US2149151A - Massaging vibrator - Google Patents

Description

Feb. 28, 1939. B. sTREzoFF 2,149,151

V MASSAGING VIBRATOR I Filled July 28, 1938 Patented Feb. 28, 1939 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 4 Claims.

This invention relates to massaging devices and more particularly to massage attachments which are adapted to be utilized with the well known electric clippers such as are used in barber shops.

Frequently patrons of barber shops will request facial massages and it is the customary practice for barbers to massage the faces of men which have been just shaved. A massage of this kind naturally is not a very heavy one so that it is not necessary to use a very powerful massage device. If the barber desires to use a power operated massage device it is necessary for him to buy a complete massage unit including an electric motor. The motor, of course, is the most expensive part of an implement of this type.

It is, therefore, a general object of my invention to provide a massage device wherein the motive power may be supplied by an electric clipper su-ch as is nearly always found in a barber shop.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a massage attachment for clippers which can be operated by the clipper motor without detaching the cutting blades therefrom.

Still another object of the invention is the provision of a massage attachment for clippers which can be quickly applied and easily removed and which is operated by the movement of one clipper blade relative to the other.

These and other objects and advantages of the invention will more fully appear from the fo-llowing description made in connection with the accompanying drawing, wherein like reference characters refer to the same or similar parts throughout the views, and, in which:

Fig. 1 is a side elevation of a pair of electric clippers with my invention secured thereto;

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the attachment;

Fig. 3 is a perspective view thereof;

Fig. 4 is a transverse vertical section through my attachment and a pair of clipper blades to which it is secured; and

Fig. 5 is an enlarged fragmentary section through the upper portion of the massage element showing its connection with the remainder of the structure in the massage attachment.

In Fig. l there is shown an electric motor 6 which may be of any suitable design and which may be connected by an electrical conductor 1 to a source of electrical energy. Mounted at the lower end of the motor is a pair of clipper blades, the lowermost blade 8 being customarily rigidlysecured to the motor casing, and the upper blade 9 being connected to a moving part of said motor and adapted to reciprocate with respect to the (Cl. 12S-49) lower blade 8. A suitable spring element I0 holds the two blades in sliding contact. The operation of the blades and the blade supporting structure are not indicated in the drawing since any type of reciprocating blade clippers may be utilized and the clipper structure itself is unimportant. The only thing about the clipper blades which need be mentioned is that the lower blade 8, as shown in Fig. 4, is generally wider than the upper reciprocating blade 9.

My attachment comprises a body plate II which has upturned side portions I2 and at least a part of the upper edges of said side portions are bent inwardly toward each other, as shown at I3. The sides I2 and their inwardly turned portions I3 are adapted to t over the ends of the lower stationary clipper blade 8, as shown in Fig. 4, and the body plate II is pushed backwardly to substantially enclose the ends and bottom of the stationary lower clipper blade 8. The forward portion of the plate II is bent upwardly at an angle as indicated at I4, and the extreme forward edge of the body plate II is bent to provide a forward horizontal portion I5. A tongue I 6 is cut into the medial portion of the body plate I I from the rear edge thereof and said tongue has a small upwardly turned catch I1 which is adapted to snap up behind the rear edge of the stationary clipper blade 8 to retain the attachment thereon.

The horizontal forward portion I5 on the body plate II is provided with an aperture I8. A massage device operating element I9 is provided with a transverse horizontal forward portion which may more or less coincide with the horizontal forward portion of the body plate I I and rest thereon in sliding contact therewith, and said operating element I9 has a pair of rearwardly extending arms 20, the inner sides of said arms preferably being slanted as at 2I and the inner rear corners of said arms being rounded as at 22. The arms 20 are adapted to contact the end faces of the upper movable clipper blade 9.

The forward portion of the operating element I9 is provided with an apertured internally threaded bearing element 23 which, as shown in Fig. 5, extends down through the aperture I8 in the forward portion I5 of the body plate II, and said bearing element 23 is preferably of sufficient height to extend through the body plate portion I5 a distance slightly greater than the thickness of said plate portion, and the element 23 and the aperture I8 are round so that said bearing element can be freely oscillated therein. The

threaded aperture in the bearing element is adapted to receive a small bolt 24 which extends upwardly out of the top of the massage cup 25 and its cap element 26. A washer or collar 21 on said bolt 2li is adapted to abut against the under side of the bearing element 23 so that when said operating element I9 with its arms 2|] is reciprocated by the upper movable clipper blade 9, the massage element will be similarly actuated and regardless of how tightly the massage element 25 is secured to the bearing element 23 the movement will be free due to the fact that the collar 21 is held slightly away from the horizontal forward body plate portion I by said bearing element 23.

If desired the upturned Wall portions I2 on the body plate may be provided with notches 28 in their upper forward corners to prevent any possible striking of the walls I2 by the operating arms 2D.

From the foregoing description it will be seen that I have provided a simply constructed attachment for clippers so that the clipper motor can be utilized for massaging and thatl my attachment may be quickly and easily secured to an electric clipper and retained thereon by the spring tongue I6 and its catch element I'I. Removal, of course, is accomplished by pulling the catch I1 downwardly and slipping the attachment orf the clipper blades.

It will, of course, be understood that various changes may be made in the form, details, arrangement and proportions of the various parts without departing from the scope of my invention.

What is claimed is:

1. An attachment for clippers having relatively movable cutting blades comprising an element detachably securable to one blade of a clipper, a

massage device supported by said element for movement relative thereto, and a second element connected to said massage device and to said other clipper blade and movable relative to rst element, whereby movement of one of said blades relative to the other will cause movement of said massage device.

2. The structure in claim 1 and said first mentioned element being adapted to be detachably secured to the stationary blade of a clipper and said second mentioned element being adapted to be connected to the movable blade of a clipper.

3. An attachment for clippers wherein one clipper blade reciprocates relative to the other, comprising a body element having means for detachably securing the same to the stationary blade of a clipper, a massage device supported by said body element for movement relative thereto, and an operating arm movable relative to said body and connected to said massage device, said operating arm lying in the path of movement of said movable clipper blade.

4. An attachment for clippers wherein one clipper blade reciprocates relative to the other, comprising a body plate having substantially vertical side walls with inwardly turned upper edges, said body plate being adapted to slip over one of the clipper blades, a spring catch on said body for detachably securing said body to said blade, a massage element supported for movement by said body plate, and an operating element supported for movement on said body plate and connected to said massage element, said operating element including a pair of rearwardly extending arms, said arms being spaced apart and adapted to engage the end faces of said other clipper blade which is relatively movable with respect to the blade to which said body plate is attached.

BOGOIA STREZOFF.

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