KR20080037631A - Apparatus for treating neck trouble - Google Patents

Abstract

A neck therapeutic device is provided to apply a uniform level of force to the entire neck muscle for more effective massages, while moving along a non-fixed shape curve corresponding to the neck. A neck therapeutic device comprises: a main body(10); a pair of guide bodies(20,30); a pair of pressure parts(40); a mount(50); a neck stand(60), a drive unit(70), a link(80), and a cover(90). The guide bodies are fixed to a bottom face(12) of the body, and each has a groove shape guide(22,32) curved corresponding to the curve of a neck. The pressure parts are formed in a roller having a rim(42) and a hub(44). The neck stand is arranged between the guide bodies, and includes a plate-shape support(62) and a neck bedplate(64) formed at the upper end of the support, being curved like the neck shape.

Description

Neck Therapy {APPARATUS FOR TREATING NECK TROUBLE}

The present invention relates to a neck treatment device, and more particularly, to a neck treatment device that can effectively massage the neck in consideration of the curved shape of the cervical spine.

In general, the cervical spine of the human body means the vertebrae in the upper part of the spine, the cervical part of the human body, and consists of seven vertebrae and rotates unlike the lumbar and thoracic vertebrae. Exercise, flexion and extension exercises are to be possible.

The neck area, that is, the neck area where the cervical spine is located, has a wider range of motion and more frequent movement than other parts of the human body, resulting in excessive neck muscle stiffness or relaxation and various diseases (for example, cervical sprains). easy to do. (Note that muscles in the neck are only present in the neck.)

The above-mentioned stiffness and relaxation of the neck muscles is effective to continuously or repeatedly apply physical stimulation such as massage to the neck, but it is not easy to massage the neck for a long time by human power. Physical exercise equipment for massaging the neck has been developed and distributed.

The cervical massage physical exercise device is configured to press and stimulate the spinous process of the cervical spine by reciprocating a roller or a ball in a plane along the longitudinal direction of the cervical plane, by making a clock movement or a circular motion. .

However, the above-described conventional physical exercise mechanism is inadequate for neck treatment as a structure that considers mechanical aspects (easiness of design and manufacture, simplicity of configuration) more than the shape of the cervical spine.

The cervical spine is neither planar hemispherical nor circular, and it is curved with a relatively gentle slope near the torso, centering on the cervical spinous process of the highest position (varies per person, but the spinal process of cervical spine 2 is common). It is a curved structure with a relatively steep incline on the side close to the head, and shows a gentle curve of “C” shape with the whole shape downward.

By the way, the conventional physical exercise device is a structure that simply moves the roller or bead in a plane, hemispherical or circular, without considering the shape of the cervical spine, so that excessive force is applied to some parts and weak force to other parts. The entire neck muscles can not be applied effectively by applying even force.

In order to apply uniform force to the entire neck muscles, it is necessary to transport the rollers or beads in a path corresponding to the curve of the cervical spine. However, in the field of physical exercise equipment, the mechanism for moving the rollers or beads is simply a rotational movement of the motor. It is a structure that can not move the roller other than the normal straight path and the circular trajectory because it is a structure that is transferred to the roller or bead by rotating the linear motion to the roller or bead or rotate the roller or bead around the hinge point.

Accordingly, the present invention has been made to solve the above problems of the prior art, along the atypical curved path corresponding to the shape of the cervical spine to press the cervical spine to effectively massage the entire neck muscles by applying a uniform force. The purpose is to provide a neck treatment device that can be moved.

The present invention for achieving the above object is a guide body having a guide portion having a curved guide path corresponding to the cervical spine curve of the human body, a pressing portion in contact with the cervical spine of the neck, and the pressing portion the guide portion A mounting portion movably mounted on the guide portion, drive means for repeatedly pushing and pulling the pressing portion in the guide path direction of the guide portion according to a user's operation, a link portion for freely connecting the pressing portion to the driving means, and the guide. It characterized in that it comprises a body and a body for supporting the drive means.

Moreover, this invention is comprised including the support shaft which the said mounting part is fixed to the said press part, and the edge part is female-coupled and movable by the said guide part, and is movable between the edge part of the support shaft of the said mounting part, and the said guide part. Another feature is that the bearing is further mounted to allow smooth rolling movement.

In addition, the present invention, the link portion, one end thereof is connected to the pressurizing portion, and the other end of the connecting bar comprises a hinge member for freely engaging the other end of the connecting bar in the vertical direction to rotate freely It is done.

As described above, the present invention provides a guide portion having a guide path corresponding to a cervical spine curve, a pressing portion adapted to move along the guide portion, driving means for applying a force in a linear direction to push and pull the pressing portion; It comprises a link portion for converting the linear force of the drive means into a force traveling in the atypical curve path by freely connecting the drive means and the pressurizing portion, the guide portion in the form of an irregular curved shape corresponding to the curve of the cervical spine. It can be used to massage the muscles by applying a uniform force to the entire neck muscles.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a perspective view showing a neck treatment device according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, Figure 2 is a plan view of Figure 1, as can be seen with reference to Figures 1 and 2, neck treatment device according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention , The main body 10, the pair of guide bodies 20 and 30, the pair of pressing portions 40, the mounting portion 50, the neck support portion 60, the driving means 70, the link portion 80 and the cover portion It comprises 90.

The main body 10 has a pillow shape as a whole so that the rear portion of the neck where the cervical spine is located may have a pillow shape, and both side walls 14 extending vertically from both bottom ends of the bottom surface 12 and the bottom surface 12 thereof. , 16).

The pair of guide bodies (20, 30) is a plate shape standing up in the vertical direction, arranged to face a predetermined interval therebetween is fixed to the bottom surface 12 of the main body 10, each curve corresponding to the cervical spine curve of the human body It comprises a guide portion 22, 32 in the form of a groove having a guide path of the shape.

For example, the guide path curves of the guide parts 22 and 32 may have a top dead center at a position corresponding to the cervical spine of the highest position (eg, cervical spine 2) and the cervical spine adjacent to the body (eg cervical spine 7). It may be a curved form connecting the bottom dead center of the position corresponding to).

The upper surface of the guide body (20, 30) is preferably manufactured in a curved shape that matches the guide path curve of the guide portion (22, 32) so that there is no part caught when the neck is laid on the body (10). .

Here, the case in which the guide portions 22 and 32 have a groove shape is illustrated, but this is only an example of one possible case, and if the guide portion 22 can be guided, any form known to the present may be applied. Can be. For example, the guide unit may be configured to guide the pressing unit 40 in the form of a protruding rail and in the form of male and female coupling.

The pair of pressing portions 40, as shown in Figure 3, is a roller form consisting of a rim (Rim) 42 and the hub (Hub) 44, a plurality of acupressure for the outer peripheral surface of the rim 42 The projection 46 is formed.

Here, only the case where the pressing portion 40 is in the form of a roller is illustrated, but this is only an example of one possible case, if any form that can press the cervical spine can be applied to any form known to date. For example, the pressing unit may be formed in a bead shape, a curved plate shape.

The mounting portion 50 mounts each pressing portion 40 to each of the guide portions 22 and 32 so as to be movable. The mounting portion 50 penetrates through the pair of pressing portions 40 and the hub 44, respectively, and both ends thereof are guide portions 22. And support shafts 52 respectively inserted into the support shafts 32 and bearings 54 mounted on both ends of the support shaft 52, respectively. Here, the bearing 54 is not an essential component for operating the present invention because the slide movement is possible along the groove lines of the guide portions 22 and 32 only by the both ends of the support shaft 52, but the bearing 54 is Smooth rolling of both ends of the support shaft 52 can be performed to minimize noise, vibration, and abrasion, and to reduce the load of the driving means 70 due to friction.

The neck support part 60 is disposed between the pair of guide bodies 20 and 30 so as to stand in the vertical direction to be fixed and to allow the support shaft 52 of the mounting part 50 to pass therethrough. And support plate 62 having a through groove having a shape corresponding to 32, and neck support plate 64 formed at the upper end of the support 62 in a curved shape corresponding to the cervical spine shape of the neck. It includes. The neck support part 60 is a component that can be omitted because the neck is supported by the pair of pressure parts 40, but when the neck support part 60 is installed, it is caught by the pair of pressure parts 40. Since it is possible to distribute the load of the neck so as to reduce the load on the driving means 70 and to support the entire neck neck evenly, it is preferable to install it because it can give more comfort to the patient.

The driving means 70 repeatedly pushes and pulls the pair of pressing portions 40 in the guide path directions of the guide parts 22 and 32 according to the user's operation, and the guide path directions of the guide parts 22 and 32. The rack gear portion 71 arranged so as to be linearly moved in a straight line, a rack gear support portion 72 for movably supporting the rack gear portion 71, and a rack end pinion on the rack gear portion 72. A pinion gear portion 73 engaged in a manner, a motor 74 whose rotation axis is coupled to the pinion gear portion 73, a control portion 75 for controlling the driving of the motor 74, and a control portion. A power supply plug 76 and a power cable 77 for applying driving power to the motor 75 and the motor 74, and a key operation unit 78 for inputting a signal according to a user's button operation to the control unit 75; do.

At this time, the driving means 70 has been described as an example of the configuration for transmitting the power of the electric motor in a rack and pinion method, but this is only an example of one possible case, it can transmit the pushing and pulling force to the pressing unit. If so, any means known to date can be applied. For example, as the driving means, an actuator made of a hydraulic or pneumatic type, an actuator of an electric solenoid type, or the like may be used.

The link portion 80 freely connects the pressing portion 40 to the driving means 70, and has a pair of connecting bars 84 and 86 having one end connected to the pair of pressing portions 40, respectively. The hinge member 82 freely couples the other ends of the connecting bars 84 and 86 to the rack gear part 71 of the driving means 70 in the vertical direction.

Here, since the guide path of the pressing portion 40 is downward to the left side, the left end of each connecting bar 84, 86, that is, the end side connected to the pressing portion 40 is bent downward so as to correspond thereto. It is also preferable.

The cover portion 90 is a flexible, durable and relatively soft material such as cloth, leather, synthetic resin, etc., by fixing the corner portion to the bottom surface 12 and both side walls 14 and 16 of the main body 10. Wrap each component inside the body 10 and finish. Such a cover portion 90 is not an essential component for operating the present invention, but it is not possible that the hair is caught between the pressing portion 40 and the guide portions 22 and 32 or in each part of the driving means 70. It is preferable to install and use, because it has the advantage of preventing and reducing the friction between the pressing portion 40 and the neck skin and beautiful appearance.

Now, the effects of the present invention configured as described above will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

When the user lays down and rests the neck portion C of the neck between the two side walls 12 and 14 of the main body 10, as shown in Fig. 4, the user presses the operation key of the key operation unit 78. The controller 75 applies a driving current to the motor 74 to control the motor 74 to repeat the forward and reverse rotation by the set rotational speed.

In the section in which the controller 75 rotates the motor 74 forward, as shown in FIG. 5, the pinion gear 73 rotates forward to linearly move the rack gear 71 to the left, and the linearly moved rack gear. 71 pushes the press part 40 to the left via the link part 80, and the press part 40 moves to the left lower side along the guide path of the guide part 22,32.

Here, the link unit 80 transmits the force of the rack gear 71 to the pressing unit 40 regardless of the positional change caused by the pressing unit 40 moving downward along the guide path, that is, the rack. It serves to convert the linear force transmitted from the gear 71 into a force traveling in the atypical curved path of the guide portions 22 and 32. This is because the connecting bars 84 and 86 of the link unit 80 are rotatably connected to the rack gear 71 in the up and down direction via the hinge member 82 so as to press the force of the rack gear 71 to the pressing unit 40. This is because the pressurizing portion 40 can be freely lifted and supported at the same time as being delivered to the bottom surface.

In the section in which the controller 75 rotates the motor 74 reversely, as shown in FIG. 6, the pinion gear 73 reversely rotates to linearly move the rack gear 71 to the right, and the linearly moved rack. The gear 71 pulls the pressing portion 40 to the right via the link portion 80, and the pressing portion 40 moves upward and right along the guide paths of the guide portions 22 and 32.

While the control unit 75 alternately drives the motor 74 in the forward and reverse directions, the pressing unit 40 repeatedly moves up and down along the guide paths of the guide units 22 and 32 to press the entire neck C of the neck. Massaged.

Here, the guide paths of the guide parts 22 and 32 are set in a curved shape corresponding to the cervical spine curve of the human body, so that the pressing part 40 can apply a uniform force to the entire cervical part C so that the massage can be performed. do.

The present invention is described above by illustrating specific embodiments, but the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments. Those skilled in the art can easily make various changes and modifications to the present invention, and it should be noted that such variations or modifications are included within the scope of the present invention as long as the features of the present invention are used.

1 is a perspective view showing a neck treatment device according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a plan view of FIG.

3 is a side view of the pressing unit of FIG.

4 is a view showing a state of use of the present invention.

5 is a view for explaining the movement of the pressing unit during the forward rotation of the motor in FIG.

6 is a view for explaining the movement of the pressing unit when the reverse rotation of the motor in FIG.

Explanation of symbols on the main parts of the drawings

10: main body 20, 30: guide body

40: press part 50: mounting part

60: neck support 70: drive means

80: link portion 90: cover portion

Claims (8)

A guide body having a guide part having a curved guide path corresponding to the cervical spine curve of the human body, Pressing part in contact with the cervical spine of the neck, A mounting part for movably mounting the pressing part to the guide part; Drive means for repeatedly pushing and pulling the pressing portion in the guide path direction of the guide portion according to a user's operation; A link portion for freely connecting the pressing portion to the driving means; Neck treatment device characterized in that it comprises a guide body and a main body for supporting the drive means. The neck treatment apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the mounting portion includes a support shaft fixed to the pressing portion, and an end portion of which is movable by being coupled to the guide portion. The neck treatment unit according to claim 1, further comprising a neck support part including a support provided on the main body and a neck support plate formed in a curved shape corresponding to the cervical spine shape of the neck. The method of claim 1, wherein the guide path curve of the guide portion is a curved form connecting the top dead center of the position corresponding to the cervical spine of the highest position in the cervical spine of the human body lying down and the bottom dead center of the position corresponding to the cervical spine adjacent to the body. Neck treatment device characterized by. The neck treatment device according to claim 1, wherein the link part includes a connecting bar having one end connected to the pressing part, and a hinge member which freely couples the other end of the connecting bar to the driving means in a vertical direction. . The neck treatment device according to claim 5, wherein the connecting bar has a form in which an end side connected to the pressing part is bent downward. The neck treatment apparatus of claim 1, wherein the pressing unit has a roller shape. The method according to claim 1, wherein the drive means, A rack gear unit connected to the link unit; A rack gear support part supporting the rack gear part to be movable; A pinion gear part meshing with the rack gear part; A motor whose rotation axis is coupled to the pinion gear part; Neck treatment device comprising a control unit for controlling the driving of the motor in accordance with the switch operation of the user.

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