Massage apparatus
AssigneeToyota Boshoku Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsYosuke UNO, Koji SAITO, Masashi YANAGAWA, Masahiko ONUMA
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Abstract
A massage apparatus includes: a pump that is an air supply source; a motor that actuates a distributor; a power switch that optionally supplies power to the pump and the motor to actuate the pump and the motor; and a limit switch that is connected in parallel with the power switch, and is operated by a cam working with the distributor so as to be turned ON when the distributor assumes a position to supply air to any of bladders, and so as to be turned OFF when the distributor assumes a position to discharge air from at least any of the bladders.
Claims4
A massage apparatus that performs a massage action by sequentially supplying and discharging air to and from a plurality of bladders via a distributor, the massage apparatus comprising:
- a pump that is an air supply source;
- a motor that actuates the distributor;
- a power switch that optionally supplies power to the pump and the motor to actuate the pump and the motor;
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- a limit switch that is connected in parallel with the power switch, and is operated by a cam working with the distributor so as to be turned ON when the distributor assumes a position to supply air to any of the bladders, and so as to be turned OFF when the distributor assumes a position to discharge air from at least any of the bladders.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.