KR20120101848A - Apparatus for massaging with rotating massaging balls - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A massage device with rotating massage balls is provided to make simultaneous heating and massage possible. CONSTITUTION: A massage device with rotating massage balls comprises a rotary shaft(31), massage balls(221,221a), a driving gear(33), and a control device(35). The rotary shaft comprises a receiving case and a drive assembly which is received into the receiving case. In the driving assembly, a first gear and a driven gear are formed. A plurality of second gears rotates while being geared with the first gear. Massage balls rotate while being geared with a plurality of the second gears. The driving gear is connected to a motor and rotates the driven gear. The control device controls the motor.

Description

Apparatus for Massaging with Rotating Massaging Balls}

The present invention relates to a massager having a rotating massage ball, and more particularly, to a massager having a rotating massage ball that is provided with a plurality of pairs of massage balls that rotate at a constant speed in a vertical direction or to the left and right to massage various parts of the body.

Massage is a physical medical adjuvant therapy used to improve the function of muscles, joints or intestines or to calm nerve excitement. Massage is generally done by using a hand or a special device to help the circulation of the blood while releasing, kneading, pressing, pulling or tapping the body while releasing fatigue. Massage is primarily done by hand but can be done through a machine called a massager.

A prior art related to massagers is Patent Publication No. 2010-012550 'Vibrator structure of electric massagers'. In the above prior art, a buffer member is fixedly inserted between the vibrator and the striking member inserted into the through hole formed inside the solenoid so as to minimize noise generated during the operation of the vibrator and prevent the vibrator from escaping from the solenoid. A stopper larger than the through hole is fixed.

Another prior art related to massagers is Patent Registration No. 0950262, 'Massage'. The massage device presented in the above prior art has an eccentricity between link bodies while fixing a plurality of link bodies each having rotatable massage wheels rotatably fixed to a driven shaft driven by a motor so as to optimize a contact angle of the human body so that a more effective massage is possible. It is characterized in that the cam is installed so that the link arms included in each link member are deflected from each other.

This prior art is characterized in that the tapping method using a vibrator or vibrator. The prior art also aims at specific site or systemic massage. However, the massage function can be effectively performed when a circular pressure around a certain area. In addition, the massage device is advantageous to be able to massage the various parts with a single device. However, the presented prior art does not disclose this point.

The present invention is to solve the problems of the prior art has the following object.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a massager having a rotating massage ball such that the paired massage ball becomes a massage while rotating.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a massager having a rotating massage ball capable of heating and massage at the same time.

Still another object of the present invention is to provide a massager having a rotating massage ball capable of vertical or vibrational massage.

According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the massager comprises a receiving case consisting of a case front side and a case back side and a drive assembly housed inside the housing case, wherein the drive assembly has at least one first gear formed therein and is driven in the middle portion. A rotating shaft in which gears are installed; A plurality of second gears engaged with the first gears and rotating; A rotating ball rotated by a plurality of second gears; A drive gear connected to the motor while rotating the driven gear; And a control device for controlling the driving of the motor, wherein the rotation center axis of the rotation shaft and the rotation center axis of the plurality of second gears are vertical and the rotation ball is capable of forward rotation and reverse rotation.

According to another suitable embodiment of the present invention, the rotary balls 221, 221a are capable of oscillating perpendicularly to the direction of rotation.

According to another suitable embodiment of the present invention, it further includes a heating unit provided on the case front surface (11).

The massage device according to the present invention has the advantage that the effect of the massage is increased by allowing the massage ball to rotate as a pair of massage balls. In addition, the massage device according to the present invention has the advantage that the vertical vibration massage and rotating massage possible at the same time. In addition, the massage device according to the present invention has the advantage that it is possible to heat and acupressure by the heat at the same time massage.

1 illustrates an embodiment of an external structure of the massage device according to the present invention.
2 illustrates an embodiment of a drive assembly according to the present invention.
Figure 3 shows an embodiment of a driving device applied to the massage device according to the present invention.
Figure 4 shows an embodiment of a drive device for vibration in the front and rear direction of the massage ball.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the embodiments shown in the accompanying drawings, but the present invention is not limited thereto.

The massage device according to the present invention comprises a housing assembly including a case front side 11 and a case rear surface 12 and a drive assembly housed inside the housing case, wherein the drive assembly includes at least one first gear 312 and 312a. And a rotating shaft 31 provided with a driven gear 311 at an intermediate portion thereof. A plurality of second gears 32a, 32b, 32c, and 32d which rotate in engagement with the first gears 312 and 312a; Massage balls 221 and 221a which are rotated by a plurality of second gears 32a, 32b, 32c and 32d; A drive gear 33 connected to the motor 34 while rotating the driven gear 311; And a control device 35 for controlling the driving of the motor 34, wherein the rotation center axis of the rotation shaft 31 and the rotation center axes of the plurality of second gears 32a, 32b, 32c, and 32d are perpendicular to each other. And the massage ball can be rotated forward and reverse.

Hereinafter, a massage device according to the present invention will be described in detail.

1 illustrates an embodiment of an external structure of the massage device according to the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 1A, various devices for driving the massager 10 may be accommodated in an accommodating case including a case front 11 and a case back 12. The case front surface 11 may have a contact shell 11a in which a body part to be massaged is located, and a plurality of heating parts 13a and 13b may be installed in the contact shell 11a. The housing case may have a bag shape for convenience of movement as a whole and a handle 14 may be attached to the upper portion as necessary.

As shown in FIG. 1B, the heating part 13a may be formed of, for example, a substrate 131 made of a material such as ceramic or elvan, and a protrusion 132 formed on the substrate. A plurality of protrusions 132 may be uniformly distributed on the substrate 131. The heating portion 13a may be made of a material that can be maintained at a constant temperature, including a material capable of generating heat by electric resistance, and the protrusion 132 may have any shape or material that may generate an acupressure effect. Can be made with The warming portions 13a and 13b can be distributed in any number of contact shells 11a and the present invention is not limited by the number or shape of the heating portions 13a and 13b. The supply of power to the heating sections 13a, 13b and the generation of heat accordingly can be made according to methods known in the art and the temperature can be appropriately controlled by the control device 35 described below.

The wiring discharge unit 15 is installed at an appropriate position of the housing case so that the wires of the drive unit or the heating units 13a and 13b installed inside the housing case and the external power plug are made. The wire connection between the remote control 16 and the remote control 16 is possible. If necessary, the control of the control device may be performed wirelessly.

The drive assembly described below can be housed inside the housing case.

2 illustrates an embodiment of a drive assembly according to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 2, the drive assembly includes a housing 21, a plurality of massage balls 221 and 221a protruding out of the housing 21, and fixing plates 22a, 22b and 22c to which the massage balls 221 and 221a are fixed. , 22d) and a driving device installed inside the housing 21. The drive is described again below. The housing 21 may include a receiving device 231 for receiving a control device or a motor for controlling the driving device. The accommodating box 231 may have various shapes and the present invention is not limited by the shape, structure, or formation of the accommodating box 231 of the housing 21.

In the embodiment shown in FIG. 2, the housing 21 is presented in a planar shape, but the housing 21 may have various shapes such as a rectangular parallelepiped capable of accommodating the driving device and, if necessary, a styrofoam that surrounds the circumferential surface of the housing. A protective case made of the same material may be covered on the housing 21.

As shown in FIG. 2, the fixing plates 22a, 22b, 22c, 22d can be disc shaped and can be fixed to the drive device received inside the housing 21 by fixing means B such as bolts. The fixed plates 22a, 22b, 22c, 22d can be rotated by the drive as described below and the massage balls 221, 221a can be rotated by the rotation of the fixed plates 22a, 22b, 22c, 22d. have. A pair of massage balls 221 and 221a may be fixed to each of the fixing plates 22a, 22b, 22c and 22d. The massage balls 221 and 221a may have a shape in which the upper portion is hemispherical and the body extends in a cylindrical shape. Each of the massage balls 221 and 221a installed in one fixing plate 22a may be arranged to have a predetermined interval. As described above, the pair of massage balls 221 and 221a are fixed plates 22a, 22b and 22c by allowing the respective massage balls 221 or 221a to have a predetermined interval in the pair of massage balls 221 and 221a. It can be rotated around the rotating shaft of 22d). The shape or fixing structure of the massage balls 221 and 221a shown in FIG. 2 is exemplary and the present invention is not limited to the embodiment shown. For example, the massage balls 221 and 221a may be spherical with an elliptical cross section or a spherical shape with a circular cross section, and the massage balls 221 and 221a may be rotated with respect to the fixing plates 22a, 22b, 22c and 22d. It can have As such, the massage balls 221 and 221a according to the present invention may be coupled to the fixing plates 22a, 22b, 22c, and 22d in various ways. In addition, the massage ball (221, 221a) has an LED installed therein may have the function of an infrared heater. As such, the massage balls 221 and 221a may be made to have various structures or functions.

In FIG. 2, an embodiment in which the fixing plates 22a, 22b, 22c, and 22d are disposed at the corners of the quadrangle is shown. However, the arrangement structure or number of the fixing plates 22a, 22b, 22c, and 22d may be in various forms known in the art. For example, the number of fixing plates 22a, 22b, 22c, 22d may be 2 to 8 and may be arranged along the circumference or in parallel by two. Thus, the arrangement structure or the number of the fixing plates 22a, 22b, 22c, and 22d is not particularly limited.

The driving device for rotating the fixing plates 22a, 22b, 22c, and 22d will be described below.

Figure 3 shows an embodiment of a driving device applied to the massage device according to the present invention.

As already described above, the drive assembly may be received inside the housing case and the drive assembly may include a housing and a drive device may be installed inside the housing. The driving device corresponds to a device for rotating the fixing plates 22a, 22b, 22c, and 22d, and massage of a part of the body may be performed as the massage balls 221 and 221a are rotated by the driving of the driving device.

Referring to FIG. 3, the driving device includes a rotating shaft 31 which is rotated by driving of the motor 34, first gears 312 and 312a provided at both ends of the rotating shaft 31, and a driven gear installed at an intermediate portion ( 311, second gears 32a, 32b, 32c, and 32d rotating in engagement with the first gears 312 and 312a and a driving gear 33 engaged with the driven gear 311 and fixed to the shaft of the motor 34. And a control device 35. However, if necessary, the control device 35 and the motor 35 may be installed inside or outside the housing described above, and the present invention is not limited by the installation position.

The first gears 312 and 312a and the second gears 32a, 32b, 32c, and 32d may be gears in which axes of rotation centers are perpendicular to each other, such as a worm and a worm gear. The first gears 312 and 312a extend in the vertical direction to rotate in a fixed position, and the second gears 32a, 32b, 32c, and 32d that rotate in engagement with each other extend in the direction perpendicular to the rotation axis. ) The fixing plates 22a, 22b, 22c, and 22d described above may be coupled to one end of the connecting shaft 321. The massage balls 221 and 221a fixed to the fixing plates 22a, 22b, 22c and 22d are rotated by the rotation shaft 31 and the first gears 312 and 312a and the second gears 32a, 32b, 32c and 32d. Can be rotated through).

The motor 34 for the rotation of the drive gear 33 may be an AC or DC motor capable of forward and reverse rotation, and the forward and reverse rotation of the motor 34 may be controlled by the controller 35. The forward and reverse rotations of the motor 34 can be accomplished according to methods known in the art through suitable circuit configurations. The controller 35 may control the rotation of the motor 34 and may have a function for controlling the temperature or the operation of the warmer shown in the embodiment of FIG. 1. The operation input to the control device 35 can be made by the remote control and as already described above, the remote control can control the control device 35 by wirelessly inputting a command required to the control device 35 or by wire. Can be. As shown in FIG. 3, the motor 34 may be connected to the control device 35 by a power cable C. As shown in FIG. The motor 34, the control device 35 or the drive gear 33 and the driven gear 311 may have any structure known in the art, and the present invention is not limited thereto.

The number of first gears 312 and 312a installed on the rotating shaft 31 may be determined by the number of installation of the massage balls 221 and 221a. For example, when a pair of massage balls 221 and 221a or two pairs of massage balls 221 and 221a are installed, one first gear 312 and 312a may be formed on the rotation shaft 31. However, if at least three pairs of massage balls 221 and 221a need to be installed, at least two first gears 312 and 312a should be formed on the rotation shaft 31. As such, various numbers of first gears 312 and 312a may be installed on the rotation shaft 31, and the present invention is not limited by the number of first gears 312 and 312a installed on the rotation shaft 31.

The massage balls 221 and 221a may be rotated by the rotation of the first gears 312 and 312a and the second gears 32a, 32b, 32c and 32d engaged therewith, and the massage balls 221 and 221a on the other hand. May be oscillated in the front-rear direction.

4 illustrates an embodiment of a driving device for vibration in the front-rear direction of the massage balls 221 and 221a.

In the embodiment shown below, as in the embodiment of FIG. 3, the second gear 32 has a structure that can be engaged with the first gear 312, and the first gears 312 and 312a are formed on the rotation shaft 31. do. The rotation center axes of the first gears 312 and 312a and the second gear 32 are perpendicular to each other.

Referring to (a) of FIG. 4, a fixing plate to which massage balls 221 and 221a are fixed at one end of the connecting shaft 321 of the second gear 32 may be installed, and a diaphragm 41 may be installed at the other end thereof. have. The diaphragm 41 may be accommodated in the elastic box 42 in which the elastic body 43 is accommodated while being connected to the second gear 32 by the extension shaft 322. The diaphragm 41 may be spaced apart from the bottom surface of the elastic box 42 by, for example, an elastic body 43 such as a plate spring or a coil spring. In the spaced apart state, the second gear 32a meshes with the first gear 312 described with reference to FIG. 3 to rotate. If a predetermined pressure is applied in a direction perpendicular to the massage balls 221 and 221a, the height of the elastic body 43 may be adjusted to engage only a portion of the first gear 312 and the second gear 32a. If the second gear 32 is not rotated while the first gear 312 is rotated, the fixing plate vibrates up and down or left and right. As such, when a predetermined force is applied to the massage balls 221 and 221a, the massage balls 221 and 221a may be made to vibrate.

Referring to Figure 4 (b), the diaphragm 41a may be made in the form of a gear. The diaphragm 41a may be engaged with the vibrating gear 41b which is connected to the motor 34 to rotate. The vibrating gear 41b may be any gear known in the art and may be connected to the motor 34 through various power transmission means. The diaphragm 41a may be accommodated in the accommodating box 42 together with the elastic body 43a. Vibration protrusions 44 may be formed in the bottom surface of the accommodating box 42 in a radial shape, and a through hole H may be formed in a central portion thereof to penetrate the end of the extension shaft 322. On the other hand, a protrusion line (not shown) corresponding to the vibration protrusion 44 may be formed at a lower portion of the diaphragm 41a. In such a structure, when the lower surface of the diaphragm 41a and the bottom surface of the accommodation box 42 contact and rotate, the diaphragm 41a vibrates and rotates.

If a predetermined pressure is applied to the massage balls 221 and 221a in the vertical direction, the extension shaft 322 descends downward through the through hole H, and the first gear and the second gear 32 are out of the engaged state. . The lower surface of the diaphragm 41a and the bottom surface of the accommodation box 42 come into contact with each other, and at the same time, the diaphragm 41a is engaged with the vibrating gear 41b. This causes the massage balls 221 and 221a to rotate with vertical vibration.

In (a) and (b) of FIG. 4, each of the elastic bodies 43, 43a may be installed so that the second gear 32 is restored to its original state when the force is removed and any known in the art. It can be an elastic body. In the case of FIG. 4B, the vibration protrusion 44 may have various shapes, for example, a plurality of curved surfaces extending in a radial shape. The protrusion line formed on the bottom surface of the vibration plate 41a according to the shape of the vibration protrusion 44 may have an appropriate shape corresponding to the vibration protrusion 44.

As shown in the embodiments of FIGS. 4A and 4B, the massage balls 221 and 221a may have a structure that vibrates only or vibrates while rotating.

Hereinafter will be described the operation of the massage device according to the present invention.

When the user wants to massage a part of the body such as a leg, a waist, a calf or a thigh, the corresponding body part may be positioned in the contact envelope 11a. The user adjusts the operating states of the heating parts 13a and 13b by using the remote controller 16 and determines the rotation directions of the massage balls 221 and 221a. The massage balls 221 and 221a may be rotated clockwise or counterclockwise. In addition, the user may determine a pair to be operated among a plurality of pairs of massage balls (221, 221a). The heating parts 13a and 13b or the massage balls 221 and 221a start to operate together with the operation of the remote controller 16. After a certain time has elapsed, the user may adjust the temperature of the heating parts 13a and 13b or change the rotation direction of the massage balls 221 and 221a as necessary. On the other hand, when massage is required to vibrate up and down, the massage balls 221 and 221a are vibrated when the massage balls 221 and 221a are pressed. When the massage of the body part is finished through the above process, the user may massage the other part or stop the operation of the massager.

Although described in detail above with reference to the embodiments of the present invention, those skilled in the art will be able to make various modifications and modifications to the invention without departing from the spirit of the present invention with reference to the embodiments presented. . The invention is not limited by these variations and modifications, but is only limited by the scope of the appended claims.

10: massage 11: case front
12: case back 11a: contact shell
13a, 13b: heating part 14: handle
131: substrate 132: projection
15: wiring outlet 16: remote control
21: housing 221, 221a: massage ball
231: accommodating boxes 22a, 22b, 22c, 22d: fixed plate
31: rotating shaft 311: driven gear
312, 312a: first gear 32a, 32b, 32c, 32d: second gear
321: connecting shaft 34: motor
33: drive gear 35: control device
41, 41a: Diaphragm 322: Extension shaft
43, 43a: elastic body 42: elastic box
41b: Vibration gear 44: Vibration protrusion
B: fixing means C: power cable
H: through hole

Claims (3)

In the massager comprising a housing case consisting of a case front 11 and the case back 12 and a drive assembly housed inside the housing case,
The drive assembly
A rotating shaft 31 having at least one first gear 312 and 312a formed therein and a driven gear 311 installed at an intermediate portion thereof;
A plurality of second gears 32a, 32b, 32c, and 32d which rotate in engagement with the first gears 312 and 312a;
Rotating balls 221 and 221a rotated by a plurality of second gears 32a, 32b, 32c, and 32d;
A drive gear 34 connected to the motor 34 while rotating the driven gear 311; And
It includes a control device 35 for controlling the drive of the motor,
Massage center, characterized in that the central axis of rotation of the rotary shaft 31 and the central axis of rotation of the plurality of second gear (32a, 32b, 32c, 32d) is vertical and the rotating ball is capable of forward and reverse rotation. The massage device according to claim 1, wherein the rotating balls (221, 221a) are capable of oscillating perpendicularly to the direction of rotation. The massage device according to claim 1, further comprising a heating part (13a, 13b) provided on the case front surface (11).

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