Fluid Spray Deflector Plates for Dry Hydrotherapy Massage
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing dry hydro-therapy body massage apparatuses suffer from inefficiency due to the full-width fluid spray impacting unoccupied areas of the user's body, such as the neck and legs, resulting in a reduced massaging effect.
Innovation Solution
A control device is integrated within the apparatus to alter the directional flow of the fluid stream, using deflector plates to concentrate the spray in narrower areas, such as the neck and legs, thereby optimizing the massaging effect by ensuring the fluid impacts only the user's body.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Area of stationary object
If the fluid spray arrangement generates a full-width spray to cover the entire user body, then the massaging coverage is improved, but the efficiency deteriorates because the spray impacts unoccupied areas such as the neck and legs
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by using deflector plates to redirect the fluid spray to specific narrow areas of the user's body (such as the neck and legs) rather than distributing it uniformly across the entire body surface. This ensures that the fluid spray is concentrated only where needed, improving efficiency while maintaining adequate massaging coverage in those specific regions.
2Device complexity
If the fluid spray arrangement uses a fixed full-width spray pattern, then the device complexity is reduced, but the adaptability deteriorates because it cannot adjust to different body shapes and sizes
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements dynamics by incorporating movable deflector plates that can be adjusted to different positions and angles. This allows the spray pattern to be dynamically adapted to different body shapes, sizes, and positions, enhancing versatility without requiring a completely complex reconfigurable spray system.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The control device enhances the efficiency and effectiveness of the massage by redirecting the fluid stream to focus on specific body areas, minimizing waste and maximizing the massaging impact on the user's neck and legs.
Implementation Method 1
a fluid spray arrangement interiorly within the housing structure for directing a fluid stream at the user support surface for imparting a massaging effect through the support surface to the body of a user thereon
Implementation Method 2
a control device is provided within the housing structure between the fluid spray arrangement and the user support surface for altering directional flow of the fluid stream relative to a selected portion of the user's body
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AI summary
In an apparatus for dry hydro-therapy body massage comprising a housing structure having a user support surface and a fluid spray arrangement interiorly within the housing structure for directing a fluid stream at the user support surface for imparting a massaging effect through the support surface to the body of a user thereon, a control device is disposed within the housing structure between the fluid spray arrangement and the user support surface for altering directional flow of the fluid stream relative to a selected portion of the user's body.