WO1994018929A1 - Device for washing, treating and medically massaging the body and for bath and shower treatments - Google Patents
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- WO1994018929A1 WO1994018929A1 PCT/EP1994/000537 EP9400537W WO9418929A1 WO 1994018929 A1 WO1994018929 A1 WO 1994018929A1 EP 9400537 W EP9400537 W EP 9400537W WO 9418929 A1 WO9418929 A1 WO 9418929A1
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
- A47K—SANITARY EQUIPMENT NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; TOILET ACCESSORIES
- A47K7/00—Body washing or cleaning implements
- A47K7/04—Mechanical washing or cleaning devices, hand or mechanically, i.e. power operated
- A47K7/046—Mechanical washing or cleaning devices, hand or mechanically, i.e. power operated water-flow operated
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A46—BRUSHWARE
- A46B—BRUSHES
- A46B13/00—Brushes with driven brush bodies or carriers
- A46B13/02—Brushes with driven brush bodies or carriers power-driven carriers
- A46B13/04—Brushes with driven brush bodies or carriers power-driven carriers with reservoir or other means for supplying substances
- A46B13/06—Brushes with driven brush bodies or carriers power-driven carriers with reservoir or other means for supplying substances with brush driven by the supplied medium
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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
- A61H7/00—Devices for suction-kneading massage; Devices for massaging the skin by rubbing or brushing not otherwise provided for
- A61H7/002—Devices for suction-kneading massage; Devices for massaging the skin by rubbing or brushing not otherwise provided for by rubbing or brushing
- A61H7/004—Devices for suction-kneading massage; Devices for massaging the skin by rubbing or brushing not otherwise provided for by rubbing or brushing power-driven, e.g. electrical
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- E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
- E03—WATER SUPPLY; SEWERAGE
- E03C—DOMESTIC PLUMBING INSTALLATIONS FOR FRESH WATER OR WASTE WATER; SINKS
- E03C1/00—Domestic plumbing installations for fresh water or waste water; Sinks
- E03C1/02—Plumbing installations for fresh water
- E03C1/06—Devices for suspending or supporting the supply pipe or supply hose of a shower-bath
- E03C1/063—Devices for suspending or supporting the supply pipe or supply hose of a shower-bath with reciprocating mechanisms
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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
- A61H2201/00—Characteristics of apparatus not provided for in the preceding codes
- A61H2201/16—Physical interface with patient
- A61H2201/1657—Movement of interface, i.e. force application means
- A61H2201/1664—Movement of interface, i.e. force application means linear
- A61H2201/1669—Movement of interface, i.e. force application means linear moving along the body in a reciprocating manner
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- the invention relates to a device for washing, care and medical body massage and treatment in baths and showers, in particular also for the back of man, which are difficult or impossible to reach.
- the invention has for its object to perform the body care and massage with the aid of a device which can be operated by means of the bath or shower water, as is used for showers and showers, dry or wet.
- the invention solves the stated problem with a device which is characterized in that a water motor or water turbine which can be operated in the bath or shower water and is accommodated in a housing with a downstream reduction gear with a gear wheel designed as a mixing wheel and with a brush rotor placed on a rotor shaft of the mixing wheel or lamella rotor or a sponge coating treatment rotor is provided, openings for a water passage for the water emerging from the water turbine in the direction of flow in the mixing wheel and in the housing and in the rotor, including outlet bores from the rotor, are formed in the brush parts or lamella parts or sponge linings, and the housing is equipped with an outlet which can be shut off by means of a shut-off valve for the water introduced via the water turbine, and the water turbine with housing and rotor can be moved up and down by means of a controllable reciprocating piston unit with a reciprocating piston which can be loaded on both sides.
- Body and back massages are carried out using rotors with brushes or rotors with elastomer blades. All treatments and massages can be carried out either dry or wet.
- the water for wet treatment which at the same time drives the rotor, comes from the shower water pipe as well as the water with which the device moves up and down, i.e. of the rotor is effected.
- Water motor preferably by means of a water turbine, which is operated with the pressure water of the shower line in the bath or shower, i.e. connected to this.
- the treatment can only be done with pure shower water as well as with washing, massage or medical lotions and additives
- the device according to the invention is connected to a reciprocating piston unit which is also driven by the shower water and slowly moves the entire device, ie the rotor with the water turbine, in the region of the Lifts up and down the piston unit so that all parts of the body can be treated from the legs to the neck.
- the device according to the invention only works with the pressurized water from the shower or shower as a drive, other energies, such as electricity, are not required. This ensures a high level of accident safety.
- the construction of the device and the drive can be designed so that no overload occurs.
- the flow rates of commercially available flow heaters are sufficient to operate the device.
- Fig. 1 shows a partial longitudinal section through the device according to the invention
- Fig. 2 seen a partial cross section through the device of FIG. 1 from above
- Fig. 3a, b shows a longitudinal section through the mixing wheel and a partial front view
- Fig. 4 is the front view of a vane rotor.
- Fig. 1 shows a wall W, aligned vertically, of a bath or shower with the shower water inlet A of a mixer tap.
- wall brackets 2 and 7 are attached with holding parts 3 and 8 pivotably mounted in the horizontal about the swivel sleeves 4 and 9.
- the shower water inlet A is continued via the swivel socket 4 of the lower wall bracket 2, 3 into the T-distributor TV.
- a lower support bracket 1 and an upper support bracket 6 are each rigidly attached to the pivotable holding parts 3 and 8 of the lower and upper wall brackets.
- the device for care, washing and medical body massage and treatment is attached to the support brackets 1 and 6 and is around the swivel sleeve 9, 4 can be swiveled horizontally to each side according to the available space next to the wall.
- the pivoting movement or the desired position of the support brackets 1, 6 with the device can be determined by the spring locking pin 5, which is provided on the lower wall bracket 2, 3, by the corresponding position of the pivotable holding part relative to the rigid wall bracket 2 being fixable.
- the lifting cylinder 14 is fastened to the lifting piston 15 between the supporting brackets 1, 6, the lifting piston 15 being fastened to the lifting rod 16, which is guided on one side upwards by sealing rings 20 with respect to the supporting bracket 6 and is sealed to the outside.
- the lower support bracket 1 is formed with a horizontally running bore 100, in which a control piston 10 for controlling the water supply for acting on the reciprocating piston 15 is arranged.
- the bore 100 is connected to the lower chamber 14b of the cylinder via the connecting channel 103.
- the upper chamber 14a of the cylinder is connected to the bore 100 via the channel 61 passing through the upper bracket, the connecting line 19 adjoining it, which leads to the support bracket 1, and the adjoining connecting channel 102 to the bore 100.
- a shower water line B leads via a regulating valve BR via the feed channel 106 into the bore 100 of the support bracket 1.
- the corresponding connecting channels become the lower chamber 14b and released to the upper chamber 14a of the cylinder 14 and a corresponding action on the
- Lifting cylinder 15 takes place so that it moves upward in the direction of the arrow when the lower chamber 14b is pressurized with pressurized water from the shower water line or moves downward in the direction of the arrow when the upper chamber 14a is pressurized with the pressurized water.
- the upper chamber 14a of the cylinder 14 is pressurized with water via line 19.
- the holder 21 is attached, which is moved with the up and down movement of the reciprocating piston 15.
- the cylinder 14 is between the support brackets 1 and 6 by means of the anchor rods
- anchor rods 17 firmly clamped. These anchor rods 17 also form a fixed guide for the holder 21 with the
- the control piston 10 in the bore 100 of the lower support bracket 1 is at one end with a shift lever 12 in
- Shift tube 19 slidably guided, which engages with its lower end in the shift lever 12 and is guided at its upper end 13a at a distance from the upper support bracket, such that the switching path is terminated when the upper end 13a strikes the upper support bracket.
- the sliding guide 18 of the housing 22, 23, which contains the water turbine, is also guided on this switching tube 13.
- Connecting chambers 106 via which the pressurized water is fed into the bore 100 via the line B, can now enter the lower chamber 14b of the cylinder 14 through the connecting channel 103, while at the same time the water escaping from the upper chamber 14a when the lifting piston 15 moves upward the line 19, the connecting channel 102, the bore 100 and the channel 104 and the outflow line E can run off.
- the piston 15 goes up with the device holder 21 and the slide guide 18 in the direction of the arrow until the upper limit of the slide guide 18, namely the switching knobs 18o, is brought up over the upper end 13a of the switching tube 13 and is carried along and thus entrainment of the shift lever 12 at the lower end of the shift tube 13, the switching of the control piston 10 again in the other position, namely the starting position, as shown in FIG. 1.
- This alternating action on the reciprocating piston 15 and thus the slow up and down movement of the treatment rotor 38 connected to the reciprocating piston via the holder 21 is repeated continuously as long as the regulating valve BR remains open.
- the respective water from the non-pressurized cylinder chamber is conveyed through the duct to the outlet E and then runs into the bathtub or shower tray.
- a throttle screw DR is provided in the area of the outlet channel E in the lower support bracket 1, by means of which braking can be set inevitably.
- the free jet turbine 26 is rotatably mounted in the space formed between the lower part 24 and middle part 23.
- the pressurized water supplied via the hose line C causes the rotation of the water turbine designed as a free jet.
- the free jet turbine 26 with a pinion shaft 26a drives, via the countershaft pair 27, the mixing wheel 28, which is designed as a gearwheel with a ring gear 28b and is located on the rotor drive shaft 28a with a screw thread G.
- the mixing wheel is formed with openings 28c for the flow of water and mixing knobs 28x.
- the mixing wheel sits in the chamber formed between the center disk 23 of the housing and the housing cover 22.
- the rotor drive shaft 28a projects beyond the cover 22 of the housing and the rotor 38 is screwed onto the screw thread G at its front end.
- the rotor 38 is dependent on
- Treatment with different treatment heads such as brush 31, see FIG. 1, or sponge 40, see FIG. 2, or lamella 39, see FIG. 4.
- the rotor 38 engages with the rotor bush 38a on a flange which is correspondingly formed on the housing 22, so as to form a tight connection underneath
- the water supplied to drive the free jet turbine via line C into the housing 22, 23 passes in the direction of arrow N through openings 23a in the central disk of the housing through the holes 28c in the mixing wheel 28 and passes through openings DB in the housing cover 22 into the from the rotor sleeve 38a formed chamber and from here Water channels 32 in the rotor head into the treatment parts, such as brush 31, sponge 40 or fins 39.
- the entire drive of the rotor 38 is accommodated in the housing parts 22, 23 and 24, the lower housing part 24 being firmly connected to the slide guide 18 and the device holder 21 is, so that it is carried with the above-described reciprocating piston unit with the up and down movement.
- the rotor drive shaft 28a in the extension of the mixing wheel 28 has at the front end the screw thread G to which the various treatment rotors 38 are screwed.
- the housing 22, 23 is provided in the lower region with an opening which can be closed by means of a shut-off valve 29.
- a shut-off valve 29 When this opening is closed, the water located inside the housing 22, 23, 24 is pressed through the mixing wheel into the rotor and out of it through the openings 32.
- this opening is open when the shut-off valve 29 is open, the water can flow out of the housing 22, 24 in the direction of the arrow T through the opening and the hose 30 downwards in the direction of the arrow, i.e.
- the housing 22, 24 there is a further holder 33, on which insertion bottles 34 with dosing taps 35 are used, which are filled with washing, massage or medical treatment lotions. If the lotion is to be mixed directly with the shower water, then the insert bottle 34 with the outlet 36 is used, the Spout, a piece of hose 36, the outlet 35 of the bottle 34 connects to the inside of the housing 22, 24 in the region of the mixing wheel 28.
- the lotion can thus enter the mixing wheel 28 directly from the insert bottle 34 via the line 36, is mixed with the water located here and then into the treatment rotors through the openings DB, the inner chamber and openings 32 of the rotor in the brush or Sponge to enter.
- the insert bottle 34 is used in conjunction with a piece of tubing 37 which directly drops the lotion onto the brush or the sponge from above.
- the device according to the invention ensures the cleanliness of the treatment rotors, since after each dry operation, by closing the shut-off valve 29, intensive cleaning can be carried out by flushing with warm shower water. So can the use of a disinfectant
- a water motor or water turbine 25, 26 operated by the bath or shower water with a downstream reduction gear 27 with a mixing wheel 28 drives a rotor 38 with brushes 31 or fins 39 or sponge coating 40.
- the shower water emerging from the water turbine 25, 26 flows in
- the free jet between the nozzle and the drive turbine ensures that the overload clutch is always ready for use, which prevents any accident, since the massage or treatment rotors can be stopped at any time and the torque is low when the turbine is at a standstill.
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