Apparatus for massaging the human body
First Claim
1. A massaging apparatus for massaging a human body, said apparatus comprising:
- a housing;
a vacuum chamber formed in said housing;
two rollers, each roller having an outer periphery and an axis and being rotatably mounted in said housing, said axes of said two rollers being parallel;
a variable size passage communicating said vacuum chamber with the exterior of said housing, said passage being defined in part by said rollers;
return means for biassing said rollers away from one another so as to increase the size of said passage;
means associated with the roller to seal in the vacuum chamber; and
vacuum means for evacuating air from said vacuum chamber so as to create a vacuum in said vacuum chamber.
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Abstract
This invention relates to an apparatus for massaging the human body, comprising, mounted inside a manually operated housing, two parallel active rollers, preferably driven in rotation by a motor, said housing being connected to means for creating a depression above the rollers, in which apparatus the two active rollers are normally maintained in spaced apart relationship with respect to each other via return means (springs); and the depression created within the housing is exerted solely in the space between the rollers during use of the apparatus and tends not only to suck the skin so that it can be treated, but also automatically to bring the rollers closer to each other to ensure the pinching action on the fold of skin formed.
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15 Claims
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1. A massaging apparatus for massaging a human body, said apparatus comprising:
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a housing; a vacuum chamber formed in said housing; two rollers, each roller having an outer periphery and an axis and being rotatably mounted in said housing, said axes of said two rollers being parallel; a variable size passage communicating said vacuum chamber with the exterior of said housing, said passage being defined in part by said rollers; return means for biassing said rollers away from one another so as to increase the size of said passage; means associated with the roller to seal in the vacuum chamber; and vacuum means for evacuating air from said vacuum chamber so as to create a vacuum in said vacuum chamber. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A massaging apparatus for massaging a human body, said apparatus comprising:
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a housing; a vacuum chamber formed in said housing; two rollers, each roller having an outer periphery and an axis and being rotatably mounted in said housing, said axes of said two rollers being parallel; a variable size passage communicating said vacuum chamber with the exterior of said housing, said passage being defined in part by said rollers; return means for biassing said rollers away from one another so as to increase the size of said passage; vacuum means for evacuating air from said vacuum chamber so as to create a vacuum in said vacuum chamber; and means associated with the rollers to seal in the vacuum chamber; wherein when said massaging apparatus is applied to the skin of a human body and a vacuum is created in said vacuum chamber, said vacuum sucks skin into said passage between said rollers and biasses said rollers toward one another in opposition to the bias of said return means.
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