US1058330A - Massage apparatus. - Google Patents

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MASSAGE APPARATUS.

.- APPAIGATION FILED AUG. 7, 1911. 05 33 Patented Apr. 8, 1913.

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AIR-THU]; I1. PAGE AND ELMEB F. IBA.GE, OF MAIDEN, MASSACHUSETTS.

MASSAGE APPARATUS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed August 7, 1911. Serial No. 642,689.

Patented Apr. 8 1913.

ments'in Massage. Apparatus, ofwhich the following is; a specification.

This invention comprehends certain new and useful improvements in massaging de vices of the type that depend upon the action of a jet of water to-entrain the air and produce the required suction, and the invention has for its primary object a simple, durable and efficient construction of apparatus of this character,'includi-ng an aspirat-or composed of comparatively few parts that may be easily manufactured and readily assembled and detached from each other for the purposes of repair or cleaning, and which will be so arranged that it may be easily and securely applied to smooth faucets, as well as those that are provided with exterior screwithreads, and the invention also aims to generally improve this class of devices and to render them more useful and commercially desirable.

With'these and other objects in view, as will more fully appear as the description proceeds, the invention consists of certain constructions, arrangements and combinations of'the parts that we shall hereinafter fully describe and claim.

For a full understanding of the invention, reference is to be had to the following description and accompanying drawing, in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view showing one application of our improved massage apparatus; Fig. 2 is a. longitudinal sectional view of a portion of the device; Fig. 3 is a detail sectional view of an attaching member that may be employed; Fig. 4 is a detail sectional view of one embodiment of a vacuum pipe; and Fig. 5 is a detail sectional terior screw-threads, designated 3, the latter being designed for engagement with the exterior threads that are formed on the reduced neck 4 of a vacuum pipe .5.

The casing l-is formed intermediate of its ends with a tapered jet nozzle 6, the discharge end of which is designed to fitin' a tapered socket 7- formed in diameter, exteriorly, than the opening in the casing -1' in which the said extremity fits, whereby .to produce, around the ex tremity of the neck and at the discharge end of the nozzle 6, an annular air compart ment 8. I

9 designates the relatively narrow opening or water passage, through the nozzle 6.

l0 designates a nipple which projects perpendicularly from the casing 1, being formed integral therewith or secured thereto in any deslred way, said nipple opening j the extremity -ofthe neck 4, suchextrem-ity being of less at one end into, the air compartment or chamber 8 which surrounds the nozzle. A rubber tube 11 is intended to be detachably secured upon the nipple 10. Suction cups 12 ofany desired character, according I to the particular action to be secured or effect to be produced, are intended to be secured detachably to the tube.

The vacuum pipe 5 is formed with a longitudinal 'bore or water passage extending entirely therethrough from end to end, said passage being straight in-that' embodiment of the invention illustrated in Fig. 2, and opening at the discharge endof the pipe into a relatively large chamber 14.

- A screen 15, preferably formed of fine I wire cloth is'secured in any desired way in the chamber-14 in spaced relation to the adjoining end of the passage 13, the water flowing through the passage 13"being not only prevented'from splashing by the screen. 15, but being sealedor banked up against the screen, to a certain extent, so as to assist in the action of producing a partial vacuum or suction.

It is to be understood that our invention is not limited to astraight port or passage 13, but that said passage may, as best illustrated in Fig. 4, be offset as at 16, the offset operating to bank up the water and thereby prevent the air from drawing back through the discharge pipe.

In order that our apparatus may.be easily applied and secured to faucets that are.

formed with smooth exteriors, we have protime... awning section 17 which is 1 formed at one end with a .threaded nipple of water at the faucet.

directly secured to the faucet.

18 desi "ed to engage the screw-threads 2 of the eh I orcasing 1. A tapered rubber thimble or gasket 19 fits loosely Within the bod portion of the attaching member 1'1, sai gasket beingnformed at its upper end with an outstan flan e 20 adapted to rest within a recess orme in the up or end of the member 17, a clamping co ar 21 screwing down; u on the flange 20 and engaging the threa ed portion 22 of the membf! 17 whereby to clamp the bushing 19 in p ace.

. From the foregoing description in connec- "tion with the accompanying drawing, the

operation of our improved massaging apparatus will be apparent. o

In the practical use of the device, if the direct source of water supply be a faucet provided at its discharge end with exterior screw threads, the attaching member 17 will not be used, but the shell or cas' 1 will be en the water is turned on it is obvious that the jet nozzle 6 and its re ation to the socket 7 and the reduced extremity of the neck 4 of the vacuum ipe 5, will result in the air within the nipp e 10, tube 11 and suction cup 12,

being entrained, a partial .vacuum being' thereby produced and a suction resulting,

the same being regulated 'in any desired way, as for instance by regulating the force If the faucet be smooth it is only necessary to screw the nipple 18 into the shell or casing 1 and to thrust. the attaching member 17 upon the discharge end of the faucet, the expansible thimble or bushing 19 closing tightly upon the faucet, the attaching member 17 being secured upon the faucet by a chain 23 or similar fastening device.

If desired, the apparatus may include a vibrator which may be secured to any part of the device and which in the present instance is shown in the drawing as a collar 24 secured in any desired way as b a setscrew 25 upon the tube 11, said col ar containing a spring-closed valve 26. The spring 27 of the valve may be regulated by nozzle and be surrounded b a thumb-screw 28 mounted on the valve Stem When ,this device is used and when the"vacuum in"'the tube ll becomes great enough, the valve 26 will be opened by outside air-pressure. As soon as the vacuum -is broken, the spring 27 will again close the alve a vibratory effect being thereby pmuce While the accompanying drawin discloses what we believe to be the pre erredp embodiments of our invention, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited thereto, but that various changes may be made in the construction, arrangements and proportions of the parts without departin from the scope of the invention as define in the. appended claim.

Having thus described the invention, what we claim as new is:

An aspirator, embodying a casing formed at one end for attachment to a faucet and provided at its opposite end with interior screw-threads and formed intermediate of its ends with a jet nozzle and with an air compartment surrounding the same and an opening leading into said compartment, the casing being arranged for attachment to a suction tube at said opening, and a vacuum pipe provided with a screw-threaded neck adapted to engage the screw-threads of the casing, the extremity of said neck being formed with a tapered socket adapted to extend around the discharge end of the jet said air compartment, said pipe being ormed with an opening extending therethrough for the discharge of water, with a chamber at the discharge end of said opening, and a screen secured in said chamber in spaced relation to the discharge end of the opening.

In testimony whereof we afiix our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

- ARTHUR L. PAGE. [1,. s.

ELMER F. PAGE. [n.s.

Witnesses to nature of Arthur L. Page:

JOHN MC RILLIs, L. MARGUERITE WILMARTH.

Witnesses to siglnature of Elmer F. Page:

- CLARENCE OARNEY,

ABTHUR R. OARLSON.

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