Patent ID: 6210351
Filing Date: 2001-04-03
Classification: A61H

Abstract:
A massaging water bed, comprising:a box-shaped water container including an opening portion on a top thereof;a flexible sheet being disposed over the opening portion of the water container in a watertight manner, on which a person being massaged lies;a jet device for jetting water being disposed to move within said water container in lengthwise and widthwise directions of said water container, said jet device including a nozzle, a pair of nozzle-transferring gears for transferring said nozzle and a carrier;a circulating pump;a drive pulley and a follower pulley each being disposed in said water container;a jet device-transferring belt wound about said drive pulley and said follower pulley, said carrier being connected at a central widthwise location thereof to said jet device-transferring belt;a nozzle-transferring motor which is coupled with said jet device-transferring belt;a spline shaft disposed within said water container and arranged along said jet device-transferring belt, coupled with said nozzle-transferring motor;said pair of nozzle-transferring gears being rotatably held in an engaged state on top of said carrier, said nozzle being disposed on top of each of said pair of nozzle-transferring gears;said jet device being moved within said container in a lengthwise direction of said water container by driving said nozzle-transferring motor coupled with the drive pulley to move said carrier within said container in a lengthwise direction thereof; andsaid nozzle being moved within said water container in a widthwise direction of said water container by driving said nozzle-transferring motor, said nozzle being coupled with a water jetting opening formed within said water container through a flexible hose for jetting water, said water jetting opening being coupled with said circulating pump, said nozzle jetting water against a back surface of said flexible sheet by driving the circulating pump.