US1886029A - Massaging and stimulating implement - Google Patents

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Nov. 1, 1932.

H. KRAUTER MASSAGING AND STIMULATING IMPLEMENT Filed Aug. 3, 1331 2 e a z f n R 0 l 6 9 7 W U m 4 G v I F 4 f F .K

Patented Nov. 1, 1932 UNITED STATES HEBMANN KRAUTER, OF VIENNA, AUSTRIA MASSAGING AND STIMULATING IMPLEMENT Application filed August a, 1931, Serial No. 554,835, and in Germany August 4, 1930.

The present invention relates to an apparatus for thetreatment of the skin, more particularly of the face, by what may be termed a massage or similar treatment effected by pressure, friction and suction. Apparatus of this kind are already known, but they are made in such a way that, owing to the difiiculty of manipulating them properly, they do not exercise the desired effect, or at least not to its fullest extent. One example is the case of an apparatus in which the members used for the purpose of carrying out the treatment are mounted in such a manner on a three-armed carrier or mount, having on one arm a suction bottle, on the second arm a pressure or friction head, and on the third arm an india rubber ball by means of which the suction efiect is produced in the suction bottle and which at the same-time is used for guiding the apparatus or as a handle therefor. The consequence rubber ball as a handle or as a the members used for the purof using the guide is that pose of carrying out the massage or similar 95 treatment do not, when pressure or friction or suction is being applied, come into contact with the skin in such a way as to allow these members to function properly, because the rubber ball is soft and flexible and, more particularly when it is collapsed, does not oifer the resistance necessary to ensure proper guiding during the application of the massaging members. 0 l

The subject matter of the invention, however, comprises an apparatus for the treatment of the skin and in which the pressure or friction member, for example, a glass bulb which is capable of being filled with a liquid, and the suction member, for example a suction bottle, are so arranged on a handle that they can be used immediately one after the the suction effect being other in sequence,

member with the produced in the suction aid of a suction device arranged on the handle and consisting for example, of an india rubber ball, which functions for that purpose only. The handle consists of a rod,

adapted preferably to fit the palm of the hand when closed, and made of any desired material, and which, at one end, which may be formed in the shape of a sleeve, carries the pressure or friction member. In the exemplary form this pressure or friction member is a glass bulb and has a screw union with the handle end, and is capable of being so screwed into the end that, according to the position of the bulb, it can be filled with water entering through a plurality of openings arranged in the adjacent end of the handle. The bulb when filled is screwed completely into the end of the rod, and a seal is made in such a way that the water contained in the bulb cannot escape. In order to facilitate the admittance of the liquid into the bulb when the openings are exposed and to displace any air that may be present, a pin as hereinafter referred to projects into the neck of the bulb. This pin is carried by the end of the handle.

The other end of the handle is tubular, or carries a tubular attachment, which is provided in such a manner with a suction member or bottle and a suction device such as a collapsible ball that the working chamber of the suction device communicates by way 75 of the openings arranged in the tubular portion with the suction bottle.

The handle is rigidly connected to the two members which act on the skin as also to the suction device. With such an arrangement the desired pressure or the necessary friction can be applied by the massage bulb and regulated as desired, and the suction member or bottle can also be applied in such a way that it lies closely against the skin and exercises a good suction effect. The suction device can at the same time be actuated without unfav ourably influencing the manipulation of the parts used for treating the skin.

One form of construction of apparatus for the treatment of the skin according to the present invention is shown by way of example in the appended drawing. Fig. 1 is a longitudinal section through the apparatus and Fi 2 a section through the sleeve-like end of 95 the handle fitted with the massage bulb, this being in the position permitting the admittance of water.

Referring to the drawing, at one end of a rod shaped handle a which is adapted to fit mo the closed palm of the hand, is arranged a massage bulb b, and at the other end a suction cup or bottle 0. The massage bulbb is of known form and consists of a hollow glass body having a fiat-arched working surface. The bulb b is provided with a connecting neck d having an external screw thread 6 which engages an internal screw thread on the sleeve-like end f of the rod a. This end f is provided with a number of holes 9 through which, when the bulb Z) is in the positionshown in Fig. 2, water can flow into the bulb, whereas, when the bulb Z) is in the position shown in Fig. 1, these holes are shut OE and the water trapped in the bulb 6. Within the neck d of the bulb is located a pin k having a foot disc 2'. The pin is held to the sleeve 7 by means of a rubber cover plate or disc is provided at the bottom of the recess in the sleeve. This cover plate or disc forms a packing for the bulb neck when the bulb is in the position shown in Fig. 1.

At the other end of the handle a is a longitudinally bored stem or tubular extension member Z, which is screwed into the handle. This member Z has lateral openings m. The end of the member Z remote from the handle has a screw thread 72., engaging one end of a sleeve 0 which has a central bore or channel passage-way p. This sleeve 0 has an internal thread 9 engaging an external thread on the neck 1* of the suction bottle 0. The suction bottle 0 and the neck 1 have a bore or passageway 8.

Drawn over the member Z and a part of the sleeve 0 is a ball t which at the holes a and o is made watertight on the one hand relatively to the tubular extension and on the other hand relatively to the sleeve 0. For packing or other purposes, the handle a can be taken apart, a screw union 'w being provided.

The manipulation and the method of using the apparatus are as follows The end of the apparatus carrying the friction or pressure bulb b, after the bulb is partially unscrewed as shown in Fig. 2, is dipped obliquely into warm water, in such a way that some of the holes 9 are in the water and allow the water to enter, the air being allowed to escape through those holes 9 not immersed. The pin it will form what may be termed a guide or partition wall for the water and the air, so as to allow a rapid influx of water to and a rapid outflow of air from the bulb I). As soon as the bulb Z) is full of hot water, it is screwed into the sleeve f until the lower end of its neck (Z presses against the rubber disc or washer lc, thus shutting off the holes 9 and also preventing escape of the water. When the bulb is being screwed in, the above mentioned pin iq'will displace the Water in the bulb and the water will thus rise to such a height in the bulb that it will displace all the air out of the bulb. The bulb is then pressed or rubbed against the skin which can either be bare or previously moistened and dressed with cream, so that by the combination of friction or pressure and the heat of the bulb the pores of the skin will be opened. When the skin is in this condition, the suction device is brought into play, in order to remove impurities from the o ened pores. To do this, the apparatus must e turned round the operator holdin the handle by the rigid common handle a, the rubber ball being at the same time collapsed, and the suction bottle 0 laid against the skin. After the rubber ball has been released by the fingers, the suction bottle 0 is drawn along the surface of the skin and the impurities are drawn out of the pores into the suction bottle. The suction bottle can always be applied in such a manner to the skin and drawn along it that it adheres for a comparatively long time to the skin, thus allowing the rubber ball 25 to exercise a prolonged suction effect.

With apparatus according to the resent invention a rapid interchange of the riction or pressure member, which imparts a preliminary heat to the skin, and the suction member is possible, as also the application of the suction member to the skin in such a way that it lies closely against the skin and consequently exercises a suction effect for a comparatively longer period. With the improved apparatus the skin receives a much better treatment than by the known devices mentioned.

Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim is 1. A massaging and stimulating device comprising a handle to be grapsed by the hand of the user and adapted to support a massage bulb at one end thereof, a longitudinally bored stem extending from the opposite end of the handle, said stem having lateral openings, a flexible bulb supported on and means rigidly secured to the stem adapted for attaching a suction cup thereto, said means having an aperture extending therethrough vfor communicating with said stem and cup.

2. A massaging and stimulating device comprising a handle to be grasped by the hand of the user, said handle being provided with a laterally apertured sleeve at one end thereof, the latter having a pin positioned "therewithin opposite the apertures in said surrounding the stem and the openings, and

HERMANN KRAUTER.

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