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US 6,438,768 B1Granted
Foot spa apparatus
OwnerYen-Jen Yeninventor
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Abstract
A foot spa apparatus is constructed to include a base holding a container, a water pump adapted to pump water from the container to horizontal spray tubes and a vertical nozzle tube to stimulate the sole of the foot and lower pat of the user's legs, a collapsible fence wall provided at the top of the container around the water chamber in the container and adjusted to the desired height, and an electric heating coil adapted to heat water in the container.
Claims5
A foot spa apparatus comprising:
- a base;
- a container fixedly provided in said base, said container comprising a top water chamber, a bottom water chamber, a plurality of water return passages disposed at a bottom side below said bottom water chamber, a plurality of water holes in fluid communication between said bottom water chamber and said water return passage, and a trough fixedly provided in said top water chamber;
- an enclosed casing mounted in said trough, said casing having two spray tubes disposed at two opposite lateral sides, said spray tubes each having jet nozzles for output of compressed water;
- a spray control valve installed in said casing at a top side;
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- a water pump provided at a bottom side of said container, said water pump having a water input port connected to said water return passages and a water output port connected to said spray tubes through said spray control valve;
- wherein said container has a top peripheral mounting groove extended around said top water chamber, a collapsible fence wall installed in said the top peripheral mounting groove;
- an auxiliary nozzle tube is hinged to said casing and alternatively set between a horizontal position and a vertical position, said auxiliary nozzle tube having a water pressure accumulation chamber connected to said spray control valve and adapted to receive compressed water from said water pump, and jet nozzles in fluid communication with said water pressure accumulation chamber at two sides for output of compressed water.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.