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US 4,061,136 AGranted
Portable washer and massager apparatus for bathtubs
OwnerGiuseppe Vanigliainventor
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Abstract
A portable, power driven washer and massager apparatus for use with bathtubs, including a pair of roller brushes rotary driven by an electric motor, heater and blower apparatus for directing hot air to the user, and means for readily mounting and dismounting the apparatus to a bathtub, including adjustable locking means with suction cups.
Claims10
Portable body washer and massager apparatus for use with a bathtub, said apparatus comprising:
- an L-shaped enclosure defining an enclosed chamber therewith, said enclosure including;
- a first enclosure portion extendable horizontally across the top of said bathtub at one end thereof,
- a second enclosure portion depending downwardly from said first portion and extendable vertically adjacent a side wall of said bathtub, and
- a top enclosure portion interconnecting said first and second portion, said top portion including a handle mounted thereon for readily removing said apparatus from said tub;
- an elongated frame mounted coextensively with the bottom of said first enclosure portion, said frame including a pair of spacially separated extensions depending outwardly and downwardly from said elongated frame so as to project within said tub upon emplacement of said apparatus thereon;
- a pair of roller brushes rotatably mounted between said pair of spacially separated extensions in substantially vertical alignment with respect to each other;
- driven pulley means mounted to said elongated frame at one end thereof adjacent said second enclosure portion, and a first endless belt drivingly connecting said driven pulley means to said pair of roller brushes;
- a motor mounted within said enclosed chamber at the bottom of said second enclosure portion substantially isolated from water splashes, said motor adapted for selective connection to an electrical power source;
- a driver pulley rotatably mounted to said motor;
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- a second endless belt interconnecting said driver pulley and said driven pulley means for rotating said roller brushes during operation of said motor.
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Portable body washer and massager apparatus for use with a bathtub, said apparatus comprising:
- an L-shaped enclosure defining an enclosed chamber therewithin substantially isolated from water splashes during use of said apparatus, said enclosure including;
- a first enclosure portion extendable horizontally across the top of said bathtub at one end thereof,
- a second enclosure portion depending downwardly from said first portion and extendable vertically adjacent a side wall of said bathtub, and
- a top enclosure portion interconnecting said first and second portion, said top portion including a handle mounted thereon;
- a frame mounted at the bottom of said first enclosure portion, said frame including a pair of spacially separated extensions depending outwardly and downwardly from said elongated frame so as to project within said tub upon emplacement of said apparatus thereon;
- a pair of rollers including brushes rotatably mounted between said pair of spacially separated extensions in substantially vertical alignment with respect to each other;
- driven pulley means mounted to said frame including a first endless belt drivingly connecting said driven pulley means to said pair of roller brushes;
- a motor mounted within said enclosed chamber and adapted for selective connection to an electrical power source;
- a driver pulley rotatably mounted to said motor;
- a second endless belt interconnecting said driver pulley and said driven pulley means for rotating said roller brushes during operation of said motor;
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- locking means mounted between each of said spacially separated extensions and the inner surfaces of said tub upon emplacement of said apparatus thereon for securely maintaining said apparatus in position, said apparatus being readily removable from said tub.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.