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US 4,339,833 AGranted
Reciprocating hydro-massage apparatus
OwnerGerald D. Mandellinventor
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Abstract
A hydro-jet-type nozzle reciprocably mounted in an elongated slot adjacent which a user of the device may position a body portion to be massaged by the hydro jet.
Claims9
A reciprocating hydro-massaging apparatus comprising:
- a housing having at least one wall with an elongated opening provided therein, said wall having a front face and a rear face;
- a nozzle reciprocably mounted in said housing adjacent said rear face of said wall in fluid communication with said elongated opening;
- means coupled to said nozzle for reciprocating it with respect to said elongated opening;
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- means connected to said nozzle for supplying a massaging fluid to said elongated opening, whereby a user of said apparatus may position a body part adjacent said elongated opening and said front face of said wall for massaging said body part.
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In combination with a hot tub including an encompassing sidewall having an inner surface and an outer surface and an incoming water supply, the improvement which comprises:
- A. An elongated slot in said sidewall;
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- B. A reciprocating massaging apparatus affixed to the outer surface of said encompassing sidewall in fluid communication with said elongated slot, said apparatus comprising:
- 1. a housing having an open front, a rear wall, an open top and a bottom wall;
- 2. means affixing said housing to the outer surface of said encompassing sidewall with the open front of said housing communicating with said elongated slot;
- 3. a partition mounted in said housing adjacent said open top;
- 4. a hydro-jet-type nozzle;
- 5. means reciprocably mounting said nozzle in said housing in fluid communication with said elongated slot;
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- 6. a flexible conduit connecting said nozzle to said incoming water supply.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.