Patent ID: 9393395
Filing Date: 2016-07-19
CPC Classification: A01K,A61M

Claim Text:
1. A tattoo machine for oscillating a tattoo needle, comprising: a main housing; a motor secured to the main housing; a needle bar member movably secured to the main housing for linear oscillation relative thereto; a drive mechanism operatively connected to an output shaft of the motor and to the needle bar member for translating rotary movement of the output shaft into linear oscillation of the needle bar member, wherein the drive mechanism includes: a pair of magnets disposed axially within the main housing at one end of the cartridge for dampening oscillating movement of the cartridge and thereby the needle bar member, the pair of magnets including a first magnet and a second magnet, the first magnet arranged for synchronous movement with the cartridge and the second magnet mounted to the main housing, wherein an axial distance is defined between the pair of magnets when the cartridge is at rest, said axial distance is adjustable while the cartridge is at rest, and wherein the second magnet is adjustably movable relative to the main housing for adjusting said axial distance between the pair of magnets.