Massaging device.

Application filed November 1, 1907.

To all whom it -may concern:

Be it blown that· I, Kleber C. Jopling, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Memphis, in tlie county of Shelby and 5 State of Tennessee, have invented a new and Improved Massaging Device, of,which the lollowing is a lull, clear, and exact description.

Ibis invention relates to massaging deJ0 vices, and especially devices adapted to contain substances such as talcum powder, emollients and the like.

The object of the invention is to provider device of the class described, by means of 15 which toilet preparations can be effectively applied to the skin of the body, which has means for intermittently’ ejecting the preparation, and which is controlled in a simple manner by the hand of the user.

The invention consists in the construction and combination of parts, to be more particularly described hereinafter and particularly set forth in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the acompariy25 mg drawings forming a part of this specification, in winch similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures, in which figure 1 is a perspective view of my de30 vice; Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section of the invention showing in dotted outline the sides of the body compressed; Fig. 3 is a cross section on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2; and Fig. 4 is a cross section on the line 4—4 of Fig. 2.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, 1 represents a hollow body or bulb,' suitably fashioned from rubber or other flexible material and adapted to be manually compressed from its normal condition. A 40 recessed head 2, of any suitable material, such as metal, hard rubber, or the Ijke, is mounted at the upper end of the body 1, and is supported by the latter through the arrangement of the upper rim 3 of the body, in an annular groove 4 of the head. Held within the head 2 ami extending beyond the inwardly disposed rim 5 thereof is a suitable porous massaging material 5^a, such as sponge rubber, or the like. A cross support 6 is se50 cured within the head between the sides thereof and serves to hold the massaging material in position above the base 7 of the head.

The latter has an opening 8 therethrough in which is mounted an outlet valve 9 con55 sisting of a valve disk 10 and a guide stem 11.

It should be understood that although I emPatented May 5, 1908.

Serial No. 400,157.

ploy this preferred form, any suitable outlet valve may be used. A manually operable, catch 12 pivoted upon the base 7 anil having one end extending through an opening 13 in ₆₀the ivall of the head, serves to lock the outlet valve in an inoperative position.

At the lower end of the body 1 is a recessed base 14,. of any suitable material, such as metal, hard rubber, or the like, and secured in position by the arrangement of the lower rim 15 of the body in an annular groove 1G of the base. Mounted upon the inner face of the base 17 of the base, member 14 and seated in an opening 18, is an inlet valve 19, con- ₇₀sisting of a valve disk 20 and a guide stem 21. It should be understood that I do not limit myself to this particular form of valve, as any suitable type of inlet valve may be employed.

Arranged within the body 1 and carrieii by ₇₅the inner face of the base 17, is a preferably cylindrical support 22; a stop’ 23 is mounted within this support and serves to limit the movement of the inlet valve 19.

In operating the device, the catch 12 is re- ₈₀leased from the valve 9, and the bulb which has been filled with the toilet preparation, is compressed and thereby the preparation is expelled, together with a quantity of the air in the. bulb through the outlet valve and mas- ₈₅saging material, by means of which it may be applied to the person. The vacuum within the body is relieved by fresh air being taken in through the inlet valve at the base of the device when the bulb is again allowed to ex- ₉₀pand.