Hydrotherapeutic apparatus
OwnerJerome R. Pluggeinventor
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Abstract
A unitized and easily transportable therapeutic bath assembly for the limbs of a race horse or other animals, including humans, consisting of a fiber-glass tub body having a cubical tank adapted to receive one or more of the animal's limbs, for example, the legs. An evaporator unit is located in a recess of a tank wall adjacent an enclosed compartment housing a refrigeration unit and circulating pump which is respectively coupled to the evaporator unit and tank. Also, an air compressor located in the enclosed compartment is coupled to the tank for providing agitation of a cooled liquid circulated through the tank.
Claims15
Hydrotherapeutic apparatus for treating the limbs such as the legs of an animal comprising in combination:
- a unitary and easily transportable tub body including a tank for receiving at least one limb of said animal and a compartment for accommodating circulating and refrigeration apparatus;
- said tank being of a selected size and shape to permit easy ingress and egress of said limb as well as allowing certain freedom of movement of said animal within said tank without injury to itself while preventing any overturning of said tank or other damage to said apparatus;
- said tank further having a wall including a liquid input port therein for supplying a circulating liquid;
- a liquid refrigerant evaporator unit and an outer casing member within which said evaporator unit is located mounted on said wall, said outer casing member having an end defining an opening adjacent said input port for receiving said circulating liquid supplied thereto and an opening in said casing member adjacent to the other end thereof for feeding circulating liquid passing said evaporator unit into said tank;
- refrigeration apparatus including condenser and compressor means coupled to said evaporator unit for cooling said circulating liquid as it passes through said outer casing member from said input port to said opening in said casing;
- a return port selectively located in said tank;
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- liquid circulating apparatus coupled between said input port and said return port for providing a closed circuit liquid circulation system to and from said tank.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.