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Finger pressure device

Assignee: Japan Health Co Ltd
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Filing: 1993-07-26
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Granted: 1994-10-04
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Expires: 2013-07-26
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Abstract

Abstract A finger pressure device for massaging includes a box having a pair of framelike slidable holding trunks provided on opposite sides thereof, a starting motor fixed in the center of the box and having a hollow starting shaft with a female screw part inside, and a T-shape supporting bar having a rear part with a supporting male screw part which engages with the female screw part of the starting motor. The forward part of the T-shape supporting bar has a pair of opposed finger pressure disks on opposite sides thereof. A pair of slidable holding plates can slide inside the slidable holding trunks and their ends are connected to the outer ends of holding parts of the finger pressure disks. The T-shape supporting bar extends and retracts by rotation of the starting shaft in one direction or the reverse direction, and each finger pressure disk extends and retracts repeatedly.

Inventors

  • 👤 Yoshikiyo Yamasaki
  • 👤 Shinichiro Fujimoto

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-11-07 13:33
CPC Classifications
A; A61; A61H; A61H1/00; A61H15/00; A61H15/0078; A61H2201/00; A61H2201/01; A61H2201/0119; A61H2201/0138; A61H2201/0149; A61H2201/16; A61H2201/1602; A61H2201/1654; A61H2201/1657; A61H2201/1664; A61H2201/1669; A61H2205/00; A61H2205/08; A61H2205/081; A61H37/00

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 4
Claim 1
Independent Claim 293 words
A finger pressure massaging device comprising: a box having a pair of holding trunks provided on opposite sides of said box, a starting motor provided at a central location in said box, said starting motor having a hollow shaft with a female threaded part provided therein; a T-shaped supporting bar comprising a forward member and a rearward member joined to said forward member, the distal end of said rearward member having a male threaded part provided thereon, said male threaded part being threadedly engaged with said female threaded part provided in said starting motor hollow shaft; a pair of finger pressure massaging disks provided on said T-shaped supporting bar forward member; and a pair of slidable plates provided at opposite ends of said T-shaped supporting bar forward member, said slidable plates being mounted for slidable movement inside said holding trunks, whereby rotation of said starting motor hollow shaft in a first direction causes said male threaded part provided on said T-shaped supporting bar to screw into said hollow shaft female threaded part and rotation of said starting motor hollow shaft in a second direction opposite to said first direction causes said male threaded part to screw out of said hollow shaft female threaded part, thereby causing said T-shaped supporting bar, and said pair of finger pressure massaging disks provided thereon, to move toward or away from said starting motor, said box being slidably supported on a pair of parallel supporting guide bars fixed in a seat back of a massage chair and cooperable with an elevator structure so as to be raised and lowered along the supporting guide bars repeatedly by operation of the elevator structure, said elevator structure comprising a drive motor provided in said box for raising and lowering said box.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 293 words
A finger pressure massaging device comprising: a box having a pair of holding trunks provided on opposite sides of said box, a starting motor provided at a central location in said box, said starting motor having a hollow shaft with a female threaded part provided therein; a T-shaped supporting bar comprising a forward member and a rearward member joined to said forward member, the distal end of said rearward member having a male threaded part provided thereon, said male threaded part being threadedly engaged with said female threaded part provided in said starting motor hollow shaft; a pair of finger pressure massaging disks provided on said T-shaped supporting bar forward member; and a pair of slidable plates provided at opposite ends of said T-shaped supporting bar forward member, said slidable plates being mounted for slidable movement inside said holding trunks, whereby rotation of said starting motor hollow shaft in a first direction causes said male threaded part provided on said T-shaped supporting bar to screw into said hollow shaft female threaded part and rotation of said starting motor hollow shaft in a second direction opposite to said first direction causes said male threaded part to screw out of said hollow shaft female threaded part, thereby causing said T-shaped supporting bar, and said pair of finger pressure massaging disks provided thereon, to move toward or away from said starting motor, said box being slidably supported on a pair of parallel supporting guide bars fixed in a seat back of a massage chair and cooperable with an elevator structure so as to be raised and lowered along the supporting guide bars repeatedly by operation of the elevator structure, said elevator structure comprising a drive motor provided in said box for raising and lowering said box.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 23 words
A device according to claim 1, wherein said pair of holding trunks are fixed into opposite sides of the box, which slant inwardly.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 22 words
A device according to claim 1, wherein the female screw part is provided inside an end of the starting motor hollow shaft.

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