US1173838A - Massage device. - Google Patents

Description

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MASSAGE DEYICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 29, 1916.

Application filed June 23, 1915. Serial No. 35,833.

To all whom it may 0012061 11.:

Be it known that I, ISRAEL MILLER, a citizen, of the United States, residing at Pawtucket, in the county of Providence and State of Rhode Island, have invented new and useful Improvements in Massage Devices, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to massage devices, and more particularly to an applicator.

The primary object of my invention is to provide a rotating applicator which 1s adapted to impart a vibratory movement to the skin.

Another object of my invention is to provide an applicator having such a surface that it may be used for massaging by the old method of rubbing when not rotated, and which may be used as a vibrator when in motion.

Another object of my invention is the provision of a rotating applicator that is capable of imparting a number of difi'erent vibratory movements to the skin.

A further object of my invention is to provide a massage device that is simple, neat and efiicient in construction and which may be manufactured at a nominal cost.

This invention consists of the novel features and parts, and combinations of the same, which will be more fully described hereinafter and pointed out in the claims.

A practical embodiment of the invention is represented in the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views, and in which:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of my device showing it applied to a suitable motor; Fig. 2 is an enlarged view of my applicator; Fig. 8 is a transverse section taken on the line 33 of Fig. 1; Fig. 4 is a longitudinal section taken on the line 4-4 of Fig. 2; Fig. 5 is a. transverse section taken on the line 55 of Fig. 2; Fig. 6 is an end view of Fig. 2; and Fig. 7 is a detail view of one of the knobs.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates a handle having a disk 2 formed on the upper end thereof. Suitably secured to the disk 2 is a motor 3.

4 designates a plate having the opposite ends thereof bolted to the frame of the motor. This plate 4 is provided with an enlarged intermediate portion which is adapted to rigidly support a bearing rod 5 upon which the applicator 6 is journaled. The plate 4,is so attached to the motor as to have its intermediate portion lying in a plane with the axle 7 of the motor. The axle 7 is adapted to pass through the plate 4 and project beyond the surface of the plate. Rigidly secured to the projected portion of the shaft is a small gear 8.

The applicator is indicated at 6 and comprises an annular body 9 which is provided with a longitudinally disposed central bore 9, one end of the applicator body being provided with an annular rib 10 to which is suitablysecured an internally toothed gear 11. The bearing rod 5, as previously stated, is permanently secured to the enlarged portion of the plate 4 and extends laterally therefrom as shown in the drawings. The applicator being rotatably mounted upon the bearing rod 5 and the bearing rod being disposed on a plane above that of the motor shaft, the internally toothed gear mounted upon the applicator will mesh with the small gear 8 when in its proper position. The body of the applicator is formed with an annular groove 12 adjacent one end thereof, and fixed in the side walls of the groove 12 are shafts 13, extending longitudinallv of the body and spaced apart and carrying rollers 14, respectively. The opposite end of the body of the applicator is provided with an annular series of circular openings 15 arranged concentrically of the axis of the body and which receive bearing pins 16. Rotatably mounted upon the bearing pins 16 are an annular series of knobs 17. The bearing rod 5 is threaded at its outer end to receive a nut 18 which locks the applicator 7 upon the bearing. When the applicator 6 is looked upon the bearing rod 5 just described and the motor is energized, motion will be transmitted from the shaft of the motor and through the gearing to the applicator, which will impart a rotary motion thereto.

It will be seen from the foregoing construction that when electric current is caused to flow through the motor 3 the gear 8, meshing with the internally toothed gear 11. will cause the applicator to rotate upon the bearing rod 5. It is, of course, understood that skin will be eliminated. The knobs 17 being rotatably mounted within the body and disposed on the end of the body will permit the user to massage the skin when the applicator is not rotated.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawing,

the advantages of the construction and of the method of operation will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art to which the invention appertains, and while I have herein described the principle of operation of the invention, together with the device which I now consider to be the best embodiment thereof, I desire to have it understood that the device shown is merely illustrative, and that such changes may be made when desired as are within the scope of the claims appended hereto.

body, rollers rotatably mounted in the side of said body, and means for rotating said body. I

2. In an applicator, an annular body provided with an annular groove, an annular series of spaced rollers rotatably mounted in said groove, an annular series of knobs rotatably mounted in one end of said body, and means for rotating said body.

3. In an applicator, a body, rollers rotatably mounted therein and longitudinally disposed thereon, knobs rotatably mounted within said body and longitudinally disposed thereon, and means for rotating said body.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

- ISRAEL MILLER.

Witnesses: Y

JAMES HENRY TAYLOR, HENRY M. FRUIT.

Gopies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents. Washington, D. G.

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