Portable spa massager

Claim 1

The combination of a therapeutic pool including a tub enclosure having a fluid jet system including at least one fluid wall jet nozzle located in a wall of said tub enclosure, a pressured fluid system with a fluid pump and a motor drive therefor, and a fluid distribution conduit extending between said pump and jet nozzle to deliver pressured fluid thereto, and a portable, hand-held, fluid-powered massager comprising: (a) a casing having an inlet port in its side wall and a handle dependent therefrom and a flat undersurface; (b) a vibrator pad slidably mounted to the flat undersurface of said casing for reciprocating movement parallel to said undersurface of said casing; (c) a fluid motor in the top portion of said casing including an impeller on a shaft in said casing for rotation in a plane parallel to said undersurface of said casting; (d) drive transmission means mechanically coupling said vibrator pad to said fluid motor including at least two speed reduction stages, each comprising a spur gear and a driven gear, and a cam wheel in driven relationship to the last of said speed reduction stages and mechanically coupled to said vibrator pad to effect reciprocation thereof; (e) a sleeve adapter to be removably attached to said wall jet nozzle; and (f) a flexible hose connecting said sleeve adapter to said inlet port of said casing through said handle, whereby the fluid ejected from said nozzle can be utilized as the motive fluid for said fluid motor.