JP5054589B2 - Massage machine - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a massage machine.

  Conventionally, a multifunctional massage machine that can perform various types of treatment on a user by driving a roller-shaped treatment element applied to the user with a treatment device and performing various operations is known. ing.

  For example, in the chair-type massage machine of Patent Document 1, a pair of treatment elements provided in the treatment device installed in the backrest portion is provided in the width direction of the massage machine, and the treatment device travels up and down the backrest portion. The treatment element can be driven up and down along the back of the user, and according to the treatment device, the arm with the treatment element attached to the tip can be driven to swing in the width direction around the base end. A pair of treatment elements perform a contact / separation operation or a swinging operation to enable massage massage and swing massage.

However, in the chair type massage machine of the above-mentioned patent document 1, an arm having a treatment element attached to the tip can be driven to swing in the width direction around the base end. The so-called “light rub massage”, which is a fine, smooth, and mild massage treatment that is performed by pressing a small amount of shaking, cannot be performed.
JP 2007-29558 A

  The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and the object of the present invention is to provide a fine and smooth light-rubbing massage by minute shaking pressing of the treatment element to the user. It is an object to provide a machine.

In order to solve the above problems, the massage machine 1 according to claim 1 has the following configuration. That is, when the roller-shaped treatment element 8 that is pivotally supported by the treatment device 7 is linearly moved while being applied to the body of the user, the treatment support 8 is moved to the left and right of the movement direction. It is a massage machine provided with a swinging means 10 for swinging around the center . A pair of treatment elements 8 are provided on the left and right of the treatment device 7. The treatment element 8 includes at least one swing roller A that swings by the swing means 10. The swinging means 10 swings the swinging roller A only when the treatment element 8 moves in one direction along the moving direction and restricts the swinging direction between the swinging rollers A arranged side by side. Means 13 and 15 are provided, and the treatment device 7 includes an arm 9 and a support shaft 12 pivotally supported at the tip of the arm 9, and the end surface of the support shaft 12 is inclined with respect to the axial direction of the support shaft 12. The center axis 26 of the swing roller A is provided so as to protrude perpendicularly to the inclined surface 12A. According to this, a light rubbing massage, which is a fine, smooth, and mild massage treatment, can be performed by pressing the treatment element 8 swung by the swinging means 10 to the user. Further, the operation regulating means 13 can be accompanied by minute gripping / releasing treatment during the light rubbing massage treatment performed by the swing roller A, and the treatment effect can be enhanced. Further, for example, if the direction in which the swing roller A swings among the moving directions of the treatment element 8 is set to a direction approaching the central side (heart side) from the patient's peripheral side, the light rubbing massage treatment is performed. Thus, so-called lymph massage that promotes circulation of blood and lymph can be performed, and the treatment effect can be enhanced.

In addition, it is preferable that the swinging means 10 includes a driving means 17 that drives the swinging roller A to swing. According to this, by operating / controlling the driving means 17, it is possible to actively perform a light rubbing massage treatment at a timing based on the intention of the user or at an appropriate timing during the treatment operation. Can be increased.

In addition, a pair of treatment elements 8 provided on the left and right of the treatment device 7 can be driven in proximity. Each treatment element 8 is provided with a pair of left and right treatment rollers 8a. It is also preferable that each of the treatment rollers 8a on the opposite side of the pair of left and right treatment elements 8 is a swing roller A that swings with the swing means 10. According to this, when a massage operation is performed so that the back of the user is sandwiched from the left and right by driving the pair of treatment elements 8 close to each other, the treatment on the opposite direction side of each treatment element 8 that does not shake from side to side The roller 8a can prevent the treatment load from being missed, and can ensure effective massage treatment.

  In this invention, it has the advantage that a fine and smooth light-rub massage can be given by the minute shaking press to the user of a treatment element.

  Hereinafter, the present invention will be described based on embodiments shown in the accompanying drawings.

  As shown in FIG. 1A, the massage machine 1 of this example is provided with a backrest 3 on the back side of the seat 2 and a footrest 4 on the front side so as to be tiltable. Is a chair type massage machine in which an armrest 5 is disposed. A rail member 6 also serving as a chair frame is arranged inside the backrest 3 so as to be almost up and down, and it can be self-propelled up and down along the rail member 6 by a vertical motor. A treatment device 7 is internally provided.

  2 and 3 can be adopted as the treatment device 7, and a pair of treatment elements 8 are provided side by side, and each treatment element 8 is attached to the tip of each arm 9. The treatment device 7 includes a vertical drive mechanism including the vertical motor and the like, a width drive mechanism that changes the distance between the pair of arms 9 with the width motor, and makes the left and right positions of the treatment elements 8 variable. By changing the posture of each arm 9 with the motor for strength and weakness, the strength and weakness drive mechanism that makes the amount of protrusion of each treatment element 8 forward can be changed, and the treatment element 8 is subjected to minute vibration in the front-rear direction by the tapping motor. A striking drive mechanism for performing a given striking operation is provided, and by combining these mechanisms, a treatment operation of a three-dimensional locus can be performed on each treatment element 8.

  Here, each treatment element 8 is composed of a pair of treatment rollers 8a arranged side by side on the left and right of the arm 9 in the treatment apparatus 7 of FIG. 2, and provided on the opposite surface side of the arm 9 in the treatment apparatus 7 of FIG. Although constituted by one treatment roller 8 a, the treatment element 8 is pivotally supported at the tip of the arm 9 in any case.

As shown in FIG. 1 ( C ), the massage machine 1 of the present invention enables a light rubbing massage, which is a fine, smooth, and mild massage treatment performed by a minute shaking and pressing of the treatment element 8 to the user. In other words, it is characterized in that it has a swinging means 10 for swinging the treatment element 8 with respect to the arm 9.

4 to 8, a support shaft 12 is rotatably supported by a bearing 11 provided at the tip of the arm 9, and a treatment roller 8 a is fixed to an end portion of the support shaft 12. The end surface of the support shaft 12 is formed on an inclined surface 12a facing slightly forward or backward, and a central shaft 26 of the treatment roller 8a is integrally projected from the inclined surface 12a. When the treatment element 8 is moved up and down by the vertical drive mechanism against the user, the treatment roller 8a protruding from the inclined surface 12a swings left and right in the movement direction, as shown in FIG. 1 ( c ). In this way, the user is subjected to a slight swaying pressure treatment to the left and right by the treatment element 8, that is, a light rubbing massage treatment. Hereinafter, the treatment roller 8a that swings left and right will be referred to as a swing roller A.

  4 to 7 show the treatment device 7 of the type shown in FIG. 2, and a pair of treatment rollers 8a are fixed to both ends of the support shaft 12. In the example of FIG. Only one of the treatment rollers 8a is the swing roller A, and in the examples of FIGS. 5 to 7, all of the pair of treatment rollers 8a are the swing roller A. 8 is a treatment device 7 of the type shown in FIG. 3, and one treatment roller 8 a constituting the treatment element 8 is a swing roller A.

  Specifically, in the example of FIG. 4, among the pair of treatment rollers 8 a constituting the pair of treatment elements 8 arranged side by side on the left and right, the treatment roller 8 a on the opposite side of each treatment element 8 in the opposite direction (each in the left-right direction) Only the outer treatment roller 8a) is a swing roller A. In other words, the treatment roller 8a on the opposite direction side of each treatment element 8 (the treatment roller 8a on each inner side in the left-right direction) slides linearly in the movement direction (up-down direction) without shaking left and right. Accordingly, when the pair of treatment elements 8 are driven to approach each other by the width drive mechanism and the massage operation is performed so as to sandwich the back of the user from the left and right, the treatment elements 8 that are not shaken from side to side are opposed to each other. There is an advantage that the treatment load is not missed by the treatment roller 8a on the direction side. In addition, the swing roller A of each treatment element 8 is such that the inclined surface 12a of each support shaft 12 projecting from each swing roller A is lined with the left and right center of the backrest 3 as a boundary in order to make the swing directions contradict each other. Operation restricting means 13 that is formed in a symmetrical shape is provided.

  Further, in the example of FIG. 5, the inclined surfaces 12 a at both ends of the support shaft 12 projecting from each swing roller A are arranged so that the pair of swing rollers A constituting each treatment element 8 are opposed to each other in the swing direction. An operation restricting means 13 is provided which is formed in a line symmetrical shape with the left and right center of the support shaft 12 as a boundary. According to this, during the light rubbing massage treatment performed by the swing roller A, a minute grip / release treatment can be accompanied, and the treatment effect can be enhanced.

  Moreover, the example of FIG.6, 7 is provided with the operation control means 14 which controls the swing direction of a pair of swing roller A which comprises each treatment element 8 to the same direction by both. Specifically, in the example of FIG. 6, the pair of left and right treatment elements 8 are regulated such that the swinging direction of each pair of swing rollers A is the same direction, and the example of FIG. Then, the swing directions of the pair of swing rollers A constituting each treatment element 8 are regulated so as to conflict with each other. According to this, during the light rubbing massage treatment performed by the swing roller A, it is possible to accompany a minute swinging treatment to the left and right, and the treatment effect can be enhanced.

  Further, in the example of FIG. 8, one treatment roller 8 a constituting each treatment element 8 is a swing roller A, and the swinging direction of each swing roller A is a pair of left and right by the operation restricting means 13. The treatment elements 8 are regulated so as to conflict with each other, and a fine gripping / releasing treatment is accompanied during the light rubbing massage treatment. It is possible to enhance the treatment effect by restricting to be in the same direction between each other so as to be accompanied by a minute left and right shaking treatment during the light rubbing massage treatment.

  By the way, as shown in FIG. 9, the swing roller A is attached to the support shaft 12 via the one-way clutch 16, and the swing roller A is swung left and right only in one of the moving directions of the treatment element 8. It is also preferable to include an operation restricting means 15 (in the other direction, the swing roller A is slid linearly without swinging left and right). In this example, the swing roller A is supported by a support shaft 12 fixed to the arm 9 so as to be swingable and rotatable.

  Here, the swing roller A is set to swing only when the treatment element 8 is lowered as shown in FIG. 9B, or the moving direction of the pair of treatment elements 8 is changed as shown in FIG. 9C. Only the swing roller A of one treatment element 8 is swung in one direction, and only the swing roller A of the other treatment element 8 is swung in the other direction of the moving direction. For example, if the direction in which the swing roller A swings among the movement directions of the treatment element 8 is set to a direction approaching the central side (heart side) from the peripheral side of the user, The so-called lymph massage that promotes blood and lymph circulation can be performed by rubbing massage treatment, and the treatment effect can be enhanced.

  Moreover, it is also preferable to provide the drive means 17 which swings the swing roller A as shown in FIG. Specifically, the arm 9 is provided with a swinging motor 18 so that the drive output of the swinging motor 18 can rotationally drive the support shaft 12 rotatably supported by the arm 9 via the deceleration transmission mechanism 19. Has been. In this example, the treatment roller 8a is attached to the support shaft 12 via a one-way clutch 16, and 20 in the figure is a pinion attached to the drive shaft 18a of the swinging motor 18, which is the speed reduction transmission mechanism 19. It meshes with the input side gear 19a. According to this, the operation control part provided in the drive means 17 can be made to operate / control the drive means 17, and it can be actively performed at a timing based on the intention of the user or at an appropriate timing during the treatment operation. Light rubbing massage treatment can be performed, and the treatment effect can be enhanced.

  More specifically, when the swinging motion of the swinging roller A is actively performed by the drive output of the driving means 17, the swinging state of the swinging roller A (the tilted state with respect to the support shaft 12) is the driving means. If the detection gear 21 for extracting the drive output of the drive means 17 and the optical sensor 22 for measuring the rotation angle of the gear 21 are provided, for example, as shown in FIG. Can be detected, the light massage treatment can be controlled more finely, and the treatment effect can be enhanced.

  In the above-described embodiments, the treatment device 7 provided in the backrest 3 has been described. For example, a treatment device that moves in the front-rear direction of the foot by a front-rear drive mechanism provided in the treatment device 7 provided in the footrest 4. Needless to say, the above-described swinging means 10 may be applied to 8.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS It is an example of embodiment of this invention, (a) is a schematic side view of a massage machine, (b) is a front view of (a), (c) is the treatment element which performs a light friction massage treatment. It is a front view explaining operation | movement and a locus | trajectory. It is an example of the treatment apparatus which can be employ | adopted with a massage machine, Comprising: It is a perspective view of this treatment apparatus. It is another example of the treatment apparatus which can be employ | adopted with a massage machine, Comprising: (a) is a front view of this treatment apparatus, (b) is a side view of (a). It is an example of a massage machine, Comprising: It is front sectional drawing explaining the operation | movement and locus | trajectory of a treatment element which performs a light rubbing massage treatment. It is other examples of a massage machine, Comprising: It is front sectional drawing explaining the operation | movement and locus | trajectory of a treatment element which performs a light rubbing massage treatment. It is a front sectional view explaining operation and a locus of a treatment element which is still another example of a massage machine and performs light-rub massage treatment. It is a front sectional view explaining operation and a locus of a treatment element which is still another example of a massage machine and performs light-rub massage treatment. It is a front sectional view explaining operation and a locus of a treatment element which is still another example of a massage machine and performs light-rub massage treatment. It is further another example of a massage machine, (a) is a front sectional view of the principal part, (b) is a front view explaining an example of the locus of the treatment element, (c) is a locus of the treatment element It is a front view explaining another example. It is another example of a massage machine, and is front sectional drawing of the principal part. It is another example of a massage machine, and is front sectional drawing of the principal part.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Massage machine 3 Backrest part 4 Footrest 7 Treatment apparatus 8 Treatment child 8a Treatment roller 9 Arm 10 Swing means A Swing roller

Claims (3)

When the roller-shaped treatment element pivotally supported by the treatment device is linearly moved while being applied to the body of the user, the treatment element is swung to the left and right of the movement direction around the pivot support part. A massage machine having a swinging means for providing a pair of treatment elements on the left and right sides of the treatment device, the treatment element comprising at least one swing roller for swinging by the swinging means, The treatment device includes an operation restricting means for swinging the swing roller only when the child moves in one direction along the moving direction and reciprocally swinging the swing roller between the left and right swing rollers. It has a support shaft pivotally supported at the tip of the arm, the end surface of the support shaft is inclined with respect to the axial direction of the support shaft, and the central axis of the swing roller protrudes perpendicularly to the inclined surface A massage machine characterized by that . 2. The massage machine according to claim 1 , wherein the swinging means includes drive means for driving the swing roller to swing . A pair of treatment elements provided on the left and right sides of the treatment device can be driven close to each other, a pair of left and right treatment rollers is provided on each treatment element, and each treatment roller on the opposite side of the pair of left and right treatment elements is swung. The massage machine according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the massage roller is a swing roller that swings by means.

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