WO1996005796A1

WO1996005796A1 - Massage and brushing apparatus

Info

Publication number: WO1996005796A1
Application number: PCT/EP1995/003218
Authority: WO
Inventors: Heyo Mennenga
Original assignee: Rational Beratungsgesellschaft Für Technologie, Technik, Organisation Und Innovation Mbh
Priority date: 1994-08-18
Filing date: 1995-08-14
Publication date: 1996-02-29
Also published as: DE4429220A1

Abstract

The invention concerns a massage and brushing apparatus which, by acting mechanically on the human body, attains the positive effects associated with a massage, such as stimulating the circulation or loosening up tense muscles, as well as cleansing the body. The solution to the invention resides in an object which can be used in domestic baths, is economical and attractive. The apparatus according to the invention has a hollow guide rod (1) in the form of a pipe substantially shaped like a hand shower mounting, although proportionately larger, and mounted in a similar manner thereto. The guide rod is surrounded by the mounting (8) for the massage tool (9) which is moved continuously up and down by a motor (5). The force-transmission means and the guided means are located inside the guide rod or in the parts of the outer wall thereof which are drawn inwards. The force is transmitted from the motor (5) by a gear, hydraulically or by a cord drive.

Description

Massage and brushing device

The described invention belongs to the massage and brushing devices with which the positive effects associated with a massage such as stimulation of the circulation or loosening of tense muscle groups as well as cleaning of the body are achieved by mechanical action on the human body. It relates to known motor-driven massage and brushing devices of the type in which a vertically guided massage and brushing device continuously performs a rising and falling movement. Such a device can be used very advantageously for a beneficial massage or cleansing action on the human body by, for. B. presses the back against a soaped brush that moves up and down and reaches all parts of the back.

Such a device is described, for example, in EP 0243860. In a vertical guide in a slot in the shower or massage cabin, a guide element carrying the holder of the massage device, here a massage hand shower, is driven up and down by a motor and driven by a motor. A cable drive is used as the power transmission medium from the motor to the guide element. The power transmission means are arranged behind the cabin wall. Behind the wall in the length of the vertical slot guide is a likewise vertical square housing for guiding the guide element moved by the rope, the latter extending through the slot guide in the wall into the cabin.

The up and down movement of the massage device can be controlled by means of a keypad with a downstream electronic control. If an obstacle to the vertical movement of the massage device occurs, the direction of movement is switched over automatically. In another known massage device (DE 2655099) with a massage brush rotating around a horizontal axis, which is arranged on a support and is automatically moved up and down by a stationary electric motor on a vertical guide track of a square guide column located in the massage room of the support, the guide column is slidably guided on it and is moved in the guide column by means of a cable drive. The massage brush is rotated by a special motor arranged in the support.

Another version of a continuous and automatically rising and falling massage hand shower in a shower cubicle or on a bathtub is shown in EP 0336845. Again, the power transmission and guiding means for the rising and falling movement in or on a square vertical Column arranged, which is pivotable in a corner of the shower cubicle or on the bathtub. The guide element supporting the hand shower holder is guided in a vertical slot in this column and driven by a motor via a chain.

The shortcomings of the known solutions are a high manufacturing outlay, among other things due to a large number of individual parts and a considerable risk potential which does not meet the modern, very high safety and approval requirements, e.g. For example, hair can be rolled up or fingers or skin folds can be pinched. In addition, a number of solutions do not allow an elegant design as is required for use in the domestic bathroom as a prerequisite for sales. Furthermore, several solutions are too large and too complex to be used in the home, in addition to medical bathing equipment, without taking up too much space or being conspicuous and disruptive. It is the aim of the invention to provide a massage and brushing device which can be manufactured inexpensively, which has the smallest possible dimensions, which fits well into the domestic bathroom in terms of shape and size and which is simple and very safe to use. The solution should match the usual interior of domestic bathrooms.

The object of the invention is to provide a solution which consists of a few individual parts and is safe, small and easy to design in terms of shape.

According to the invention, this is achieved by means of a vertical hollow guide rod, designed and arranged similarly to the holding rod of a hand shower, a holder for the massage tool comprising the guide rod in the region of the massage tool, such a distance between the guide rod and holder, which prevents injuries, by inside the Guide rod or in the inwardly drawn parts of the outer wall of the guide rod arranged power transmission means and guide means connected thereto and by a positive and / or non-positive connection between these guide means and corresponding means on the inside of the holder surrounding the guide rod.

According to a further feature of the invention, the guide rod is completely surrounded by the holder. The distance between the guide rod and holder is preferably between 0.5 mm and 3 mm. A special embodiment of the invention provides that the guide rod has a slot arranged in the longitudinal direction on the side facing away from the user, and the up and down guide means in the guide rod is connected to the inside of the holder by a coupling piece.

In another embodiment of the invention, the rising and falling guide means in the guide rod is magnetically coupled to the inside of the holder.

A further embodiment of the invention provides that the guide rod has parts of the outer wall drawn inwards and that the guide means rising and falling in these parts is connected to the inside of the holder via a coupling piece.

The holder of the massage tool is moved along the guide rod by the force transmission means.

The reversal points of the movement, and thus also the amplitude and the speed of the movement, can be adjusted by the patient via electronic means. Further features according to the invention are explained in connection with the representation of the exemplary embodiments.

The drawings show:

Fig. 1 is an external view of the solution according to the invention, mounted on a room wall

2 shows an external view of the solution according to the invention, installed in a corner of the room

3 shows a block diagram of the means used for energy supply and for controlling the arrangement according to the invention

Fig. 4 shows a cross section of the embodiment with shaft and with a slotted guide rod

Fig. 5 shows a longitudinal section of the embodiment with shaft and with slotted guide rod

Fig. 6 shows a longitudinal section of the embodiment with hydraulic drive and magnetic coupling

Fig. 7 shows a hydraulic drive with an external reflux pipe

Fig. 8 shows a remote hydraulic drive

9 shows a cross section of the guide rod in the embodiment with a cable drive

Fig. 10 shows the course of the cable guide in the embodiment with cable drive 11 shows the drive of the rope sheaves on the motor side via bevel gears in the embodiment with a rope drive

12 shows a further example of the course of the cable guide in the exemplary embodiment with a cable drive

Fig. 13 is a lip seal that seals the cable guide.

In Figure 1, the guide rod 1, in the illustration with a round outer profile, is fastened to the wall 4 of the bathroom with the holders 2 and 3. The motor 5 is mounted in the sealed housing 6 at the head, the upper end, of the guide rod, which merges into an extension there. The transition is formed by an assembly block 41. The guide rod fits tightly into the housing. A cable 7 leads from the housing 6 to the power supply unit, not shown. In the example, the holder 8 for the massage tool 9 includes the guide rod with a distance A, which is chosen so that neither long hair nor skin folds, nor fingers can be pinched. The detailed design can be found in further exemplary embodiments. The massage tool is spherical here, z. B. as a ball of foam with a terry cloth covering. In FIG. 2, an arrangement corresponding to FIG. 1 is installed in a corner of a bathroom or a shower cubicle or another room. The guide rod 1 is fastened to the walls 4,4a with two brackets 2,2a and 3,3a, which form the corner of the room. At the head of the guide rod 1, an invisible motor 5 is installed in an insulating and hermetically sealed housing 6. From the housing 6, a cable 7 leads to the electrical power supply, for. B. to a transformer. The holder 8 comprises the guide rod 1 and carries the tool, which is spherical here. The tool can be designed differently, such. B. as a massage cushion, or as a body with the surface of a sponge or as a brush or as an elastic body with knobs. The tool is held by the tool holder and faces the patient. The tool can also be driven by other means.

Figure 3 shows the electronic version. The drive is a reversible and speed-adjustable motor 5, which is preferably provided with an angular pulse generator 10 at one end of the guide rod and connected to it, which moves the tool holder on the guide rod via various executable power transmission means .

The axis of the motor preferably runs in the longitudinal direction of the guide rod, but can also form other angles with it and the housing can also be part of the fastening 2, 2a leading to the wall. A gear 11 can also be connected downstream of the engine. The drive can also be carried out directly (acting directly mechanically) or indirectly (with intermediate stages of energy conversion).

Electronic means for control can also be used, which consist of

a power supply unit with control electronics, also in a version mounted separately from the mechanical arrangement with the motor and the guide rod,

- A handheld, also mounted on the wall or attachable to a wall, provided with buttons, control part 56 in a known design, with which signals are preferably transmitted with electrical, electromagnetic, pneumatic or optical means on a transmission path 57 to the power supply can. So z. B. a circuit board 50 electronic control means 52 for the movement of the motor 5. This includes a light receiver, such as a photodiode 51, which projects through the housing 6, the plastic cover, and thus optical control signals from a not shown , but known in principle, remote control unit with optical transmission. The remote control signals are used in a manner known per se to influence the control means 52, for example a full transistor bridge. A transformer 53 can be used to disconnect the mains. This can be connected upstream or downstream of a protective circuit consisting of several elements such as residual current protection circuit 54a, a start-up circuit 54b for suppressing high inrush currents (inrush current limiter), current-limiting fuses 54c (exchangeable miniature fuse) and a thermal overload fuse 54d with an automatically resetting thermal monitor. a thermal fuse. The circuit is preferably permanently connected to the power grid 55. The transformer and the other elements 50 and 55 are preferably cast in a common housing, from which the cable 7 leads to the motor.

Example with threaded rod or shaft:

A detailed exemplary embodiment has, as the force transmission means, a threaded shaft which can be rotated by the motor and is axially fixedly mounted, with a nut largely fixed in the radial direction inside the guide rod. The guide rod is provided in the longitudinal direction with a slot parallel to the longitudinal axis. A mechanical connection leads through the slot from the nut, which is guided linearly through the shaft and via sliding pieces through the guide rod, to the tool holder. A special guided means can also be arranged between the nut and the tool holder, which is largely mechanically decoupled from the nut except for the transmission of the longitudinal movement. A rotation of the shaft caused by the motor leads to a displacement of the nut and thus of the tool holder. The connection between nut or guided means and tool holder leads through the slot and takes up the torque absorption by abutting the slot wall in such a way that the nut can hardly be rotated radially. The motor preferably rotates the shaft directly without a gear. A recirculating ball nut can also be used as the nut.

In another version with a shaft, this shaft is not designed as a threaded shaft, but rather as a smooth one. Instead of the threaded nut, a helical roller gear is used (so-called UHING nut). Rotation of the smooth shaft leads to a movement of the nut in the direction of the longitudinal axis of the shaft and thus of the guide rod. Other linear drives with a rotating shaft can also be used, e.g. B. a shaft with a high-pitch thread combined with a helical roller gear or linear drives with thread rollers.

Show it

Figure 4: a cross section of the embodiment with shaft and slotted guide rod Figure 5: a longitudinal section of the embodiment with shaft and slotted guide rod

FIG. 4 shows a cross section of the first exemplary embodiment. For the illustration, the cross section was through the guide rod 1 at the level of the guide means 34. In the figure, the guide rod 1 has a tube or a drawn aluminum, steel or plastic profile , a slot or shaft 32 mounted, the z. B. can be smooth as a threaded spindle with a trapezoidal or round thread or in the case of a helical roller gear. The spindle is encompassed by the nut 33, which can also consist of roller bearings in the case of a smooth shaft (so-called. UHING gear). The nut 33 is connected to the guide means 34, which is supported on the inner wall of the guide rod 1 by means of sliding or rolling means 37. The sliders can either be fixed over the length of the rod inside it or on the nut 33 or the guide means 34 along its length and radially distributed on it. The nut 33 can also be designed such that it is shaped as a sliding body 34, from which the strip 37 is supported on the guide rod. Instead of the sliding bodies or sliding pieces, roller or ball bearings can be used. The tool holder 8 comprises the guide rod 1 with a distance A which is so large that hair cannot be pinched and which is so small that fingers or skin folds cannot be pinched. A distance of 0.5 .. 3mm proved to be optimal. The guide means 34 and the tool holder 8 are firmly connected to one another via a coupling piece 35 extending through the slot of the guide rod.

A rotation of the spindle 32, which is axially fixed at least at one end and thereby radially freely supported, leads to a longitudinal movement of the nut 33, and thus of the guide means 34 and thus of the tool holder 8.

The torque is absorbed by the support of the coupling piece 35 on the walls, the edges, the slot 31, for which purpose these walls and / or the coupling piece with coverings 40, e.g. B. made of polimide, which lead to a low sliding friction.

The torque can also be recorded by appropriately shaping the guide means 34 and the interior of the guide rod. Plastic slides can slide on the carriage 34 in inner recesses of the guide rod 1.

The nut 33 and the guide means 34 are preferably by further means 36, such as. B. a gimbal, mechanically largely decoupled from each other except for the movement in the longitudinal direction of the guide rod and the rotation of the nut. FIG. 5 shows a longitudinal section of the exemplary embodiment with a shaft. At one end of the guide rod 1, this merges into the mounting block 41 which is inserted up and partly into the guide rod and which in its interior contains the sealed fixed bearing 42 of the threaded spindle 32 , for the purpose of angle compensation and possible mounting, is connected to the shaft 5a of the motor 5 via a coupling 43. The arrangement preferably has no gear. The mounting block 41 supports the motor 5, the connection being made via preferably insulating intermediate pieces 44. The coupling is also electrically insulating, so that the motor is completely electrically separated from the guide rod 1. The motor 5 is completely surrounded by an insulating, impact-resistant plastic casing, the housing 6, starting from the assembly block 41, through which a waterproof cable entry 45 leads the cable 7, via which energy and control signals can be supplied. A cap 38, to which the fastening 3 is also attached, closes off the guide rod on the end opposite the motor. In this cap there is a plain bearing as a floating bearing for the shaft.

Design example with hydraulic drive:

Another exemplary embodiment has features

- a guide rod made of a non-magnetic material designed as a tube sealed on one side,

a piston both as part of the guided means and as part of the force transmission means, with magnetic means in the guide rod designed as a tube, sealed against the inside of the guide rod and displaceable in it alternately by mutual pressure on the face side using hydraulic fluid as the force transmission means,

a slider serving as a tool holder as a further guided means on the outside of the guide rod, which comprises the guide rod entirely or partially over a smaller part of its length, provided with magnetic means which interact with those of the piston in such a way that at Postponement of Piston in the tube the sliding piece is carried outside by the magnetic force, preferably with wiper rings at the two ends that slide on the guide rod,

a further, fixed pressure tube in the middle of this guide rod with a length almost equal to that of the guide rod and leading until shortly before the inner end thereof, which runs sealed through the piston and on which the piston can slide,

a rotationally reversible and speed-controllable, encapsulated motor, mounted on the mounting block at one end of the guide rod, which drives a pressure generator, preferably a gear pump, which is preferably accommodated in the mounting block,

- And a closed fluidic pressure circuit, formed from an end face of the piston, the space between the inside of the guide rod and the closed outside of the inner pressure pipe, the motor-driven pressure generator (gear pump) in the assembly block, in certain versions also from parts of the assembly block, the interior of the inner pressure tube, the open end of which is shortly before the interior of the guide rod is closed, further from the space between the interior of the guide rod and the exterior of the inner pressure tube and the other end face of the piston, where A small pressure or volume expansion tank can be connected to this circuit and the pressure generator can have a pressure relief valve, for example as a bypass valve. The pressure or volume expansion tank can be designed as a partially gas-filled cavity of the assembly block.

The following figures explain this embodiment. Show it:

Fig. 6 shows a longitudinal section of a massage device designed according to the invention with an integrated hydraulic unit. Fig. 7 shows an arrangement with an external reflux pipe. 8 shows an arrangement with a remote hydraulic drive unit.

The guide rod 1 designed as a closed tube is closed on one side by the end cap 220, which also carries the wall brackets 3, 3a. Inside the guide rod 1, the piston 230 with the seals 231 of the piston against the inside of the guide rod and with magnetic means, for. B. magnetic rings, 232 shown. The pressure pipe 240 passes through the piston 230, which has seals 233 against the pressure pipe, right up to the inner end of the guide rod, which the end cap 220 forms. On the other side of the guide rod, the latter is closed off by the mounting block 41 into which the inner pressure tube 240 leads. A bidirectional gear pump 251 is introduced in the mounting block 41 as an exemplary pressure generator, one connection of which leads into the pressure pipe 240 and the other connection of which is connected to the space between the interior of the guide rod 1 and the pressure pipe 240. The motor 5 preferably drives the pressure generator via a clutch 252. Depending on the direction of rotation, one side of the piston is subjected to the greater pressure, as a result of which the piston moves depending on the speed and direction of rotation of the motor, taking the outer slide 290 and thus the massage tool 9 with it via the magnetic effect. The arrows in Figure 6 show the flow and movement conditions in a selected direction.

Another embodiment has the feature of the return pipe 270, also designed as a rectangular pipe, soldered on the outside of the guide rod. This tube also serves as a twist protection for the outer slide 290. FIG. 7 presents a cross section of this embodiment. On the guide rod 1, the return tube is z. B. soldered. The outer slide 290 is secured against rotation by the tube attached to the guide rod. The piston 230 slides in the guide rod designed as a tube and is slidably sealed against it with seals 231. Sliders 37 from a low-friction Plastic or roller bearings connected to the outer slide reduce the friction on the guide rod. At one end of tube 240 there is a connection 280 to the interior of tube 1.

FIG. 8 represents a remote hydraulic drive. Motor, pressure-generating means and electronic control means are placed in a box 286 from the guide rod 1, which is fastened to the wall 4 with the supports 2 and 3, and with this connected via two pipes or hoses 285. The mains connection 55 leads into the box 286. The guide rod 1 carries the tool holder 8 and the outer slide with the tool.

Design example with cable drive:

In this embodiment, a rope is used as the force transmission means. Show it

Figure 9 shows a cross section of the guide rod

Figure 10 shows a course of the rope guide

Figure 11 on a motor-side drive of the pulleys

Bevel gears Figure 12 shows another exemplary course of the cable guide Figure 13 a lip seal on the impressions

Figure 9 shows the cross section of the guide rod 1 used in the third embodiment. B. formed from a drawn tubular steel profile 300, which may have a joint 303 and which has two beads or impressions (space, formed by inwardly drawn or pressed or crimped parts of the guide rod) on the length. In both impressions or beads 301 and 302 there are plastic cylinders 350 and 351 (see FIGS. 10 and 13) which are shorter than the guide rod, which can slide easily in the impressions and on which the tool holder 360 is attached via an intermediate piece 355. The impressions or beads 301 and 302 can be closed by lips 318. When the tool holder 355 is moved, it presses on these lips along its length. The lips can be biased inwards or outwards.

FIG. 10 shows a cable pull drive used in this third exemplary embodiment. The guide rod 300 with the profile according to FIG. 9 contains two opposite, pressed-in indentations or beads 301 and 302, which serve for the outer cable guide and which are preferably flexible Lips are closed, see FIG. 13. The rope runs in the same direction, in the same direction, in both draws. For this purpose, the rope is guided over at least four rope pulleys. Through the one feed 301 from one end 300a of the guide rod to the other end 300b of the guide rod 300 onto a roller 311 partially projecting into the intake 301, from there inside the guide rod again to the other end 300a onto a roller 312, which partially in the another feed 302 protrudes through this feed back to the other end 300b on a roller 313 which partially protrudes into the feeder 302 and from there further inside the guide rod to the other end 300a of the guide rod 300 and there via a roller 314 which partially protrudes into the feeder 301, back into the feeder 301, which closes the rope run. The impressions or beads are slotted at the height of the rollers so that the rollers protrude into the impressions and can accommodate the ropes that preferably run in the middle of the impressions. In the figure, the roles are shown side by side. They can also lie one behind the other. Each of the plastic cylinders 350 and 351 shown in the impressions 301 and 302 are firmly connected to the cable. The cable should preferably run centrally through the beads or indentations. The cylinders are moved with the cable and thus the tool holder connected to the cylinders in the direction of the longitudinal axis of the guide rod. The rollers located at one end of the guide rod can each run on an axle that is supported by an axle block. The bearings of the axis or the axes of the rollers 311 and 313 are tensioned in the example by spring force against an end cap 320 at the end 300b of the guide rod 300, so that the cable pulls are constantly under tension and thus also changes due to force, age and temperature the rope length are balanced. FIG. 11 shows the drive side at the end 300a of the guide rods 300. The two sheaves 312 and 314 are mounted on an axis 330 by means of bearings which can absorb radial and axial forces. Both rollers each have a ring gear 312-1 and 314-1 in the form of a bevel gear on the inner surfaces. The axis 5a of a motor, preferably a geared motor 5/11, has a bevel gear 342 which engages in the two bevel gears 312-1 and 314-1 of the two pulleys. Rotation of the motor shaft moves the two sheaves in opposite directions via the bevel gears, as is necessary for the movement of the rope. As in the first exemplary embodiment, the motor is mounted in the assembly block 41 at the end of the guide rod. The axle block for the rollers 312 and 314 at the end 300a of the guide rod 300 and the motor mount preferably form a cast part, the mounting block 41, which also carries the cap over the motor.

FIG. 12 shows a further example of a cable guide. Two individual, closed cable runs 304a and 304b are used, each running over a roller at each end of the guide rod, the rollers rotating in opposite directions. In the guide rod, both tru ms are connected to a connecting piece 360. Each tru m is connected to this connecting piece once with a fixed point 363 and a spring element 361 or 362. A further connection of the strumming is closed by the tool holder 8 attached to the sliding bodies. The designations correspond to those in FIG. 10. The drive takes place in accordance with FIG. 11.

FIG. 13 shows an embodiment in which an extruded plastic molded part 318, as a lip seal, seals the bead or indentation 302 in the guide rod 1/300. In the illustration, the plastic cylinder 350, for. B. made of poly id that slides in the impression 302 and carries the tool holder 8 via the connecting part 355. The connecting part 304 is partially pressed with the rope 304 and is encompassed by the sliding body 350. If the sliding body moves upwards by means of a corresponding cable pull, the connecting part 355 opens the lip seal behind the tool holder 8. This provides protection. Execution of the tools:

The tool can be designed differently, such. B. as a massage cushion or as a body with the surface of a sponge or as a brush or as an elastic body with knobs. The tool is held by the tool holder and faces the patient. The tool can also be driven by other means. For this purpose, a battery can be integrated in the arrangement. A nozzle ring can be used as a tool, including a shower with pressurized water. The guide rod can also have means which serve to fix a hand shower or which dispense soap or other liquid or pasty means.

Claims

claims

1. Massage and brushing device with automatic, rising and falling movement of a vertically guided massage tool mounted in a holder with a vertical guide housing and with the arrangement of the power transmission means from the motor to the guide means for holding the massage device in the Inside of the guide housing, characterized by a vertical hollow guide rod (1) designed and arranged similar to the holding rod of a hand shower, a holder (8) for the massage tool (8) surrounding the guide rod (1) in the region of the massage tool (9). 9) such a distance between the guide rod (1) and the holder (8), which excludes injuries, by inside the guide rod (1) or in the inwardly drawn parts (301, 302) of the outer wall of the guide rod (1) arranged power transmission means and associated with these guide means and by a positive and / or non-positive Ver Binding between these guide means and corresponding means on the inside of the holder (8) surrounding the guide rod (1).

2. Massage and brushing device according to claim 1, characterized gekenn¬ characterized in that the holder (8) completely surrounds the guide rod (1).

3. Massage and brushing device according to claims 1 to 2, characterized in that the distance between the guide rod (1) and the holder (8) is between 0.5 mm and 3 mm.

4. Massage and brushing device according to claim 1, characterized gekenn¬ characterized in that the guide rod (1) has a longitudinally arranged on the side facing away from the user slot (31) and the rising and falling Füh¬ approximately in the guide rod (1 ) is connected to the inside of the holder (8) by a coupling piece (35).

Massage and brushing device according to claim 1, characterized in that the rising and falling guide means in the guide rod (1) is magnetically coupled to the inside of the holder (8).

Massage and brushing device according to claim 1, characterized gekenn¬ characterized in that the guide rod (1) has inwardly drawn parts (301, 302) of the outer wall and that in these parts (301, 302) rising and falling guide means over a Coupling piece (355) is connected to the inside of the holder (8).

Massage and brushing device according to claim 1, characterized gekenn¬ characterized in that the motor (5) is arranged in an extended end portion of the guide rod (1).

Massage and brushing device according to claims 1 and 5, characterized in that a mounting block (41) forming the transition is arranged between the guide rod (1) and the motor (5).

Massage and brushing device according to claim 1, characterized gekenn¬ characterized in that the motor (5) remote from the guide rod (1) is arranged.

10 massage and brushing device according to claim 1, characterized gekenn¬ characterized in that the power transmission from the motor (5) to the displaceable guide means (34) in the guide rod (1) by a rotary motion of the motor shaft into a linear motion converting gear .

11. Massage and brushing device according to claim 1, characterized gekenn¬ characterized in that the power transmission from the motor (5) to the guide means for the massage tool follows hydraulically er¬.

12. Massage and brushing device according to claim 1, characterized in that the power transmission from the motor (5) to the guide means for the massage tool is carried out by a cable drive.

13. Massage and brushing device according to claims 1 and 8, characterized in that an axially fixed shaft (32) driven by the motor (5) is used as the force transmission means, which carries a nut or another guided means (33) which or which is connected to the tool holder (8) via a coupling element (35) through the guide rod (1) which is slotted in length.

14. Massage and brushing device according to claims 1 and 8, characterized in that an inclined roller gear is used on the shaft (32).

15. Massage and brushing device according to claims 1 and 9, characterized in that the guide rod (1) is a closed tube, in the interior of which a piston (230) equipped with magnetic means by hydraulic pressure on its end faces is displaceable and there are means guided on the outside on the guide rod (1) that form or support the tool holder, equipped with magnetic means that interact with those of the piston (230) and an inner pressure tube (240), almost as long as the guide rod, runs through the piston (230) in a sealed manner, the piston (230) being able to slide on the inner pressure pipe (240), and a pressure-generating means, such as a bidirectional gear pump (251), driven by the motor (5), is used, which pressurizes a hydraulic fluid as a power transmission means, which is also passed through the inner pressure pipe (240) to the end faces of the piston (230), one direction of rotation s¬ reversal of the motor (5) reverses the direction of the pressurization.

16. Massage and brushing device according to claims 1 and 9, characterized in that the backflow takes place through a pipe (270), which is connected to the outside of the guide rod and is firmly connected to the latter, preferably with an angular external cross section.

17. Massage and brushing device according to claims 1 and 10, characterized in that the guide rod (1) has inwardly drawn parts of the outer wall and the rope (304) via two rollers (311-314) at both ends of the guide rod runs, each a length in one of the inwardly drawn parts of the outer wall of the guide rod and two lengths inside the guide rod.

18. Massage and brushing device according to claims 1 and 10, characterized in that the guide rod (1) has inwardly drawn parts of the outer wall, two cables (304a, 304b) are used as power transmission means, each having a role run at the two ends of the guide rod (1) and half of each cable runs through an inwardly drawn part of the outer wall and the other part through the inside of the guide rod and both cables on the inside of the guide rod (1) a short length are connected.

19. Massage and brushing device according to claims 1 and 10, characterized in that a pair of rope pulleys in rotation in the opposite direction by the motor (5) preferably via a gear and bevel gears (312-1, 314-1) on the rollers ( 312, 314) is driven.

20. Massage and brushing device according to claims 1 and 10, characterized in that the inwardly drawn parts of the outer wall are covered by a lip seal (318).

21. Massage and brushing device according to claim 1, characterized by control means with which the amplitude and the speed of the reciprocating movement of the massage tool can be controlled.

22. Massage and brushing device according to claims 1 and 19, characterized in that power-disconnecting means, such as a transformer and electronic control means, are separated from the guide rod (1) and use these with the motor (5) and any other means in the guide rod , so with position transmitters, are connected via a cable.

23. A massage and brushing device according to claims 1, 19 and 20, characterized in that the electronic control means have a keyboard (56) which can be actuated by the patient and which is connected to the electronic via electrical or optical or pneumatic or electromagnetic means Control means of the engine (5) acts.

24. Massage and brushing device according to claim 1, characterized gekenn¬ characterized in that the guide rod (1) has a device for holding a hand shower.

25. Massage and brushing device according to claim 1, characterized gekenn¬ characterized in that the massage tool (9) has its own additional drive.

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CHANGED REQUIREMENTS

[Received at the International _# Buro on January 25, 1996 (January 25, 1996), original claim 1 changed; all other claims unchanged (1 page)]

Claims

1. Massage and brushing device with automatic, rising and falling movement of a vertically guided massage tool mounted in a holder with a vertical guide housing and with the arrangement of the power transmission means from the motor to the guide means for holding the Massage device in the interior of the guide housing, characterized by a vertical hollow guide rod (1) designed and arranged similarly to the holding rod of a hand shower, a holder (8) for the massage tool which surrounds the guide rod (1) in the region of the massage tool (9) (9), such a distance between the guide rod (1) and holder (8), which excludes injuries, by the arrangement of the entirety of the force transmission means and the guide means connected to them inside the diameter of the guide rod (1) and by a shape - And / or non-positive connection between these guide means and corresponding e¬ appropriate means on the inside of the bracket (1) surrounding the bracket (8).

2. Massage and brushing device according to claim 1, characterized in that the holder (8) completely surrounds the guide rod (1).

3. Massage and brushing device according to claims 1 to 2, characterized in that the distance between the guide rod (1) and holder (8) is between 0.5 mm and 3 mm.

4. Massage and brushing device according to claim 1, characterized gekennzeich¬ net that the guide rod (1) has a longitudinally arranged on the side facing away from the user slot (31) and the rising and falling guide means in the guide rod (1) with the inside of the holder (8) is connected by a coupling piece (35).