Patent ID: 6033421
Filing Date: 2000-03-07
Classification: A61M

Abstract:
A handheld tattoo machine, said apparatus comprising:(a) a driven grip tube, said driven grip tube having a first longitudinal axis and including a reciprocal needle bar;(b) a drive housing for receiving and driving said driven grip tube, said drive housing having a second longitudinal axis parallel to and offset from the first longitudinal axis of said driven grip tube to facilitate ease of operation of said tattoo machine, and further having a drive unit, said drive unit including a rotatable drive shaft having a third longitudinal axis also parallel to and offset from the first longitudinal axis of said driven grip tube, and a cam rotatable by said rotatable drive shaft, said cam having a cam face at an acute angle to said third longitudinal axis of said rotatable drive shaft; and(c) a spring adapted to urge said reciprocal needle bar toward said cam face.