US 3,968,789 AGranted

Apparatus for massaging the skin

OwnerGiancarlo Simonciniinventor

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Abstract

A massaging apparatus comprises a casing provided with a handle, inside which casing there is housed a small electric motor capable of imparting to its shaft a movement consisting of rotary oscillations. Onto one end of the shaft of the motor there is removably mounted a circular brush. Onto the casing of the apparatus, preferably in proximity of the handle, there is arranged a small container for lotions or other suitable liquid to be spread onto the zone of the skin undergoing the massage treatment. The liquid is conveyed from the container to a dispensing bore provided in the massaging brush through a suitable canalization, consisting of a flexible pipe. The container is bellows-shaped and made of flexible material, so that, by exerting pressure onto it, a controlled amount of liquid is conveyed to the dispensing bore in the brush.

Claims6

Dependent claims

Apparatus for massaging the skin, comprising:

a. a casing provided with a handle;
b. an electric motor having a shaft, housed in said casing and being capable of imparting to said shaft a rotary oscillatory movement;
c. support means for carrying a skin massaging element, comprising a non circular support plate, integral with said shaft for rotation therewith, said plate being provided with a circular plug, coaxial with said motor shaft;
d. a skin massaging element, comprising a brush having a dispensing bore for fluid formed therein, provided with a non circular recess and with a cylindrical socket, said recess and said socket being adapted to complementarily removably receive respectively said support plate and said plug;
e. a container for a liquid or pasty substance, arranged on the casing in proximity to said handle and being provided with at least a flexible portion adapted to be manually pressed;
and
f. conduit means for connecting said container to said dispensing bore in said brush,
whereby said liquid may be dispensed during rotation of said brush.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 05/518,589Filed 29 Oct 1974
Priority: IT 12908/7331 Oct 1973
Granted: 13 Jul 1976
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification9 codes

A46B 13/04
Power-driven carriers: with reservoir or other means for supplying substances
A61H 7/005
Power-driven, e.g. electrical: hand-held
A61H 23/0218
With electric or magnetic drive: with alternating magnetic fields producing a translating or oscillating movement
A61M 35/003
Devices for applying media, e.g. remedies, on the human body: portable hand-held applicators having means for dispensing or spreading integral media