ROTARY MASSAGE DEVICE
First Claim
1. A massage device comprisinga drive unit and a rotatable head coupled to the drive unit for rotation about an axis, the rotatable head having a skin-engaging end face to contact skin to be massaged and a cavity in the skin-engaging end face extending into the rotatable head which is sealed closed when the rotatable head is pressed against the skin to be massaged and which is connectable to a source of vacuum to allow air to be evacuated from the cavity, wherein the skin-engaging end face lies in a plane substantially perpendicular to the axis of rotation of the rotatable head, characterized in that the rotatable head is rotatable about its central axis and the inner walls of the cavity comprise an undulating surface such that, in use, skin drawn into the cavity is pushed by the undulations, as the rotatable head rotates.
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Abstract
A massage apparatus comprising a drive unit and a rotatable head coupled to the drive unit for rotation about an axis, and a rotatable head for use with such a massage device. The rotatable head has a skin-engaging end face to contact skin to be massaged. The massage apparatus is configured such that the skin-engaging end face lies in a plane substantially perpendicular to the axis of rotation of the rotatable head. A method of using such a massage device.
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29 Claims
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1. A massage device comprising
a drive unit and a rotatable head coupled to the drive unit for rotation about an axis, the rotatable head having a skin-engaging end face to contact skin to be massaged and a cavity in the skin-engaging end face extending into the rotatable head which is sealed closed when the rotatable head is pressed against the skin to be massaged and which is connectable to a source of vacuum to allow air to be evacuated from the cavity, wherein the skin-engaging end face lies in a plane substantially perpendicular to the axis of rotation of the rotatable head, characterized in that the rotatable head is rotatable about its central axis and the inner walls of the cavity comprise an undulating surface such that, in use, skin drawn into the cavity is pushed by the undulations, as the rotatable head rotates.
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29. A method of massaging a persons skin using a massage device which comprises,
a drive unit and a rotatable head rotatable about a central axis of the head and having a skin-engaging end face to contact the skin to be massaged and a cavity in the skin-engaging end face extending into the rotatable head which lies in a plane substantially perpendicular to the axis of rotation of the rotatable head, the inner walls of the cavity having an undulating surface, the method comprising placing the skin-engaging end face on the skin to be massaged to seal closed the cavity, and applying a suction force to the cavity to evacuate air therefrom and draw the skin into the cavity, actuating the drive unit to rotate the rotatable head about its central axis which is substantially perpendicular to the surface of the skin being massaged, and the skin drawn into the cavity being pushed by the undulations of the inner walls of the cavity.
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