Vibrating foot drying and treating apparatus

Claim 2

Vibrating foot drying and treating apparatus, comprising a footrest, means on the footrest for spreading the toes apart, means for blowing drying air and foot-treating material between the spread toes, vibratable means carried by the footrest for vibrating a foot thereon, and means for vibraTing said vibratable means during said blowing.

Claim 3

Vibrating apparatus according to claim 1, in which said vibrating means include an electric motor suspended from said vibratable means.

Claim 4

Vibrating apparatus according to claim 1, in which said toe-spreading means are provided with passages therethrough, said blowing means include a blowing device and tubes connecting it with said passages, and said apparatus includes springs supporting the footrest for straight up and down movement, said vibratable means being movable relative to the footrest.

Claim 5

Vibrating apparatus according to claim 3, including vertical posts rigidly mounted beneath the footrest and spaced therefrom, said springs being coil springs mounted on said posts and extending above them into engagement with the footrest.

Claim 6

Vibrating apparatus according to claim 3, in which said blowing and vibrating means are electrically operated, said apparatus including a normally open electric switch mounted in fixed position beside the footrest, a switch-actuating member connected with the footrest for closing the switch when the footrest is depressed, and an electric circuit energized by closing the switch and connected with said blowing and vibrating means to actuate them.

Claim 7

Vibrating apparatus according to claim 1, in which said toe-spreading means are provided with passages therethrough, a stationary support is disposed in front of the footrest, and said blowing means include an electrically driven blower rigidly mounted on said support, a tubular header supported above the footrest by the blower for receiving air therefrom, flexible tubes connecting the header with said passages, and a pipe supported by the header above said toe-spreading means and communicating with the inside of the header to receive air therefrom, said pipe being provided with outlet openings for directing streams of air downwardly between the toes.

Claim 8

Vibrating apparatus according to claim 6, including a powder container provided with an outlet mounted on said header, the header being provided with a powder inlet for receiving powder from said container outlet.

Claim 9

Vibrating apparatus according to claim 1, in which a stationary support is disposed in front of the footrest, a housing covers said support and extends over said toe-spreading means, electric germicidal lamps are mounted in the housing over said toe-spreading means, and said blowing means include an electric blower mounted on said support, and tubes connecting it with said passages.

Claim 10

Vibrating apparatus according to claim 1, including a powder container provided with an outlet at its lower end, a feeding member in the container rotatable on a vertical axis to feed powder to said outlet, and means for periodically rotating said member.

Claim 11

Vibrating apparatus according to claim 9, in which said member-rotating means include a gear rigidly connected to the feeding member, a rack bar meshing with the gear, and means for reciprocating the bar.

Claim 12

Vibrating apparatus according to claim 9, including a normally open magnetically operated electric switch in the lower part of the powder container, a vertically movable member for resting on powder in the container and carrying a permanent magnet, said magnet being positioned to descend in the container with the powder and cause said switch to close, and an electric signal operated by the closed switch to indicate that the container should be refilled.

Claim 13

Vibrating apparatus according to claim 9, including a central tube in the container extending upwardly from said outlet and having lateral inlets near the bottom of the container, said feeding member encircling said tube and provided with openings that register with said inlets periodically when said member revolves around the tube, and said member being provided with scoop portions for forcing powder inwardly through said registering openings and inlets into said tube for discharge from said outlet.