Hydrotherapy apparatus
OwnerBradley Russell Smith, Catherine Elizabeth Smithinventors
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Abstract
Hydrotherapy apparatus is described comprising a tank for containing water and having a moving belt above the tank floor for the user to walk upon, the tank having a door which when raised seals the tank and when lowered forms a ramp to enable the user to enter the tank onto the belt.
Claims16
Hydrotherapy apparatus comprising a tank for containing water, a drop down door at one end of the tank which in a raised, closed condition seals the said one end of the tank and in a lowered, open position serves as a ramp up which a person or animal can walk into the tank, means for filling the tank with water up to a selected level when the door is closed, an endless belt part of which extends over the floor of the tank and provides a supporting surface to be walked upon, and means for driving the belt so that the supportive surface moves towards or away from the said one end of the tank.
Hydrotherapy apparatus comprising a tank for containing water, the tank having over its floor belt means having a supporting surface to be walked upon, the supporting surface being driveable unidirectionally, the belt being displaceable to a raised position to enable the tank, including the floor thereof, to be cleaned, and means for filling the tank with water up to a selected level.
Hydrotherapy apparatus comprising a tank for containing water, the tank having over its floor a belt having a supporting surface to be walked upon, the supporting surface being driveable unidirectionally, the apparatus also comprising a separate storage tank for holding water to be used for pumped transfer of water into and out of the hydrotherapy tank.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.