US Patent 8419664 Massaging device

The invention relates to a massaging device in the shape of a rod having an essentially cylindrical end element, a shell forming the outer surface of the end element made of a rubber-elastic material and a drive unit for generating a motion on the end element, the drive unit forming a plurality of bearing and support surfaces, against which the shell bears and the bearing and support surfaces being designed for an oscillating deformation of the shell relative to the longitudinal axis (LA) of the end element radially outward and inward by means of radial stroke motions of the bearing and support surfaces. The massaging device features a first and second operating mode (T, W), in the first operating mode (T) the oscillating deformation along the longitudinal axis (LA) being in phase and in the second operating mode (W) out of phase.