Surgery – Truss – Perineal
Patent
1986-01-31
1986-12-23
Coughenour, Clyde I.
Surgery
Truss
Perineal
4544, 4568, 128 33, A61H 900, A47K 310
Patent
active
046305998
ABSTRACT:
A hydromassage apparatus produces a whirlpool action in a conventional bathtub having a water inlet, conduit and drain valve control in the end of the bathtub. The hydromassage assembly is adapted to be partially immersed in the bathtub filled with a supply of water and includes a housing having a pair of leg portions positioned adjacent opposing sides of the drain valve control and down the ends of the bathtub. The leg portions have lower portions which are adapted to be immersed in the bathtub when filled with a liquid. The housing also includes an intermediate portion innerconnecting the leg portions. The housing has an inlet chamber and an outlet chamber extending between the lower immersed portions of the legs. The inlet chamber has at least one inlet opening in each of the legs for receiving liquid contained in the bathtub into the inlet chamber. The outlet chamber has at least one opening in the lower portions of the legs for allowing pressurized liquid to flow therefrom and provide a hydromassage whirlpool action. The housing includes a front and a rear member, one of which members has a partition portion extending between the lower portions of the leg portions. The other member has a grooved portion formed complimentary to the partition portion for receiving the partition portion therein to separate the inlet and outlet chambers. The intermediate portion of the housing has a front face contoured to allow water to flow from the water inlet conduit into the bathtub. The intermediate portion of the housing also has a side face contoured to the shape of the drain valve control to allow mounting of the housing adjacent to the drain valve control without impeding operation. The hydromassage apparatus also includes means for connecting the inlet chamber to a pump for receiving liquid from the inlet chamber and means for connecting the pump to the outlet chamber of the housing for providing a flow of pressurized liquid from the pump to the outlet chamber.
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Lang James W.
Perovick Matthew J.
Coughenour Clyde I.
Hussey Robert R.
Unidyne, Inc.
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