, soft-elastic molded body in the area of its non-closed end by means of a rotatable membrane is formed within an outer, closed, dimensionally stable support tube, forming an approximately ring-shaped one Cavity connected to the open end of the support tube. This cavity in the carrier space is connected via a connecting piece to a pump device which acts as a drive in order to push the molded body out of the support tube when the membrane expands when the membrane is expanded and to suck back the molded body due to a negative pressure generated in the cavity while simultaneously folding the membrane together . The soft-elastic molded body contains areas with greater porosity, which are connected to chambers filled with lubricant.

Aus der DE-C-825137 ist ein Massagegerät in Form eines an einem Ende offenen Hüllzylinders bekannt, der auf das zu behandelnde männliche Glied aufgesetzt und evakuiert wird. Der dabei im Hüllzylinder entstehende Unterdruck soll die Durchblutung der Schwellkörper anregen. Aus der DE-C-835 637 ist ein Massageapparat zur Behebung nervösmuskulärer Schwächeerscheinungen in Form einer aus elastischem Material bestehenden Manschette bekannt, deren Durchgangsöffnung mittels einer Luftpumpe eingeengt wird, um einen die Manschettendurchgangsöffnung umschliessenden und in sich abgeschlossenen Hohlraum aufzupumpen.From DE-C-825137 a massage device in the form of an envelope cylinder open at one end is known which is placed on the male member to be treated and evacuated. The resulting negative pressure in the enveloping cylinder is intended to stimulate the blood flow to the erectile tissue. From DE-C-835 637, a massage apparatus for remedying nervous muscle weakness in the form of a cuff made of elastic material is known, the passage opening of which is narrowed by means of an air pump in order to inflate a cavity which surrounds the cuff passage opening and is self-contained.

Ein anderes Massagegerät, bekannt aus DE-A-2 528 093, umfasst eine längliche, an einem Ende geschlossene Hülle, die aus Latex in einer formstabilen, jedoch elastischen Ausführung besteht. Das geschlossene Ende der Hülle ist mit einer Vibrationseinrichtung verbunden, die durch zwei Elektromotoren Dreh- und Längsschwingungen erzeugt, welche über eine an der Hülle angeformte Steckverbindung auf diese übetragen werden. Bei diesem bekannten Gerät ist die Ankopplung der Schwingungen der Vibrationseinrichtung in die Hülle an einer ungünstigen Stelle angeordnet, und ausserdem verhindert die Elastizität der Hülle die Weiterleitung der Schwingungen.Another massage device, known from DE-A-2 528 093, comprises an elongated sleeve which is closed at one end and consists of latex in a dimensionally stable but elastic design. The closed end of the sheath is connected to a vibration device which generates torsional and longitudinal vibrations by means of two electric motors, which are transferred to the sheath via a plug-in connection molded onto it. In this known device, the coupling of the vibrations of the vibrating device into the casing is arranged at an unfavorable point, and the elasticity of the casing also prevents the vibrations from being transmitted.

Der Erfindung liegt die Aufgabe zugrunde, ein Massagegerät zu schaffen, das eine besonders wirksame Kopplung der eigentlichen Massagekontaktteile mit dem Schwingungsantrieb aufweist und bei robuster Bauart eine weitgehend natürliche Massagewirkung auszuüben in der Lage ist.The invention has for its object to provide a massage device that has a particularly effective coupling of the actual massage contact parts with the vibration drive and is able to exert a largely natural massage effect with a robust design.

Bei einem Massagegerät der eingangs bezeichneten Bauart ist diese Aufgabe erfindungsgemäss dadurch gelöst, dass der weichelastische Formkörper aus einem in sich geschlossenen ringförmigen Gummischlauch besteht, der das an seinen Stirnenden mit reibungsarmen Umlenkbereichen versehene Trägerrohr enthält, dieses sowohl an der Innenseite als auch an der Aussenseite umgibt und um dieses herum beweglich ist, dass die Gleitflüssigkeit zur Unterstützung der Beweglichkeit des Gummischlauches und zur Aufrechterhaltung eines Abstandes zwischen Trägerrohr und Gummischlauch als gleitfähige Füllmasse im Gummischlauch vorgesehen ist, und dass der Antrieb wenigstens zwei auf den die Aussenseite des Trägerrohres überdeckenden Gummischlauchbereich wirkende, auf einer gemeinsamen Halteeinrichtung gelagerte, das Trägerrohr umfassende Treibrollengruppen sowie ein jeder Treibrolle gegenüberliegend angeordnetes und mit diesem zusammenwirkendes Stützrollenpaar umfasst, das in dem Raum zwischen Trägerrohr und dem äusseren Gummischlauchbereich einzeln gelagerte Stützrollen umfasst.In the case of a massager of the type described at the outset, this object is achieved according to the invention in that the soft-elastic molded body consists of a self-contained ring-shaped rubber tube which contains the support tube provided on its front ends with low-friction deflection areas and surrounds it both on the inside and on the outside and is movable around this, that the lubricant is provided to support the mobility of the rubber tube and to maintain a distance between the carrier tube and the rubber tube as a lubricating filling compound in the rubber tube, and that the drive acts on at least two rubber tube regions covering the outside of the carrier tube a common holding device, comprising the support tube comprising drive roller groups and a support roller pair arranged opposite each other and interacting with it, which in the space between the support tube and the outer rubber hose area includes individually mounted support rollers.

Ein besonderer Vorteil der Erfindung ergibt sich aus dem auf eine grössere Länge des Trägerrohres und des auf diesem geführten Gummischlauches verteilt einwirkenden Antrieb, zu dem bei einer Ausführungsform auf diametral gegenüberliegenden Seiten des Trägerrohres jeweils mindestens vier Stützrollen gehören, die jeweils im Kontakt mit den paarweise zugeordneten Treibrollen folglich mindestens acht verschiedenen und auf dem Gummischlauch verteilte Antriebsstellen bilden, die den Aussenabschnitt des Schlauches trotz dessen Elastizität zügig zur Bewegung entlang dem Trägerkörper antreiben. Günstig ist ausserdem, dass der Antrieb auf der Aussenseite des gegebenenfalls auch aus einem in gewissem Mass elastischen Material bestehenden Trägerrohres stattfindet, da auf der Aussenseite mit grösserem Umfang die Antriebskräfte wirksamer übertragen werden. Anstelle der diametralen Lage der Stützrollenpaare können diese auch in Bogenabständen von 120° oder 90° angeordnet sein und dann mit einer Gruppe von 3 bzw. 4 Treibrollen zusammenwirken.A particular advantage of the invention results from the drive acting distributed over a greater length of the support tube and the rubber hose guided on it, which in one embodiment includes at least four support rollers on diametrically opposite sides of the support tube, each of which is in contact with the paired ones Drive rollers consequently form at least eight different drive points distributed on the rubber hose, which, despite its elasticity, drive the outer section of the hose quickly to move along the carrier body. It is also favorable that the drive takes place on the outside of the support tube, which may also be made of a certain elastic material, since the drive forces are transmitted more effectively on the outside to a greater extent. Instead of the diametrical position of the pairs of support rollers, these can also be arranged at arc intervals of 120 ° or 90 ° and then interact with a group of 3 or 4 drive rollers.

Die Stützrollen können ein konvexes Profil in Anpassung an die konkave Krümmung des Treibrollenprofiles besitzen, in angepassten querverlaufenden Ausschnitten innerhalb des Trägerrohres schwimmend gehalten und gegen Längsverschiebungen gesichert sein.The support rollers can have a convex profile in adaptation to the concave curvature of the drive roller profile, can be kept floating in adapted transverse cutouts within the carrier tube and can be secured against longitudinal displacements.

Die Sicherung und eventuell auch die Auswechselbarkeit der Stützrollen bezüglich des Trägerrohres wird beispielsweise dadurch bewerkstelligt, dass jede Stützrolle und eine am Trägerrohr etwa diametral gegenüberliegende Stützrolle auf einem gemeinsamen Federbügel gelagert sind, der beiderseits der Stützrolle eng am Trägerrohr anliegende und in Aufbiegungen oder anderen Tragteilen des Trägerrohres lösbar gehaltene Abschnitte aufweist.The securing and possibly also the interchangeability of the support rollers with respect to the support tube is accomplished, for example, by the fact that each support roller and a support roller that is approximately diametrically opposite on the support tube are mounted on a common spring clip, which is tight on both sides of the support roller and bends or in other supporting parts of the support tube Carrier tube releasably held sections.

Anstelle der sogenannten Aufbiegungen können auch angeformte oder angeklebte Laschen am Trägerrohr vorgesehen sein, welche die Federbügel umgeben und in die Federbügel lösbar eingerastet werden.Instead of the so-called bends, molded or glued tabs can also be provided on the support tube, which surround the spring clips and are releasably latched into the spring clips.

Jeder Federbügel kann geradlinige Achsenabschnitte zur Lagerung der Stützrollen aufweisen, die sich an die eng am Trägerrohr anliegenden Bügelabschnitte anschliessen, die, im Längsschnitt des Trägerrohres betrachtet, eine allgemeine Krümmung besitzen, deren konkave Seite einer die Achse des Treibrollenpaares enthaltenden gemeinsamen Ebene zugekehrt ist. Diese Massnahme führt zur Vergrösserung der Halte-und Abstützkräfte für die Stützrollen unter Berücksichtigung der wechselnden Antriebsrichtung der von den Treibrollen abgenommenen Antriebskräfte.Each spring clip can have rectilinear axis sections for mounting the support rollers, which lie closely against the support tube Connect bracket sections which, viewed in the longitudinal section of the support tube, have a general curvature, the concave side of which faces a common plane containing the axis of the drive roller pair. This measure leads to an increase in the holding and supporting forces for the supporting rollers, taking into account the changing drive direction of the driving forces removed from the driving rollers.

Um den Eingriff der Treibrollen mit dem zu bewegenden Gummischlauch zu verbessern, können die Treibrollen mit Längsrippen oder mit Noppen ausgestattet sein, während bei konkavem Rollenprofil ausserhalb des Bereiches des Kontaktes mit den Stützrollen glattwandige Führungsabschnitte vorgesehen sein können, die mit den direkt am Umfang des Trägerrohres anliegenden Schlauchabschnitten in Eingriff stehen.In order to improve the engagement of the drive rollers with the rubber hose to be moved, the drive rollers can be equipped with longitudinal ribs or with knobs, while in the case of a concave roller profile, smooth-walled guide sections can be provided outside the area of contact with the support rollers, which guide sections are located directly on the circumference of the carrier tube adjacent hose sections are engaged.

In Ausgestaltung des erfindungsgemässen Massagegerätes kann dies durch Verlängerung des Trägerrohres bei gleichzeitiger Verringerung des Durchmessers auch im weiblichen Genitalbereich eingesetzt werden, wobei der auf der Aussenseite des Trägerrohres aufliegende, in Längsrichtung umlaufende Gummischlauch genauso wie im Innern des Trägerrohrs wirkt, jedoch dort die entgegengesetzte Bewegungsrichtung hat.In an embodiment of the massage device according to the invention, this can also be used in the female genital area by lengthening the support tube while simultaneously reducing the diameter, the longitudinally extending rubber tube lying on the outside of the support tube acting in the same way as inside the support tube, but with the opposite direction of movement there .

Gemäss einem Ausführungsbeispiel kann das Massagegerät ein geteiltes, insbesondere kugelförmiges Gehäuse aufnehmen, wobei wenigstens ein Ende des Trägerrohres über eine Gehäuseöffnung zugänglich ist und die Gehäusehälften zum Zweck der Reparatur oder Reinigung auseinandergenommen werden können, in denen ausser den beschriebenen Einzelteilen und Baugruppen noch Batterien und ein Vorratsbehälter für Gleitmittel untergebracht sein können.According to one embodiment, the massage device can accommodate a divided, in particular spherical housing, at least one end of the support tube being accessible via a housing opening and the housing halves being able to be taken apart for the purpose of repair or cleaning, in which, in addition to the individual parts and assemblies described, batteries and a Storage containers for lubricants can be accommodated.

Der Antrieb für die Umlaufbewegung des Gummischlauches auf dem Trägerrohr lässt sich auf verschiedene Arten verwirklichen. Bei einem Ausführungsbeispiel sind an zwei oder mehr Stellen entlang dem Trägerrohr in Längsrichtung unter Abstand zueinander Gruppen von Treibrollen vorgesehen, die nach Art eines gleichseitigen Dreiecks das Trägerrohr umgeben. Dabei presst jede Treibrolle den Gummischlauch gegen ein zugeordnetes auf dem Umfang des Trägerrohres gelagertes Stützrollenpaar. Bei dieser über den Umfang des Trägerrohres an mehreren Stellen verteilt auf den Gummischlauch aufgebrachten Antriebskraft kann sich das konkave Profil der Treibrollen bzw. das konvexe Profil der Stützrollen erübrigen.The drive for the circular movement of the rubber hose on the carrier tube can be realized in various ways. In one embodiment, groups of drive rollers are provided at two or more locations along the support tube in the longitudinal direction at a distance from one another, which surround the support tube in the manner of an equilateral triangle. Each drive roller presses the rubber hose against an associated pair of support rollers mounted on the circumference of the carrier tube. With this drive force applied to the rubber tube distributed over the circumference of the support tube at several points, the concave profile of the drive rollers or the convex profile of the support rollers can be dispensed with.

Die Treibrollengruppen in Zweier-, Dreier- oder z.B. auch Viereranordnung sind zusammen mit einem Antriebsmotor und -getriebe in einem gemeinsamen Tragrahmen gelagert, der seinerseits im Gerätegehäuse auswechselbar gehalten und eventuell in Längsrichtung verschiebbar geführt sein kann.The driving roller groups in groups of two, three or e.g. four-way arrangement are also stored together with a drive motor and gearbox in a common support frame, which in turn can be held interchangeably in the device housing and can optionally be displaceably guided in the longitudinal direction.

Weitere Merkmale und Vorteile der Erfindung ergeben sich aus der nachfolgenden Beschreibung eines Ausführungsbeispiels des erfindungsgemässen Massagegerätes in Verbindung mit den Zeichnungen, die wesentliche Einzelheiten zeigen, und aus den Ansprüchen.Further features and advantages of the invention result from the following description of an embodiment of the massage device according to the invention in conjunction with the drawings, which show essential details, and from the claims.

Es zeigen:

  • Fig. 1 eine weitgehend schematische Ansicht gemäss einem Längsschnitt durch das Massagegerät nach der Erfindung,
  • Fig. 2 einen Schnitt nach der Linie 11-11 in Fig. 1 und
  • Fig. 3 einen Schnitt ähnlich Fig. 2 durch Trägerrohr und Schlauchantrieb gemäss einem anderen Ausführungsbeispiel.
Show it:
  • 1 is a largely schematic view according to a longitudinal section through the massage device according to the invention,
  • Fig. 2 shows a section along the line 11-11 in Fig. 1 and
  • Fig. 3 shows a section similar to FIG. 2 through the support tube and hose drive according to another embodiment.

Innerhalb eines z.B. kugelförmigen geteilten Gehäuses 10, 12 ist eine Montageplatte 14 vorzugsweise lösbar befestigt, auf der zwei Treibrollenpaare mit den Treibrollen 16, 18, 20, 22 drehbar gelagert sind. Die Treibrollen besitzen eine konkave Mantelfläche, die ungefähr dem Kreis- oder Ellipsenquerschnitt eines weiter unten beschriebenen Trägerrohres 24 entspricht. Der konkave Mantel der Treibrollen ist in einen mit Noppen oder sich etwa in Axialrichtung erstreckenden Längsrippen versehenen Mantelbereich 26, sowie in äussere glattwandige Mantelbereiche 28 aufgeteilt.Within a e.g. spherical divided housing 10, 12, a mounting plate 14 is preferably releasably attached, on which two pairs of drive rollers with the drive rollers 16, 18, 20, 22 are rotatably mounted. The drive rollers have a concave outer surface which corresponds approximately to the circular or elliptical cross section of a carrier tube 24 described below. The concave jacket of the drive rollers is divided into a jacket region 26 provided with knobs or longitudinal ribs extending approximately in the axial direction, and into outer smooth-walled jacket regions 28.

Zur Lagerung der Treibrollen können gemäss Fig. 2 in der Montagewand feststehende Achsen 30 vorgesehen sein, die freitragend vorstehen und jeweils eine Treibrolle lagern. Am gegenüberliegenden Ende können die Treibrollen 16-22 jeweils mit einem zentrischen Vorsprung 32 versehen sein, mit dem sie in einer in Fig. 2 nicht gezeigten Vertiefung einer in der zweiten Gehäusehälfte 12 angeordneten Gegenhaltebasis 34 aufgenommen sind. An der der Montagewand 14 zugewandten Stirnseite tragen die Treibrollen jeweils eine Scheibe mit Umfangsverzahnung oder ein Stirnzahnrad 36, so dass die Treibrollen 16 und 20 mit dem Treibritzel 38 eines in einstellbarer Frequenz umsteuerbaren Elektromotors 40 in Antriebseingriff stehen. Gleichzeitig stehen auch die Stirnräder 36 der einander gegenüberliegenden Treibrollen 16, 18, 20, 22 miteinander in Eingriff.2, axles 30 fixed in the mounting wall can be provided for supporting the drive rollers, which project cantilevered and each support a drive roller. At the opposite end, the drive rollers 16-22 can each be provided with a central projection 32 with which they are received in a recess (not shown in FIG. 2) of a counter-holding base 34 arranged in the second housing half 12. On the front side facing the mounting wall 14, the drive rollers each have a disk with circumferential toothing or a spur gear 36, so that the drive rollers 16 and 20 are in drive engagement with the drive pinion 38 of an electric motor 40 which can be reversed in an adjustable frequency. At the same time, the spur gears 36 of the opposing drive rollers 16, 18, 20, 22 are in engagement with one another.

Durch den von den Treibrollenpaaren 16, 18 und 20, 22 jeweils umschlossenen Raum erstreckt sich ein in Fig. 1 erkennbares Trägerrohr 24, das wenigstens auf einer Seite des kugelförmigen Gehäuses 10, 12 aus einer Öffnung 42 herausragt. Die Länge des Trägerrohres kann grösser sein als im Verhältnis zum Gehäuse in Fig. 1 dargestellt. Das Trägerrohr 24 kann aus formstabilem Kunststoffmaterial bestehen, das eine gewisse elastische Verformbarkeit besitzt, um beispielsweise die in Fig. 2 angedeutete Ellipsenform anzunehmen. Das Trägerrohr ist an seiner Innenseite und an seiner Aussenseite von einem einzigen in sich geschlossenen ringförmigen Gummischlauch 44 umgeben. Man kann zur Veranschaulichung diesen Schlauch mit dem eines Automobils vergleichen, der einen in sich abgeschlossenen Ringraum enthält. Innerhalb dieses Ringraumes befindet sich das Trägerrohr 24 und nicht zuletzt eine einen Abstand zwischen Trägerrohr und Gummischlauch aufrechterhaltende gleitfähige Füllmasse (45), z.B. Glyzerin. Das Trägerrohr ist an den Stirnseiten zweckmässigerweise mit glattwandigen Umlenkbereichen oder kleineren Umlenkrollen ausgestattet, so dass es praktisch keine Schwierigkeiten bereitet, den Gummischlauch 44 gemäss Fig. 1 in Längsrichtung hin- und herzuverschieben, wobei der im Innern des Trägerrohres befindliche Schlauchbereich sich natürlich in der entgegengesetzten Richtung zum äusseren Schlauchbereich bewegt. In diesem Sinn vollzieht sich eine Umlaufbewegung um das Trägerrohr. Auf dem Trägerrohr 24 und innerhalb des Gummischlauches 44 sind mit Hilfe von Federbügeln 46 lösbar gehalterte Stützrollenpaare 48, 50 gelagert. Die Stützrollen haben ein gemäss Fig. 2 konvexes Profil in Anpassung an die konkave Krümmung der Treibrollen 16-22 und sind vorzugsweise in quer über den Umfang verlaufenden Ausschnitten 52 des Trägerrohres schwimmend und gegen Längsverschiebungen gehalten.A carrier tube 24, which can be seen in FIG. 1 and extends out of an opening 42 on at least one side of the spherical housing 10, extends through the space enclosed by the drive roller pairs 16, 18 and 20, 22. The length of the support tube can be greater than shown in relation to the housing in Fig. 1. The carrier tube 24 can consist of dimensionally stable plastic material which has a certain elastic deformability, for example in order to assume the elliptical shape indicated in FIG. 2. The inside and outside of the carrier tube are surrounded by a single, self-contained annular rubber tube 44. For illustration, this hose can be compared to that of an automobile, which contains a self-contained annulus. Within this annular space is the carrier tube 24 and, last but not least, a lubricious filling compound (45), for example glycerin, which maintains a distance between the carrier tube and the rubber hose. The carrier tube is expediently smooth on the end faces Wall-mounted deflection areas or smaller deflection rollers, so that there is practically no difficulty in moving the rubber hose 44 to and fro in the longitudinal direction according to FIG. 1, the hose area located inside the carrier tube naturally moving in the opposite direction to the outer hose area. In this sense, a circular movement takes place around the carrier tube. On the support tube 24 and within the rubber tube 44, support roller pairs 48, 50 are detachably supported by means of spring clips 46. The support rollers have a convex profile as shown in FIG. 2 to match the concave curvature of the drive rollers 16-22 and are preferably floating in cross-sections 52 of the support tube and held against longitudinal displacements.

Entsprechend Fig. 1 sind je eine untere Stützrolle 48 und eine am Trägerrohr 24 im allgemeinen diametral gegenüberliegende obere Stützrolle 50 auf einem gemeinsamen Federbügel 46 gelagert. Der Federbügel besitzt geradlinige obere und untere Achsabschnitte 56, auf denen die Stützrollen gelagert sind. An die Achsabschnitte 56 schliessen sich eng am Trägerrohr 24 anliegende gekrümmte Abschnitte 54 an, so dass entsprechend Fig. 1 Bügel entstehen, deren konkave Seite einer beide Achsen 30 des zugeordneten Treibrollenpaares 20, 22 enthaltenden gemeinsamen Ebene zugekehrt ist.1, a lower support roller 48 and an upper support roller 50, which is generally diametrically opposite on the support tube 24, are each mounted on a common spring clip 46. The spring clip has straight upper and lower axle sections 56, on which the support rollers are mounted. The axle sections 56 are adjoined by curved sections 54 lying closely against the support tube 24, so that, according to FIG. 1, brackets are formed whose concave side faces a common plane containing both axles 30 of the associated drive roller pair 20, 22.

Die gekrümmten Bügelabschnitte 54 sind in nicht gezeigten Aufbiegungen oder Ansätzen des Trägerrohres rastend gehaltert. Bei einer Ausführungsform können die gezeigten Federbügel 46 erweitert sein bis zu den Bügelhälften auf der im Längsschnitt nach Fig. 1 nicht sichtbaren Seite. Die Federbügel sind mit den Stützrollen 48, 50 innerhalb des Gummischlauches 44 angeordnet. Innerhalb der Ausschnitte 52 sind die Stützrollen 48, 50 schwimmend gehalten und von der im Innern des Gummischlauches befindlichen zähflüssigen Gleitmasse, z.B. Glyzerin, umgeben. Dies beeinträchtigt die Kraftübertragung nicht, weil die Treibrollen 16-22 auf die Aussenwände des Gummischlauches einwirken und die im Innern des Gummischlauches elastisch gelagerten Stützrollen nur die Auflagerkraft aufzubringen haben. Die gewählte Antriebsform mit den jeweils zwischen zwei Stützrollen angreifenden Treibrollen gewährleistet einen sicheren positiven Eingriff, der durch eine aufgerauhte Mantelfläche der Treibrollen verstärkt werden kann.The curved bracket sections 54 are held in a latching manner in bends or approaches of the carrier tube, not shown. In one embodiment, the spring clips 46 shown can be extended up to the clip halves on the side that is not visible in the longitudinal section according to FIG. 1. The spring clips are arranged with the support rollers 48, 50 within the rubber hose 44. The support rollers 48, 50 are kept floating within the cutouts 52 and are separated from the viscous lubricant, e.g. Glycerin surrounded. This does not affect the power transmission, because the drive rollers 16-22 act on the outer walls of the rubber tube and the support rollers elastically mounted in the interior of the rubber tube only have to apply the bearing force. The selected form of drive with the drive rollers acting between two support rollers ensures a safe positive engagement, which can be reinforced by a roughened outer surface of the drive rollers.

Die schematische Darstellung in Fig. 3 dient der Erläuterung eines anderen Ausführungsbeispiels des Massagegerätes, bei dem ähnlich wie in Fig. 1 auf dem Trägerrohr 24 innerhalb des Gummischlauches 44 Stützrollenpaare 60, 62, 64 gelagert sind, von denen in Fig. 3 bei jedem Paar nur eine Stützrolle sichtbar ist. Die Stützrollen sind z. B. mit angeformten Lagerzapfen in erhöhten Ansätzen oder Aufbiegungen des Trägerrohres gelagert, wobei sie sich ähnlich wie in Fig. 1 und 2 jeweils durch Ausschnitte im Umfang des Trägerrohres in Sehnenrichtung erstrecken.The schematic representation in FIG. 3 serves to explain another embodiment of the massage device, in which, similarly to FIG. 1, 44 pairs of support rollers 60, 62, 64 are supported on the support tube 24 within the rubber tube, of which in FIG. 3 each pair only one support roller is visible. The support rollers are e.g. B. with molded bearing journals in elevated approaches or bends of the support tube, wherein they extend similar to FIGS. 1 and 2 each through cutouts in the circumference of the support tube in the chord direction.

Jedem Stützrollenpaar 60, 62, 64 ist eine Treibrolle 66, 68, bzw. 70 zugeordnet, die mit dem über den Umfang des Trägerrohres 24 gleichmässig abgestützten Gummischlauch 44 an drei gleichmässig verteilten Stellen in Antriebseingriff stehen. Auf den Treibrollenwellen 72 sind beiderseits der Treibrollen jeweils Kegelzahnräder 74 befestigt, so dass die paarweise in einem Winkel von 60° zueinander angeordneten Treibrollen über die miteinander in Eingriff stehenden Kegelzahnräder 74 des Trägerrohres sämtlich in der gleichen Richtung drehen.Each support roller pair 60, 62, 64 is assigned a drive roller 66, 68 and 70, respectively, which are in drive engagement with the rubber hose 44, which is evenly supported over the circumference of the carrier tube 24, at three evenly distributed locations. Tapered gears 74 are attached to the drive roller shafts 72 on both sides of the drive rollers, so that the drive rollers arranged in pairs at an angle of 60 ° to one another all rotate in the same direction via the intermeshing bevel gears 74 of the carrier tube.

Die Wellenzapfen benachbarter Treibrollen sind unmittelbar in der Nähe der ineinander kämmenden Kegelräder 74 in Längsrahmenteilen 76, 78, 80 gelagert, die mittels ausserhalb der Zeichenebene liegender Verstrebungen zu einem versteiften Tragrahmen verbunden sind.The shaft journals of adjacent drive rollers are mounted directly in the vicinity of the intermeshing bevel gears 74 in longitudinal frame parts 76, 78, 80, which are connected to a stiffened support frame by means of struts lying outside the drawing plane.

Auf beiden Ebenen der Treibrollenwelle 72 können Treibzahnräder sitzen, die von Antriebsritzeln eines unterhalb der waagerechten Welle angeordneten Motors betrieben werden. Bei einem Ausführungsbeispiel können längs des Trägerrohres zwei gleiche Gruppen von Treibrollen gemäss Fig. 3 hintereinander mit Abstand angeordnet sein, wobei dann der Motor mit seinen Antriebsritzeln zwischen den beiden unteren Treibrollenwellen 72 angeordnet ist.Driving gearwheels can be seated on both levels of the drive roller shaft 72 and are driven by pinions of a motor arranged below the horizontal shaft. In one embodiment, two identical groups of drive rollers according to FIG. 3 can be arranged one behind the other at a distance along the support tube, in which case the motor with its drive pinions is arranged between the two lower drive roller shafts 72.

Die Längsrahmenteile 76, 78, 80 des nicht gezeigten versteiften Tragrahmens, der sich über eine wesentliche Länge des Trägerrohres 24 erstrecken kann, sind bei einer nicht gezeigten Ausführungsform als Führungen für in einem umgebenden Gerätegehäuse federnd angeordnete Führungsrollen ausgebildet, die jeweils nach der Mittelachse des Trägerrohres ausgerichtet sind. Innerhalb dieses Gerätegehäuses ist der längsgeführte Tragrahmen durch Enddämpfungsglieder, z.B. Federn im Rahmen eines bestimmten Längshubes geführt. Im Gerätegehäuse einstellbar gehaltene Umschaltkontakte können einer auf dem Tragrahmen angeordneten und an den Motor angeschlossenen Kontaktzunge zugeordnet sein, um die Umlaufrichtung des Gummischlauches in den Endlagen des Antriebsrahmens umzuschalten, falls nicht eine andere Motorsteuerung benützt wird.The longitudinal frame parts 76, 78, 80 of the stiffened support frame (not shown), which can extend over a substantial length of the support tube 24, are designed in an embodiment (not shown) as guides for guide rollers which are resiliently arranged in a surrounding device housing, each according to the central axis of the support tube are aligned. Within this device housing, the longitudinal support frame is supported by end attenuators, e.g. Guided springs in a certain longitudinal stroke. Changeover contacts held adjustable in the device housing can be assigned to a contact tongue arranged on the support frame and connected to the motor in order to switch the direction of rotation of the rubber hose in the end positions of the drive frame, unless another motor control is used.

Diese Art der Längsverschieblichkeit eines Tragrahmens lässt sich selbstverständlich auch bei der Ausführungsform Fig. 1, 2 anwenden, wenn die Montageplatte 14 und eine dazu in starrer Beziehung gehaltene Gegenplatte 34 im Gerätegehäuse als Rahmeneinheit in geeigneten Längsführungen verschiebbar sind.This type of longitudinal displaceability of a support frame can of course also be used in the embodiment of FIGS. 1, 2 if the mounting plate 14 and a counterplate 34 held in a rigid relationship therewith can be displaced in the device housing as a frame unit in suitable longitudinal guides.

Das Massagegerät wird auch im weiblichen Genitalbereich eingesetzt, wozu das Trägerrohr einschliesslich Gummischlauch an der in Fig. 1 linken Seite oder auch mit einer zusätzlichen Gehäuseöffnung an der rechten Seite verlängert und der Durchmesser des Trägerrohres 24 verringert wird. Dabei sind die auf der Aussenseite des Trägerrohres aufliegenden und in Längsrichtung hin-und herbewegten Schlauchbereiche wirksam.The massager is also used in the female genital area, for which purpose the carrier tube including the rubber tube is extended on the left side in FIG. 1 or with an additional housing opening on the right side and the diameter of the carrier tube 24 is reduced. The tube areas lying on the outside of the carrier tube and reciprocating in the longitudinal direction are effective.

Selbstverständlich kann das Massagegerät durch solche Abänderungen oder Ergänzungen verbessert werden, die unter den Grundgedanken der Erfindung fallen. In diesem Sinne können beispielsweise Massnahmen getroffen sein, um zu Reinigungs- und Reparaturzwecken das Gerätegehäuse bequem öffnen und schliessen und um auch die Treibrollen der zusammengehörenden Paare oder Sätze auseinandernehmen zu können, damit das Trägerrohr mit umgebendem Gummischlauch als Einheit gewartet werden kann.Of course, the massager can be modified or supplemented by such be improved, which fall under the basic principles of the invention. In this sense, measures can be taken, for example, to conveniently open and close the device housing for cleaning and repair purposes and also to be able to take apart the drive rollers of the pairs or sets that belong together, so that the carrier tube with the surrounding rubber hose can be serviced as a unit.

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1. A massaging apparatus for the medical- therapeutic treatment of the human genital organs to remedy psychic and physical disorders, comprising a substantially shape-retaining support tube (24) inside of which extends a soft-elastic molded body, drive means for the molded body to perform a to-and-fro motion in the longitudinal direction with respect to the support tube (24) and lubricant (45) in association to the molded body, characterized in that the soft-elastic molded body consists of an annular rubber hose (44) closed on itself and containing the support tube (24) which is provided at its ends with low friction reversing zones, said rubber hose (44) anclosing said support tube (24) both on the inside and the outside and revolving longitudinally about it, in that the lubricant is provided as a slippery filling compound to promote the movability of the rubber hose and to maintain a spacing between the support tube (24) and the rubber hose, and in that the drive means includes at least two sets of drive rollers (16-20, 66-70) enclosing the support tube, mounted on a common holding means (14), and acting on the rubber hose segment covering the outside of the support tube (24), as well as a pair of support rollers (48, 50; 60-64) mounted opposite each associated drive roller and cooperating with it, said pair of support rollers consisting of individually supported support rolls in the space between the support tube and the outer hose segment.
2. Massaging apparatus per claim 1, characterized in that the support rollers (48, 50) have a convex surface fitted to the concavity of the drive rollers (16-22) and are held in floating mannger in corresponding transverse clearance (52) within the supported tube (24) and are secured against longitudinal displacement.
3. Massaging apparatus per claims 1 or 2, characterized in that each support roller (48) and an opposite support roller (50) generally located diametrically opposite with respect to the support tube (24) rest on a common bail-shaped spring (46) which includes detachable segments (54) fixed in attachments or bent parts of the support tube (24) and also segments resting tightly against said tube.
4. Massaging apparatus per claim 3, characterized in that each bail-shaped spring (46) includes rectilinear spindle segments (56) to hold the support rollers (48, 50) which are joined by the segments tightly resting against the support tube and which as seen in the longitudinal section of the support tube evince a bail-shaped curvature of which the concave side faces a plane common to both axes of the pair of drive rollers.
5. Massaging apparatus per one of the above claims, characterized in that the drive rollers (16-22) are provided at one end face with a peripheral toothing or a spur gear (36) so that together with the associated opposite drive roller or the drive pinion (38) they are operationally engaged with an electric motor (40) which can be reversed at an adjustable rate.
6. Massaging apparatus per one of the above claims, characterized in that the drive rollers (16-22) rest on one side in bearing seats in a holding wall (14) while on the other side they are fastened by means of a spindle-forming projection (32) in a recess of an apparatus-base (34) rigidly connected to the holding wall.
7. Massaging apparatus per one or more of the above claims, characterized in that the support tube (24) comprises an extended segment at one end which is away from the drive and on the outside of which the longitudinally moving rubber hose (44) exerts the same action as inside except in the opposite direction of motion.
8. Massaging apparatus per claim 1, characterized in that support rollers (60, 62, 64) rest in at least three evenly distributed sites across the periphery of the support tube (24) in pairwise manner and in integrated attachments, each being associated to a parallel drive roller and resting against the outside of the rubber hose, that the drive rollers (66, 68, 70) are drive-coupled to each other by means of bevel gears (74) and rest in and are braced by a support frame enclosing the support tube at least in the region of the drive rollers, said support frame in turn being received within an apparatus housing that is provided at least on one side with an aperture as a passageway for the support tube with the rubber hose (44) movable thereon.
9. Massaging apparatus per claim 8, characterized in that at least two sets of drive rollers enclosing the rubber hose (44) on the support tube (24) are joined together along the support frame, sets of pairs of support rollers resting on the periphery of the support tube being associated with said sets of drive rollers.
10. Massaging apparatus per claim 9, characterized in that the sets of drive rollers are driven by an electrical motor which can be reversed in its direction of rotation and is located within the apparatus housing, said motor being mounted on the support frame and engaging by at least one drive pinion each gear of the two sets of drive rollers, said gear being seated on an end segment of a drive roller shaft.
11. Massaging apparatus per claim 10, characterized in that the support frame joining the sets of drive rollers to each other is provided with rails which are parallel to the support tube and which are guided on rollers resting in the apparatus housing, and in that the longitudinal displacement of the guided support frame is spring-absorbed on both sides by means of elastic damping members in the housing.
12. Massaging apparatus per claim 11, characterized in that adjustable reversing switches are provided in the apparatus housing in the area of the displacement ends, which are associated with a contact-spring connected to the electric motor and reversing the direction of motion of the rubber hose (44) in the area of the displacement ends of the support frame.
13. Massaging apparatus per claim 1, characterized in that the support tube is provided with a ring of reversing rollers or with low-friction surfaces and possibly slightly reinforced end segments at its ends for the purpose of easier reversal of the rubber hose in its revolving motion.
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