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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 10, 1999
Filed:
May. 21, 1997
Nobuzo Shimizu, Higashi-Osaka, JP;
Daito Electric Machine Industry Company Limited, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A tapping-type massaging mechanism includes a drive motor; a support plate secured to the drive motor so as to extend radially outwardly of the motor; a crank pin eccentrically secured to an output shaft of the drive motor; an elastically deformable connecting member secured to the support plate at one end thereof so as to extend in the same direction as the output shaft; a vibrating plate secured to the other end of the connecting member so as to be movable relative to and in parallel with the support plate, the vibrating plate receiving therethrough the crank pin for rotation; and a tap-massaging member mounted on an end of the vibrating plate so as to orient toward a direction orthogonal to the output shaft.