Patent ID: 6679856
Filing Date: 2004-01-20
Classification: A61H

Abstract:
A massaging apparatus (1) with a casing (2) comprising casing walls (6, 7, 8, 9), part (10, 11) of which can be placed on the skin of the user during operation of the massaging apparatus (1) and moved over the skin, and with a suction chamber (17) which is designed to open towards the part (10, 11) of the casing walls (6, 7, 8, 9) which can be placed on the skin of the user and is bounded by the suction chamber walls (18, 19, 20, 21), at least part of which transform, in a transitional area (22, 23), into the part (10, 11) of the casing walls (6, 7, 8, 9) which can be placed on the skin of the user, where the part (10, 11) of the casing walls (6, 7, 8, 9) which can be placed on the skin of the user is non-rotational and at least mainly rough in finish, where the roughness has a value in the range of 0.1 &mgr;m to 10 &mgr;m and a roughness of 0.4 &mgr;m is at the most present in the transitional area (22, 23).