Claims
- 1. A hydrotherapeutic system including in combination:
- a container for fluid having a size sufficient to permit at least partial submersion of a person therein;
- a plurality of hydrotherapy heads in said container located beneath the normal fluid level thereof for supplying streams of fluid under pressure at an acute angle to the surface of the container at the location of each of said heads; and
- rotating means comprising an impeller and gear train mechanism rotated by the fluid flowing through each of said heads for rotating each head independently of the others to thereby automatically, simultaneously and continuously rotate the streams of fluid issuing from said heads to create a varying pattern of fluid movement in said container.
- 2. A hydrotherapeutic system including in combination:
- a container for fluid having a sufficient size to permit at least partial submersion of a person therein;
- at least one hydrotherapy head in said container located beneath the normal fluid level thereof for supplying a stream of fluid under pressure at an acute angle to the surface of the container at the location of said at least one hydrotheraphy head; and
- means located within said head and responsive to said stream of fluid passing through said head for automatically and continuously rotating the stream of fluid issuing from said head to create a varying pattern of fluid movement in said container.
- 3. A hydrotherapeutic system including in combination:
- a container for fluid having a size sufficient to permit at least partial submersion of a person therein;
- a plurality of hydrotherapy heads in said container located beneath the normal fluid level thereof for supplying streams of fluid under pressure at an acute angle to the surface of the container at the location of each of said heads; and
- means for independently rotating each of said heads for automatically, simultaneously and continuously rotating the streams of fluid issuing from said heads to create a varying pattern of fluid movement in said container.
- 4. The combination according to claim 3 wherein said rotating means comprises an impeller and gear train mechanism rotated by the fluid flowing through said head for rotating each head independently of the others.
- 5. The combination according to claim 4 wherein each of said plurality of hydrotherapy heads supplies a mixture of water and air under pressure, and streams of water and air issue from each of said heads to create said varying pattern of water and air movement in said container.
- 6. A hydrotherapeutic system including in combination:
- a container for fluid having a size sufficient to permit at lease partial submersion of a person therein;
- a plurality of hydrotherapy heads in said contianer located beneath the normal fluid level thereof for supplying streams of fluid under pressure at an acute angle to the surface of the container at the location of each of said heads, each of said plurality of hydrotherapy heads supplying a mixture of water and air under pressure; and
- means for automatically simultaneously and continuously rotating the streams of water and air issuing from each of said heads to create a varying pattern of water and air movement in said container.
Parent Case Info
This application is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 438,978, filed on Nov. 3, 1982 with improved flow characteristics in the name of Lester R. Mathews for Improved Rotatable Hydrotherapy Nozzle, which application is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 359,442, filed on Mar. 18, 1982 in the name of the same applicant for Rotatable Therapy Device.
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4358862 |
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