US2742037A

US2742037A - Foot massager

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Publication number: US2742037A
Application number: US464712A
Authority: US
Inventors: Martin J Svoren
Original assignee: ALLOVER Manufacturing CO
Current assignee: ALLOVER Manufacturing Co
Priority date: 1954-10-26
Filing date: 1954-10-26
Publication date: 1956-04-17
Anticipated expiration: 1973-04-17

Description

M. J. SVOREN FOOT MASSAGER April 17, 1956 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed Oct. 26, 1954 INVENTOR MARTIN d- SVOREN ATTORNEYS A ril 17, 1956 M. J. SVOREN 2,742,037

FOOT MASSAGER Filed Oct. 26, 1954 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTOR MARTIN J. SVOREN ATTORNEYS leaves 29 and 3.0 of the switch and this end is provided with an operating head 39.

The novel means employed for actuating theleaf 31 from the knob 14 includes a substantially inverted U- sha st e il ent st p 40- T e ip inclu es depending .,,de le s 4 and 4.2 con ted by p ish Portion ,ment of t eresili nt s r p s i e by pr po 44 and 45. The leg 41 of the resilient strip, has formed n it o e end a i h si u a ly e te din f 46 i h is secured to the base plate The tension of the resilient strip 49 is such that the leg 4; and the connecting bight portion 43 are normally held in a raised position and the connecting portion 43 adjacent to the leg 41 is provided t a ope ng 7 t ou h wh h h P t 4 e ds The onnflins b h POI O adja to the 2 is provided with an opening 45 through which can slidably extend the guide post 45' and the lower end of the leg 42 is provided with an apertured foot 49 which slides on the lower end of the post 45. Rigidly fastened to the hight Por on .3 s the s tsb h nd e o k o 14 and equ I 1y, this knob or handle is normally projected upwardly slightly above the massage plate by the spring strip 40. Upon downward pressure on the handle or knob 14 the spring strip will be flexed downwardly and the leg 42 will slide on the post 45. Rigidly fastened by a screw 50 or the like is a right angularly' extending arm 51 and this arm carries a depending operating post 52 in vertical alignment with the knob 39 on the resilient leaf 31 of the switch. The arm 51 is located adjacent to the leg 42 and is carried by the spring or resilient strip at the point of its greatest movement.

When downward pressure is exerted on the switch handle or knob 14, the post 52 will'be depressed actuating the leaf 3 1 and snap the same in a quick action in electric contact with the strip 29 bringing about the closing of the circuit through the alternating electromagnet 18. Upon release of pressure on the handle or. knob 14, the same will assume its normal raised position carrying the post 42 up so that the intermediate leaf will again flex and snap away from the leaf 29 into contact with the stop,

Changes in details may be made without departing from the spirit or the scope of this'invention but what I claim as new is p l. A foot massaging device comprising a casing having a top wall provided with a transversely extending opening and a foot rest-in front of said opening, an alternating electromagnet housed within said casing, an armature for the electromagnet disposed directly below said opening, a foot massaging element carried by the armature and pro- 'jecting' through said'opening, an electric switch for opening and closing a circuit through the magnet, means for 7 operating the switch including a flat plate" like knob projecting through said opening and said foot massaging element having a notch in its forward end receiving said knob, the knob normally projecting a slight distance above said foot massaging element and in the path of a foot placed unon said element. a 7

2. A foot massaging device as d fined in claim 1, the upper exposed edge of said knob being curved transversely.

3. A foot massaging device as defined in. claim 1 and said foot massaging element including a plate extending transversely of the top wall and being curved transversely on an arc of a circle, the notch in said element being in the front edge of the plate.

4. A foot massaging device comprising a casing having a top wall provided with a transversely extending opening, an alternating electromagnet housed within said casing, an armature for said magnet disposed directly below said opening, an internally threaded boss secured to the armature, a massage plate having a stem threaded into said boss and said plate being disposed in said opening and partially projecting through said opening, said plate having a notch in its front edge, a snap switch in said casing for opening and closing a circuit through the electromagnet, means for actuating the snap switch including a knob disposed within said notch and normally projecting slightly above the upper face of the plate.

5. Afoot massaging device comprising a casing having a top wall provided with an opening, an alternating magnet housed within said casing, an armature for. said magnet, a massage element carried by the armature and projecting through said opening, a snap switch for opening and closing a circuitthrough the magnet including a contact leaf, means for actuating the leaf including an inverted U.-shaped resilient strip having one end anchored in the casing and the other end free, guide posts secured to the casing and arranged therein upon which the strip is mounted, a depending operating post carried'by the strip adapted to depress the leaf upon downward movement of thestrip, and an operating knob for the strip projecting through said opening.

6. A foot massaging device as defined in claim 5 and saidmassage element having a notch for slidably receiving the knob.

References Cited in the tile of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 2,096,646 Thornton-Norris Oct. 19, 1937