CN112245243A

CN112245243A - Foot massage device of auxiliary chair and control method thereof

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Publication number: CN112245243A
Application number: CN202011058587.3A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 李帆; 林星羽; 赵跃鹏; 吴小平; 陈张来
Original assignee: Zhejiang University of Technology ZJUT
Current assignee: Zhejiang University of Technology ZJUT
Priority date: 2020-09-30
Filing date: 2020-09-30
Publication date: 2021-01-22
Anticipated expiration: 2040-09-30
Also published as: CN112245243B

Abstract

A foot massage device of an auxiliary chair and a control method thereof comprise a chair main body and an automatic massage device which is arranged at the front side of the chair main body and is used for foot massage, wherein a certain distance is reserved between the chair main body and the automatic massage device to ensure that a user can easily place feet on the automatic massage device; the automatic massage device comprises an external frame mechanism, an instep massage mechanism for realizing the action of instep massage and a sole massage mechanism for realizing the action of sole massage, wherein the instep massage mechanism is suspended on the external frame mechanism, and the sole massage mechanism is arranged on the external frame mechanism and is positioned below the instep massage mechanism. The invention provides a foot massage device of an auxiliary chair, which has the advantages of simple structure, convenient operation, small occupied area and low cost.

Description

Foot massage device of auxiliary chair and control method thereof

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of medical health care instruments, in particular to a foot massage device of an auxiliary chair and a control method thereof.

Background

With the continuous improvement of the quality of life of the society, the human body massage is more and more popular among people, wherein the step massage can stimulate reflecting areas of all parts of the body, promote blood circulation of all parts and accelerate metabolism of the body, thereby effectively removing metabolic waste and toxin accumulated in the body of the body and being one of the main parts of the massage. However, it is not convenient to massage the feet by oneself in daily life, and a mechanical device is needed to help the user to massage the feet. Most of foot massage devices on the market at present lack massage for the instep, and the instep massage is important in the foot massage, and meanwhile, the foot massage device is complex in structure, difficult to operate, high in price and not wide in practicability.

Disclosure of Invention

In order to overcome the defects in the prior art, the invention provides the foot massage device of the auxiliary chair, which has the advantages of simple structure, convenience in operation and low cost and can massage the soles and the backs of the feet simultaneously.

The technical scheme adopted by the invention for solving the technical problems is as follows:

a foot massage device of an auxiliary chair comprises a chair main body and an automatic massage device which is arranged on the front side of the chair main body and used for foot massage, wherein a certain distance is reserved between the chair main body and the automatic massage device to ensure that a user can easily place feet on the automatic massage device;

the automatic massage device is arranged on the bottom plate, and the chair main body is also arranged on the bottom plate; the automatic massage device comprises an external framework mechanism, an instep massage mechanism used for realizing the action of instep massage, and a sole massage mechanism used for realizing the action of sole massage, wherein the instep massage mechanism is suspended on the external framework mechanism, and the sole massage mechanism is installed on the external framework mechanism and is positioned below the instep massage mechanism.

Further, outside frame mechanism includes U type roof beam, cube mounting, cuboid mounting, U type roof beam interconnect constitutes outside frame's top surface and controls two sides, cube mounting and cuboid mounting are connected with top surface U type roof beam, constitute four spinal branch daggers, are connected with side U type roof beam, constitute the bottom of both sides frame.

Further, the foot massage mechanism comprises five massage units, a motor, four corner beams and three metal shafts, wherein the five massage units comprise a unit crawler belt and two gears, the unit crawler belt comprises a crawler belt block and a chain forming unit and forms an external crawler belt, the two gears are respectively meshed with the two ends of the inner side of the crawler belt, middle teeth of the gears are matched with a gear fixing part and clamped with the shafts, the motor units are connected and fixed on the middle massage unit through the fixing part and comprise a stepping motor, a gear box, a pinion shaft and a bull gear shaft, the output end of the stepping motor is connected with the gear box, the pinion shaft penetrates through holes on the two sides of the gear box and is connected with the gear box, one end of an output shaft of the pinion shaft is connected with the bull gear shaft through a connecting groove, the gear end of the bull gear shaft is meshed with the gear on one end of the, two angle beams on each side are mutually connected through a fixing part, the three metal shafts are horizontally arranged front and back, two sides of each metal shaft are fixed on the external framework through the angle beams and the holes in the cubic fixing part, and the front metal rod and the rear metal rod respectively penetrate through the gear fixing parts in the middle of the gears on two sides of the five massage units and are clamped with the gears, and the five massage units are connected together.

Still further, the instep massage mechanism comprises a power input shaft, two cube fixing parts, a steering structure part and a connecting rod with holes, wherein the power input shaft comprises an external power source and a metal rod, the metal shaft respectively penetrates through the holes of the upper cube fixing part and the lower cube fixing part to be connected, the external power source provides vertical periodic power for the metal rod, the upper cube fixing part in the two cube structure parts is fixed with an external frame and can move relative to the power input shaft, the lower cube structure part is fixed with the power input shaft, two-end double holes are arranged at four positions above the connecting rod with holes, five holes are arranged at four positions below the connecting rod with holes, the four steering structure parts are respectively connected with four sides of the upper cube fixing part, two sides of the connecting end of the steering fixing part are connected with one ends of the two upper double-hole connecting rods through the matching of, the other ends of the two double-hole connecting rods are matched with the middle of one five-hole connecting rod through bolts and clamping clips to form a revolute pair with the five-hole connecting rod, four sides of the lower cubic fixing piece are respectively connected with the four hinge claws, and the four hinge claws are respectively connected with one ends of the five-hole connecting rods through the bolts and the clamping clips to form the revolute pair.

Further, the foot massage device of supplementary chair still includes control system, control system includes singlechip, control button, step motor driver, step motor and power, control button with the singlechip is connected, the singlechip passes through step motor driver is connected with step motor, control button installs the handrail department in the chair main part, the singlechip sets up in the chair main part, step motor driver sets up in the chair main part and is connected with step motor through the wire, the power is 12V 24V direct current electric power storage power or directly inserts the commercial power through the transformer, control button includes before instep massage control start/pause button, sole massage control/back button.

The invention also comprises a second technical scheme: a control method of a foot massage device of an auxiliary chair comprises the following steps:

controlled by a singlechip system, and provided with an instep massage control start/pause button and a sole massage control front/rear button;

when an instep massage 'start' button is pressed down, an external power source provides up-and-down periodic power for a power input shaft, when downward power is input, an upper cubic fixing piece is fixed, the power input shaft drives the lower cubic fixing piece and four-side hinge claws to move downwards simultaneously, one ends of four lower five-hole connecting rods and the four-side hinge claws form a rotating pair, the middle part and the four upper two-hole connecting rods form a rotating pair, and the upper two-hole connecting rods pull the lower five-hole connecting rods to move upwards to finish the outward expansion action of the four five-hole connecting rods; when upward power is input, the upper cubic fixing piece is fixed, the power input shaft drives the lower cubic fixing piece and the four-side hinge claws to move upwards simultaneously, one ends of the lower four five-hole connecting rods and the four-side hinge claws form a rotating pair, the middle part and the upper four double-hole connecting rods form a rotating pair, the upper double-hole connecting rods push the lower five-hole connecting rods to move downwards, inward contraction of the four five-hole connecting rods is completed, and periodic upward and downward power is provided by an external power source, so that massage action is realized; when the instep massage pause button is pressed down, the power input shaft stops moving;

when a foot massage front button is pressed, the stepping motor rotates in the positive direction to output kinetic energy to drive the large and small gear shafts to rotate in the positive direction through the gear box, the gear end of the large gear shaft is in meshing transmission with the gear at one end of the crawler, and the gear is in meshing transmission with the crawler to drive the crawler to move forwards; when a foot massage 'back' button is pressed down, the stepping motor rotates in the reverse direction to output kinetic energy to drive the large and small gear shafts to rotate in the reverse direction through the gear box, the gear end of the large gear shaft is in meshing transmission with the gear at one end of the crawler, and the gear is in meshing transmission with the crawler to drive the crawler to move backwards.

The invention has the following beneficial effects: the design of the preposed automatic massage device can realize the massage of the sole and the instep; the external frame mechanism adopts a plurality of support columns to ensure the stability of the mechanism; the sole massage mechanism adopts a plurality of massage units to realize the all-round massage of the sole and can control the massage direction according to a certain program; a mechanical claw type structure is adopted as an instep massage mechanism, the process of massaging by hands is simulated through the matching of a plurality of revolute pairs, and the stability is strong; and a key-type operating system is adopted, so that the automation degree is high and the practicability is high.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural view of the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a schematic view of the combination of the external frame mechanism, the sole massaging mechanism and the instep massaging mechanism.

Fig. 3 is a schematic structural view of the instep massage mechanism.

Fig. 4 is a schematic view of the entire structure of the foot sole massage mechanism.

Fig. 5 is a schematic view of the structure of a single massage unit of the foot massage mechanism.

Detailed Description

The invention is further described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Referring to fig. 1 to 5, a foot massage chair includes a chair body 1 and an automatic massage device 2 installed at a front side of the chair body 1 for foot massage, wherein the chair body 1 is spaced from the automatic massage device 2 by 20cm, thereby ensuring that a user can easily put his or her feet on the automatic massage device.

Further, outside frame mechanism includes U type roof beam 3, cube mounting 5, cuboid mounting 8, 3 interconnect of U type roof beam makes up outside frame's top surface and controls two sides, cube mounting 5 and cuboid mounting 6, 8 are connected with top surface U type roof beam 3, constitute four spinal branch daggers, are connected with side U type roof beam 3, constitute the bottom of both sides frame.

Further, the foot massage mechanism comprises five massage units 7, a motor, four corner beams 26 and three metal shafts 25, wherein each massage unit comprises a unit crawler belt and two gears, each unit crawler belt comprises a crawler belt block 32 and a chain forming unit 33 to form an external crawler belt, the two gears 31 are respectively meshed with the two ends of the inner side of each crawler belt, middle teeth of the gears are matched with a gear fixing piece to be clamped with the shafts, the motor units are connected and fixed on the middle massage units through fixing pieces and comprise a stepping motor, a gear box, a pinion shaft and a bull gear shaft, the output end of the stepping motor is connected with the gear box, the pinion shaft penetrates through holes on the two sides of the gear box to be connected with the gear box, one end of an output shaft of the pinion shaft is connected with the bull gear shaft through a connecting groove, the gear end of the bull gear shaft is meshed with the gear on one end of each crawler belt, the, the two angle beams on each side are mutually connected through

fixing parts

27, 28 and 29, the three metal shafts 25 are horizontally arranged front and back, both sides are fixed on the external framework through the

angle beams

26 and 30 and holes on the cubic fixing part 28, the front and back metal rods 25 respectively penetrate through the gear fixing parts in the middle of the gears 31 on both sides of the five massage units to be clamped with the gears, and the five massage units are connected together.

Still further, the instep massage mechanism comprises a power input shaft 9, two

cube fixing parts

14, 20, a steering structural part 13 and two perforated connecting

rods

12, 19, wherein the power input shaft 9 comprises an external power source and a metal rod, the metal rod respectively penetrates through holes of the upper and lower

cube fixing parts

14, 20 to be connected, the external power source provides vertical periodic power for the metal rod, the upper cube fixing part 14 of the two cube

structural parts

14, 20 is fixed with an external frame and can move relative to the power input shaft 9, the lower cube structural part 20 is fixed with the power input shaft 9, two ends of the upper four perforated connecting rods are provided with double holes, the lower four perforated connecting rods are provided with five holes, the four steering structural parts 13 are respectively connected with four sides of the upper cube fixing part 14, two sides of a connecting end of the steering fixing part are matched and connected with one ends of the two upper double-hole connecting rods 12 through bolts 10 and clips, and forms the revolute pair with two double-hole connecting rods, two double-hole connecting rods 12 another end cooperates and connects with the middle part of a five-hole connecting rod 19 through the bolt 15 and the clamp 16, and form the revolute pair with five-hole connecting rod 19, four sides of the cube stationary part 20 of the lower side are connected with four

hinge claws

17, 21 respectively, four

hinge claws

17, 21 are connected and formed the revolute pair with one end of the five-hole connecting rod 19 through the bolt 23 and the clamp 22 respectively.

Furthermore, the foot massage device of the auxiliary chair further comprises a control system, wherein the control system comprises a single chip microcomputer, a control button, a stepping motor driver, a stepping motor and a power supply, the control button is connected with the single chip microcomputer, the single chip microcomputer is connected with the stepping motor through the stepping motor driver, the control button is installed at the armrest of the chair main body, the single chip microcomputer is arranged on the chair main body, and the stepping motor driver is arranged on the chair main body and is connected with the stepping motor through a wire; the power supply is a 12V/24V direct-current storage power supply or is directly connected to the mains supply through a transformer.

A control method of a foot massage device of an auxiliary chair comprises the following steps:

the single chip microcomputer system is used for controlling and is provided with an instep massage control start/pause button and a sole massage control front/rear button.

When an instep massage 'start' button is pressed, an external power source provides up-and-down periodic power with a period of 2s for a power input shaft 9, when downward power is input, an upper cubic fixing piece 14 is fixed, the power input shaft drives a lower cubic fixing piece 20 and four-

side hinge claws

17 and 21 to move downwards simultaneously, and as one end of a lower four five-hole connecting rod 19 and the four-

side hinge claws

17 and 21 form a revolute pair, the middle part and an upper four double-hole connecting rod 12 form a revolute pair, and the upper double-hole connecting rod 12 pulls the lower five-hole connecting rod 19 to move upwards, the action of outward expansion of the four five-hole connecting rods 19 is completed; when upward power is input, the upper cubic fixing part 14 is fixed, the power input shaft 9 drives the lower cubic fixing part 20 and the four-

side hinge claws

17 and 21 to move upward simultaneously, one ends of the lower four five-hole connecting rods 19 and the four-

side hinge claws

17 and 21 form a revolute pair, the middle parts of the lower four-hole connecting rods and the upper four-hole connecting rods 12 form a revolute pair, the upper two-hole connecting rods 12 push the lower five-hole connecting rods 19 to move downward, inward contraction of the four five-hole connecting rods 19 is completed, periodic upward and downward power is provided through an external power source, and massage action is realized. When the instep massage pause button is pressed, the power input shaft stops moving.

The invention has simple operation and convenient use, and can be used only by operating the button beside the armrest; at present, the number of people sitting for a long time in China is increasing, the massage chair can promote the body health of a user through the massage of soles and instep, and the practicability is strong; meanwhile, due to the design of the plurality of massage units, the application range is wide, and multidirectional massage on the foot can be realized; overall structure is simple, and area is little and the cost is not high, can satisfy most users' demand.

The above description is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and does not limit the scope of the present invention, and the structures described in the present specification and the accompanying drawings can be directly or indirectly applied to other related technical fields, and shall be included in the scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. A foot massage device of an auxiliary chair is characterized in that: the foot massage chair comprises a chair main body (1) and an automatic massage device (2) which is arranged on the front side of the chair main body (1) and used for massaging feet, wherein a certain distance is reserved between the chair main body (1) and the automatic massage device (2) to ensure that a user can easily place feet on the automatic massage device (2);

the automatic massage device (2) is arranged on the bottom plate, and the chair main body (1) is also arranged on the bottom plate; the automatic massage device (2) comprises an external frame mechanism, an instep massage mechanism and a sole massage mechanism, wherein the instep massage mechanism is used for realizing the action of instep massage, the sole massage mechanism is used for realizing the action of sole massage, the instep massage mechanism is suspended on the external frame mechanism, and the sole massage mechanism is installed on the external frame mechanism and is positioned below the instep massage mechanism.

2. The foot massaging device of an auxiliary chair as claimed in claim 1, wherein: the external framework mechanism comprises a U-shaped beam (3), a cube fixing piece (5) and a cuboid fixing piece (8), the U-shaped beam (3) is connected with each other to form the top surface and the left side and the right side of the external framework mechanism, the cube fixing piece (5) and the cuboid fixing piece are connected with the top surface and the side face of the U-shaped beam (3) respectively to form the bottoms of four support columns and two side frames.

3. The foot massaging device of an auxiliary chair as claimed in claim 1 or 2, wherein: the foot massage mechanism comprises a massage unit (7), a motor unit, an angle beam (26) and a metal shaft (25), wherein the massage unit (7) comprises a unit crawler belt and two gears, the unit crawler belt comprises a crawler belt block (32) and a chain forming unit (33) and forms an external crawler belt, the two gears are respectively meshed with two ends of the inner side of the crawler belt, and the middle teeth of the gears are matched with a gear fixing piece to be clamped with the shaft; the corner beams (26) are respectively fixed on the front side and the rear side of two side surfaces of the foot massage mechanism, and the two corner beams on each side are mutually connected through a fixing piece; the metal shaft (25) penetrates through the massage units and connects the massage units together, and both sides are fixed on the external framework through the corner beams and the holes on the cubic fixing pieces.

4. The foot massaging device of an auxiliary chair as claimed in claim 3, wherein: the motor unit passes through the mounting and connects the massage unit of fixing in the middle of, including step motor, gear box, pinion shaft and bull gear, the step motor output is connected with the gear box, and the pinion shaft passes the hole and the gear box of gear box both sides and is connected, and pinion shaft output shaft one end is passed through spread groove and is connected with the bull gear, and bull gear shaft gear end and the gear engagement of track one end, gear mounting and the gear chucking in the middle of massage unit both sides gear (31) are passed to metal axle (25) to link together five massage units.

5. The foot massaging device of an auxiliary chair as claimed in claim 3 or 4, wherein: the number of the massage units (7) is five, the number of the corner beams (26) is four, and the number of the metal shafts (25) is three.

6. The foot massaging device of an auxiliary chair as claimed in claim 1, wherein: the instep massage mechanism comprises a power input shaft (9), two cube fixing pieces (14, 20), a steering structure piece (13) and connecting rods (12, 19) with holes, wherein the power input shaft (9) comprises an external power source and a metal rod, the metal rod penetrates through holes of the upper and lower cube fixing pieces (14, 20) respectively to be connected, the external power source provides upper and lower periodic power for the metal rod, the upper and lower cube fixing pieces (14) in the two cube fixing pieces (14, 20) are fixed with an external frame and can move relative to the power input shaft (9), the lower cube structure piece (21) is fixed with the power input shaft (9), four holes are formed in the upper portion of each connecting rod with two ends, five holes are formed in the lower portion of each connecting rod, the four steering structure pieces (13) are connected with four side faces of the upper cube fixing pieces (14) respectively, and two sides of the connecting end of each steering fixing piece are connected with one end of the two connecting rods And form the revolute pair with two diplopore connecting rods, two diplopore connecting rods other ends are connected with a five-hole connecting rod middle part through bolt and clamping cooperation, and form the revolute pair with five-hole connecting rod, four sides of below cube mounting are connected with four hinge claws respectively, four hinge claws are connected and form the revolute pair with the one end of five-hole connecting rod through bolt and clamping respectively.

7. A foot massaging device for an auxiliary chair as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein: still include control system, control system includes singlechip, control button, step motor driver, step motor and power, control button with the singlechip is connected, the singlechip passes through the step motor driver is connected with step motor, control button installs the handrail department in the chair main part, the singlechip sets up in chair main part (1), the step motor driver sets up and is connected with step motor through the wire on chair main part (1), the power is 12V 24V direct current storage power or directly inserts the commercial power through the transformer, control button includes that instep massage control starts/after button, sole massage control.

8. A method for controlling a foot massage apparatus for an auxiliary chair according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein:

when an instep massage 'start' button is pressed down, an external power source provides up-and-down periodic power for a power input shaft (9), when downward power is input, an upper cubic fixing piece (14) is fixed, the power input shaft drives a lower cubic fixing piece (20) and four-side hinge claws (17 and 21) to move downwards simultaneously, one ends of four lower five-hole connecting rods (19) and the four-side hinge claws (17 and 21) form a revolute pair, a middle part and four upper double-hole connecting rods (12) form a revolute pair, and the upper double-hole connecting rods (12) pull the lower five-hole connecting rods (19) to move upwards to finish the outward expansion action of the four five-hole connecting rods (19); when upward power is input, the upper cubic fixing piece (14) is fixed, the power input shaft (9) drives the lower cubic fixing piece (20) and the four-side hinge claws (17 and 21) to move upwards simultaneously, one ends of the lower four five-hole connecting rods (19) and the four-side hinge claws (17 and 21) form a revolute pair, the middle parts of the lower four five-hole connecting rods and the upper four two-hole connecting rod groups (12) form a revolute pair, the upper two-hole connecting rods (12) push the lower five-hole connecting rods (19) to move downwards, the inward contraction action of the four five-hole connecting rods (19) is completed, and the external power source provides periodic upward and downward power to realize massage action; when the instep massage pause button is pressed down, the power input shaft stops moving;