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Massage installation

Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1979-07-25
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Granted: 1980-12-09
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Expires: 1999-07-25
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Abstract

Abstract A massage installation is characterized in that it includes a control unit with a distinct control channel for each of the functions to be actuated, each of these control channels including an electrically non-conducting remote control device, an electronic logic system, and a power control circuit connected to the electronic logic system by an electrically non-conducting member. The invention is particularly useful in balneotherapy treatments.

Inventors

  • 👤 Robert J. DuPont

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-11-06 09:23
CPC Classifications
A; A61; A61H; A61H33/00; A61H33/02; A61H2033/0008; A61H2033/002; A61H33/005; A61H2033/0058; A61H2033/0062; A61H2033/0075; A61H33/14; A61H2033/141; A61H2201/00; A61H2201/50; A61H2201/5007; A61H2201/5058; A61H2201/5092; A61H33/60; A61H33/601; A61H33/6021; A61H33/6036

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 21
Claim 1
Independent Claim 73 words
Massage installation comprising a bath, air jet nozzles, said nozzles opening through the bottom and sidewalls of the bath, means producing air to said nozzles, air heating means and an ozone producing means, a casing for said air producing means, heating means and ozone producing means, and means for conducting air from said producing means to said jet nozzles whereby said heated, ozone laden air may be pumped under pressure into said bath.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 73 words
Massage installation comprising a bath, air jet nozzles, said nozzles opening through the bottom and sidewalls of the bath, means producing air to said nozzles, air heating means and an ozone producing means, a casing for said air producing means, heating means and ozone producing means, and means for conducting air from said producing means to said jet nozzles whereby said heated, ozone laden air may be pumped under pressure into said bath.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 25 words
Installation according to claim 1, wherein said nozzles are supplied individually through pipes connected in parallel to a duct supplied by the air producing means.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 23 words
Installation according to claim 1, wherein the bath includes air jet nozzles opening on the lateral walls of the ends of the bath.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 144 words
Massage installatiion comprising a bath, air jet nozzles, said nozzles opening through the walls of the bath, a casing means for supplying air to said nozzles, air heating means, and ozone means generating means arranged in said casing, said nozzles being supplied individually through pipes connected in parallel to a duct supplied by said means for supplying air, a control unit comprising a separate control channel for each of the functions to be controlled, an electronic logic system, each of said control channels coding successively a remote control device of the electronic logic system, a power control circuit, and the electronic logic system activating said power control circuit, and an electrically non-conducting transmission unit, the remote control device of the electronic logic system being by nature electrically non-conducting and the electronic logic system being connected to the power control circuit through said transmission unit.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 144 words
Massage installatiion comprising a bath, air jet nozzles, said nozzles opening through the walls of the bath, a casing means for supplying air to said nozzles, air heating means, and ozone means generating means arranged in said casing, said nozzles being supplied individually through pipes connected in parallel to a duct supplied by said means for supplying air, a control unit comprising a separate control channel for each of the functions to be controlled, an electronic logic system, each of said control channels coding successively a remote control device of the electronic logic system, a power control circuit, and the electronic logic system activating said power control circuit, and an electrically non-conducting transmission unit, the remote control device of the electronic logic system being by nature electrically non-conducting and the electronic logic system being connected to the power control circuit through said transmission unit.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim 59 words
Installation according to claim 4, comprising six control channels, namely: a channel for the general application of voltage, a speed selection channel for the air supply means, a channel for the energizing of the air heating means, a channel for the energizing of the ventilator of the bathroom, and a channel for the energizing of the sound signal device.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim 19 words
Installation according to claim 4, provided also with a display device for the state of the various control channels.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim 19 words
Installation according to claim 4, wherein the remote control device of the electronic logic system is a pneumatic device.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim 19 words
Installation according to claim 4, wherein the remote control device of the electronic logic system is an optical device.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim 42 words
Installation according to claim 7, wherein the pneumatic device comprises a pneumatic push-button, a flexible coupling tube of electrically non-conducting material contained in the flexible sheath of variable length fixed to the control casing by a threaded nut and a pressure switch.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim 57 words
Installation according to claim 8, wherein the optical device comprises an occultation switch enabling the passage of light between the ends of the two sections of optical fiber to be interrupted or established, the other ends of these sections, on the electronic logic system side being respectively connected to a light source and to a photo-electric cell.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim 22 words
Installation according to claim 4, wherein the transmission unit connecting the electronic logic system to the power control circuit is a photocoupler.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim 17 words
Installation according to claim 4, wherein one control channel at least is provided with an anti-rebound device.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim 13 words
Installation according to claim 4, wherein the general voltage application channel includes telebreaker.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim 85 words
Installation according to claim 4, wherein the electonic logic system of the selection of channel of the speed of the air supply means includes a monostable stage actuated by the remote control device of the electronic logic system, a counter fed by pulses delivered by this monostable stage and including as many counting states as speed levels are provided for the air supply means a decoding stage for each counting state of the counter, a control resistor and a photocoupler associated with each decoding stage.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim 55 words
Installation according to claim 4, wherein the electronic logic system of at least one control channel includes a monostable stage actuated by the remote control device of the electronic logic system, a storage actuated by this monostable stage, a decoding stage of the storage, a control transistor and a photocoupler associated with this decoding stage.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim 18 words
Installation according to claim 4, wherein the electronic logic system of each control channel includes a luminescent diode.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim 21 words
Installation according to claim 4, wherein the power control circuit of one at least of the control channels includes a triac.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim 22 words
Installation according to claim 4, wherein the sound signal device is connected upstream of the general voltage circuit breaker of the installation.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim 26 words
Installation according to claim 4, wherein the ventilator of the bathroom is provided with a manual to-and-fro control coupled with the control channel of the installation.

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USPTO Annuity & Maintenance Windows

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3.5 Years (Year 4) 1983-12-09 1984-06-09 1984-12-09 $2000.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
7.5 Years (Year 8) 1987-12-09 1988-06-09 1988-12-09 $3760.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
11.5 Years (Year 12) 1991-12-09 1992-06-09 1992-12-09 $7700.00 Window Closed / Lapsed

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