Ada L Smith

US Patent:

62906607, Sep 18, 2001

Filed:

Nov 12, 1999

Appl. No.:

9/439330

Inventors:

Charlene Epps - East Pointe MI
Ada Smith - Milwaukee WI

International Classification:

A61H 2302
A61H 3100

US Classification:

601 41

Abstract:

An automated chest percussor apparatus for dislodging and loosening pulmonary secretions in one's chest. The automated chest percussor apparatus includes a rectangular housing mounted upon a pair of adjustable telescopic legs, and further includes a motor, a rotatable shaft connected to the motor, a first cam mounted to the rotatable shaft near the motor, a second cam mounted to near the end of the rotatable shaft away from the motor, a first bushing supported by a support bracket and supporting the rotatable shaft between the first and second cams, a first tubular member being connected to the first cam and being movably extended through a bottom wall of the housing, a second bushing supporting the first tubular member, a first flange member being securely attached to an upper end of the first tubular member, a first spring member being mounted about the first tubular member and disposed between the first flange member and the bottom wall of the housing, a first percussor member being adjustably threaded through a bottom end of the first tubular member, a second tubular member being connected to the second cam and being movably extended through a bottom wall of the housing, a third bushing supporting the second tubular member, a second flange member being securely attached to an upper end of the second tubular member, a second spring member being mounted about the second tubular member and disposed between the second flange member and the bottom wall of the housing, a second percussor member being adjustably threaded through a bottom end of the second tubular member, and a power and control source.