JPH1156951A - Massage device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a massage device capable of giving a more powerful stimulative feeling to a massaged portion. SOLUTION: This massage device is provided with two shaft bodies 5a, 5b with rotation axes 5c, 5d kept parallel with each other, a drive section 6 rotatively driving the shaft bodies 5a, 5b around the rotation axes 5c, 5d, a belt body 7 formed into a ring shape, arranged with belt body magnets 8, 8... on the surface side, arranged to surround two shaft bodies 5a, 5b at the prescribed tension, and fed in the rotating direction of the shaft bodies 5a, 5b by the rotation of the shaft bodies 5a, 5b, a support member 9 arranged to face the belt body 7 and provided with through-holes at the positions corresponding to the belt body magnets 8, and lug bodies 10, 10... freely inserted into the through-holes at one-end sections and provided with lug body magnets repulsed by the belt body magnets 8 when faced to them at the other end sections. The lug body magnets are repulsed by the belt body magnets via the rotation of the shaft bodies 5a, 5b, and the lug bodies 10 are freely protruded from the through-holes.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a massage device for giving a feeling of irritation to a site to be massaged on the surface of a human body.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art An example of a conventional massage device will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the massage device. FIG. 5 is a side sectional view of the massage device. 6A and 6B are explanatory diagrams of a process in which the massage device stimulates the human body. FIG. 6A illustrates a state in which the roller body does not contact the back surface of the treatment surface, and FIG. 6B illustrates a state in which the roller body contacts the back surface of the treatment surface. (C) shows the state where the roller body pushes the treatment surface up most, and (d) and (e) show the state where the roller body moves away from the treatment surface.

[0003] In FIG. 4, a massage device 1 massages the sole of a foot, which is a massaged portion applied to a treatment surface 2. The treatment surface 2 has stimulants 2a, 2a,.
Are protruded.

Specifically, as shown in FIG. 5, a plurality of roller members 3, 3, 3,... Are rotated by a driving unit (not shown), the roller bodies 3, 3, 3,... Rotate about the rotation shaft body 4 in either the arrow direction Y1 or the arrow direction Y2 in FIG. And treatment surface 2
Rollers 3, 3 abutting on the back side of the body 2 rotate while pushing up the treatment surface 2 from the back side. Therefore, each time the roller bodies 3 and 3 pass behind the treatment surface 2, the treatment surface 2 is pushed up and the stimulating bodies 2 a and 2 a are also pushed up. Stimulators 2a, 2a
Can stimulate the soles of the feet.

[0005]

However, in the massage device shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the human body is stimulated in the following order. That is, focusing on one roller body 3, as shown in FIG. 6A, the state where the roller body 3 is not in contact with the back surface of the treatment surface 2 is changed from the state shown in FIG. 6C comes into contact with the back surface of the treatment surface 2 and the roller body 3 shown in FIG. 6C is pushed up the treatment surface 2 most. Further, as shown in FIG. 6D and FIG. The body 3 moves away from the treatment surface 2.

At this time, focusing on one point P of the human body M to be stimulated, the stimulation received at one point P gradually increases with the rotation of the roller body, and the roller body 3 shown in FIG. It becomes a sinusoidal change that becomes maximum when pushed up the most and then gradually decreases.

Therefore, there is a problem that the stimulus at one point P of the human body M is monotonous, and a strong stimulus cannot be sufficiently obtained.

[0008] The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a massage device capable of giving a more powerful stimulus to a massaged site. .

[0009]

According to the present invention, in order to solve the above-mentioned problems, according to the first aspect of the present invention, two shafts having rotating axes parallel to each other, and the shafts are connected to each other. A drive unit for rotating and driving around the rotation axis, a belt-shaped magnet provided on the surface side having a ring shape, and provided with a predetermined tension so as to surround the two shafts, A belt member fed in the rotation direction of the shaft member by rotation of the shaft member, a support member provided to face the belt member and having a through hole provided at a position corresponding to the belt member magnet; A protruding body provided with a protruding body magnet that can be inserted into the through hole and that repels by opposing the belt body magnet at the other end portion, and the belt is rotated by rotation of the shaft body. The body magnet and the protrusion magnet are repelled to project the protrusion from the through hole. It is characterized in that it has freely.

[0010] The invention according to claim 2 is characterized in that a drop-off preventing portion which is larger than the through hole is provided at the other end of the projection.

[0011]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 1 is a side view of a main part showing a configuration of a massage device. FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram of a process in which the massage device stimulates the human body. FIG. 3 is a main part side view showing another configuration example of the massage device.

In FIG. 1, the massage device comprises a shaft 5
a, 5b, a drive unit 6, a belt body 7, belt magnets 8, 8,..., a support member 9, projections 10, 10,... and projection magnets 11, 11,. It is.

The shafts 5a and 5b are two cylindrical bodies having rotating shafts 5c and 5d parallel to each other.

The drive unit 6 is configured to move the shafts 5a and 5b
The drive is driven to rotate around c and 5d, and the power is transmitted to one rotating body 5a by the drive belt 6a. Power is transmitted to the other shaft body 5b from the one shaft body 5a via the belt body 7 so as to rotate.

The belt body 7 has a predetermined tension and
A belt-like body arranged so as to surround the shafts 5a and 5b, and is formed in a ring shape by connecting both ends of the belt body 7. Then, the belt body 7 is fed in the rotation direction of the shaft bodies 5a and 5b in accordance with the rotation of the shaft bodies 5a and 5b.

The belt magnets 8, 8,... Are permanent magnets arranged at predetermined intervals on the surface of the belt body 7 in the feed direction of the belt body 7, and the surface of the S pole is 7 so that the surface of the N pole is located outside.

The support member 9 rests the sole of the foot, which is the massaged part, on the upper surface, and the lower surface is
It is arranged to face. The supporting member 9 is provided with through holes 9a, 9a,... At an interval of about half the arrangement interval of the belt magnets 8, 8,..., And penetrates when the belt magnets 8, 8,. The holes 9a, 9a,... And the belt magnets 8, 8,.

The protrusions 10, 10,...
9a is a roughly cylindrical body that is freely inserted into and out of
Each of the protrusions has a hemispherical shape with one end 10a facing the massaged site. Also, the projections 10, 1
, And the other end portions 10b, 10b,.
a, 9a,.
c, 10c... so that the projections 10, 10... do not fall off to the side of the massaged site (upper side in FIG. 1).

The projecting magnets 11, 11,...
10 are permanent magnets attached to the surfaces of the other end portions 10b, 10b,.
Are bonded to 0, 10... So that the surface of the N pole faces the belt body 7. .. And the projection magnets 11, 11... Are both N poles, and the belt magnets 8, 8,.
When they come to the position where they polymerize, they repel each other.

Next, the operation of the massage device having the above configuration will be described. First, when the driving unit 6 rotates the shaft body 5a,
The shaft body 5a rotates the shaft body 5b via the belt body 7, and the belt body 7 is fed in the rotation direction of the shaft bodies 5a and 5b in accordance with the rotational drive of the shaft bodies 5a and 5b. The belt magnets 8, 8,... Arranged on the surface of the belt body 7 move in accordance with the feed movement of the belt body 7.

The projection magnets 11, 11, which overlap with the belt magnets 8, 8, are pushed upward in FIG. 1 by a repulsive force because the opposing surfaces have the same polarity. Therefore, the protrusion 10 moves upward, and the one end portions 10a, 10a
a ... stimulate the massaged site M. On the other hand, the projecting magnets 11, 11, which do not overlap with the belt magnets 8, 8, do not protrude from the support member 9 due to their own weight and do not stimulate the massaged site M.

When the belt body 7 is further fed and the belt body magnets 8, 8,... Also move, the belt body magnets 8, 8,.
.. And the belt magnets 8, 8... That did not overlap with the belt magnets 8, 8.
.. Do not overlap with the belt magnets 8, 8,. Therefore, the projection 10 on which the projection magnet 11 newly superimposed with the belt magnets 8, 8,... Is attached moves upward to stimulate the massaged site M, and the belt magnets 8, 8,.
The projection body 10 on which the projection magnet 11 is no longer superimposed is settled by its own weight, and the massaged part M
Will not stimulate you.

By repeating the above, the projections 10, 10
... stimulates the massaged site M.

Next, paying attention to one point P of the human body M which receives the stimulus, the stimulus received at the one point P is, as shown in FIG. This occurs only when the belt magnet 8 overlaps with the projected magnet 11, and when the belt magnet 8 is located at another position as shown in FIGS. 2A and 2C, a stimulus is applied to one point P at all. Never. Therefore, the stimulus applied to one point P is a step-like stimulus given by the protrusion 10 rapidly protruding and being rapidly stored, and a stronger stimulus is applied to the massage target site M as compared with the sine wave-like stimulus. Is to give. By adjusting the shafts 5a and 5b so that all of the belt magnets 8 do not overlap with the projection magnets 11 when not in use, all the projections 10 can be adjusted.
Is stored, which is preferable for safety.

In the present embodiment, the opposite surfaces of the belt magnets 8, 8,... And the projecting magnets 11, 11,. It may be an S pole.

The projections 10, 10 have been described as being settled by their own weight because the belt magnets 8, 8,... And the projection magnets 11, 11,. It is not something that can be done. For example, the projecting magnets 11, 11 are arranged in order of S pole and N pole, and the belt magnets 8, 8 are arranged as S pole, S pole, N pole, N pole, S pole, S pole.
Are arranged at the same intervals as the pole magnets, N poles, N poles in this order, and when the belt magnets 8, 8 and the magnets 11 and 11 overlap, the different poles are formed. In such a case, the protrusion 10 may be housed by the attractive force of the magnet. In this case, since the storage is performed more rapidly, the stimulation becomes more stepwise, which is preferable.

[0027]

Since the massage device of the present invention is constructed as described above, according to the first aspect of the present invention, the opposing surfaces of the belt magnet and the projection magnet repel each other. Therefore, when the belt body magnets overlap with the protruding magnets due to the movement of the belt body, the projections rapidly protrude, and when the belt body magnets no longer overlap with the projecting magnets due to the feeding movement of the belt body, the protrusions are formed. Since the body is rapidly stored, the stimulus to be applied to the massaged site is a step-like stimulus, and has an effect that a stronger stimulus can be applied to the massaged site compared to the stimulus that changes in a sine wave shape. .

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the protrusion is provided at the other end of the protrusion with a drop-off preventing portion which is larger than the through-hole, so that the protrusion does not drop off to the side to be massaged. It works.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side view of a main part showing a configuration of a massage device of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram of a process in which a massage device stimulates a human body.

FIG. 3 is a main part side view showing another configuration example of the massage device.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a conventional massage device.

FIG. 5 is a side sectional view of the massage device.

6A and 6B are explanatory diagrams of a process in which the massage device stimulates a human body, wherein FIG. 6A illustrates a state in which a roller body does not abut on a back surface of a treatment surface, and FIG. (C) shows a state where the roller body pushes the treatment surface up most, and (d) and (e) show a state where the roller body moves away from the treatment surface.

[Explanation of symbols]

 5a Shaft 5b Shaft 5c Rotating Shaft 5d Rotating Shaft 6 Drive Unit 7 Belt 8 Belt Magnet 9 Supporting Member 9a Through Hole 10 Projection 10a One End 10b Other End 10c Drop-Out Prevention Part M Massaged Part

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A shaft body having two rotation axes parallel to each other, a driving unit for driving the shaft body to rotate about the rotation axis, and a belt-shaped magnet provided on a surface side of a ring shape. And a belt member which is provided with a predetermined tension so as to surround the two shaft members and is fed in the rotation direction of the shaft members by the rotation of the shaft members. A support member having a through-hole provided at a position corresponding to the belt magnet, and a protruding body which has one end freely inserted into the through-hole and the other end repelled by opposing the belt magnet. A protrusion provided with a magnet, wherein the rotation of the shaft repels the belt magnet and the protrusion magnet to allow the protrusion to freely project from the through hole. And massage device. 2. A drop-off preventing portion which is larger than the through hole is provided at the other end of the projection.
The massage device as described.