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US784809A
US784809A US16276003A US1903162760A US784809A US 784809 A US784809 A US 784809A US 16276003 A US16276003 A US 16276003A US 1903162760 A US1903162760 A US 1903162760A US 784809 A US784809 A US 784809A
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61H—PHYSICAL THERAPY APPARATUS, e.g. DEVICES FOR LOCATING OR STIMULATING REFLEX POINTS IN THE BODY; ARTIFICIAL RESPIRATION; MASSAGE; BATHING DEVICES FOR SPECIAL THERAPEUTIC OR HYGIENIC PURPOSES OR SPECIFIC PARTS OF THE BODY
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  • My invention relates to a massage apparatus, and has for its object to provide a simple and light and therefore readily portable apparatus which may be conveniently applied to various parts of the human body.
  • Figure 1 is a perspective view of my im- Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation thereof.
  • Fig. 3 is a section on line 3 3 of Fig. 2, and
  • Fig. t is a detail cross-section on line A 4 of Fig. 3.
  • the apparatus comprises a suitable case A for the protection of its moredelicate parts, and to this case is secured in any suitable manner an arm B, preferably provided with a slot or opening B. Into this opening is adapted to project a hammer or tapper 0, carried by a stem C, which is secured to an armature D, pivoted at D.
  • the armature is arranged opposite an electromagnet E and is provided with a contact-plate D and with a spring D having a tendency to throw the armature away from the magnet.
  • the electrical connections are asfollows:
  • the current is adapted to enter through a terminal F, which is carried by an insulated plug G and is connected by a wire H with one end 1 of the electromagnet-coils.
  • the other end of the electromagnet-coils is attached to a metallic portion of the apparatus, such as the support I, to which the armature D is pivoted.
  • this end E of the coils is in electrical connection with the contact-plate D
  • This contact-plate is adaptedto engage a contact-point J, carried by a plate K, made of metal and secured to the plug G in such a manner as to be insulated from the carrier or support I. For instance, as shown in Fig. 4:,
  • connection of the plug G with the plate K may be effected through the medium of screws L, countersunk in the plug adjacent to the support I.
  • the plug itself is secured to the support by the screws L.
  • the plate K is provided with a terminal F, and the two terminals F F are adapted to be connected with a source of electricity, as by means of wires M and M.
  • the armature D will vibrate like that of an electric bell, and the tapper C will be projected periodically into the opening B of the arm B.
  • a massage effect will thus be produced by the repeated tapping of the knob C upon the skin.
  • the end of the arm B rests upon the body, and thus forms a guide which will always keep the tapper G in the same relation to the body.
  • the arm B may be moved along the body as desired, and still the tapper C will always act with the same force.
  • Treatment with the improved apparatus above described is highly beneficial in many cases and often superior to other massage treatment.
  • the tapper as a vibratory tapper. This term is to be understood in its general sense, implying a to-and-fro movement, and not merely in its restricted meaning of a pivotal movement.
  • a massage apparatus comprising an arm adapted to rest against the body, a casing from which said arm is projected, a tap per movable adjacent to said arm, a tapper-carrier movably supported within the casing, and electromagnetic mechanism, located within. the casing, for imparting a vibratory movement to the tapper-carrier.

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No. 784,809. PATENTED MAR. 14, 1905.
E. W. SCHNEIDER. MASSAGE APPARATUS.
APPLIUATION FILED JUNE 23 1903 A TTO/Mw proved apparatus.
Patented March 14, 1905.
UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.
EUGENE W. SCHNEIDER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR OF THREE- FOURTHS TO HIPPOLYTE WERTHEIM, HENRY FRANK MOHLER,
AND MICHEL WERTHEIM.
MASSAGE APPARATUS.
SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 784,809, dated March 14, 1905.
Application filed June 23, 1903. Serial No. 162,760.
To all iuhont it may concern.-
Beit known that I, EUGENE W. SCHNEIDER, a citizen of the United States, residing in the borough of Manhattan, city, county, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in l\lassage Apparatus, of which the following is a specification.
My invention relates to a massage apparatus, and has for its object to provide a simple and light and therefore readily portable apparatus which may be conveniently applied to various parts of the human body.
The invention will be fully described hereinafter and the features of novelty pointed out in the appended claim.
Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of my im- Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation thereof. Fig. 3 is a section on line 3 3 of Fig. 2, and Fig. tis a detail cross-section on line A 4 of Fig. 3.
The apparatus comprises a suitable case A for the protection of its moredelicate parts, and to this case is secured in any suitable manner an arm B, preferably provided with a slot or opening B. Into this opening is adapted to project a hammer or tapper 0, carried by a stem C, which is secured to an armature D, pivoted at D. The armature is arranged opposite an electromagnet E and is provided with a contact-plate D and with a spring D having a tendency to throw the armature away from the magnet.
The electrical connections are asfollows: The current is adapted to enter through a terminal F, which is carried by an insulated plug G and is connected by a wire H with one end 1 of the electromagnet-coils. The other end of the electromagnet-coils is attached to a metallic portion of the apparatus, such as the support I, to which the armature D is pivoted. Thus this end E of the coils is in electrical connection with the contact-plate D This contact-plate is adaptedto engage a contact-point J, carried by a plate K, made of metal and secured to the plug G in such a manner as to be insulated from the carrier or support I. For instance, as shown in Fig. 4:,
the connection of the plug G with the plate K may be effected through the medium of screws L, countersunk in the plug adjacent to the support I. The plug itself is secured to the support by the screws L. The plate K is provided with a terminal F, and the two terminals F F are adapted to be connected with a source of electricity, as by means of wires M and M.
In operation the armature D will vibrate like that of an electric bell, and the tapper C will be projected periodically into the opening B of the arm B. A massage effect will thus be produced by the repeated tapping of the knob C upon the skin. The end of the arm B rests upon the body, and thus forms a guide which will always keep the tapper G in the same relation to the body. The arm B may be moved along the body as desired, and still the tapper C will always act with the same force.
Treatment with the improved apparatus above described is highly beneficial in many cases and often superior to other massage treatment.
Various modifications may be made without departing from the nature of my invention.
In the appended claim I have referred to the tapper as a vibratory tapper. This term is to be understood in its general sense, implying a to-and-fro movement, and not merely in its restricted meaning of a pivotal movement.
WVhat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is
A massage apparatus comprising an arm adapted to rest against the body, a casing from which said arm is projected, a tap per movable adjacent to said arm, a tapper-carrier movably supported within the casing, and electromagnetic mechanism, located within. the casing, for imparting a vibratory movement to the tapper-carrier.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.
EUGENE W. SCHNEIDER. Witnesses:
JOHN A. KEIILENEEOK, EUGENE EBL'E.
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