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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 07, 2003
Filed:
Dec. 23, 1999
Shigemitsu Ishibashi, Tokyo, JP;
Haruki Nakao, Tokyo, JP;
Nitto Kohki Co., Ltd., , JP;
Abstract
A compact air massage system is provided which enables the user to receive a comfortable feeling of massage on each part of the limbs. The system includes massage bodies having a plurality of air-tight chambers, a compressed air supply source supplying compressed air to the massage body, and a compressed air distribution apparatus arranged between the compressed air supply source and the massage body and having a plurality of switching valves each allowing the respective air-tight chambers to communicate with one of the compressed air supply source and an outer atmosphere. The system further includes a controller controlling the respective switching valves to allow the respective chambers to be expanded or contracted and check valves each arranged between the compressed air supply source and the switching valve and openable from the compressed air supply source toward the direction of the switching valve, by which it is possible to individually adjust pressure in the respective chambers.