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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 27, 1983
Filed:
Dec. 22, 1981
Haruo Sugai, Hikone, JP;
Takafumi Hamabe, Hikone, JP;
Yukio Yamamura, Hikone, JP;
Shinpei Otuka, Hikone, JP;
Hiroshi Moriwaki, Hikone, JP;
Matsushita Electric Works, Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A massaging apparatus comprises a pair of massaging wheels obliquely and eccentrically attached to a main shaft, a shifting mechanism for shifting the massaging wheels and main shaft in the direction of the length of a chair back rest or a bed, and a spacing changing mechanism for changing the spacing between the massaging wheels. The apparatus is designed to detect the position of the pair of massaging wheels and the spacing therebetween. It further comprises position selecting switches associated with the neck, shoulders, back and waist of the human body. When any one of these position selecting switches is operated, the shifting mechanism and the spacing changing mechanism as well as the rotative direction of the main shaft are automatically controlled in accordance with the detected shifted position and spacing of the massaging wheels.