Body toning method and apparatus

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS As indicated in FIG.
1, the system which is referred to generally as desktop unit 10 is powered by a 120 volt source referred to as line source 12.
Line source 12 is connected to a power supply circuit 14 which supplies power to the unit's microcomputer circuit 16, display circuit 18 as well as the unit's probe driver circuit 20 which is connected to probes 22, 24, as such is described in more detail below with respect to FIGS.
2 and 2A.
Line source 12 also supplies power directly to the probes to operate a vibrator (not shown) contained within each probe.
Push-button switches (identified generally by numeral 26 in FIG.
1) connected to microcomputer 16 allow the operator to select the current intensity, frequency and polarity of the signal supplied to the probes and in addition allows the operator to turn the microcomputer on or off by putting the microcomputer in an awake or sleep state, as more fully described below.
The apparatus of the preferred embodiment will now be described in greater detail with reference to the electronic circuit diagram of FIGS.
2 and 2A.
Power for the unit is supplied by line source 12 at 120 volts RMS (Root Mean Square) which is controlled by on/off power switch S1.
When being supplied to unit 10, power flows through fuse F1 to two transformers T1 and T2, through the connecting wires to the probes and through switch S2 to transformer T3.
The voltage from transformer T3 is drooped by potentiometers P1a and P1b and is supplied to heaters (not shown) contained inside each probe.
Additional switches contained in the probes turn a vibrator (not shown) contained inside each probe on or off.
The voltage from transformer T2 is rectified by rectifiers D2 and D3 and filtered by capacitor C3 to supply approximately positive 55 volts direct current to the voltage regulator U2.
The voltage from transformer T2 is also rectified by rectifiers D4 and D5 and filtered by capacitor C5 to supply approximately negative 55 volts direct current to the voltage rectifier U3