AU654783B1

AU654783B1 - Magnetic therapeutic appliance set

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Publication number: AU654783B1
Application number: AU48765/93A
Authority: AU
Inventors: Isamu Masuda
Original assignee: Nihon Kenkozoshin Kenkyukai Co Ltd
Current assignee: Nihon Kenkozoshin Kenkyukai Co Ltd
Priority date: 1993-10-04
Filing date: 1993-10-04
Publication date: 1994-11-17
Anticipated expiration: 2013-10-04

Description

6547,83

AUSTRALIA

Patents Act 1990 COM4PLETE SPECIFICATION STANDRD PATENT Applicant: NIHONKENKOZOSHINKENKYUKAI CO., LTD.

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SPECIFICATION

TITLE OF THE INVENTION MAGNETIC THERAPEUTIC APPLIANCE SET Technical Field This Invention relates to a magnetic therapeutic appliance set in which a certain number of magnetic therapeutic appliances are packed as a product, and more particularly, to a magnetic therapeutic e 10 appliance set, packing several mounting papers on which several magnetic therapeutic appliances are affixed, which is put to the market.

see* Background Art An adhesion type magnetic therapeutic appliance has a structure in which a pressure element formed of a permanent magnet is affixed on a sticking face of an adhesive tape, and exerts, on a human body surface, pressure and a magnetic field produced by the pressure element by pushing it on the human body surface and fixing it with an adhesive tape, thereby alleviating condition such as stiffness.

20 When the adhesion type magnetic therapeutic appliances are supplied to the market, the product is formulated by packing in a package a certain number of mounting papers each on which several magnetic therapeutic appliances are detachably fixed.

When installing a magnetic therapeutic appliance on a human body, a user peels off the magnetic therapeutic appliance from a 2 mounting paper, and then affixes it on a portion of stiffness or on an acupuncture point.

As to be used magnetic therapeutic appliance peeled off from a human body surface, an adhesive tape can not be reused because the adhesiveness of the sticking face has reduced extremely, while a pressure element can be reused because its magnetic properties like magnetic field intensity has scarcely changed. However a user usually abandons the used magnetic therapeutic appliance and does not reuse a pressure element. This is uneconomical and the resources are wasted.

Furthermore, when affixing a magnetic therapeutic appliance on a human body surface, it is not necessarily affixed accurately on an appropriate position but sometimes S 15 affixed on a position deviated from a portion of stiffness or an acupuncture point. When peeling off the magnetic therapeutic appliance from the human body surface, the adhesiveness of the adhesive tape has already been reduced, and if this magnetic therapeutic appliance is affixed again on the accurate position, it easily peels off from the human body surface.

In this way, a magnetic therapeutic appliance '".once affixed on a human body surface can not be reused and it is scrapped regardless of a time of use.

Disclosure of the Invention According to the present invention there is provided a magnetic therapeutic set comprising a package containing a plurality of adhesion type magnetic therapeutic appliances, each magnetic therapeutic appliance having a pressure element formed of a permanent magnet being affixed on a sticking face of an adhesive tape; characterised in that, one or more of first mounting papers on which a plurality of the magnetic therapeutic appliances are detachably fixed, and one or more of second mounting papers R on which a plurality of adhesive tapes for replacement are I I 3 detachably fixed are packaged as said set; each of said first and said second mounting papers is provided with a plurality of through-holes each of which has an outer shape larger than that of pressure element of the magnetic therapeutic appliance; in each through-hole position of the first mounting paper, each magnetic therapeutic appliance is fixed by detachably affixing the adhesive tape on the mounting paper in a manner such that the pressure element is inserted into the through-hole; in each through-hole position of the second mounting paper, an adhesive tape is fixed by detachably affixing the adhesive tape for replacement on the mounting paper, and on the sticking face of the adhesive tape exposed in each through-hole, a peeling-off paper having same outer shape as the through-hole is detachably affixed.

:Accordingly, a used magnetic therapeutic appliance can be reused by replacing only a used adhesive tape with an adhesive tape for replacement, thereby making it economical and enabling to effectively utilise the resources.

Furthermore, if a magnetic therapeutic appliance is, affixed on a position deviated from an appropriate position, the affixed magnetic "N )0 e therapeutic appliance is peeled off and can be affixed on the appropriate position by replacing the used adhesive tape with an adhesive tape for replacement, thus useless consumption of a magnetic therapeutic appliance can be avoided.

In addition, the first mounting paper for fixing the magnetic therapeutic appliances and the second mounting paper for fixing the adhesive tapes for replacement are of the same shape and thus the same mounting paper can be used for both. This is convenient and facilitates e 0 control of the mounting papers and further reduces a manufacturing **o 10 cost.

Still furthermore, the sticking face of the adhesive tape for replacement fixed on the second mounting paper is not directly contacting with outside air due to existence of the peeling-off paper and thus the adhesiveness of the sticking face is not deteriorated.

15 When removing the peeling-off paper, the sticking face of the adhesive tape appears in the through-hole, thus the used pressure element can o S be easily affixed.

0 *I 20 Brief Description of the Drawings Fig. 1 is a perspective view showing an appearance of a magnetic therapeutic appliance set in one embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view showing a container of magnetic therapeutic appliances when a packaging bag has been broken.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view showing a container of adhesive tapes for replacement in a state that a packaging has been broken.

Fig. 4 is a plan view of a first mounting paper seen from its front side.

Fig. 5 is a plan view of the first mounting paper seen from its back side.

Fig. 6 is a sectional view showing the first mounting paper.

Fig. 7 is a perspective view showing a magnetic therapeutic appliance.

10 Fig. 8 is a sectional view showing a state that a magnetic S* therapeutic appliance is affixed on a human body surface.

Fig. 9 is a plan view of a second mounting paper seen from its front side.

Fig. 10 is a plan view of the second mounting paper seen from 15 its back side.

Fig. 11 is a sectional view of the second mounting paper.

see% Best Mode for Carrying out the Invention Fig. 1 shows a magnetic therapeutic appliance set in one 20 embodiment of the invention.

This magnetic therapeutic appliance set comprises a packaging box 1 in which a plurality (four as in the illustration) of container 2 of magnetic therapeutic appliances and a plurality (two as in the illustration) of container 3 of adhesive tapes for replacement are packed in a piled up state. In both opening end portions of the packaging box 1, a pair of closing pieces 4, 4 and a lid 5 are integrally formed respectively. Each container 2 or 3 can be taken In and out by opening any one of the lids As shown In Fig. 2, each container 2 of the magnetic therapeutic appliances comprises a packaging bag 6 for packing a first mounting paper 12 in a sealed state, on which a plurality of the magnetic therapeutic appliances 7 are fixed. The first mounting paper 12 can be taken out by cutting one end of the packaging bag 6.

As shown in Fig. 3, each container 3 of the adhesive tapes for *.10 replacement comprises a packaging bag 9 similar to the packaging bag 6 for packing a second mounting paper 20 in a sealed state, on which a plurality of the adhesive tapes 10 for replacement are fixed. The second mounting paper 20 can be taken out by cutting one end of the package 9.

15 Figs. 4 6 show configurations of the first mounting paper 12,

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and ten pieces of the magnetic therapeutic appliance 7 are fixed, in 0* alignment in two rows, on the rectangular mounting paper 12.

As shown in Fig. 7, each of the magnetic therapeutic appliance o0 7 comprises an adhesive tape 13 one surface of which is an adhesion surface 14, and a pressure element 15 which is affixed in the center of the adhesion surface 14 of the adhesive tape 13. The illustrated adhesive tape 13 is circular but is not limited to this and may be elliptic or rectangular.

Said each pressure element 15 is formed of a permanent magnet which is hexagonal in a plan view and has a certain thickness, and on I -r the surface, there Is one hemispheric small protrusion 16 In the center, and six small protrusions 16 are on the periphery. Each of the small protrusions is formed integrally with the surface. This pressure element 15 is magnetized to an N-pole on its surface and to an S-pole on Its back respectively. Magnetic force lines emitted from the N-pole are mainly concentrated in the small protrusions 16.

Fig. 8 shows a state that the magnetic therapeutic appliance 7 has been affixed to a human body surface 17. In this fixed state, the pressure element 15 is so fixed to a human body surface 17 by the S:..0O adhesive tape 13 that each small protrusion 16 is pushed into Lhe body surface 17. Pressure produced by these small protrusions 16 stimulates a particular portion of stiffness or an acupuncture point and

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furthermore the magnetic force lines emitted from each pressure element 15 permeate the same portions.

Said mounting paper 12 is provided with ten circular through-holes 18, in two rows. Each through-hole 18 is formed into a diameter larger than the periphery of the pressure element 15 of the magnetic therapeutic appliance 7. Each magnetic therapeutic appliance 7 is fixed by detachably affixing the adhesive tape 13 on the back of the o.A 20 mounting paper 12, in a state that the pressure element 15 has been inserted into the through-hole 18.

This mounting paper 12 is equipped with a straight cutting line 19 between each through-hole 18 and one side edge of the mounting paper 9. When the mounting paper 12 is broken along the cutting line 19, gripping one side edge of the mounting paper 12, the adhesive tape 12 of the magnetic therapeutic appliance 7 Is peeled off from the mounting paper 12. By picking up this peeled-off portion of the adhesive tape 13, the magnetic therapeutic appliance 7 can be taken off from the mounting paper 12.

Figs. 9 11 show configurations of the second mounting paper and ten pieces of the adhesive tape 10 for replacement are fixed, In alignment in two rows, on a rectangular mounting paper The adhesive tape 10 for replacement is of the same form and same material quality as the adhesive tape 13 of said magnetic 10 therapeutic appliance 7, and one surface of it is a sticking face 21, and the outer shape of the adhesive tape is formed into a circle.

*The second mounting paper 20 which fixes the adhesive tapes for replacement has also the same form and same material quality as said first mounting paper 12, and is provided with ten through-holes 22 in 15 total having a circular shape of the same size and the same shape in two rows. In the back side positions of the through-holes 22 of the second mounting paper 20, said adhesive tapes 10 are detachably affixed, and on the sticking face 21 of the adhesive tape 10 exposed in each through-hole 22, a peeling off paper 23 having the same outer shape as the through-hole 22 Is detachably affixed.

In the second mounting paper 20, a straight cutting line 24 are formed between each through-holes 22 and one side edge. When breaking the mounting paper 20 along a cutting line 24, pinching the side edge of the mounting paper 20, an adhesive tape 10 is peeled off from the mounting paper 20. On picking up the peeled-off portion of the adhesive tape 10, the adhesive tape 10 can be taken out from the mounting paper 0

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r* 0 4 0* *400 Industrial Applicability When a magnetic therapeutic appliance set is supplied to the market as a product, said packaging box 1 is charged in combination with a p .rality of the container 2 of magnetic therapeutic appliances and a plurality of the container 3 of adhesive tapes for replacement as a set.

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d -0 I 0044 a 0-0 O When using the magnetic therapeutic appliance 7, the end portion of the packaging bag 6 of the container 2 of the magnetic therapeutic appliance is cut and the first mounting paper 12 is taken out, then the magnetic therapeutic appliance 7 is peeled off from the mounting paper 12 and is affixed on a portion of stiffness or an acupuncture point of a human body surface. When several hours has elapsed after the fixture, the magnetic therapeutic appliance 7 is peeled off from the human body surface. However if the condition is not satisfactorily alleviated, or when a user wants to affix the magnetic therapeutic appliance 7 to other portions of the body, the pressure element 15 is separated from the adhesive tape 13 of the peeled-off magnetic therapeutic appliance 7. Then, the end of portion of the packaging bag 9 of the container 3 is cut off and the second mounting paper 20 is taken out, then any of the peeling-off papers 23 is peeled off to expose the sticking face 21 of the adhesive tape 10 for replacement in the through-hole 22, then said pressure element 15 is \0 affixed on the sticking face 21. Thereafter the adhesive tape integrated with the pressure element 15 is peeled off from the mounting paper 20 and affixed to a desired portion of a human body surface. In this case, a user may scrap the peeled-off magnetic therapeutic appliance 7 and may peel off a new magnetic therapeutic appliance 7 from the mounting paper 12 for use.

In addition, when the magnetic therapeutic appliance 7 peiled off from the first mounting paper 12 is affixed on a position deviated from an appropriate position, the affixed magnetic therapeutic i10 appliance 7 is peeled off from a human body surface, and similarly the adhesive tape 10 is replaced with the adhesive tape 20 for replacement a and the magnetic therapeutic appliance 7 is affixed again on the appropriate position.

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2. A magnetic therapeutic set according to claim i, wherein the pressure element of said each magnetic therapeutic appliance is provided with a plurality of small protrusions formed integrally on its surface.
3. A magnetic therapeutic set according to claim 1 or 2, wherein each of said first and said second mounting 12 papers is provided with a cutting line between each through-hole and one side edge of the mounting paper.
4. A magnetic therapeutic set according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein each of said first and said second mounting paper is separately packaged individually in a sealed packaging bag. A magnetic therapeutic set substantially as herein described with reference to and as illustrated in any one or more of the accompanying drawings. 10 Dated this 20th day of September, 1994. C NIHONKENKOZOSHINKENKYUKAI CO., LTD. By its Patent Attorneys: GRIFFITH HACK CO. Fellows Institute of Patent 15 Attorneys of Australia. *e si: *4 u s .^2 ABSTRACT This Invention relates to a magnetic therapeutic appliance set in which a certain number of adhesion type magnetic therapeutic appliances are packed, to put to the market. A magnetic therapeutic appliance set of the Invention comprises one or more of first mounting papers (12) on which a plurality of the magnetic therapeutic appliances each comprised of an adhesive tape (13) and a pressure element are detachably fixed, and one or more of second mounting papers (20) on which a plurality of adhesive tapes (10) for replacement are detachably fixed, both mounting papers are packed. Each of the first and the second mounting paper (12) and (20) is respectively provided with a plurality of through-holes and (22) each of which having an outer shape larger than that of the pressure element (15) of the magnetic therapeutic appliance In the position of through-hole (18) on the first mounting paper the adhesive tape (13) is affixed In a state that the pressure element has been inserted Into the through-hole In the position of through-hole (22) of the second mounting paper the adhesive tape (10) is affixed. On the sticking face (21) of the adhesive tape (10) which is exposed from the through-hole a peeling-off paper (23) having the same outer shape as the through-hole (22) Is detachable affixed. 04.0