US1817077A - Roller massage machine - Google Patents

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g 1931- D. GUSTAVESON 1,817,077

ROLLER MASSAGE MACHINE 3 Filed March 14, 1929 2 Sheets-Sheet l JZ ivy/lit Div/0 GQJT/VVESOM 2 Sheets-Shut Z D. GUSTAVESON ROLLER MASSAGE'MACHINE Filed March 14, 1929 Aug. 4, 1931.

Patented Aug. 4, 1931 v PATENT OFFICE DAVID GUSTAVESON, OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA ROLLER MASSAGE MACHINE Application filed March 14, 1929. Serial No. 346,851.

My invention relates to a roller massage machine'that is especially designed for eifecting a reduction of weight as a result of breaking down and eliminating adipose tissue, and

the principle object of my invention is to providea relatively simple, practical and inexpensive machine wherein an applicator in the form of a roller, or a series of associated rollers is reciprocated, so as to produce the rolling action against the body of the user. j

Further objects of my invention are to adjustably mount the machine on a vertical support or supports so that said machine may be elevated or lowered for engagement with different portions of the body, further, to provide simple and efficient means including an electric motor for driving the reciprocating applicator and further to provide simple and efficient means for regulating and controlling the speed of the reciprocating applicator.

, Further objects of my invention are to provide an applicator that is made up of a series of discs or rollers and further to provide means whereby the applicator may be mounted on a yielding support so that said applicator while in operation may change its position to conform to the curvature of the body or limb to which-it is applied.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, my' invention consists in certain novel features of construction and arrangement of parts that will hereinafter be more fully described and claimed and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Fig. l is a front elevational view of a roller massage machine embodying the principles of my invention. Fig. 2 is a horizontal section taken on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged vertical section taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1.

Fig.4 is a top plan view of one of the applicators used in my improved massage machine. r

Fig. 5 is a side elevational view of the machine with parts thereof in vertical section.

Fig. 6 is a vertical section taken on the line 6+6 of Fig. 5.

Referring by numerals to the accompany ing drawings which illustrate a practical embodiment of my invention 10, 10 designates a pair of upright supporting rails which may be secured to a wall or other vertical support and arranged for sliding movement upon said upright rails are horizontally disposed brackets 11 to the outer ends of which are connected the upper and lower portions of a vertically disposed boxlike housing 12.

The front plate 13 of this housing is read ily removable in order to give access to the interior of the housing and formed in said front plate is a vertically disposed slot 14:.

The rear ends of the brackets 11 or those portions that are mounted for sliding movement upon the uprights 10 are provided with suitable means for firmly securing the brackets to the uprights at differently adjusted elevations and these locking or clamping devices may be in the form of set screws provided on their outer ends with small hand wheels or discs 15.

Projecting rearwardly from the intermediate portion of the housing 12 is a horizontally disposed bracket 16, and extending lengthwise therethrough is a pair of parallel rods 17 and mounted for sliding movement upon said rods is a plate 18 upon which is mounted a small electric motor 19. The outer portion of one of the rods 17 is screw-threaded for engagement with a threaded lug that forms a part of the base plate 18 and mounted on the outer end of this threaded rod is a hand wheel 20.

The parts just described provide simple means for moving the electric motor carrying plate 18 longitudinally of the supporting rods 17. Depending from the plate 18 is a hook 21 and attached thereto is the outer end of a retractile spring 22, the inner end of ings 27 that are formed in the front and rear wall of gear case 28 and which latte-r 1s formed integral with and projects outwardly rom the left hand side wall of housing 12. V l/Vithin this gear case, shaft 26 is provided with a worm 29 that engages a worm wheel 30 and the latter being secured on the outer 7 end of a shaft 31 that is j ournaled in a hearing 32. Shaft 31 projects into the upper portion of the housing 12 and carries a grooved pulley 33.

J ournaled in a bearing 34 in the lower portion of thelefthand side wall of the housing 12-is a shaft 35, the inner end of which carries a grooved pulley 36 that has the same meter as pulley 33 and mounted for operation upon the pulleys 33 and 36 is a belt 37.

1 Arranged in the right hand'portion of the chamber within housing 12 and directly to the rear of the slot 14 in the front wall is a air of u ri 'ht uide-rods 38.'tl1e ends of p 7 D ID 1 which are fixed in the top and bottomplates of thehousln-g and arranged to slide freely upon these guide rods 1s a. block 39 having a i bracket 40 that projects forwardly through massage machine may take various forms, but I prefer to use sectional rollers aslllustrated in Figs. 1, 2 and 4. V

In the form of applicator illustrated in Fig.

' 4 a horizontally disposed U-shaped frame 46 is provided with a centrally arrangedstud 47 that is adapted to be positioned in the recess 41 in bracket 40 and to be clamped to said bracket by screw 42 and seated in the outer ends of the arms of said bracket46 are the ends of a rod 48. Loosely mounted on said rod between the arms of the bracket are discs or rollers 49 of uniform diameter with rounded perlpheries and said rollers being -52 in the bracket 40 and secured on the outer end constructed of hard rubber, composition or the like. These rollers are maintalned in spaced relat on by-relat1vely small thin washers 50. r

' This particular form of applicator may be conveniently employed while imparting rotary massageto the back, breast or abdomen of the user, but where it isdesired to impart- .rotary massage to the lower port1ons of the le s or to the neck and chin I prefer to use an applicator of the form shown in Figs. 1 and 2. j

. This form-of applicator includes a horizontally disposed U shaped frame 51 thatis mounted for sliding movement upon a'stud which latter is adapted tobe clamped of the stud 52 in front of the rear bar of the frame 51 is a bow spring 53, the ends veniently used on the limbs or neck for im-' parting rolling massage thereto.

In the practical use of my improved roller massage machine the housing andparts car ried thereby is adjusted to the desired vertical height on the supply supports 10 and the machine is clamped in its adjusted position by tightening the clamping screws 15, and following the turning on of the current to the electric motor the latter will be operated in the usual manner. V I r I Friction disc 24 engaging the, face of disc- 25 will rotate the latter and the shaft 26 which lattervcarries worm 29 and said worm drives worm wheel 30 carried by shaft 31 and which latter carries the pulley 33. As pulley 33 is thus rotated the belt 37 will be driven over the pulleys 33 and 36 and the pin 45 which enters sliding block 44. will in its vertical travel reciprocate the block 39 upon theguide rods 38. V r V During the vertical reciprocation of block 39 or at the ends of its travel the pin 45 in passing from one side of the pulleys to the other will move the cylindrical block 44 horizontally through its housing or bearing 43. V The reciprocating block 39 carries an applicator and as the latter is reciprocated vertically it will engage and impart rolling massage to that portion of the body that ispositioned immediately in front of the machine. By rotation ofthe screw rod that carries. the

handle 20 the base 18 thatcarries the motor may be moved laterally relative to-the housing and as this adjustment takes place the friction disc 24 willbe moved toward or away from-the center of the friction disc 25Qwith the result that speed at which the machine operates may be readily controlled'and regulated. T j

; Thus it will be seen that I have provided a roller massage machine that is relatively simple in construction, inexpensive of'manufacture, capable of being readily. adjusted to diderent elevations and capable of being operated at different speeds and which machine may be very efl'ectivelyused forimparting rolling massage to practically all portionsof the body and limbs of the user.

It will be understood that minor changes in the size, form and, construction of the various parts of my improved roller massage machine may be made and substituted for those herein shown and described without departing from the spirit of my invention, the scope of which is set forth in the appended claims.

I claim as my invention 1. In a roller massage machine, a housing, a pair of shafts journaled in one of the walls of said housing, grooved pulleys mounted on said shafts, belt operating over said grooved pulleys, a pin projecting from said belt, a member mounted for vertical sliding movement within said housing, a ball and socket connection between said sliding member and pin, a bracket projecting from said sliding member and an applicator carried by said bracket.

2. In a roller massage machine, a housing, a pair of shafts ournaled in one of the walls of said housing, grooved pulleys mounted on said shafts, a belt operating over said grooved pulleys, a pin projecting from said belt, a member mounted for vertical sliding move ment within said housing, a ball and socket connection between said sliding member and pin, a bracket projecting from said sliding member, an applicator carried by said bracket and means for imparting rotary motion to one of said shafts.

3. In a roller massage machine, ahousing, a pair of shafts ournaled in one of the walls of said housing, grooved pulleys mounted on said shafts, a belt operating over said grooved pulleys, a pin projecting from said belt, a member mounted for vertical sliding movement within said housing, a ball and socket connection between said sliding member and pin, a bracket projecting from said sliding member, an applicator carried by said bracket, means for imparting rotary motion to one of said shafts and means whereby the speed of the rotary motion imparted to said shaft may be regulated.

4. In a roller massage machine, a vertical support, a housing mounted for vertical adjustment on said support, a pair of shafts vjournaled in said housing, means carried by the housing for imparting rotary motion to one of said shafts, means forming a part of the driving connections for regulating the speed of the transmitted. rotary motion, grooved pulleys carried by said shafts, a belt arranged for operation on said pulleys, a pin projecting from said belt, a member mounted for vertical sliding movement within the housing, a ball and socket connection between said sliding member and said pin and a rolling applicator carried by said sliding member.

5. In a roller massage machine, the combination with a vertically reciprocating member of a stud projecting from said reciproeating member, a frame mounted for sliding movement on said stud, a series of rollers journaled in said frame and a spring arranged between said frame and stud for yieldingly resisting the movement of said frame and rollers in one direction.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

DAVID GUSTAVESON.

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