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US 8,282,585 B2Granted
Massager
OwnerJane Ding, Yu Bo Dinginventors
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Abstract
A massager system includes one or more gear trains coupled to a motor to rotate at least a pair of shafts that each supports a pair of nodules for rotation about the associated shaft. A pillow-shaped outer housing surrounds the motor and number of coupled gear trains with the nodules protruding above the outer housing to facilitate contact with a selected bodily region to knead or otherwise stimulate surface skin in a bodily region.
Claims5
A massage system comprising:
- a motor engaged with a pair of gear trains to rotate two pairs of shafts in response to energization of the motor, a pair of nodules mounted on each of the shafts in spaced-apart relationship about an associated shaft, an outer housing disposed about the motor and gear trains and having a surface above which the nodules protrude, said outer housing having a flexible membrane disposed on said surface overlaying the nodules, a heater disposed within at least one of the pair of nodules, an electrically conductive channel disposed concentrically about each of said shafts, and electrical connections including a rotatable contact connecting the conductive channel to the heater within the nodule during rotation thereof about the associated shaft;
- wherein each of said nodules has a smooth surface that protrudes above the surface of the outer housing;
- and wherein each pair of the shafts are rotated in opposite directions.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.