CN103313691B

CN103313691B - Massage appliance

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Publication number: CN103313691B
Application number: CN201280005528.7A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 谷泽孝欣; 辻佳子; 梶山聪; 山本浩平
Original assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co Ltd
Current assignee: Panasonic Holdings Corp
Priority date: 2011-02-21
Filing date: 2012-01-19
Publication date: 2015-12-02
Anticipated expiration: 2032-01-19
Also published as: JP2012170605A; WO2012114796A1; JP5437291B2; CN103313691A; KR20130098426A

Abstract

During the control part of massage appliance (10) to be configured to during changing massaging action into (Ma1, Ma2) or setting operation before (C1, C2), even if operate the driving also forbidding heater (26,73,77) to the temperature sense switch of operator, during this massaging action, (Ma1, Ma2) makes massage mechanism (17) or air bag (23,24,71,76) carry out during action implements each process procedures according to the setting of user, during during this setting operation, (C1, C2) is the user detailed setting of carrying out massaging.

Description

Massage appliance

Technical field

The present invention relates to and a kind ofly to possess for providing the health of user heat to carry out the massage appliance of the thermal source of warm treatment.

Background technology

In recent years, develop following a kind of massage appliance: possess at the contact portion of the Body contact with user, such as seat portion, back-rest the heater playing function as thermal source, while being undertaken massaging by massage unit, the health of heater to user is utilized to provide heat to carry out warm treatment.In such massage appliance, be provided with the operating portion of the heater button (heater button) comprised for driving heat source, control part provides electric power to carry out warm treatment (such as with reference to patent documentation 1) based on the operation of user to thermal source.

Patent documentation 1: Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication 2011-489 publication

Summary of the invention

the problem that invention will solve

But, in massage appliance as above, if such as when user does not use massage appliance user by mistake operate heater button, although then do not massage, heat source provides electric power and causes consuming unnecessary electric power.In this case, because the massage with action is in halted state, therefore the probability discovered less than switching manipulation unintentionally of user is high.

The object of the present invention is to provide a kind of massage appliance that can realize power saving.

for the scheme of dealing with problems

In order to solve the problem, massage appliance of the present invention possesses: massage unit, and it is for massaging user; Supporting member, it supports the health of above-mentioned user; Thermal source, it is arranged at above-mentioned supporting member, for providing heat to carry out warm treatment to above-mentioned user; Operating portion, it can be undertaken operating to make above-mentioned thermal source carry out action by above-mentioned user; And control part, it controls above-mentioned thermal source according to the operation in aforesaid operations portion, in this massage appliance, above-mentioned control part is when being operated to make above-mentioned thermal source carry out action to aforesaid operations portion by user, above-mentioned control part during massaging action and setting operation during at least one during make above-mentioned thermal source carry out action, wherein, during this massaging action be by above-mentioned massage unit, above-mentioned user is massaged during, during this setting operation be carry out the setting of massaging for above-mentioned user during.

As an example, above-mentioned thermal source is arranged in above-mentioned supporting member, corresponding with the body part of the above-mentioned user being undertaken massaging by above-mentioned massage unit position, above-mentioned control part comprises to be made above-mentioned massage unit combine with above-mentioned thermal source to carry out action to carry out the warm treatment pattern of warm treatment, and aforesaid operations portion comprises the switch for operating the action of above-mentioned warm treatment pattern.

As an example, during above-mentioned massaging action and during above-mentioned setting operation, aforesaid operations portion switches the driving of above-mentioned thermal source and stopping.

As an example, above-mentioned massage unit has air bag, and above-mentioned thermal source is configured to above-mentioned thermal source and above-mentioned air bag is paired.

As an example, above-mentioned thermal source is arranged between the health of above-mentioned air bag and above-mentioned user.

As an example, also possess heat insulating component, this heat insulating component is arranged between above-mentioned thermal source and above-mentioned air bag.

As an example, above-mentioned thermal source and above-mentioned air bag are relatively arranged through the body part that above-mentioned user clamped by this thermal source and above-mentioned air bag.

the effect of invention

According to the present invention, a kind of massage appliance that can realize power saving can be provided.

Accompanying drawing explanation

Fig. 1 is the summary axonometric chart of the massage appliance of present embodiment.

Fig. 2 is the block diagram of the electrical structure for illustration of massage appliance.

Fig. 3 is the front view of operator.

Fig. 4 is the sequential chart of the drived control for illustration of heater.

Fig. 5 is the sequential chart of the drived control for illustration of heater.

Fig. 6 is configured in the heater of the inside of foot's maintaining part and the sectional view of air bag in another example.

Fig. 7 is the front view of the leg maintaining part in another example.

Detailed description of the invention

Below, embodiment the present invention specialized and obtain is described according to accompanying drawing.

As shown in Figure 1, the chair body 10a of chair-type massage machine 10 comprises: supporting foot 11; By the seat portion 12 that supporting foot 11 supports; The back-rest 13 of the rear end in mounted present portion 12; And the leg placement section (オットマ Application) 14 of the front end in mounted present portion 12.In addition, the left and right in present portion 12 is provided with two armrest parts 15 in the arm portion for placing the user taken a seat.In addition, near the armrest part 15 of a side, be provided with the operator 16 that can be operated by each several part of user to massage appliance 10.

The massage mechanism 17 with therapy applying component (executing Treatment) 17a is installed in back-rest 13.Massage mechanism 17 can by massage mechanism 17 (therapy applying component 17a) mobile ormal weight on the above-below direction of back-rest 13 and left and right directions.

Leg placement section 14 comprises for keeping the leg maintaining part 21 of the lower leg section of the leg of user and for keeping foot's maintaining part 22 of the sole part of foot section.Leg maintaining part 21 and foot are splits by maintaining part 22." lower leg section " herein refers to the part from knee to ankle, and " foot section " refers to the part from ankle to tiptoe.

The leg maintaining part 21 of leg placement section 14 comprises two sidewall 21b that can keep two lower lower limb holding surface 21a of the dorsal part (calf) of the lower leg section of user and extend respectively from the left and right sides of two lower lower limb holding surface 21a.Therefore, the leg (lower lower limb) of user can be inserted between two sidewall 21b.In each sidewall 21b of leg maintaining part 21, the air bag 23 that can carry out expansion action and contractive action is installed.In addition, the foot of leg placement section 14 comprises two sidewall 22b that can keep a sole holding surface 22a of the sole part of user and extend respectively from the both sides of the left and right directions of this sole holding surface 22a by maintaining part 22.In foot with being provided with two air bags 24 that can carry out expansion action and contractive action in maintaining part 22.The heater 26 had with the shape of the sole partial response of user is configured with in the sole holding surface 22a side (upper surface of each air bag 24) of each air bag 24.Each heater 26 provides heat via the foot's sole part of sole holding surface 22a to user of maintaining part 22.

In the present embodiment, such leg placement section 14 can be moved in the longitudinal direction by slide mechanism 30.Leg placement section 14 can switch to the receiving state of the bottom being contained present portion 12 and make leg placement section 14 expose to front, seat portion 12 and can use the using state of leg placement section 14.

Massage appliance 10 comprises main power switch (omitting diagram).Operator 16 correspondingly can operate with the on-state of main power switch.In addition, as shown in Figure 3, in operator 16, be provided with the display part 61 of state of massage appliance 10 of intensity etc. of display massage position at that time, massage.Display part 61 is provided with the warming display part 61a of the temperature levels representing heater 26 and represents the air pressure display part 61b being carried out the intensity of massaging by multiple air bag 23,24.In addition, operator 16 is provided with following switch: firing switch 62, it selects the state whether being set as to drive the air pump 51 shown in massage mechanism 17 and Fig. 2; Multiple process choosing switch 63, the plurality of process choosing switch 63 can be selected from multiple massage drive pattern; Multiple setting selector switch 64, the plurality of setting selector switch 64 can select the detailed setting of the setting shown by display part 61, such as each massage processes; And determine switch 65, it is determined selected setting.In addition, operator 16 comprises foot massage switch 66, temperature sense switch 67 and the baroswitch 68 of the downside being arranged on setting selector switch 64.Foot massage switch 66 is the switches for making the warm treatment pattern of carrying out warm treatment centered by the foot of user and leg start or stop.In detail, by user, switch 66 is massaged to foot and operate and drive multiple heater 26 is set to being combined with the massage of multiple air bag 23,24 or does not drive, make warm treatment pattern start or stop.By user to temperature sense switch 67 operate with multiple heater 26 is set to driving condition or not driving condition to adjust the temperature of thermotherapy.By user to operate the making massage of multiple air bag 23,24 to baroswitch 68 or stop.And selected by each switch 63 ~ 68 of user to operator 16, the signal corresponding with selected switch 63 ~ 68 is provided to control part 52.Control part 52 correspondingly controls each several part of massage appliance 10 with the signal be provided.

In the massage appliance 10 formed as described above, when main power switch is on-state, provide electric power to operator 16 and control part 52.In this condition, at stipulated time Ta1, the firing switch 62 being arranged at operator 16 is connected as shown in Figure 4.Control part 52 changes user can carry out the selection of various process procedures etc. original state S1 by each process choosing switch 63 of operator 16 into.Then, at stipulated time Ta2, by operating some in multiple process choosing switch 63, control part 52 changes the setting operation period C1 that user can carry out massaging setting into thus.Even if control part 52 is configured to operate the temperature sense switch 67 of operator 16 before changing this setting operation period C1 into also to drive multiple heater 26 (driving illegal state H1).Then, when changing setting operation period C1 into, control part 52 switches to the driving enable state H2 that can drive multiple heater 26, provides the electric current of regulation according to the operation of temperature sense switch 67 to multiple heater 26.

Afterwards, at stipulated time Ta3, user operates to setting selector switch 64 the detailed setting selecting each process procedures, and by determining that switch 65 is determined selected setting.Control part 52 changes the massaging action period Ma1 implementing each process procedures into according to this setting.Massage mechanism 17 and multiple air bag 23,24 (air pump 51) implement the massage corresponding to each process procedures according to the control of control part 52.At this massaging action period Ma1, control part 52 continues to be set to driving enable state H2, is set as driving multiple heater 26.Also can be operated temperature sense switch 67 by user in this driving enable state H2 and the driving of multiple heater 26 and stopping thereof being switched.

At the stipulated time Ta4 of massaging action period Ma1, when user operates each process choosing switch 63 to change massage processes, control part 52 makes massage stop and changing the setting operation period C2 that can carry out massaging setting into.At this setting operation period C2, also in the same manner as setting operation period C1 before, control part 52 is configured to driving the state maintaining in enable state H2 and can drive multiple heater 26.User operates setting selector switch 64 and selects the detailed setting of each process procedures and by determining that switch 65 is determined.Control part 52 changes massaging action period Ma2 again into.Massage mechanism 17 and multiple air bag 23,24 are implemented to massage (stipulated time Ta5) according to the control of control part 52.At this massaging action period Ma2, also in the same manner as massaging action period Ma1 before, control part 52, in driving enable state H2, according to the operation of user to temperature sense switch 67, can switch the driving of multiple heater 26 and stopping thereof.Then, at stipulated time Ta6, control part 52 makes the action of massage mechanism 17 and multiple air bag 23,24 stop along with the end of the massage processes of regulation, meanwhile forbid the driving of multiple heater 26, even if be set as that user operates temperature sense switch 67 also cannot drive multiple heater 26 (driving illegal state H3).

Then, be described for the warm treatment pattern centered by foot massage.As shown in Figure 5, at stipulated time Tb1, firing switch 62 is connected, control part 52 changes original state S1 into thus, when at stipulated time Tb2 foot being massaged switch 66 and connecting, control part 52 changes warm treatment pattern (massaging action period Mb1) into, under this warm treatment pattern, side by side drive multiple heater 26 to carry out warm treatment centered by the foot of user and leg with the massage of multiple air bag 23,24.In addition, in this mode, eliminate detailed setting, directly change massaging action period Mb1 into.Then, control part 52 makes the action of multiple air bag 23,24 stop along with the end of massage processes, meanwhile also make multiple heater 26 stop (stipulated time Tb3).In addition, under warm treatment pattern, also can be switched the driving of multiple heater 26 and stopping thereof the operation of temperature sense switch 67 by user.

Therefore, when in original state S1, user operates baroswitch 68, only utilize multiple air bag 23,24 to start massage, but during this massaging action, (omit diagram) also can be switched to the driving of multiple heater 26 and stopping thereof to the operation of temperature sense switch 67 by user.

This embodiment plays effect below.

(1) control part 52 of massage appliance 10 is configured to: changing into before massaging action period Ma1, Ma2, Mb1 of implementing each process procedures according to the setting of user and user carry out each setting operation period C1, the C2 of the detailed setting of massaging, also forbid driving multiple heater 26 even if operate the temperature sense switch 67 of operator 16.Thus, by mistake operate temperature sense switch 67 even if do not use time massage appliance 10 (massage mechanism 17, multiple air bag 23,24) at user, also can not provide electric power from control part 52 to multiple heater 26, thus can power saving be realized.In addition, due to the end with each massage processes side by side multiple heater 26 stop (driving is forbidden), therefore, it is possible to realize power saving further.

(2) on operator 16, being provided with the foot massage switch 66 for implementing warm treatment pattern (massaging action period Mb1), under this warm treatment pattern (massaging action period Mb1), side by side driving multiple heater 26 to carry out warm treatment centered by the foot of user and leg with the massage of multiple air bag 23,24.Thus, user can accept the warm treatment corresponding to the position of multiple heater 26 by being easy to operation.

(3) in operator 16, be provided with temperature sense switch 67, this temperature sense switch 67 is for switching the driving of multiple heater 26 and the stopping of multiple heater 26 at each massaging action period Ma1, Ma2, Mb1 and each setting operation period C1, C2.Thus, can select according to the action of the hobby of user to multiple heater 26.

(4) in foot with being provided with multiple air bag 24 in maintaining part 22, each heater 26 is configured in the upper surface of corresponding air bag 24.Thus, can by the expansion action of each air bag 24 and contractive action adjust each heater 26 press degree, namely from each heater 26 to the amount of heat transfer of the sole of user, change massaging feel.

In addition, embodiments of the present invention also can change as follows.

In the present embodiment, multiple heater 26 is configured in the upper surface of multiple air bag 24, but is not limited to this.Such as also as shown in Figure 6, air bag 71 can be arranged in the heat insulating component 72 of such as rectangular box, configure multiple heater 73 at the upper surface of heat insulating component 72.In addition, in the mode of Fig. 6, the upper surface of heat insulating component 72 is provided with through hole 72a, the protruding member 74 of the upper surface being configured in air bag 71 is given prominence to from through hole 72a.And, along with expansion action and the contractive action of air bag 71, utilize the foot palm part of protruding member 74 pairs of user to divide and massage, meanwhile provide heat to carry out warm treatment by multiple heater 73.By making heat insulating component 72 like this between air bag 71 and multiple heater 73, the heat transmitted from multiple heater 73 to air bag 71 can be reduced.That is, the heat from multiple heater 73 can be delivered to user side efficiently, thus can power saving be realized, air bag 71 can also be suppressed to be subject to the impact of heat.In addition, by using protruding member 74, part massage can be carried out.

In addition, also can as shown in Figure 7, relative multiple of multiple sidewall 21b of leg maintaining part 21 configure multiple air bag 76 and multiple heater 77 in the mode that air bag 76 is relative with heater 77.The leg (lower lower limb) of the user be inserted between two sidewall 21b is pressed to heater 77 by the expansion of air bag 76 by leg maintaining part 21, thus can implement massage.

In the present embodiment, supporting the foot of sole with being provided with multiple heater 26 in maintaining part 22, but be not limited thereto, such as, in the component (except therapy applying component 17a) of the supporting such as also can be present portion 12, back-rest 13, armrest part 15, leg maintaining part 21 health, configure multiple heater 26 respectively.In addition, also multiple heater 26 can be set at each position.

In the present embodiment, the driving of multiple heater 26 is allowed at each massaging action period Ma1, Ma2, Mb1 and each setting operation period C1, C2, but such as also can only during massaging action or only allow the driving of multiple heater 26 during setting operation.

Also can limit the setting operation period C2 setup times of present embodiment, be set to following setting etc.: the massage before stopping being started after the stipulated time again, or change into will the initialized original state S1 of setting of massage.

In the present embodiment, each massaging action period Ma1, Ma2, Mb1 and each setting operation period C1, C2 are examples, also can suitably change.

In the warm treatment pattern centered by foot massage of present embodiment, also can add the massage at massage mechanism 17 pairs of backs.

In the present embodiment, also can possess as lower unit: when state, the i.e. driving of the heater 26 forbidden period of not changing each massaging action period Ma1, Ma2, Mb1 and each setting operation period C1, C2 into have carried out operating to temperature sense switch 67, the display part 61 of operator 16 has carried out mistake display or the sound that gives a warning etc., operates unintentionally to user notice.

In the present embodiment, employ and play the massage mechanism 17 (therapy applying component 17a) of function and multiple air bag 23,24 (air pump 51) as massage unit, but also can use other the massage unit such as the massage unit such as utilizing vibration.

In the present embodiment, be configured to the bottom by slide mechanism 30, leg placement section 14 can being received present portion 12, but also can change to and omit slide mechanism 30 and the structure of leg placement section 14 can not be received.

In the present embodiment, the structure omitted and carry out the massage mechanism 17 of the massage at back can also be changed to.

In the above-described embodiment, the rear portion being applied to present portion 12 possesses the massage appliance 10 of the chair-type of back-rest 13, but such as also can be applied to bed (mat) type that can use under the state of user recumbency massage appliance, only to other massage appliance that specific part is massaged.

description of reference numerals

10: massage appliance; 17: massage mechanism (massage unit); 17a: therapy applying component (massage unit); 22: foot is with maintaining part (supporting member); 23,24,71,76: air bag (massage unit); 26,73,77: heater (thermal source); 51: air pump (massage unit); 52: control part; 66: foot massage switch (switch); 72: heat insulating component; C1, C2: during setting operation; Ma1, Ma2, Mb1: during massaging action.

Claims

1. a massage appliance, possesses:

Massage unit, it is for massaging user;

Supporting member, it supports the health of above-mentioned user;

Thermal source, it is arranged at above-mentioned supporting member, for providing heat to carry out warm treatment to above-mentioned user;

Operating portion, it can be undertaken operating to make above-mentioned thermal source carry out action by above-mentioned user; And

Control part, it controls above-mentioned thermal source according to the operation in aforesaid operations portion,

In this massage appliance,

When being operated to make above-mentioned thermal source carry out action to aforesaid operations portion by user, above-mentioned control part forbids the action of above-mentioned thermal source in original state, during massaging action He during setting operation, make above-mentioned thermal source carry out action, wherein, this original state is used for the setting that above-mentioned user carries out massage processes, during this massaging action be by above-mentioned massage unit, above-mentioned user is massaged during, during this setting operation be carry out the setting of the massage in set above-mentioned massage processes for above-mentioned user during

Above-mentioned control part makes the massage of above-mentioned massage unit stop during above-mentioned setting operation, during above-mentioned massaging action, make above-mentioned massage unit perform massage based on the setting of the massage in set above-mentioned massage processes.

2. massage appliance according to claim 1, is characterized in that,

Above-mentioned thermal source is arranged in above-mentioned supporting member, corresponding with the body part of the above-mentioned user being undertaken massaging by above-mentioned massage unit position,

Above-mentioned control part comprises to be made above-mentioned massage unit combine with above-mentioned thermal source to carry out action to carry out the warm treatment pattern of warm treatment,

Aforesaid operations portion comprises the switch for operating the action of above-mentioned warm treatment pattern.

3. massage appliance according to claim 1 and 2, is characterized in that,

During above-mentioned massaging action and during above-mentioned setting operation, aforesaid operations portion switches the driving of above-mentioned thermal source and stopping.

4. massage appliance according to claim 1 and 2, is characterized in that,

Above-mentioned massage unit has air bag,

Above-mentioned thermal source is configured to above-mentioned thermal source and above-mentioned air bag is paired.

5. massage appliance according to claim 4, is characterized in that,

Above-mentioned thermal source is arranged between the health of above-mentioned air bag and above-mentioned user.

6. massage appliance according to claim 5, is characterized in that,

Also possess heat insulating component, this heat insulating component is arranged between above-mentioned thermal source and above-mentioned air bag.

7. massage appliance according to claim 4, is characterized in that,

Above-mentioned thermal source and above-mentioned air bag are relatively arranged through the body part that above-mentioned user clamped by this thermal source and above-mentioned air bag.