US866019A

US866019A - Rotary vibratory massage-brush.

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Publication number: US866019A
Application number: US34070606A
Authority: US
Inventors: Jacob Handel
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1906-10-26
Filing date: 1906-10-26
Publication date: 1907-09-17
Anticipated expiration: 1924-09-17

Description

No. 866,019. l PATENTED SEPT. 17, 1907.

` J. HANDEL. v

ROTARY VIBRATORY MASSAGE BRUSH.

' APPLIoATIoN FILED 00T. ze. 1906.

vUruriln STATES.

JACOB HANDEL, OF NEW YORK, N. Y'.

ROTARY VIIBRATORY MASSAGE-BRUSH.

Specification of Letters Patent- Patented Sept. 17, 1907.

Application filed October 26,1906. Serial No.340f706 To all whomvz't may concern:

Be it known that I, JACOB HANDEL, a citizen of the United States, residing in the borough of Manhattan, city, county, andA State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Rotary Vibratory Massage-Brushes, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a side elevation of the apparatus Fig. 2 a longitudinal vertical sectional view of the handle and means for vibrating the brush; Fig. 3 a detail sectional view of a portion of the brush and its holding means; Fig. 4 a detail view showing the means for clamping the brush to the vibratory stock, and Fig, 5 a detail view of the brush.

This invention relates to a vibratory massage device especially designed for cleansing and invigorating the skin and scalp.)

The main object of the invention is to provide a vibratory, freely rotatable cylindrical brush, particularly-adapted for use in cleansing and invigorating the skin and scalp, wherein the vibrations of the brush will cause it to rotate when it is pressed gently against the surface to be cleaned. The elasticity, or iiexibility, of the bristles of the brush and the rapid contacting of the brushwith the surface being operated upon will cause the brush to rotate, thus constantly bringing a fresh portion of the brush into action.

I prefer to vibrate the brush by means of an electric motor and suitably connected driving means, whereby the brush will be given very rapid but short vibrations, but it will be understood that I may employ any other suitable means for vibrating the brush.

Referring to the various parts by numerals, l designates an electric motor; 2 a flexible shaft connected thereto and driven thereby. On the end of this shaft is secured a non-rotating handle 3, within which is mounted arigid shaft 4 said shaft being connected to the flexible shaft and driven thereby. The handle is provided with a head 5, at its outer end, which is arranged transversely of the handle and is provided with a vibrating stock 6. This stock is formed with a socket 7 in which rotates a cam 8 by which the stock is given a very rapid movement in the head 5 of the handle. The stock 6 is formed with a socket 9 to receive the stem l0 of the brush supporting yoke ll. To secure this stem in place a split tapered locking sleeve l2 is provided which is adapted to be screwed up into the stock 6 around the stem l0.

A brush 13 is mounted in the yoke ll. The brush body is formed with apertures 14 in which the journal studs l5 are loosely mounted. These studs are threaded to receive the screw 16 which extends through the yoke Il, as shown clearly in Fig. 3. The brush is freely rotatable on the studs l5. It will be noted that the movement of vibration of the brush is perpendicular to the axis of the brush so that it is moved toward and from the surface to be treated.

In use the brush is placed against the surface to be treated and the rapid vibrations imparted to said brush by means of the cam 8, cause the bristles to be flexed slightly as shown in Fig. 5, and as the brush is withdrawn from the surface to be treated by the cam 8 the bristles in straightening impart a rotary movement to the brush, thereby presenting a fresh part to the surface being operated upon. The rapid vibrations of the brush alone will cause the brush to rotate on its axis and the tendency to rotate is increased when the brush is brought against a surface to be cleaned with a slight pressure. This is of great advantage when massaging faces as a fresh portion of the brush will be presented to the skin and the brush will have a wiping action instead of merely pounding the flesh, as is the case with tor, a flexible shaft connected thereto, a non-rotatable handle secured to the end of said shaft, a vibratory stock carried by said handle, means connecting the flexible shaft to said stock to vibrate the same, a yoke, means for detachably connecting the yoke to the stock, a freely rotatable cylindrical bi'ush mounted in said yoke, the axis of said brush being perpendicular to the movement of the vibratory stock, said brush being formed of substantially radial, flexible bristles, whereby when the brush is placed against a surface the vibrations of the brush will alter nately flex the bristles and then permit them to straighten and thereby rotate the brush in its bearings.

2. A brushing,l or massage apparatus comprisinga motor, a flexible shaft connected thereto, a non-rotatable handle carried by said shaft, a vibratory stock within said handle, means for connecting the flexible shaft to said stock to rapidly vibrate the same by imparting, to it a reciprocatingmotion, a yoke provided with a stem inidway its ends means for detachably connecting said stem to the vibrator-y stock, a pair of inward extending rigid bearing pintles secured to the ends of the yoke, a freely rotatable cylindrical brush mounted on said pintles and formed with substantially radial flexible bristles, the axis lof said brush beingl perpendicular to the reciprocating movements of the stock, whereby the rapid impact of the brush against a surface will alternately flex the bristles and then permit them to straighten out to rapidly rotate the brush.

In testimony whereof I hereunto ax my signature in the presence of two witnesses this 25th day of October 1906.

JACOB HANDEL.

Witnesses Louis HANDEL, WM. R. DAVIS.