JP2003245318A - Air foot massaging machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an air foot massaging machine capable of providing the most suitable massaging effect suited to the thickness of a part to be massaged of the foot by a simple structure. <P>SOLUTION: This air foot massaging machine 1 has a foot surrounding section 2 having an air bag and an air supply means 3 supplying air to the air bag. The machine has a foot thickness measuring means 6 measuring the thickness of the part to be massaged of the foot 5 around which the foot surrounding section 2 is wrapped. The massaging machine can measure the thickness of the part to be massaged of the foot 5 and provide the most suitable massaging effect suited to the thickness of the part to be massaged of the foot 5. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an air foot massager for inflating and deflating an air bag such as an air bag to compress and release a foot for massaging.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, there is known an air foot massager for inflating and inflating an air bag such as an air bag to compress and release a foot for massaging. As shown in FIG. Foot surrounding part 2 provided with an air bag such as an air bag for wrapping around the treatment part of the foot 5.
And a pressure management unit 4 that manages the pressure of the air bladder, and an air supply unit 3 that supplies air to the air bladder, and a treatment unit for the foot 5 of the human body that is going to massage the foot surrounding unit 2. The air bag is inflated by supplying air to the air bag by the air supply means 3 to inflate the air bag, and the exhaust valve provided in the pressure management unit 4 is opened to exhaust the air bag to contract the air bag. It expands and contracts to massage the treated area of the foot. At this time, the pressure management unit 4 measures a predetermined pressure to control the opening and closing of the exhaust valve and the air supply unit 3. ing.

Here, the massage by expanding and contracting the air bag on the foot 5 which is the treatment site is conventionally set and controlled so as to have a predetermined pressure, and when the massage is performed, the compression force is set on the treatment site to arbitrarily set. It is effective enough to adjust the strength of the massage, but the foot to be massaged by the air foot massager 1
Is different in the thickness of the treated part of the foot 5 to be massaged, and the thickness of the treated part of the foot 5 to be massaged is different if the position of the treated part of the foot 5 to be massaged is different. There is a problem in that it is not sufficient in terms of providing the optimum massage effect corresponding to the difference.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and it is possible to measure the thickness of the treated portion of the foot with a simple structure, and the treated portion can be obtained by determining the thickness of the treated portion. It is an object of the present invention to provide an air foot massager that can be reflected as data for enabling an optimal massage suitable for the thickness of the.

[0005]

In order to solve the above problems, an air foot massager according to the present invention has a foot enclosing portion 2 having an air bag and an air supply means 3 for supplying air to the air bag. In the air foot massager 1,
It is characterized in that it comprises a foot thickness measuring means 6 for measuring the thickness of a treated portion of the foot 5 surrounded by the foot surrounding portion 2. Thereby, the state (thickness) of the treatment site of the foot 5 surrounded by the foot surrounding portion 2 can be confirmed.

Further, the foot thickness measuring means 6 treats the foot 5 with the start time of the pressure value rising of the pressure raised by the air supplied to the air bag in the state where the treatment portion of the foot 5 is surrounded by the foot surrounding portion 2. It is preferable to measure the thickness of the part. In this way, by measuring the thickness of the treatment part of the foot 5 by the pressure value rising start time of the pressure rising by the air supplied to the air bag in the state where the treatment part of the foot 5 is surrounded by the foot surrounding part 2, If the pressure value rising start time is early, it is determined that the treatment area is thick, and if the pressure value rising start time is late, it is determined that the treatment area is thin, and the state (thickness) of the treatment area of the foot 5 surrounded by the foot surrounding portion 2 is easily determined. It can be confirmed.

Further, the foot thickness measuring means 6 surrounds the treatment area of the foot 5 with the foot enclosing portion 2 and the foot 5 according to the degree of increase in the pressure value raised by the air supplied to the air bag.
Is preferably measured. In this way, by measuring the thickness of the foot 5 by measuring the degree of increase in the pressure value that is increased by the air supplied to the air bag in the state where the treatment area of the foot 5 is surrounded by the foot surrounding portion 2, the increase in the pressure value is obtained. If the degree is higher than a predetermined value, the treated area is thick, and if the degree of increase in the pressure value is smaller than the determined value, the treated area is thin, and the foot enclosing portion 2 is easily determined.
It is possible to confirm the state (thickness) of the treatment site of the foot 5 surrounded by.

Further, after the foot thickness measuring means 6 raises the pressure value by the air supplied to the air bag with the foot wrapping portion 2 wrapped around the foot and reaches the predetermined set pressure value. It is preferable to stop the supply of air and measure the thickness of the treatment site of the foot 5 by the degree of decompression of the air bag thereafter. In this way, the pressure value is increased by the air supplied to the air bladder with the foot surrounding portion 2 wrapped around the foot, and the supply of air is stopped after reaching the predetermined set pressure value. By measuring the thickness of the treatment site of the foot 5 according to the degree of decompression of the bag, it is determined that the treatment site is thick if the decompression value is large, and the treatment site is thin if the decompression value is small, and is easily surrounded by the foot enclosing portion 2. Foot 5
The condition (thickness) of the treated region can be confirmed.

Further, the thickness of the treated portion of the foot 5 is measured according to the degree of pressure reduction of the air bag, and the control unit 7 is controlled to inflate and massage the air bag after the pressure reduction value is stabilized.
Is preferably provided. In this way, after setting the predetermined pressure value, the supply of air is stopped, and then the thickness of the treatment site of the foot is measured by obtaining the pressure reduction value by the descending gradient of the air pressure in the initial stage when the exhaust valve is opened, After that, since it becomes a stable normal descending gradient, the massage is controlled to start at this normal descending gradient, so that the wrapping or wrapping by the foot surrounding portion 2 is in a stable state (the desired pressure). The massage operation can be started from (value) and the desired pressure value can be massaged.

Further, the foot-surrounding portion 2 is structured to be wound around the foot, and the foot thickness measuring means 6 is constituted by a sensor 8 for measuring the winding amount when the foot-surrounding portion 2 is wound around the foot. Is preferred. With such a configuration, the foot thickness measuring means 6 is configured by the sensor 8 that measures the winding amount when the foot surrounding portion 2 is wound around the foot, and thus the sensor 8 measures the winding amount. The thickness of the treatment site of the foot 5 can be measured with a simple configuration of measuring.

Further, the foot surrounding portion 2 is constituted by a wrapping belt 9 which is wound around the foot, and the foot thickness measuring means 6 ends the wrapping belt 9 when the wrapping belt 9 is wrapped around the foot. It is preferable that the sensor 8 is configured by a sensor 8 that measures the amount of joining of parts.
With such a configuration, the sensor 8 measures the joint amount (overlap amount) of the joint portion of the winding belt 9 when the winding belt 9 is wound around the treatment site of the foot 5. The thickness of the treated region of the foot 5 can be measured.

Further, it is preferable that a plurality of air bags are provided independently in the height direction and the pressures of the respective air bags are independently measured to measure the thicknesses of a plurality of parts in the height direction of the foot. . With such a configuration, it is possible to accurately measure the thickness of a plurality of parts in the height direction of the treatment part of the foot 5 surrounded by the foot surrounding part 2.

Further, the foot surrounding portion 2 formed by the foot thickness measuring means 6
Based on the detection result of the thickness of the treatment area of the foot 5 surrounded by,
It is preferable to change the massage mode by changing the supply of air to the air bag by the air supply means 3. With such a configuration, the thicknesses of a plurality of parts in the height direction of the treatment part of the foot 5 surrounded by the foot surrounding part 2 are accurately measured, and the thicknesses of the plurality of parts in the height direction of the treatment part are measured. Therefore, it is possible to perform the optimum massage for each part according to.

Further, it is preferable to provide a position restricting means 10 for restricting the position of the foot surrounding portion 2 in the height direction while the foot surrounding portion 2 surrounds the treatment area of the foot 5. With such a configuration, it is possible to always measure a stable foot thickness by eliminating the displacement of the foot enclosing portion 2 in the height direction when the foot enclosing portion 2 is attached.

Further, a position regulating means 10 for regulating the position of the foot enclosing portion 2 in the body height direction is provided while the foot enclosing portion 2 encloses the treatment area of the foot, and a position regulating amount in the body height direction by the position regulating means. It is preferable to have a function of changing Even if the person who attaches the foot enclosure 2 is different, by changing the length of positioning in the height direction, the positioning can be set for any person, and the thickness of the foot can be measured under a certain condition. It is a thing.

[0016]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION The present invention will be described below based on the embodiments shown in the accompanying drawings.

As shown in FIG. 1, the air foot massager 1 includes a foot portion 2 having an air bag, an air supply means 3 for supplying air to the air bag, and a pressure management for managing the pressure of the air bag. And part 4. The pressure managing unit 4 includes an exhaust valve, a pressure detecting unit, a foot thickness measuring unit 6, and a control unit 7.
Etc. are provided. The air foot massager 1 winds the foot surrounding portion 2 provided with an air bag so as to cover the treatment portion of the foot 5 of the human body to be massaged, and the air supply means 3
To supply air to the air bag provided in the foot surrounding portion 2 to inflate the air bag, and to open the exhaust valve provided in the pressure management unit 4 to evacuate the air bag to contract the air bag. Is repeatedly inflated and deflated to massage the treatment part of the foot 5 surrounded by the foot surrounding part 2. At this time, the pressure management part 4
The pressure determined in advance is measured and the control unit 7 provided in the pressure management unit 4 controls the opening / closing of the exhaust valve and the air supply unit 3.

The leg part 2 provided with an air bag is, for example, a leg 5.
There is a type in which the treatment portion is wound around the treatment portion, or a type in which the treatment portion of the foot 5 is wrapped by inserting the foot 5 into a tubular shape.

In the air foot massager 1 of the present invention having the above-mentioned structure, the foot 5 surrounded by the foot surrounding portion 2 is further added.
The foot thickness measuring means 6 for measuring the thickness of the treated region is provided (in the embodiment, the foot thickness measuring means 6 is provided in the pressure management unit 4 as described above). That is, as shown in FIG. 2, while the foot 5 is surrounded by the foot enclosing portion 2, air is supplied by the air supply means 3 to the air bag provided in the foot enclosing portion 2, that is, the air bag is pressurized. When the air bag is started, the pressure of the air bag is detected by the pressure detecting unit provided in the pressure management unit 4 by supplying air to the air bag, and based on this, the foot thickness measuring means 6
The condition of the treated part of the foot 5 (that is, the thickness of the treated part)
Then, the air foot massage is started. That is, in this embodiment, the pressure of the air bladder is detected by the pressure detection means provided in the pressure management section 4, and the treatment area of the foot is detected by various methods as described below based on the pressure detection by the pressure detection means. It is designed to measure the thickness, which is the state.

FIG. 3 shows an embodiment in which the thickness of the treated region is measured by the foot thickness measuring means 6 based on the pressure detection measured by the pressure detecting means provided in the pressure management section 4. This Figure 3
As shown in, when air is supplied to the air bladder by the air supply means 3 in a state in which the treatment part of the foot 5 is surrounded by the foot surrounding part 2, the pressure increase of the air bladder starts until the air bladder contacts the treatment part ( The pressure rise of the air bladder is started after the air bladder comes into contact with the treatment site without pressure rise, and the start of the pressure rise can be detected by the pressure detection means provided in the pressure management unit 4. A rise time measuring means constituting the foot thickness measuring means 6 measures the time from the start of supplying air to the air bag until the pressure detecting means detects the start of pressure value rise of the pressure increased by the supplied air. You can do it. Then, the time from the start of supplying air to the air bag by the air supply means 3 with the foot enclosing portion 2 surrounding the treatment area of the foot 5 until the start of the rise of the pressure value of the pressure increased by the supplied air. The longer the treatment area surrounded by the foot surrounding portion 2 is, the thinner the treatment area surrounded by the foot surrounding portion 2 is. Therefore, in the present embodiment, when the foot thickness measuring means 6 starts the air supply from the air supply means 3 to the air bag (at the start of pressurization g) to the time when the pressure value of the air bag starts to rise f.
By measuring the time until, it is possible to measure the thickness of the treated region of the foot 5.

As a criterion for the determination, the determination is made based on the magnitude of the value of f-g. For example, the value A and the value B (here A> B) are set in advance, and f-g ≧ A In the case, it is determined that the thickness of the treatment site is thin, and in the case of A> f−g ≧ B, it is determined that the thickness of the treatment site is the middle thickness, and f−g <
In the case of B, it is determined that the thickness of the treatment site is thick.

Next, another embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. When air is supplied by the air supplying means 3 in a state where the treatment area of the foot is surrounded by the foot surrounding portion 2 and the air bag comes into contact with the treatment area, the pressure of the air bag increases as shown in FIG. The state of the treatment site, that is, if the treatment site is thick, the pushback from the treatment site due to compression of the air bag is large, and if the amount of air supplied to the air bag is the same, the pressure detection means provided in the pressure management unit 4 If the pressure rising gradient becomes large and the treatment area is thin, the pushing back from the treatment area due to the compression of the air bag is small, and if the amount of air supplied to the air bag is the same, the pressure detection means provided in the pressure management unit 4 The rising gradient of pressure becomes small. In this way, the degree of increase in the pressure value increased by the air supplied to the air bag changes depending on the thickness of the treatment area. Therefore, in the present embodiment, the foot thickness measuring means 6 detects the degree of rising inclination of the pressure value of the air bag, so that the foot 5
The thickness of the treated area can be measured. For example, in FIG.
In C, the treatment area is determined to be thick because the pressure increase gradient is large, D is determined to be medium in thickness, and E is determined to be thin because the pressure increase gradient is small.

Next, another embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. When air is supplied by the air supply means 3 in a state where the treatment area of the foot is surrounded by the foot surrounding portion 2 and the air bag comes into contact with the treatment area, the pressure of the air bag increases as shown in FIG. The air is supplied to the bladder up to the specified pressure and pressure is applied. Then, as shown in FIG. 5, the air supply means 3 is operated at a predetermined pressure value (i).
The pressure is stopped by stopping the air supply.

When the exhaust valve is opened after the air supply is stopped at the predetermined pressure value (i) as described above, the pressure value drops from the i point as shown in the graph of FIG. In this case, the descending slope from the point i in FIG. 5 is that the air bag is pushed back by the treatment portion of the foot 5 at the initial stage when the air supply is stopped and the exhaust valve is opened, and thus the air escape amount is large and the descending slope is small. Becomes steep, and thereafter, the amount of air escaped by pushing back the treatment part disappears, so that the exhaust gradient becomes a normal exhaust gradient. By the way, at the initial stage when the exhaust valve is opened, the air is blown out by the treatment portion of the foot 5 pushing back the air. Therefore, the descending gradient of the air pressure in the initial stage when the exhaust valve is opened becomes large, and the smaller the treatment area is, the smaller the descending gradient of the air pressure in the early stage when the exhaust valve is opened.

Therefore, after the air supply is stopped at the predetermined pressure value (i), the decompression value is obtained from the descending gradient of the air pressure at the initial stage when the exhaust valve is opened to determine the thickness of the treatment area. Is something that can be done.

Here, as described above, the pressure reduction value is obtained from the decreasing gradient of the air pressure at the initial stage when the air supply is stopped after the pressure value is set to the predetermined pressure value, and then the exhaust valve is opened. The thickness of is measured, but after that, since it becomes a stable and normal downward slope, the massage is controlled to start as it is when this normal downward slope is reached. As a result, the massage operation can be started from the state in which the winding or wrapping by the foot surrounding portion 2 is stable (the target pressure value), and the desired pressure value can be massaged.

In each of the above-mentioned embodiments, air is supplied to the air bag by the air supply means 3 in a state in which the treatment portion of the foot 5 is surrounded by the foot surrounding portion 2 provided with the air bag, and the pressure of the air bag is detected. By doing so, the foot thickness of the treatment site is measured by the foot thickness measuring means based on the detected value. However, in the case of the structure in which the foot surrounding portion 2 is wrapped around the foot as shown in FIG. By providing the sensor 8 for measuring the winding amount when winding the foot around the foot surrounding portion 2, the thickness of the treatment site of the foot 5 can be measured with a simple configuration in which the sensor 8 measures the winding amount. I am trying. In this embodiment, the sensor 8 for measuring the amount of winding of the foot 5 around the treatment area of the foot 5 constitutes the foot thickness measuring means 6.

In FIG. 6, the foot-surrounding portion 2 is constituted by a wrapping belt 9 which is wound around the foot, and when the wrapping belt 9 is wound around the treatment site at the end portion of the wrapping belt 9. A sensor 8 for measuring the amount of joining at the end of 9 is provided, and the amount of joining at the end of the winding band 9 is measured by the sensor 8 (that is, the amount of winding is measured).
By doing so, the thickness of the treated area is measured. That is, FIG. 6B shows a state in which the winding band 9 for winding the foot 5 around the treatment site is expanded, and a plurality of switches 11 (11a, 11b, 1
1c ...) is provided and a switch pressing portion 12 for pressing the switch 11 is provided at the other end of the winding belt 9 so that the switch pressing portion 12 is provided when the winding belt 9 is wound around the treatment site of the foot 5.
Which switch 11a among the plurality of switches 11,
The thickness of the treated region is determined by measuring the amount of joining at the end of the winding band 9 by pressing 11b, 11c, .... Therefore, in this embodiment, the sensor 8 is composed of the plurality of switches 11 and the switch pressing portion 12.

FIG. 7 shows still another embodiment of the present invention. In the present embodiment, a plurality of air bags 2a are independently provided in the body part 2 in the height direction, and the pressure of each air bag 2a is independently measured to measure the thickness of a plurality of parts in the height direction of the foot. I am trying to measure. As a result, the foot surrounding part 2
It is possible to accurately measure the thicknesses of a plurality of parts in the height direction of the treatment part of the foot 5 surrounded by. The measurement of the thickness of the treatment site in each of the plurality of air bags 2a provided in the height direction may be performed by any method of measuring the treatment site in each of the above-described embodiments.

The thickness of the treated part of the foot 5 is measured as shown in the above-mentioned respective embodiments, and a massage adapted to the thickness of the treated part of the foot 5 measured based on the measurement result is performed. It is controlled by the control unit 7.

For example, the treatment area of the foot 5 is wrapped or wrapped by the foot surrounding portion 2 and the thickness of the treatment area is measured as described above (each of the above-mentioned executions during the measurement time of the treatment area of FIGS. 8 and 9). If it is judged that the treatment area is thick, it does not hurt even if you massage it strongly, so as shown in FIG. 8, there is a large difference between pressurization and depressurization and you press it strongly. In order to control the vehicle so that it is operated in a strong massage mode, and when it is determined that the treatment area is thin, a strong massage causes pain, and thus the driver is operated in a weak massage mode in which it is pushed loosely as shown in FIG. To control it.

Here, as shown in FIG. 7, a plurality of air bags 2a are independently provided in the foot surrounding portion 2 in the height direction, and each air bag 2 is provided.
In the case of independently measuring the pressure of the portion a to determine the thickness of a plurality of parts in the height direction of the foot, a massage corresponding to the thickness of the plurality of parts in the height direction of the foot for each air bag 2a It is controlled to operate in the mode.

By the way, it is preferable to provide a position restricting means 10 for restricting the position of the foot surrounding part 2 in the height direction while the foot surrounding part 2 surrounds the treatment area of the foot 5. FIG. 10 shows an example of the position regulating means 10,
A band-shaped sole engaging portion 20 is provided in the lower part of the foot surrounding portion 2, and the treatment area of the foot 5 is surrounded by the foot surrounding portion 2 with the sole engaging portion 20 hooked on the sole of the foot and the treatment is performed as described above. By measuring the thickness of the body part and performing massage, the foot thickness of the foot surrounding portion 2 when mounting the foot surrounding portion 2 is eliminated and the thickness of the foot is measured constantly and stably. It is possible to perform an effective massage according to.

In this case, the position regulation amount by the position regulation means 10 in the height direction may be changed. For example, as shown in FIG. 11, the sole hooking portion 20 is fixed to the lower end portion of the foot surrounding portion 2 at one end thereof and the free end of the belt-like sole hanging portion 20 is fixed. The male portion 21a of the planar fastener is provided on one of the end portion or the lower end portion of the foot surrounding portion 2, and the female portion 21b is provided on the other,
By selecting the fastening position of the male portion 21a and the female portion 21b, the position regulation amount in the height direction by the position regulating means 10 can be changed, and thus, even if the person who attaches the foot enclosing portion 2 is different, By changing the length of the positioning in the height direction, the positioning can be set for any person, and the thickness of the foot can be measured under certain conditions.

[0035]

As described above, in the invention according to claim 1 of the present invention, in the air foot massager having the foot surrounding portion provided with the air bag and the air supply means for supplying the air to the air bag. Since a foot thickness measuring means for measuring the thickness of the part of the foot surrounded by the foot surrounding part is provided,
The state (thickness) of the treatment area of the foot surrounded by the foot surrounding portion can be confirmed.

In addition to the effect of the invention described in claim 1, in the invention described in claim 2, the foot thickness measuring means supplies the air bag with the foot wrapped around the foot. Since the thickness of the treatment area of the foot is measured by the pressure value rise start time of the pressure that is increased by the air being applied, the air supplied to the air bag with the foot treatment area surrounding the treatment area of the foot is measured. With a simple configuration in which the thickness of the treatment area of the foot is measured by the pressure value rise start time of the rising pressure, the treatment area is thick if the pressure value rise start time is early, and the treatment area is long if the pressure value rise start time is late. The condition (thickness) of the treated part of the foot surrounded by the foot enclosing portion can be easily confirmed by determining that it is thin.

According to the invention of claim 3, in addition to the effect of the invention of claim 1, the foot thickness measuring means supplies the air bag with the foot wrapped around the foot. Since the thickness of the treated area of the foot is measured by the degree of increase in the pressure value that rises due to the air to be treated, it is raised by the air supplied to the air bag while the treated area of the foot is surrounded by the foot enclosure. With a simple configuration in which the thickness of the foot is measured according to the degree of increase in pressure value, the treatment area is thicker if the degree of increase in pressure value is larger than a predetermined value, and the degree of increase in pressure value is determined. If it is smaller than the given value, it is determined that the treatment area is thin, and the state (thickness) of the treatment area of the foot surrounded by the foot surrounding portion can be easily confirmed.

According to the invention of claim 4, in addition to the effect of the invention of claim 1, the foot thickness measuring means supplies the air bag with the foot wrapped around the foot. The pressure value is increased by the air to be reached, the air supply is stopped after reaching a predetermined set pressure value, and the thickness of the treatment site of the foot is measured by the degree of decompression of the air bag thereafter. Therefore, the pressure value is increased by the air supplied to the air bag with the foot wrapped around the foot,
After reaching the predetermined set pressure value, the air supply is stopped, and the thickness of the treated area of the foot is measured by the degree of decompression of the air bag after that. Is large and the decompression value is small, it can be determined that the treatment area is thin, and the state (thickness) of the treatment area of the foot surrounded by the foot enclosing portion can be easily confirmed.

According to the invention of claim 5, in addition to the effect of the invention of claim 4, the thickness of the treated portion of the foot is measured by the degree of decompression of the air bag to obtain a pressure decompression value. Since a control unit that controls to inflate and deflate the air bag after it has stabilized is provided, the air supply is stopped after the pressure has reached a predetermined pressure value, and then the exhaust valve is opened. Measure the thickness of the treated part of the foot by obtaining the decompression value from the descending gradient of the air pressure, and then the stable normal descending gradient will be obtained, so when this normal descending gradient is reached, the massage is started as it is. As a result, the massage operation can be started from the state where the wrapping or wrapping by the foot surrounding part is stable (the target pressure value), and the desired pressure value can be massaged. That.

In addition to the effect of the invention described in claim 1, the invention according to claim 6 has a structure in which the foot surrounding portion is wrapped around the foot, and the foot thickness measuring means is Since it is composed of a sensor that measures the amount of winding when the surrounding part is wrapped around the foot, it is possible to measure the thickness of the treatment area of the foot with a simple configuration that measures the amount of winding with a sensor. is there.

According to the invention of claim 7, in addition to the effect of the invention of claim 6, the foot enclosing portion is constituted by a wrapping band for wrapping around the foot. Since the measuring means is composed of a sensor that measures the amount of joining of the ends of the wrapping band when the wrapping band is wrapped around the foot, the wrapping band when the wrapping band is wrapped around the treatment area of the foot. The thickness of the treated region of the foot can be measured with a simple configuration in which the amount of overlap (overlap amount) at the joint is measured by a sensor.

Further, in the invention of claim 8, in addition to the effect of the invention of any one of claims 1 to 5, a plurality of air bags are provided independently in the height direction, Since the thickness of multiple parts in the height direction of the foot is measured by independently measuring the pressure of each air bag part, the thickness of the multiple parts in the height direction of the treatment part of the foot surrounded by the foot surrounding part is measured. It is possible to measure the height accurately.

Further, in the invention according to claim 9, in addition to the effect of the invention according to any one of claims 1 to 8, the foot surrounded by the foot surrounding portion by the foot thickness measuring means. Since the massage mode is changed by changing the air supply to the air bladder by the air supply means based on the detection result of the thickness of the treatment area of the plurality of treatment areas, the plurality of treatment areas of the foot surrounded by the foot enclosing portion in the height direction can be changed. It is possible to accurately measure the thickness of each region and perform optimal massage for each region according to the thicknesses of the plurality of regions in the height direction of the treated region.

According to the tenth aspect of the invention,
In addition to the effect of the invention according to any one of claims 1 to 9, a position restricting means for restricting the position of the foot enclosing portion in the height direction in a state where the foot enclosing portion surrounds the treatment area of the foot. By providing the foot surrounding portion, it is possible to always measure a stable thickness of the foot by eliminating the displacement of the foot surrounding portion in the height direction when attaching the foot surrounding portion.

According to the invention of claim 11,
In addition to the effect of the invention as set forth in claim 10, in addition to providing a position restricting means for restricting the position of the foot enclosing portion in the height direction in a state where the foot enclosing portion surrounds the treatment area of the foot, Since it has a function to change the position regulation amount in the direction, even if the person who attaches the foot surrounding part is different, by changing the length of positioning in the height direction, positioning can be set for any person. The thickness of the foot can be measured under certain conditions.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart of the above.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of measuring the thickness of the treated region of the foot of the above.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing another example of measuring the thickness of the treated region of the foot of the above.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing still another example of measuring the thickness of the treated region of the foot of the above.

FIG. 6 (a) is an explanatory view showing still another example of measuring the thickness of the treated region of the foot, FIG. 6 (b) is a development view of the foot surrounding part of the same, and FIG. 6 (c) is a sensor. FIG.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram showing an example in which a plurality of air bags of the same type are provided and the thickness of the foot of the treatment site is independently measured.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of massage when the thickness of the foot is measured and the foot is thick.

FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of massage when the thickness of the foot is measured and the foot is thin.

FIG. 10 is an explanatory view showing an example in which the above position regulating means is provided.

FIG. 11 is an explanatory diagram of an example in which the position restriction amount in the height direction is changed by the position restriction means of the above.

FIG. 12 is a schematic explanatory diagram of a conventional example.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Air foot massage machine 2 foot area 3 Air supply means 5 feet 6 Foot thickness measuring means 7 control unit 8 sensors 9 winding belt 10 Position control means

Claims (11)

[Claims] 1. In an air foot massager having a foot enclosing portion having an air bag and an air supply means for supplying air to the air bag, for measuring the thickness of a treated portion of the foot surrounded by the foot enclosing portion. An air foot massager characterized in that it comprises a foot thickness measuring means. 2. The foot thickness measuring means measures the thickness of the treated part of the foot by the start time of the pressure value rising of the pressure increased by the air supplied to the air bag with the foot wrapped around the foot. It is a thing, It is characterized by the above-mentioned.
Air foot massage machine described. 3. The foot thickness measuring means measures the thickness of the treated portion of the foot based on the degree of rising inclination of the pressure value raised by the air supplied to the air bag with the foot wrapped around the foot. The air foot massager according to claim 1, wherein 4. The foot thickness measuring means raises the pressure value by the air supplied to the air bladder in a state where the foot is wrapped by the foot surrounding portion, and reaches the predetermined set pressure value, and then the air pressure is measured. The air foot massager according to claim 1, wherein the supply is stopped, and the thickness of the treated portion of the foot is measured by the degree of decompression of the air bag thereafter. 5. A control unit is provided to measure the thickness of the treated portion of the foot according to the degree of decompression of the air bag and to inflate the air bag to perform massage after the pressure decompression value becomes stable. The air foot massager according to claim 4, wherein 6. The foot wrapping portion is structured to be wrapped around the foot, and the foot thickness measuring means is constituted by a sensor for measuring a winding amount when the foot wrapping portion is wrapped around the foot. The air foot massager according to claim 1. 7. The foot surrounding portion is constituted by a wrapping band that is wrapped around the foot, and the foot thickness measuring means determines a joining amount of an end portion of the wrapping band when the wrapping band is wrapped around the foot. The air foot massager according to claim 6, wherein the air foot massager comprises a measuring sensor. 8. A plurality of air bags are provided independently in the height direction, and the thickness of a plurality of parts of the foot in the height direction is measured by independently measuring the pressure of each air bag portion. The air foot massager according to any one of claims 1 to 5. 9. The massage mode is changed by changing the supply of air to the air bag by the air supply means based on the detection result of the thickness of the treatment area of the foot surrounded by the foot surrounding portion by the foot thickness measuring means. The air foot massager according to any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein the air foot massager is used. 10. The method according to claim 1, further comprising a position restricting means for restricting a position of the foot enclosing portion in the height direction in a state where the foot enclosing portion surrounds the treatment area of the foot.
Air foot massager according to any one of. 11. A position regulation means for regulating the position of the foot encircling portion in the height direction while enclosing the treatment area of the foot with the foot enclosing portion, and changing the position regulation amount in the height direction by the position regulating means. The air foot massager according to claim 10, which has a function.