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US Patent 5870782 - Fitness-brush shower installation
US Patent Issued on February 16, 1999
Estimated Patent Expiration Date:
October 20, 2017Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.
Estimated Patent Expiration Date:
October 20, 2017Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.AbstractA fitness-brush shower installation has a head rod (5) including a drive head (6). The head rod is pivotable in a horizontal plane and can be secured at a selected position. A vertical, rotatable brush roller (7) is interchangeably suspended on a drive head (6) under the head rod. A gear (21) is coupled to at least one drive (23, 32) comprising conical gear-wheel shafts (20) which set the brush roller (7) in rotation. The gear (21) is coupled to a brush-roller driver. The brush roller (7) telescopically extendable in the vertical direction. Its extension is a function of water flowing into a hollow brush core (8) of the brush roller, resisted by a restoring spring (45). | InventorApplicationNo. 954755 filed on 10/20/1997US Classes:4/606, Scrubber4/605, Convenience accessories15/21.1BrushingField of Search4/605, Convenience accessories4/606, Scrubber4/596, SHOWER (E.G. STALL, WITH WALLS, RECEPTOR, AND SPRAY)15/21.1, Brushing15/88.3, Cylindrical brush15/88.4Cylindrical brush moves past workExaminersPrimary: Recla, Henry J.Assistant: Culpepper, Kerry S. Attorney, Agent or FirmUS Patent References3091776, 3818531, 5675846Brush-massage shower installationIssued on: 10/14/1997 Inventor: Kannenberg Foreign Patent References
International ClassA47K 003/22Foreign Application Priority Data1996-10-28 DE |
