CN1695579A - Massage device - Google Patents

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CN1695579A
CN1695579A CN 200510055590 CN200510055590A CN1695579A CN 1695579 A CN1695579 A CN 1695579A CN 200510055590 CN200510055590 CN 200510055590 CN 200510055590 A CN200510055590 A CN 200510055590A CN 1695579 A CN1695579 A CN 1695579A
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原岛彻
大井文男
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The present invention relates to a massage device, which is characterized by having a rotation axle arranged on a driver and rotating with the rotation axle, a massage body through the plate sheet body, a massage member for pressing the massage section of the user, and a case of moving member which moves the massage member roundly in direction of moving direction orthogonal with the rotation center line of the rotation axle; wherein, the massage body comprises a cylinder body arranged on said rotation axle and formed on projecting pressing section of periphery surface for pressing the massage section, or a pressing dish arranging by distance or arranging oppositely pressing section, and rotation with the rotation axle, a tilting member for clamping the massage section to massaging, tilting inversely with the pressing dish one another to changing the distance of the distance between pressing sections of the object.

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Massage machine
Technical field
What the present invention relates to is the technical field of relevant a kind of massage machine, relates in particular to a kind of signature by the driving machine rotation by portion, the device of massaging by the massage position of giving as security user.
Background technology
In the known technology of this area, as the massage machine of pushing sole, calf, thigh, wrist, waist, first-class user massage position, as shown in figure 25, be provided with the drum of a plurality of massage teat c at peripheral part, rotating shaft b by motor a driving, thereby by the rotation of drum d, massage teat c can stimulate described massage position (as Japanese kokai publication hei 11-239596 communique).
In addition, also have at rotating shaft and be provided with tilt the in the opposite direction mutually gentle portion's material of pinching of banded pair of right and left of axle center with respect to this rotating shaft, by the rotation of rotating shaft, from about exert pressure to stimulate and clamp in the gentle device (as TOHKEMY 2003-19174 communique) of pinching the massage position between portion's material of increase and decrease at interval.
But, this massage machine, because the identical massage position of continued stimulus, can make stimulates custom, and can't reach effective massage effect;
In addition, in order to prevent custom, though the user posture that changes, and, awkward problem is arranged to stimulate the usings method at different massages position.
Summary of the invention
For this reason, main purpose of the present invention is the defective that overcomes above-mentioned prior art, a kind of improved massage machine is provided, it can remove the problem points of described massage machine, basically have massage members to be come and gone and move the mobile member at the massage position of pushing user, to reach the effect that improves massage.
The objective of the invention is to realize by following technical proposals, a kind of massage machine provided by the present invention, it is characterized in that: it has the rotating shaft that is arranged at the driving machine rotation, rotation along with this rotating shaft, by the plate body, have the massaging body of signature by portion, push the massage members at user massage position, and with this massage members, come and go the casing of the mobile member that moves towards moving direction with the rotation centerline orthogonal of rotating shaft;
Wherein, this massaging body, it is by being arranged at described rotating shaft, and the prominent shape that is formed at outer peripheral face give as security by portion give as security by the cylindrical body at massage position or across be provided with at interval and subtend mutually be provided with signature by the signature of portion by dish, and with the rotation of rotating shaft, repeat reverse fascinating mutually with this signature by dish, and make the signature of subtend be the cycle variation by distance between portion, clamp the member that fascinates of massaging at described massage position to constitute;
Wherein, this is given as security by the signature of dish and presses portion, has the prominent shape towards mutual opposite direction bulging; In addition, this is given as security by the signature of dish and presses portion, is ganoid ring-type.
The wherein said member that fascinates is that an inclination is subjected to sheet, and it has can't be supported in described rotating shaft with the relative rotation, and for tilting, can support the inclination bearing of described signature by dish rotatably; In addition, the described round stroke that moves is 80~180mm.
Wherein, this massage members, have driving machine, rotating shaft, massaging body, and two side shaft holders that prop up at two ends rotary body pivot, and link the support frame that the linking part material of the bearing block of both sides is constituted, simultaneously, described mobile member comprises and supports described bearing block and can be to the slide guide member of guiding of described moving direction.
Wherein, this mobile member comprises described guide member, and the end guide body that is fixed in the crank arm of described rotating shaft and will be located at his end of this crank arm moves and towards the guidance part of vertical direction and be fixed in the vertical guiding metalwork of described casing; In addition, this mobile member, comprise described guide member, and an end be fixed in described rotating shaft crank arm, and an end pivot prop up his end of the action bars that can comfortable shake in described casing, described crank arm, can articulate on turn ground with his end of action bars; In addition, this casing comprises pedestal, reaches the upright foot that is located at this pedestal and fixing described guiding metal tool.
Wherein, this driving machine is fixed in described linking part material; In addition, this driving machine, except can guide by the upright maintenance body of being located at casing move towards described moving direction, mobile member be that described bearing block is come and gone mobile round mobile member towards moving direction.
According to massage machine of the present invention, the massage members of pushing the massage position can be come and gone the mobile member that moves because have, so, portion is pressed in signature by massaging body, can stimulate different massage positions circularly, its result can continue very high massage effect to massaging the position widely.
Again, according to massaging body structure of the present invention, can push effectively stimulates the massage position, to give as security when being prominent shape by portion by the signature of dish, can improve the stimulation of Massage Department, will give as security signature by dish when being ganoid ring-type, can prevent to block midway and reach smooth-going action by portion.
When giving as security by dish,, also can make the structure simplification except making signature by the smooth-going tilting action of dish by the rotation of inclination bearings; By stroke massage members is come and gone when mobile, can prevent from the custom phenomenon of pushing, stimulating to improve massage effect.
The guide member of mobile member can support the guiding plain bearing housing, and smooth-going the coming and going of massage members moved; In addition, when constituting mobile member,, massage members is come and gone move by the turn power of rotating shaft with guide member, bent bright arm and vertical guiding metallic bond; In addition, when constituting mobile member, can make coming and going of massage members move smooth-going and undisturbedly action, and the trip can be set and strengthen with guide member, bent bright arm and vertical guiding metallic bond.
Support the vertical guiding metalwork except stabilizing, can constitute small and exquisite casing, in addition, fix driving machine, can stabilize the support drive machine with the linking part material; In addition, when moving the guiding driving machine, smooth-going the coming and going of massage members moved in order to the maintenance body of being located at casing.
Next can enumerate a preferred embodiment; and cooperation icon and figure number; other purpose and usefulness of the present invention is described further; can more detailed understanding be arranged to the present invention, and make and be familiar with these those skilled in the art and can implement according to this, the following stated only is to explain preferred embodiment; but not be to limit the scope of the invention; so all have based on invention spirit of the present invention, and be any type of change of invention of the present invention or modification, all belong to the category of the present invention's protection.
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Fig. 1 is the oblique view of one embodiment of the present invention;
Fig. 2 is an in-built front view of the present invention;
Fig. 3 is a plane graph of the present invention;
Fig. 4 is the A-A profile of Fig. 2 of the present invention;
Fig. 5 A~Fig. 5 C is the action sketch map of explanation massage members of the present invention;
Fig. 6 illustrates the view of massage members and mobile member for the present invention;
Fig. 7 A~Fig. 7 D is the action sketch map of explanation mobile member of the present invention;
Fig. 8 is the oblique view of the vertical guiding of the present invention sheet metal;
Fig. 9 is the in-built front view of other embodiment of the present invention;
Figure 10 is a plane graph of the present invention;
Figure 11 A~Figure 11 C is the action sketch map of explanation driving machine of the present invention;
Figure 12 is the in-built front view of another other embodiment of the present invention;
Figure 13 is a side view of the present invention;
Figure 14 is the portion's expanded view of wanting of the present invention;
Figure 15 is a profile of the present invention
Figure 16 is the oblique view of another other embodiment of the present invention;
Figure 17 is an in-built front view of the present invention;
Figure 18 is the portion's expanded view of wanting of the present invention;
Figure 19 is the oblique view of other embodiment of pressure part of the present invention;
Figure 20 be another other embodiment of the present invention want the Xie Shi Tu of portion;
Figure 21 is the oblique view of mobile member of the present invention;
Figure 22 A~Figure 22 D is the sketch map of the action of explanation mobile member of the present invention;
Figure 23 be another other embodiment of the present invention want the Xie Shi Tu of portion;
Figure 24 is the sketch map of A~D of the present invention for the action of explanation mobile member;
Figure 25 is the sketch map of the known example of the present invention.
Drawing reference numeral explanation: 1 massage machine; 2 driving machines; 3 rotating shafts; 4 massage positions; 5 plate bodies; 6 give as security by portion; 7 massaging bodies; 8 massage members; 9 mobile members; 10 casings; The 10A sidepiece; The 10B linking part; 11 cylindrical body; 12 give as security by dish; The outer dish of 12A portion; The 12B inner disk portion; The 12C covering part; 13 members that fascinate; 14 inclination bearings; 15 tilt to be subjected to sheet; The 14A bearing; 16 bearing blocks; The moving hole of 16A folding; 17 link part; 18 support frames; 19 guide members; 19A sliding axle 20 crank arms (crank-arm); 21 guide body; 22 guidance parts; The 22A longitudinal furrow; 23 vertical guiding metalworks; The 23A substrate; The 23B lateral plate; Last of 23C; Sheet under the 23D; The 23E fairlead; 24 pedestals; 25 foot portions; 26 keep body; 27 come and go actuating member; 28 action bars (lever); 31 bearings; 32 supported holes; 33 recesses; 34 installation sheets; 35 deceleration unit; The 35A reduction gear; 36 fixtures; 37 supporting disks; Bar is pressed in 38 signatures; The little tube of 38A; 39 guide members; 40 primary screws; 41-hub; The 41A outer peripheral face; 42 flanges (flange); 43 fixtures; 44 fixtures; 45 fixed disks; 46 sleeve portions; 47 axle bushes (bush); 48 fixtures; 49 installing holes; 50 fixtures; 51 keyways; 52 back shafts; 53 roller bearings (roll); 54 fixtures; The 55-stand; The 55A basal disc; The 55B supporting walls; The 55C pivot props up member; 55D decorates (gap) at interval; 56 decorative box; 57 fixtures; The 57A substrate; 57B erects plate; 58 fixtures; 59 frameworks; 60 spacer layers; 61 interlaminar resins every; 62 crooked feet; The 62A support bar; The 62B tilting bar; 62C mounting bar; 63 connecting rods; 64 support portions; 65 pivots prop up member; The 65A substrate; The 65A1 substrate body; The 65A2 flange; 65B pivot fulcrum; 65B1 draws axial region; 66 fixed components; 66A is by fitting portion; The chimeric member of 66B; 67 axle bushes; 68 action bars; The 68A bending section; 68B holds portion; 69 through holes; 70 fixing balls; 71 stitch (pin); 72 springs; 73 tabs; 74 depressed parts; 75 decorate cover plate; The 75A base portion; 75B top cover plate: 76 zips; 77 Portion; 78 eccentric cams; 79 jiaos of axial regions; 80 are subjected to tool; The 80A substrate; 80B is subjected to axle; 81 fixtures; 82 bearings; 83 bearings; 84 stitch.
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Below, one kenel of enforcement of the present invention just is described with the icon example, Fig. 1 is that oblique view, Fig. 2 of the user mode of massage machine 1 is that this profilograph, Fig. 3 are this in-built plane graph, massage machine 1 of the present invention has the massage members 8 at the massage position that can push user and makes this massage members 8 come and go the mobile member 9 that moves;
Described massage members 8, in the present embodiment, its structure comprises massaging body 7, reaches the rotating shaft 3 of this massaging body 7 of support, reaches driving machine 2, reaches support frame 18, and in addition, the support frame 18 of present embodiment is made of bearing block 16 and linking part material 17;
Described bearing block 16, as Fig. 2, shown in Figure 6, in the present embodiment, for central authorities are provided with a pair ofly towards configuration, and has the upright rectangular thick plate shape of the supported hole 32 of bearing 31, in addition, the bearing block 16 of present embodiment, then adopt horizontal wide be about 60~90mm, vertical height is about 90~130mm, the steel of thickness about by 15~22mm are formed;
Described linking part material 17 is set up between the described bearing block 16, and central authorities have outstanding downwards recess 33, and has both ends and erect, and with described bearing block 16 fixed installation sheet 34 on the subtend face; In addition, the linking part material 17 of present embodiment forms with for example steel plate bending about 1.2~2.3mm.
Described rotating shaft 3, these both ends, the bearing 31 of the supported hole 32 by being arranged at described bearing block 16 can support rotatably, and it is bar-shaped to be horizontally extending section circle; The rotating shaft 3 of present embodiment, middle body are with about diameter 18~26mm, and the thickness shape bar steel about the diameter 10~15mm of both ends forms, and its length is about 460mm in the present embodiment.
Described driving machine 2, in the present embodiment, be to be disposed in the recess 33 of described linking part material 17, and be fixed on linking part material 17 by fixture 36, the driving machine 2 of this present embodiment, because be to be directly fixed on linking part material 17, so driving machine 2 can stably support, in addition, this driving shaft 2A of driving machine 2 can pass through deceleration unit 35, links the central authorities of rotating shaft 3, in view of the above rotating shaft 3 is applied revolving force; The driving machine 2 of present embodiment is rotating shaft 3 to be applied revolving force on one side, on one side by described bearing block 16 and linking part material 17, with the mobile simultaneously formation of rotating shaft 3.
In addition, the driving machine 2 of present embodiment, be to constitute by alternating current motor, be connected with home-use 100 volts of power supplys by switch S shown in Figure 1 and the controller C that comprises the motor rotation control circuit, control its rotation, in addition, described motor rotation control circuit, except the just commentaries on classics of rotation number, the motor of control motor, reversing, also can adopt cumulative, the rotation number decrescence of the good waveform of micro computer amenable to process;
Described deceleration unit 35, in the present embodiment, be by have speed reducing ratio for example the reduction gear 35A of about 1/20~100 worm gear constituted;
Described massaging body 17 is installed on the rotating shaft 3, and in the illustration of present embodiment, its structure comprises cylindrical body 11, reaches and give as security by the dish 12 and the member 13 that fascinates;
Described cylindrical body 11 be by a pair of supporting disk 37, and the signature that is set up between this supporting disk 37 constitutes by bar 38;
Bar 38 is pressed in described signature, and as shown in Figure 4, periphery has the signature of a plurality of prominent shapes by portion 6, and a plurality of (present embodiment is 6) uniformly-spaced are disposed at rotating shaft 3 is that supporting disk 37 is fixed in primary screw 40 in two ends on the same side face at center; Bar 38 is pressed in the signature of present embodiment, is to be made of the plural institute that links of little tube 38A of the signature that prominent shape is set by portion 6; In addition,,, dispose by portion 6 in abutting connection with the signature of giving as security the prominent shape of pressing bar 38 and be clathrate in order to disperse pressurization to massage position 4;
Cylindrical body 11, in the present embodiment, as shown in Figure 3, across for example interval about 160~230mm, a pair of being disposed on the rotating shaft 3, in addition, as shown in Figure 5, with the signature of the prominent shape of the cylindrical body 11 of rotating shaft 3 interlocks rotations by portion 6, can give as security by, stimulate the massage position 4 of user such as sole, thigh, wrist, obtain massage effect; Moreover, in order to relax stimulation, between cylindrical body 11 and massage position 4, be provided with the plate body 5 that adopts felt, leather etc. to massage position 4;
Described signature is by dish 12, and in the present embodiment, as shown in Figure 2, its formation comprises the outer dish 12A of portion, inner disk portion 12B and covering part 12C, and slightly in the form of annular discs, subtend is arranged at the both sides of described cylindrical body 11; The described outer dish 12A of portion slightly in the form of a ring, and is chimeric with the outside of inner disk portion 12B, and simultaneously, extending to inboard flange 42 from the inner edge portion of the outer dish 12A of portion can be fixed in inner disk portion 12B by fixture 43, in view of the above, that outer dish 12A of portion and inner disk portion 12B is integrated; Described covering part 12C, outside the described subtend face that covers the dish 12A of portion, its inner rim portion is sandwiched between outer dish 12A of portion and the inner disk portion 12B, and its surface at Zhou Fangxiang every the signature that is provided with a plurality of prominent shapes towards the bulging of mutual subtend direction by portion 6, therefore, in the present embodiment, because the signature of giving as security by dish 12 is prominent shape by portion 6, so help intense stimulus massage position, in addition, covering part 12C is to adopt styrene butadiene (styrene butadiene) rubber, chlorobutadiene (chloroprene) rubber, other synthetic rubber, olefin-based, polystyrene, the thermoplastic elastomer elasticity materials such as (elastomer) that potassamide acid esters (urethane) is forms;
Described signature is by dish 12, in the present embodiment, be subjected to sheet 15 to be installed on rotating shaft 3 by inclination, this inclination is subjected to sheet 15, be by the both sides of described cylindrical body 11 be installed on rotating shaft 3 inclination hub41, and this inclination bearing 41 that is arranged at the outer peripheral face 41A of this inclination hub 41 constituted;
Described inclination hub (hub) 41, this outer peripheral face 41A, with respect to the centrage X of rotating shaft 3 with α degree (being formed slopely about 6~10 degree for example, a pair of inclination hub 41, clamp cylindrical body 11, under the state of the mutual reverse inclination of this outer peripheral face 41A,, be not installed on the rotating shaft 3 revolvably by the key of the (not shown) that is arranged at keyway 39; In the present embodiment, constituted by bearing 14A, be installed on the outer peripheral face 41A of inclination hub 41, in addition, described signature then can be supported on the bearing 14A, therefore by the inner disk portion 12B of dish 12 rotatably, clamp the pair of bearings 14A of cylindrical body 11 configurations, be centrage X with respect to rotating shaft 3 with the mutual reverse inclination of α degree, a pair of signature that is installed on this bearing 14A is by dish 12, then the centrage X with respect to rotating shaft 3 can support rotatably with the reverse inclination of α degree, so, during rotating shaft 3 rotation, the signature of subtend is by dish 12, can be under can counterrotating state to rotating shaft 3, repeat reverse fascinating mutually, the signature that periodically increases and decreases subtend is by the distance between portion, and in view of the above, signature can reach the smooth-going described action of fascinating by dish 12, simultaneously, can very simple formation cause the structure that this fascinates and moves;
In addition, shown in Fig. 5 A, give as security signature by the top of dish 12 when reducing by the distance between the portion 6, described signature can be by plate body 5 by portion 6, clamp therebetween massage position 4 and pressurization, stimulate, in addition, rotating shaft 3 revolves when turning 90 degrees, shown in Fig. 5 B, give as security by dish 12,12 can move to upright standing posture, and signature is widened by the distance between the portion 6, reduce the pressurization to massage position 4, rotating shaft 3 revolves when turning 90 degrees again, shown in Fig. 5 C, give as security by dish 12 to tilt, no longer to 4 pressurizations of massage position towards the state that upside is widened, should move with the backspin ring, except the massage effect of described cylindrical body 11, along with the rotation of rotating shaft 3, the signature of giving as security by dish 12 subtracting by increasing progressively apart from the meeting cycle between the portion 6, repeat to clamp the pressurization stimulation at massage position 4, can effectively massage, in addition, by the reverse of described driving machine 2 direction of rotation, can make the loop direction counter-rotating of fascinating, improve massage effect more;
The inclination of present embodiment is subjected to sheet 15, can repeat towards signature by reverse mutually light the moving of dish 12, constitute and massage the member 13 that fascinates, in addition, be supported in the described cylindrical body 11 and the described member 13 that fascinates of rotating shaft 3, clamped a pair of fixed disk 45 that is fixed in rotating shaft 3 in fixture 44, in view of the above, can not be fixed in the direction of principal axis of rotating shaft 3 movably; In addition, massaging body 7 only also has to constitute with cylindrical body 11, on the contrary, also can not contain cylindrical body 11, and to give as security secretly negotiated price 12 and member 13 formations of fascinating;
Described massage members 8 is come and gone the mobile member 9 that moves, in the present embodiment, comprise guide member 19, reach crank arm 20, reach vertical guiding metalwork 23, and be arranged at casing 10, formation makes described bearing block 16 towards the round mobile round mobile member 27 of moving direction;
Described casing 10, in the present embodiment, its structure comprise be disposed at described rotating shaft 3 two ends nearby sidepiece 10A and link linking part 10B between this sidepiece 10A, in addition, described sidepiece 10A, as shown in Figure 6, be by pedestal 24, and the upright foot 25 that is located at this pedestal 24, and the both sides of this foot 25 inwards the sleeve portions 46 of crooked 90 degree constituted;
Described guide member 39, in the present embodiment, as shown in Figure 6, it is by 46 in the sleeve portion of casing 10, the a pair of up and down horizontal thickness shape sliding axle 19A that sets up constitutes, the end of this sliding axle 19A, and the fixture 48 of inserting sleeve portion 46 is fixing by passing through, in addition, described sliding axle 19A can insert the logical moving hole 16A of folding that is arranged at described bearing block 16, can roll over ground supporting bearing base 16, in view of the above, described massage members 18 is able to come and go mobile smooth-goingly, in addition, and at the moving hole 16A of described folding, in order to improve and the moving property of the folding of sliding axle 19A, axle bush 47 in embedding;
Be supported in the rotating shaft 3 of the supported hole 32 of described bearing block 16, these both ends can be given prominence to from described supported hole 32, at the jag of this rotating shaft 3, are fixed with an end of the crank arm 20 that the vertical direction of this rotating shaft 3 is extended; This crank arm 20, except the installing hole 49 that is arranged at this end is embedded in the end of described rotating shaft 3, in a described end of crank arm 20, the fixture 50 of spiral shell dress just is embedded in the keyway 51 of rotating shaft 3, is not fixed in rotating shaft 3 revolvably;
In addition, crank arm 20, have guide body 21 in its end, the guide body 21 of present embodiment, its formation comprise back shaft 52 that extends in parallel with described rotating shaft 3 and the roller bearing (roll) 53 that can be supported in this back shaft 52 rotatably, in addition, this crank arm 20 to the pivot point of rotating shaft 3 length to guide body 21, is 40~90mm, in the present embodiment, be 65mm;
Described vertical guiding metalwork 23, in the present embodiment, as shown in Figure 6, it is by the substrate 23A of upright rectangular plate shape, and the both sides of this substrate 23A are connected last slice 23C between the upper and lower end parts of lateral plate 23B of crooked 90 degree towards the upper and lower side of the lateral plate 23B of the equidirectional bending of 90 degree and substrate 23A, following sheet 23D, reach inboard at described lateral plate 23B, the a pair of fairlead 23E that extends up and down between last slice 23C and following sheet 23D is constituted, in addition, vertical guiding metalwork 23, be to be fixed in the foot 25 of described casing 10 by the fixture 54 that is bolted in the substrate 23A between lateral plate 23B and fairlead 23E, the vertical guiding metalwork 23 of present embodiment, directly be installed on casing 10 unchangeably because be, be not to be fixed in casing 10 by other fixing metal tool, so can reach small and exquisite structure, in addition, described a pair of fairlead 23E can move roller bearing 53 guidings that are embedded in therebetween towards vertical direction, form guidance part 22;
Described vertical guiding metalwork 23 respectively is installed on both sides' sidepiece 10A of casing 10, and with pivot prop up in the crank arm 20 at the both ends of rotating shaft 3 chimeric, in addition, both sides' crank arm 20, can with the rotation interlock of rotating shaft 3, be fixed on the same tilt ground rotating shaft 3;
And crank arm 20 can be by the rotation of rotating shaft 3, with rotating shaft 3 is the center rotation, at this moment, the roller bearing 53 of crank arm 20 front ends can be rolled over the guidance part 22 of indulging guiding metalwork 23 moving up and down, but, because vertical guiding metalwork 23 is fixed in the foot 25 of casing 10, thus on plane (transverse direction), be to keep same position, so, can move the rotating shaft 3 of support by sliding axle 19A, can be relatively towards moving with the vertical direction of rotation centerline;
Shown in Fig. 7 A, crank arm 20 is when rotating shaft 3 makes progress axial position, rotating shaft 3 and roller bearing 53, because be arranged side by side up and down, so rotating shaft 3 can be at middle position, in addition, rotating shaft 3, during towards the rotation of the right on drawing, crank arm 20 can slowly be tilted to the right, at this moment, roller bearing 53 can be with folding is moving down in the longitudinal furrow 22A, so, be supported in the rotating shaft 3 of sliding axle 19A, can be relatively left on the drawing to moving; Rotating shaft 3 is revolving when turning 90 degrees, shown in Fig. 7 B, crank arm 20 can rotate to the position of level towards the right side, and rotating shaft 3 can relatively be moved to the left to d1 from described middle position, then, rotating shaft 3 is when Rotate 180 is spent, and shown in Fig. 7 C, crank arm 20 can be moved down into vertical position from rotating shaft 3, at this moment, rotating shaft 3 and roller bearing 53, because be arranged side by side up and down, rotating shaft 3 can be got back to middle position; Moreover, when rotating shaft 3 is spent in rotation 270, shown in Fig. 7 D, crank arm 20 can forward the position of level towards the left side spins on drawing to, rotating shaft 3 can be relatively from the described middle position d2 that moves right, moreover, rotating shaft 3 can be got back to the A-stage shown in Fig. 7 D when revolving three-sixth turn;
Therefore, be supported in the rotating shaft 3 that comprises guide member 19, crank arm 20, reaches the mobile member 9 of vertical guiding metalwork 23, can be by 2 additional self-revolving forces of driving machine, towards repeating round moving with the vertical direction of this rotation centerline; Therefore, be arranged at the massaging body 7 of rotary body 3, can be by the massage position of giving as security by portion's 6 massage user 4, and towards repeating to come and go mobile with the vertical direction of this rotation centerline, give as security the massage position 4 of pressing and stimulating diverse location circularly, as a result, user need not change the posture of oneself, just can effectively massage a plurality of massages position;
In addition, crank arm 20 is because to the pivot point of rotating shaft 3 length to guide body 21,40~90mm as described (being 65mm in the present embodiment), so described round stroke is 80~180mm, 100~160mm preferably, is 130mm in the present embodiment; During stroke is not enough 80mm, the moving range of massage is too little, can because of press by and the custom phenomenon that stimulates massage effect is reduced, if when surpassing 180mm, can surpass scopes such as sole, lower limb, wrist, can cause use inconvenient;
In addition, the round number of times of massaging body 7 can be by the rotation number control of driving machine 2, the deceleration that reaches deceleration unit 35 is recently controlled, but is expected to be set at preferably 30~65 times/minute 20~90 times/minute, in the present embodiment, set 30,45,65 times/graded for three stages; If the round number of times of massaging body 7 is during less than 20, the translational speed of massaging body 7 can be too slow, can massage effect be reduced because of giving as security by reaching the custom phenomenon that stimulates, if surpass 90 times/timesharing, the translational speed of massaging body 7 can be too fast, reduces and give as security the massage effect of pressing, stimulating by the signature of portion 6;
In addition, described casing 10 is to be supported on the stand 55, and stand 55 is made of basal disc 55A and the supporting walls 55B that is arranged at intervals at this basal disc 55A; In addition, described supporting walls 55B can dispose with the sidepiece 10A subtend of casing 10, props up member 55C by pivot, and pivot props up sidepiece 10A, and in addition, supporting walls 55B is that 55D covers to decorate at interval, and 10 of described casings are accommodated in the decorative box 56;
Fig. 9, Figure 10 are the illustration of other embodiment of the present invention, for with the equal structure of described embodiment, the driving machine 2 of present embodiment, be to link by deceleration unit 35 and rotating shaft 3, in view of the above, towards moving with the vertical moving direction of rotating shaft 3 rotating shaft center's lines, in addition, this driving machine 2, can be embedded in slidably towards described moving direction on the maintenance body 26 of the short tubular that founds the basal disc 55A that is located at casing 10, described maintenance body 26, inner circumferential surface has the axle bush (not shown), is fixed on the basal disc 55A by fixture 57; This fixture 57, have substrate 57A and erect plate 57B towards the top bending from the end of this substrate 57A, and be horn shape, substrate 57A is fixed on the basal disc 55A by fixture 58, erecting then chimericly on the installing hole of plate 57B has a body 26 of maintenance, so, and the driving machine 2 of present embodiment, because can be supported in upright being located on the maintenance body 26 of casing 10 movably, so help massage members 8 being come and gone moving smooth-goingly towards moving direction;
Described rotating shaft 3 with massage members 8, is come and gone when mobile towards moving direction by mobile member 9, is guided on the driving machine 2 that keeps body 26, can moving with rotating shaft; Shown in Fig. 7 A, rotating shaft 3 is when middle position, can be shown in Figure 11 A, driving machine 2 also similarly is positioned at middle position, shown in Fig. 7 B, 90 degree rotate to horizontal level towards the right side at crank arm 20, rotating shaft 3 is when middle position is moved to the left to d1, and shown in Figure 11 B, driving machine 2 also can interlock, be guided maintenance body 26, towards the d1 that moves left on the drawing; Then, shown in Fig. 7 C, rotating shaft 3 Rotate 180 degree, when rotating shaft 3 was got back to middle position, driving machine 2 also can be got back to the middle position shown in Figure 11 A, moreover, shown in Fig. 7 D, rotate to horizontal level at crank arm 20 towards the drawing upper left side, when rotating shaft 3 moves right d2 from middle position, shown in Figure 11 C, driving machine 2 can be guided and keep body 26, towards the d2 that moves left on the drawing, then, when rotating shaft 3 revolves three-sixth turn, driving machine 2 can be got back to the primary position shown in Figure 11 A, the mobile member 9 of present embodiment, since identical with described embodiment, so adopt Fig. 7 A~Fig. 7 D that this action is described;
Figure 12, Figure 13 are the illustration of another other embodiment of the present invention; Casing 10, the U glyph framework 59 that covers driving machine 2 is installed in these central authorities, this framework 59, in order to protect the massage position 4 of user, its peripheral part is coated with spacer layer 60, and this spacer layer 60 is that synthetic rubber such as the thermoplastic elastomer that adopts sponges such as potassamide acid esters foam, polyethylene foam, olefin-based, polystyrene, styrene butadiene ribber, chloroprene rubber etc. form;
In addition, the sidepiece 10A of casing 10 injures the massage position 4 of user in order to prevent its edge part, forniciform interlaminar resin is installed every 61; This interlaminar resin is to adopt plastic materials such as polyethylene, polypropylene, polybutene to form every 61, and massaging body 7 and spacer layer 60 are then to adopt plate bodies such as felt, leather 5 to cover;
In addition, the stand 55 of supporting box 10, in the present embodiment, as shown in figure 13, be support bar 62A by level, and tilting bar 62B from the end of this support bar 62A towards the below curved incline, and with in the equidirectional bending of the bottom Geng Chao of this tilting bar 62B, the crooked foot 62 of the slightly horizontal U font that the mounting bar 62C that extends in parallel with described support bar 62A is constituted, and the described crooked foot 62 of connection arranged spaced, connecting rod 63 between 62 mounting bar 62C end constitutes, in addition, be arranged at the support portion 64 of the support bar 62A of this stand 55, then supporting the sidepiece 10A of casing 10, the stand 55 of present embodiment, because of its a pair of crooked foot 62 and connecting rod 63 are to be successive frame-like, so help reaching light weight and stabile support;
The pivot that the support portion 64 of present embodiment, its formation comprise pivot Zhi Suoshu sidepiece 10A prop up member 65, and fixing described pivot prop up the fixed component 66 of angle.Described pivot props up member 65, then has the pivot fulcrum 65B of supporting substrate 65A that is fixed in support bar 62A and the foot 25 that is based in sidepiece 10A;
Described supporting substrate 65A, be by the substrate body 65A1 of axial rectangular plate shape, and constituted at the at right angles crooked flange 65A2 of the upper and lower end parts of this substrate body 65A1, the flange 65A2 of below is fused on the support bar 62A, in view of the above, supporting substrate 65A can be fixed on the support bar 62A, in addition, in the central authorities of supporting substrate 65A, the chimeric axle bush 67 that is fixed with face contact supporting rotating shaft;
Described pivot fulcrum 65B, its front end have the guiding axial region 65B1 that big footpath forms, and this guiding axial region 65B1 can insert described axle bush 67 rotatably, and so, the center of described casing 10 can be supported pivot fulcrum 65B rotatably;
Described fixed component 66, by be arranged at pivot fulcrum 65B by fitting portion 66A and be fixed in by fitting portion 66A, 65 revolvable chimeric member 66B of pivot fulcrum are constituted, present embodiment by fitting portion 66A, be the illustration that is constituted every a plurality of depressed parts 74 of the side face of being located at described guiding axial region 65B1 by Zhou Fangxiang; Described depressed part 74 is about centrage 15~30 degree with distance pivot fulcrum 65B, is every every establishing in the present embodiment between 22.5 degree;
Described chimeric member 66B, in the present embodiment, its formation comprises action bars 68 and is formed at the through hole 69 of described axle bush 67 bottoms and can moves the fixedly ball 70 of this through hole 69;
Described action bars 68, one end in the bottom of supporting substrate 65A by stitch 71 pivots, be the bending section 68A that forms by periphery along described axle bush 67, and the bandy 68B of portion that holds is constituted from his end of this bending section 68A, in addition, in described his end of bending section 68A, be equipped with bending section 68A towards axle bush 67 according to the close drawing spring 72 of gesture, bending section 68A, at this inner face, its front end inserts described through hole 69, is equipped with the tab 73 of pushing described fixedly ball 70;
In addition, described depressed part 74, be half big or small formed of living fixing ball 70 with embedding, therefore, by the described fixedly ball of being pushed according to the tab 73 of gesture drawing spring 72 70, for the through hole 69 that keeps axle bush 67, and the depressed part 74 of pivot fulcrum 65B across the position, this fixedly ball 70 pivot fulcrum 65B portion can be rotated;
By described operation of holding the 68B of portion, when action bars 68 antagonism elastic force were fascinated, described tab 73 also can interlock, make to retreat in the through hole 69, so fixedly ball 70 can break away from depressed part 74 with it from body weight, and releasing pivot fulcrum 65B and axle bush 67 chimeric; User is under this state, can adjust, select to be arranged at the inclination of the massage members 8 of casing 10, after adjusting, the portion 68B of holding is obedient to elastic force when getting back to original direction, because fixedly ball 70 can be bound to depressed part 74 again, therefore, can keep the suitableeest selected inclination, improve the effect of massage;
Figure 16, Figure 17 are another other embodiment, and the casing 10 of present embodiment all covers by decorating cover plate 75; This decorates cover plate 75, be by the cover plate base portion 75A that covers casing 10 bottoms, and the top cover plate 75B that covers massaging body 7 tops constituted, adopt zip 76, top cover plate 75B can be installed on the cover plate base portion 75A with closing, in addition, for action and pressure with massaging body 7 directly pass to the massage position, top cover plate 75B is made of institutes such as the cloth of frivolous flexibility, resin sheets; In addition, in the present embodiment, as shown in figure 16, casing 10 is directly to be positioned over not being supported in stand under the state on ground to use, therefore, help under stabile state, massaging, and can integral body is compact;
In addition, as Figure 17, shown in Figure 180, press dish 12 by a pair of signature that the 3 reverse inclinations of 14 pairs of rotating shafts of inclination bearing are supported, in the present embodiment, be by the inner disk portion 12B that can be installed on described inclination bearing 14 rotatably, and the outer dish 12A of portion of ring-type that is installed on this inner disk portion 12B outside constitutes, outside described on the 12A of the dish portion subtend face, being formed with ganoid ring-type gives as security by portion 6, because the signature of present embodiment by portion 6 be smooth do not have concavo-convex, so in the time of can reducing turn and the friction of described decoration cover plate 75, and prevent that halfway from moving, can reach smooth-going action, in addition, the described outer dish 12A of portion is to adopt styrene butadiene ribber, chloroprene rubber, other synthetic rubber, olefin-based, polystyrene, the elasticity materials such as thermoplastic elastomer of potassamide acid esters system form, moreover, as shown in figure 19, give as security by the signature of dish 12 and press portion 6, also can be at Zhou Fangxiang every establishing Portion 77, at this moment, by described
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Portion 77, the signature that can make Massage Department helps improving massage effect by changing;
Figure 20 is another other a embodiment, the mobile member 9 of present embodiment, as shown in figure 21, be lengthwise recess shape, and the centrage that the tool longitudinal direction is arranged is the vertical guiding metalwork 23 of the guidance part 22 that vertical tilt forms and is fixed in rotating shaft 3 ends and inserts the circular offset cam 78 of described guidance part 22 inside, circular offset cam 78 with the rotation of rotating shaft 3 one, can connect the inner peripheral surface that is directed to described inclined guide portion 22 by folding, so, be supported in the rotating shaft 3 of described bearing 16, can come and go towards the vertical direction of this centrage and move:
Shown in Figure 22 A, circular offset cam 78 is when rotating shaft 3 upper, and rotating shaft 3 is the positions in central authorities; When the right of rotating shaft 3 on drawing rotated, circular offset cam 78 can be fascinated to the right at leisure, at this moment, the right flank of circular offset cam 78 can be rolled over the inner peripheral surface of guidance part 22 downwards and move, so, relatively, rotating shaft 3 can be towards the left on the drawing to moving; Rotating shaft 3 revolves when turning 90 degrees, shown in Figure 22 B, circular offset cam 78 can rotate to horizontal level on the right side of rotating shaft 3, and so, rotating shaft 3 can relatively be moved to the left to d1 from described middle position, then, when rotating shaft 3 Rotate 180s were spent, shown in Figure 22 C, circular offset cam 78 can move towards the next of rotating shaft 3, at this moment, rotating shaft 3 can be got back to central authorities.Moreover when rotating shaft 3 rotation 270 was spent, shown in Figure 22 D, circular offset cam 78 can forward horizontal level at the left side spin of rotating shaft 3, so, rotating shaft 3 can be relatively from the described middle position d2 that moves right; Then, when rotating shaft 3 revolves three-sixth turn, can get back to the A-stage shown in Figure 22 A, so general, by the guidance part 22 that tilts, and the circular offset cam 78 of moving this inner peripheral surface of folding constituted; Adopt mobile member 9, help rotating shaft 3 and come and go mobile smooth-goingly.
Figure 23 is another other a embodiment, the mobile member 9 of present embodiment, its formation comprise guide member 19, reach crank arm 20, reach action bars 28, and guide member 19 is formations slightly identical with described embodiment, be set up on the casing 10, bar-shaped a pair of sliding axle 19A up and down constitutes by thickness, and this sliding axle 19A leads in the moving hole 16A of the folding that is formed at described bearing block 16 by inserting, can roll over supporting bearing base 16, in view of the above, massage members 8 can support movably, and is identical with described embodiment;
Described crank arm 20 is directly bar-shaped, the one end is fixed in the end of the rotating shaft 3 that can be supported in described bearing block 16 rotatably, the rotating shaft 3 of present embodiment, at the end face of giving prominence to from described bearing block 16, be formed with the angle axial region 79 of facet, in addition, crank arm 20, at the one end, be fixed in rotating shaft 3 by chimeric this angle axial region 79;
Described action bars 28 equally with crank arm 20 all is directly bar-shaped, and one end pivot props up in described casing 10; In the present embodiment, be adopt substrate 80A and be based in this substrate be subjected to that a 80B constitutes be subjected to tool 80, with described action bars 28 can freedom joltily pivot propping up; That is an end of described action bars 28 can pass through bearing 82, by fixture 81 described substrate 80A is fixed in casing 10 foot 25 be subjected to being subjected on the 80B of tool 80;
Moreover, his end of his end of described crank arm 20 and described action bars 28, be by the binding stitch 84 with bearing 83 mutually turn ground pivot propping up, the mobile member 9 of this structure, can be relevant with the crank arm 20 of rotating shaft 3 interlocks, shake action bars 28, so, the massage members 8 that will comprise bearing block 16 and rotating shaft 3 comes and goes the hookup mechanism of the slip crank mechanism shape that moves;
That is, shown in Figure 24 A, crank arm 20 on drawing rotating shaft 3 towards the right side obliquely position, when being slightly the ㄟ font with action bars 28, rotating shaft 3 is the middle positions that move coming and going, rotating shaft 3 is during towards right rotation, and crank arm 20 also can slowly increase inclination towards right rotation, makes the opposing party's action bars 28 increase towards anticlockwise, at this moment, in order to enlarge the interval that is subjected to a 80B and transportable rotating shaft 3 of being fixed in casing 10, relatively, rotating shaft 3 can be towards the left on the drawing to moving; Shown in Figure 24 B, crank arm 20 and action bars 28 are clamped when linking stitch 84 and rotating to the position of straight line expansion, and rotating shaft 3 can be moved to the left to d1 from described middle position, arrives left end; Moreover shown in Figure 24 C, crank arm 20 arrives the oblique position down from rotating shaft 3 towards the right side, and when being summary V font with action bars 28, rotating shaft 3 can be got back to middle position once again; When rotation is proceeded, action bars 28 can become to right rotation, shown in Figure 24 D, when crank arm 20 rotates to position overlapped with action bars 28, rotating shaft 3 can arrive right-hand member, then from the described middle position d2 that moves right, when rotating shaft 3 revolves three-sixth turn, can get back to the A-stage shown in Figure 24 A;
In the present embodiment, the binding length of crank arm 20 is 75mm, and the binding length of action bars 28 is 110mm, and so, the described round stroke that moves is 150mm; But, by crank arm 20 and action bars 28 are formed suitable length, come and go the stroke that moves can as the scope of above-mentioned 80~180mm in setting arbitrarily;
So, be supported in and comprise guide member 19, and crank arm 20, and the rotating shaft 3 of the mobile member 9 of action bars 28, move because can come and go in the vertical direction of this rotation centerline, so be arranged at the massaging body 7 of rotating shaft 3, can circulate and push, stimulate the massage position 4 of diverse location, so, can reach effective massage in addition, the massage members 9 of present embodiment, because be by with crank arm 20, and the hookup mechanism of the slip crank mechanism shape of the interlock of action bars 28 constitutes, so, come and go moving of described massage members 8 can smooth-going and quiet action, and, by the binding length of change crank arm 20 and action bars 28, can strengthen simply and come and go the stroke that moves.

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1, a kind of massage machine, it is characterized in that: it has the rotating shaft that is arranged at the driving machine rotation, rotation along with this rotating shaft, by the plate body, have the massaging body of signature by portion, push the massage members at user massage position, and with this massage members, towards coming and going the casing of the mobile member that moves with the moving direction of the rotation centerline orthogonal of rotating shaft.
2, massage machine as claimed in claim 1, it is characterized in that described massaging body, by being arranged at described rotating shaft, rotation and the prominent shape that is formed at outer peripheral face give as security by portion give as security by the cylindrical body at massage position or across be provided with at interval and subtend mutually be provided with signature by the signature of portion by dish, and with the rotation of rotating shaft, repeat reverse fascinating mutually with this signature by dish, and make the signature of subtend be the cycle variation by distance between portion, clamp the member that fascinates of massaging at described massage position and constitute.
3, massage machine as claimed in claim 1 or 2, it is characterized in that described signature by the dish signature by portion, have prominent shape towards mutual opposite direction bulging.
4, massage machine as claimed in claim 1 or 2, it is characterized in that described signature by the dish signature by portion, be ganoid ring-type.
5, as each described massage machine in the claim 1 to 4, it is characterized in that the described member that fascinates, is that an inclination is subjected to sheet, and it has can't be supported in described rotating shaft with the relative rotation, and for tilting, can support the inclination bearing of described signature by dish rotatably.
6,, it is characterized in that the described round stroke that moves is 80~180mm as each described massage machine in the claim 1 to 5.
7, as each described massage machine in the claim 1 to 6, it is characterized in that described massage members, have described driving machine, and described rotating shaft, and described massaging body, and at two side shaft holders of two ends pivot Zhi Suoshu rotary body, and the support frame that constituted by the linking part material that can not rotate the bearing block that links both sides relatively, described mobile member comprises and supports described bearing block and can be to the slide guide member of guiding of described moving direction simultaneously.
8,, it is characterized in that described mobile member comprises described guide member, and the end guide body that is fixed in the crank arm of described rotating shaft and will be located at his end of this crank arm moves and towards the guidance part of vertical direction and be fixed in the vertical guiding metalwork of described casing as each described massage machine in the claim 1 to 7.
9, as each described massage machine in the claim 1 to 7, it is characterized in that described mobile member comprise described guide member, and an end be fixed in described rotating shaft crank arm, and an end pivot prop up his end of the action bars that can comfortable shake in described casing, described crank arm, can articulate on turn ground with his end of action bars.
10,, it is characterized in that described casing comprises pedestal, reaches the upright foot that is located at this pedestal and fixing described guiding metal tool as each massage machine of putting down in writing in the claim 1 to 9.
11,, it is characterized in that described driving machine is fixed in described linking part material as each massage machine of putting down in writing in the claim 1 to 10.
12, as each described massage machine in the claim 1 to 11, it is characterized in that described driving machine, except can guide by the upright maintenance body of being located at casing towards described moving direction move, mobile member be that described bearing block is come and gone mobile round mobile member towards moving direction.
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