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US 5,327,886 AGranted
Electronic massage device with cold/hot compress function
OwnerCheng-pang Chiuinventor
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Abstract
An electronic massage device with cold/hot compress function includes an eccentric wheel driven by a motor to rotate and thereby generates vibration, a thermoelectric module used to provide the cold or heat source needed by the cold or hot compress, respectively, a cooling fan used to exhaust extra hot air generated during cold compress, and a set of thermoswitches used to control the hot compress temperature. The massage device may be used to soothe general body impairments through sports by cold compress alone or by hot compress together with massage.
Claims1
An electronic massage device with cold/hot compress function comprising:
- a housing;
- a first motor disposed in said housing;
- an eccentric wheel coupled to said first motor and driven by said first motor in order to generate vibrations;
- a second motor disposed in said housing and disposed above said first motor;
- an electric fan coupled to said second motor and driven by said second motor in order to exhaust heat generated within said housing;
- an upper radiating fin disposed in said housing and located below said first motor and loosely coupled to said housing by at least two bolts;
- means disposed between said upper radiating fin and said housing for resiliently biasing said upper radiating fin away from said housing;
- a lower radiating fin fixed to said upper radiating fin;
- a silicon rubber pad coupled to said lower radiating fin for contacting the users using said electronic massage device, said silicon rubber pad including a bottom surface having a plurality of protuberances formed thereon for contacting and for massaging said users;
- a thermoelectric module disposed between said upper radiating fin and said lower radiating fin and having an upper surface and a lower surface closely contacted with said upper radiating fin and said lower radiating fin, said thermoelectric module generating either lower temperature or high temperature in order to transfer said lower temperature or high temperature to said lower radiating fin and then transfer to said users in order to cool or to heat said users;
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- a switch means disposed in said housing for switching and controlling current direction supplied into said thermoelectric module so as to control said thermoelectric module to generate either lower temperature or high temperature;
- whereby, said users are massaged by said vibrations generated by said eccentric wheel and transmitted to said silicon rubber pad, and said users are cooled or heated by said lower temperature of said high temperature generated by said thermoelectric module.
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