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EP1695683A1 - Dispositif du massage pour des bains, des douches et des semblables - Google Patents

Dispositif du massage pour des bains, des douches et des semblables Download PDF

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EP1695683A1
EP1695683A1 EP06110087A EP06110087A EP1695683A1 EP 1695683 A1 EP1695683 A1 EP 1695683A1 EP 06110087 A EP06110087 A EP 06110087A EP 06110087 A EP06110087 A EP 06110087A EP 1695683 A1 EP1695683 A1 EP 1695683A1
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massaging device
membrane
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baths
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Alessandro Moretto
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ZF CV Systems Europe BV
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American Standard Europe BVBA
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61H—PHYSICAL THERAPY APPARATUS, e.g. DEVICES FOR LOCATING OR STIMULATING REFLEX POINTS IN THE BODY; ARTIFICIAL RESPIRATION; MASSAGE; BATHING DEVICES FOR SPECIAL THERAPEUTIC OR HYGIENIC PURPOSES OR SPECIFIC PARTS OF THE BODY
    • A61H9/00—Pneumatic or hydraulic massage
    • A61H9/005—Pneumatic massage
    • A61H9/0078—Pneumatic massage with intermittent or alternately inflated bladders or cuffs
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61H—PHYSICAL THERAPY APPARATUS, e.g. DEVICES FOR LOCATING OR STIMULATING REFLEX POINTS IN THE BODY; ARTIFICIAL RESPIRATION; MASSAGE; BATHING DEVICES FOR SPECIAL THERAPEUTIC OR HYGIENIC PURPOSES OR SPECIFIC PARTS OF THE BODY
    • A61H9/00—Pneumatic or hydraulic massage
    • A61H9/0021—Hydraulic massage
    • A61H2009/0035—Hydraulic massage with cabin for the whole body

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  • the present invention relates to a massaging device and in particular a massaging device to be applied in baths and/or showers and/or swimming pools.
  • the massaging devices currently on the market are not capable of exerting a progressive pressure around the optimal value, on the user.
  • the maximum value is not normally regulated for reaching the optimum pressure to be exerted on the user's body, but is over-dimensioned in order to obtain, combined with the null value, an average value which is close to the optimal pressure.
  • the actuator in correspondence with the null value does not exert a sufficient pressure for the massage, whereas, on the contrary, in correspondence with the maximum value, it can have a counterproductive effect.
  • the automatic massaging devices according to the known art also require the presence of a person capable of using them on the person who desires the massage.
  • An objective of the present invention is to solve the problems of the known art, by providing a massaging device such as that of the present invention, which improves the massaging efficiency with respect to the traditional automatic systems, providing a result which can be compared to that of massages produced by expert masseurs.
  • Another objective of the present invention is to provide a massaging device which can be installed in baths, showers and swimming pools.
  • Another objective of the present invention is to provide a massaging device which is simple from a structural point of view and economical to manufacture.
  • a massaging device is shown, for baths, showers and swimming pools according to the present invention.
  • the massaging device comprises at least one elastically deformable membrane 2 and at least one intermittent source of fluid under pressure, operatively connected to said membrane 2, for intermittently feeding pressurized fluid to the membrane 2, causing its deformation and elastic rebound.
  • the elastically deformable membrane 2 includes at least one elastomeric layer 3 which has a visco-elastic mechanical behaviour.
  • the link between stress and strain depends on the fluid pressure rate which acts on the membrane and on the intensity of the pressure itself.
  • the above behaviour generates a pressure on the outer surface of the membrane 2, which varies progressively and continuously during the time between two minimum and maximum values suitable for obtaining an optimal massaging on the area of the user's body with which it is in contact.
  • the layer 3 is preferably made of a silicon-based rubber.
  • the pressure fluid which reaches the membrane 2 is water coming from a pump coupled with an intermittence control, which represents said water supply source.
  • the device 100 as better illustrated in figures 1-3, comprises a supporting structure 4 and at least one feeding duct 5, 6 which carries the water under pressure from the intermittent source, not shown, to said membrane 2, through the supporting structure 4, and vice versa, and fixing means, not shown, to a wall 18 of a bath, shower or swimming pool.
  • the device 100 has two ducts, and in particular one 5, which has a supply function from the source to the membrane and one 6 which has a return function.
  • luminous means 20 are envisaged, situated in correspondence with the membrane 2, for diffusing light through at least one transparent element 21.
  • the luminous means 20 consist of several transparent elements 21 struck by a luminous ray transported by an optical fibre 19.
  • the pump or other type of source which allows the intermittent feeding of water under pressure to the membrane 2 is activated.
  • the water by pressing the inner surface of the membrane 2, causes an elastic deformation.
  • the membrane progressively swells protruding outwardly, as shown in figures 2-3, so as to transmit a proportional pressure on the area of the user's body pressing resting on the membrane 2.
  • the pressure value on the outer surface of the membrane 2 between two deformation phases in not null, but maintains a certain residual value.
  • a massaging system for showers, baths and the like is obtained, according to the present invention, by connecting several devices 100 in a closed circuit.
  • the circuit includes the feeding duct or delivery 5 and return 6 of each device 100 and at least one pump, not shown, intermittently controlled.
  • the system or simply the device 100 can be advantageously applied to a shower box 30, as shown in figure 4, or to baths 31, as shown in figure 5.
  • the shower box 30, as shown in figure 4, advantageously has, for this purpose, at least one seat 32 equipped with a number of devices 100 according to the present invention.
  • the devices 100 according to the present invention are illustrated in correspondence with the two heads 33 of the bath 31.
  • the devices 100 could also be situated in other parts of the bath 31 and the shower box 30, respectively, still remaining within the protection scope of the present invention.
  • the invention can obviously have different forms from those shown for purely illustrative and nonlimiting purposes in the drawing, i.e. squared, circular or with an irregular shape.

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EP06110087A 2005-02-25 2006-02-17 Dispositif du massage pour des bains, des douches et des semblables Withdrawn EP1695683A1 (fr)

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ITMI20050303 ITMI20050303A1 (it) 2005-02-25 2005-02-25 Dispositivo massaggiante per vasche docce e simili

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Citations (8)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
GB291922A (en) * 1927-04-11 1928-06-14 Heinrich Dreuw Improvement for fluid pressure pulsation apparatus with a vibrating resilient diaphragm for massage and like purposes
GB294107A (en) * 1928-07-11 1929-12-11 Heinrich Dreuw Water pressure pulsatory apparatus particularly for massage treatment
US4839930A (en) * 1988-05-27 1989-06-20 Watkins Manufacturing Corporation Dry hydro-massage unit for a spa tank
EP0343912A2 (fr) * 1988-05-27 1989-11-29 Watkins Manufacturing Corporation Appareil de massage
US5928171A (en) * 1994-10-12 1999-07-27 Watkins Manufacturing Corporation Neck jet pillow for tub spas
US6036663A (en) * 1998-07-20 2000-03-14 Arzt; Frank J. Hydro-massage chair
US6355009B1 (en) * 1994-02-23 2002-03-12 Melvyn Lane Henkin Water powered massage apparatus with slack membrane
US6572570B1 (en) * 2000-03-27 2003-06-03 Bowles Fluidics Corporation Massaging seat for hot tubs, spas, jacuzzis, swimming pools and ordinary bathtubs

Patent Citations (8)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
GB291922A (en) * 1927-04-11 1928-06-14 Heinrich Dreuw Improvement for fluid pressure pulsation apparatus with a vibrating resilient diaphragm for massage and like purposes
GB294107A (en) * 1928-07-11 1929-12-11 Heinrich Dreuw Water pressure pulsatory apparatus particularly for massage treatment
US4839930A (en) * 1988-05-27 1989-06-20 Watkins Manufacturing Corporation Dry hydro-massage unit for a spa tank
EP0343912A2 (fr) * 1988-05-27 1989-11-29 Watkins Manufacturing Corporation Appareil de massage
US6355009B1 (en) * 1994-02-23 2002-03-12 Melvyn Lane Henkin Water powered massage apparatus with slack membrane
US5928171A (en) * 1994-10-12 1999-07-27 Watkins Manufacturing Corporation Neck jet pillow for tub spas
US6036663A (en) * 1998-07-20 2000-03-14 Arzt; Frank J. Hydro-massage chair
US6572570B1 (en) * 2000-03-27 2003-06-03 Bowles Fluidics Corporation Massaging seat for hot tubs, spas, jacuzzis, swimming pools and ordinary bathtubs

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