Tap water powered massage apparatus having a water permeable membrane

Apparatus useful in combination with a water tub having a source of tap water for discharging a hydromassage stream either above or beneath the surface of a water pool in said tub, said apparatus comprising:

• a housing having a water supply entrance and a water supply exit, said water supply entrance adapted to be coupled to said tap water source;
• a hydromassage member having an entrance orifice communicating with said water supply exit and a discharge orifice for discharging said hydromassage stream;
• a water permeable membrane having front and rear faces;
• means mounting said membrane on said housing proximate to said discharge orifice oriented to enable said rear face to be impacted by said hydromassage stream and said membrane front face to engage a user's body;
• said means mounting said membrane including an open frame extending across said housing first face;
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• a peripheral elastic member secured to said membrane for releasably securing said membrane to said frame.

Apparatus useful in combination with a water tub having a source of tap water for discharging a hydromassage stream either above or beneath the surface of a water pool in said tub, said apparatus comprising:

• a housing having a water supply entrance and a water supply exit, said water supply entrance adapted to be coupled to said tap water source;
• a hydromassage member having an entrance orifice communicating with said water supply exit and a discharge orifice for discharging said hydromassage stream;
• a water permeable membrane having front and rear faces;
• means mounting said membrane on said housing proximate to said discharge orifice oriented to enable said rear face to be impacted by said hydromassage stream and said membrane front face to engage a user's body;
• a shower passageway having a shower entrance port and at least one shower outlet;
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• user operable valve means for selectively communicating said supply exit to either said shower entrance port or said hydromassage member entrance orifice.

Apparatus useful in combination with a water tub having a source of tap water for discharging a hydromassage stream either above or beneath the surface of a water pool in said tub, said apparatus comprising:

• a housing having a water supply entrance and a water supply exit, said water supply entrance adapted to be coupled to said tap water source;
• a hydromassage member having an entrance orifice communicating with said water supply exit and a discharge orifice for discharging said hydromassage stream;
• a water permeable membrane having front and rear faces;
• means mounting said membrane on said housing proximate to said discharge orifice oriented to enable said rear face to be impacted by said hydromassage stream and said membrane front face to engage a user's body;
• a reduced cross section orifice located between said supply exit and said entrance orifice for introducing a high velocity water flow into said entrance orifice;
• said housing defining an open first face;
• said discharge orifice being supported in said housing oriented to discharge said hydromassage stream through said first face;
• said means mounting said membrane including an open frame extending across said housing first face;
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• a peripheral elastic member secured to said membrane for releasably securing said membrane to said frame.