HEAT THERAPY APPLIANCE

The invention relates to a heat therapy appliance having: a therapy unit (2) with a lying surface surrounded by side walls and with a housing; a support device (8) that supports the therapy unit (2); and a heating device (7) for heating up the therapy unit (2) in the area of the surrounded lying surface, characterized in that the housing of the therapy unit (2) is open at the bottom, in that the support device (8) has a base wall arrangement (10) fixedly connected thereto which completes and locks the housing open at the bottom of the therapy unit to form a housing closed off at the bottom in the closed position of the therapy unit, and in that the therapy unit (2) is mounted pivotably on one side in relation the base wall arrangement (10), such that the therapy unit (2) is pivotable between the closed position with the housing closed and an open position remote from the base wall arrangement, in which position the components in the interior of the housing are accessible.