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EP0135946A1
EP0135946A1 EP84200875A EP84200875A EP0135946A1 EP 0135946 A1 EP0135946 A1 EP 0135946A1 EP 84200875 A EP84200875 A EP 84200875A EP 84200875 A EP84200875 A EP 84200875A EP 0135946 A1 EP0135946 A1 EP 0135946A1
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    • A61H—PHYSICAL THERAPY APPARATUS, e.g. DEVICES FOR LOCATING OR STIMULATING REFLEX POINTS IN THE BODY; ARTIFICIAL RESPIRATION; MASSAGE; BATHING DEVICES FOR SPECIAL THERAPEUTIC OR HYGIENIC PURPOSES OR SPECIFIC PARTS OF THE BODY
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    • A61H7/004—Devices for suction-kneading massage; Devices for massaging the skin by rubbing or brushing not otherwise provided for by rubbing or brushing power-driven, e.g. electrical
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  • the present invention relates to a massage device.
  • the massage is based on physiological bases.
  • the massage worn on a metameric area has the effect of alleviating or making disappear the pain coming from the underlying viscera.
  • the vaso-motor disturbances of the skin caused by massage facilitate the underlying circulation.
  • Massage can also help absorb fluids of interposition.
  • the massage prepares the muscles for action, when it precedes an effort by attracting a greater quantity of blood and by heating them while a massage after the effort allows relaxation and softening of the musculature.
  • the massage performed by a person's hands is far more effective than that practiced by a device.
  • a massage device driven in principle by an electric device can only be used for one and sometimes two different manipulations.
  • Most massage devices, commonly called vibrators, are limited to applying vibrations to the human body. There are others which reproduce the other manipulations but not the pinching.
  • the manipulations applied by the hands of a masseur are rarely of a single kind, they are often compound manipulations which no massage device has, to date, allowed to achieve.
  • the present invention makes it possible to fill this gap by proposing a massage device reproducing as faithfully as possible the movement of the fingers of one hand during the massage.
  • the device according to the invention is characterized in that it comprises at least one crankshaft driven in rotation and resting by the pins of its two ends on bearings supported by two opposite side walls of a housing, that the crankshaft crank pins support the heads of the connecting rods whose feet are free and rounded and protrude from the upper face of the housing the connecting rod bodies passing through two rows of guide holes, that the lines of the centers of two rows are on either side and on the other side of the plane perpendicular to said upper face of the housing passing through the geometric axis of rotation of the crankshaft, that the holes of one row are inserted with respect to the holes of the other row so that two consecutive connecting rods engaged in two consecutive holes, one in each row, are inclined respectively on either side of said plane perpendicular to the upper face of the case and passing through the geometric axis d e rotation of the crankshaft.
  • the rod ends arranged on either side of the plane perpendicular to the upper face of the housing and passing through the geometric axis of rotation of the crankshaft have a movement which can be broken down into a movement perpendicular to the plane of the face and which corresponds to a kneading manipulation; the eccentric position of the crankshaft crank pins relative to the axis of rotation and the fact that the connecting rods are guided by the holes means that the connecting rod heads sometimes approach sometimes move away thereby applying a pinch.
  • the device is provided with at least two crankshafts and the arrangement of the connecting rod heads viewed in plan is staggered, which increases the pinching manipulation which is, moreover, a manipulation which is highly indicated for the treatment of cellulite.
  • crankshaft (s) As the rotational drive of the crankshaft (s) is preferably carried out by an electric motor capable of working at high speed, it can reasonably be considered that the reciprocating movement of the connecting rods makes it possible to apply a vibratory massage.
  • the housing 1 is composed of two sliding parts 2 and 3.
  • the first part 2 has the shape of a U seen in profile, the ends 2a and 2b of which are slightly folded inwards.
  • the second part 3 has the shape of a U, seen in profile and it slides in the first part 2. This structure of the case 1 is given by way of example and it can be completely different.
  • the upper face 3a of the part 3 is provided with four rows of holes 4 arranged in a concise fashion.
  • Through the holes 4 pass the bodies of connecting rods 5, the heads of which rest on the crank pins 6 of two crankshafts 7 and 8.
  • the center lines of two interposed rows of holes 4 are on either side of the passing plane by the geometric axis of the corresponding crankshaft 7 or 8 and perpendicular to the face 3a of the housing, the two crankshafts 7 and 8 rest by the pins of their two ends on bearings 9,10 respectively 11,12 supported by the branches of the second part 3 in U forming the housing 1.
  • the crankshaft drive device 7 and 8 can either be housed inside the housing or outside and in this case the two crankshafts extend on one side of the housing as shown in FIGS.
  • the connecting rods 5 have a cylindrical shape and their feet have a slightly conical lateral surface, their ends 5a being rounded.
  • the holes 4 have an elliptical shape.
  • the major axis of the ellipse is orthogonal to the geometric axis of rotation of the crankshafts 7.8 to allow a small displacement in the direction of the major axis of the ellipse of the connecting rods which is essential to prevent them from jamming because from their inclined position relative to the plane of the face 3a and because of the circular movement to which the connecting rod heads 5 are constrained around the geometric axis of the respective crankshaft.
  • the position of the connecting rods on the three fiogures is not an extreme position but an intermediate position.
  • crankshafts both the number of connecting rods and of crankshafts can be increased according to the desired use of the device.
  • the drive of all the crankshafts can be ensured by a worm gear meshing with corresponding toothed wheels mounted on the crankshafts 7, 8.
  • the crankshafts can be driven in rotation in phase or not.

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Abstract

Il comprend des vilebrequins (7) logés dans un boîtier (1) et supportés par des paliers (9, 10) fixés sur deux parois latérales du boîtier (1). Des bielles (5) sont montées sur les manetons (6) des vilebrequins et traversent la face supérieure (3a) du boîtier à travers des trous disposés en quinconce. Les vilebrequins (7) sont entraînés en rotation par des moyens appropriés. Le mouvement des têtes libres (5a) des bielles (5) correspond au mouvement des doights d'un masseur.It comprises crankshafts (7) housed in a housing (1) and supported by bearings (9, 10) fixed on two side walls of the housing (1). Connecting rods (5) are mounted on the crank pins (6) of the crankshafts and pass through the upper face (3a) of the housing through staggered holes. The crankshafts (7) are rotated by suitable means. The movement of the free heads (5a) of the connecting rods (5) corresponds to the movement of the doights of a massager.

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La présente invention concerne un dispositif de massage.The present invention relates to a massage device.

Les bienfaits du massage en tant que procédé thérapeutique et hygiénique sont connus de l'Antiquité. En Chine et dans l'Inde on pratiquait le massage il y a environ quatre mille ans tandis qu'il était l'accessoire indispensable du bain chez les Grecs et les Romains. Bien sûr au début le massage se pratiquait de façon tout-à-fait empirique et il n'est entré dans la pratique médicale qu'au courant du dix neuvième siècle.The benefits of massage as a therapeutic and hygienic process are known from Antiquity. In China and India massage was practiced about four thousand years ago while it was the essential accessory of the bath among the Greeks and the Romans. Of course at the beginning massage was practiced completely empirically and it did not enter medical practice until the nineteenth century.

Le massage repose sur des bases physioloqiques. Ainsi le massage porté sur une zone métamérique a pour effet d'atténuer ou de faire disparaitre la douleur provenant du viscère sous-jacente. Les perturbations vaso-motrices cutanées provoquées par le massage facilitent la circulation sous-jacente. Le massage peut également faciliter la résorption des liquides d'interposition. Enfin, le massage prépare les muscles à l'action, quand il précède un effort en y attirant une plus grande quantité de sang et en les échauffant tandis qu'un massage après l'effort permet la relaxation et l'assouplissement de la musculature.The massage is based on physiological bases. Thus the massage worn on a metameric area has the effect of alleviating or making disappear the pain coming from the underlying viscera. The vaso-motor disturbances of the skin caused by massage facilitate the underlying circulation. Massage can also help absorb fluids of interposition. Finally, the massage prepares the muscles for action, when it precedes an effort by attracting a greater quantity of blood and by heating them while a massage after the effort allows relaxation and softening of the musculature.

Les maladies susceptibles d'être traitées par le massage sont nombreuses. Parmi elles on mentionnera la cellulite, les séquelles de fracture, d'entorse, de luxation, d'hydarthrose, d'arthrite. Les principales manipulations de la technique du massage sont l'effleurage, la friction, la pression, le pétrissage, le pincement, les vibrations et la percussion.There are many diseases that can be treated with massage. Among them we will mention cellulite, the sequelae of fractures, sprains, dislocations, osteoarthritis, arthritis. The main manipulations of the massage technique are effleurage, friction, pressure, kneading, pinching, vibrations and percussion.

Le massage pratiqué par les mains d'une personne est de loin plus efficace que celui pratiqué par un appareil. D'ailleurs un appareil de massage entrainé en principe par un dispositif électrique ne peut être utilisé que pour une et des fois deux manipulations différentes. La plupart des appareils de massage, appelés communément vibromasseurs, se limitent à appliquer des vibrations sur le corps humain. Ils en existent d'autres qui reproduisent les autres manipulations mais pas le pincement. Les manipulations appliquées par les mains d'un masseur sont rarement d'une seule sorte, elles sont souvent des manipulations composées ce qu'aucun appareil de massage n'a, à ce jour, permis de réaliser.The massage performed by a person's hands is far more effective than that practiced by a device. Besides, a massage device driven in principle by an electric device can only be used for one and sometimes two different manipulations. Most massage devices, commonly called vibrators, are limited to applying vibrations to the human body. There are others which reproduce the other manipulations but not the pinching. The manipulations applied by the hands of a masseur are rarely of a single kind, they are often compound manipulations which no massage device has, to date, allowed to achieve.

La présente invention permet de combler cette lacune en proposant un dispositif de massage reproduisant aussi fidèlement que possible le mouvement des doigts d'une main pendant le massage.The present invention makes it possible to fill this gap by proposing a massage device reproducing as faithfully as possible the movement of the fingers of one hand during the massage.

Le dispositif selon l'invention est caractérisé par le fait qu'il comprend au moins un vilebrequin entrainé en rotation et reposant par les tourillons de ses deux extrémités sur des paliers supportés par deux parois latérales opposées d'un boitier, que les manetons du vilbrequin supportent les têtes des bielles dont les pieds sont libres et arrondis et font saillie par rapport à la face supérieure du boitier les corps de bielles passant à travers deux rangées de trous de guidage, que les lignes des centres de deux rangées se trouvent de part et d'autre du plan perpendiculaire à ladite face supérieure du boitier passant par l'axe géométrique de rotation du vilebrequin, que les trous d'une rangée sont intercalés par rapport aux trous de l'autre rangée de sorte que deux bielles consécutives engagées dans deux trous consécutifs, un de chaque rangée, sont inclinées respectivement de part et d'autre dudit plan perpendiculaire à la face supérieure du boitier et passant par l'axe géométrique de rotation du vilebrequin.The device according to the invention is characterized in that it comprises at least one crankshaft driven in rotation and resting by the pins of its two ends on bearings supported by two opposite side walls of a housing, that the crankshaft crank pins support the heads of the connecting rods whose feet are free and rounded and protrude from the upper face of the housing the connecting rod bodies passing through two rows of guide holes, that the lines of the centers of two rows are on either side and on the other side of the plane perpendicular to said upper face of the housing passing through the geometric axis of rotation of the crankshaft, that the holes of one row are inserted with respect to the holes of the other row so that two consecutive connecting rods engaged in two consecutive holes, one in each row, are inclined respectively on either side of said plane perpendicular to the upper face of the case and passing through the geometric axis d e rotation of the crankshaft.

Lors de la rotation du vilebrequin les têtes de bielles disposées de part et d'autre du plan perpendiculaire à la face supérieure du boitier et passant par l'axe géométrique de rotation du vilebrequin ont un mouvement qui peut être décomposé en un mouvement perpendiculaire au plan de la face et qui correspond à une manipulation de pétrissage; la position excentrée des manetons du vilebrequin par rapport à l'axe de rotation et le fait que les bielles sont guidées par les trous fait que les têtes de bielles tantôt se rapprochent tantôt s'éloignent appliquant ainsi un pincement.During the rotation of the crankshaft the rod ends arranged on either side of the plane perpendicular to the upper face of the housing and passing through the geometric axis of rotation of the crankshaft have a movement which can be broken down into a movement perpendicular to the plane of the face and which corresponds to a kneading manipulation; the eccentric position of the crankshaft crank pins relative to the axis of rotation and the fact that the connecting rods are guided by the holes means that the connecting rod heads sometimes approach sometimes move away thereby applying a pinch.

Selon une variante préférée le dispositif est muni d'au moins deux vilebrequins et la disposition des têtes de bielles vue en plan sont en quinconce ce qui augmente la manipulation de pincement qui est d'ailleurs une manipulation fortement indiquée pour le traitement de la cellulite.According to a preferred variant, the device is provided with at least two crankshafts and the arrangement of the connecting rod heads viewed in plan is staggered, which increases the pinching manipulation which is, moreover, a manipulation which is highly indicated for the treatment of cellulite.

L'entrainement en rotation du ou des vilebrequins étant réalisé de préférence par un moteur électrique pouvant travailler à grande vitesse , on peut raisonnablement considérer que le mouvement de va-et-vient des bielles permet d'appliquer un massage vibratoire.As the rotational drive of the crankshaft (s) is preferably carried out by an electric motor capable of working at high speed, it can reasonably be considered that the reciprocating movement of the connecting rods makes it possible to apply a vibratory massage.

L'invention sera décrite plus en détail à l'aide du dessin annexé représentant, à titre d'exemple, une variante de l'invention.

  • La figure 1 est une vue en plan d'un dispositif de massage à deux vilebrequins.
  • La figure 2 est une vue en élévation partiellement arrachée de la figure précédente.
  • La figure 3 est une vue de profil de la figure 1.
The invention will be described in more detail using the attached drawing showing, by way of example, a variant of the invention.
  • Figure 1 is a plan view of a massage device with two crankshafts.
  • Figure 2 is a partially broken away elevation view of the previous figure.
  • Figure 3 is a side view of Figure 1.

Le boitier 1 est composé de deux parties coulissantes 2 et 3. La première partie 2 a la forme d'un U vue de profil dont les extrémités 2a et 2b sont légèrement repliées vers l'intérieur. La seconde partie 3 a la forme d'un U, vue de profil et elle vient coulisser dans la première partie 2. Cette structure du boitier 1 est donnée à titre d'exemple et elle peut être complètement différente.The housing 1 is composed of two sliding parts 2 and 3. The first part 2 has the shape of a U seen in profile, the ends 2a and 2b of which are slightly folded inwards. The second part 3 has the shape of a U, seen in profile and it slides in the first part 2. This structure of the case 1 is given by way of example and it can be completely different.

La face supérieure 3a de la partie 3 est munie de quatre rangées de trous 4 disposés en quiconce. A travers les trous 4 passent les corps de bielles 5 dont les têtes s'appuient sur les manetons 6 de deux vilebrequins 7 et 8. Les lignes de centres de deux rangées intercalées de trous 4 se trouvent de part et d'autre du plan passant par l'axe géométrique du vilebrequin correspondant 7 ou 8 et perpendiculaire à la face 3a du boîtier, les deux vilebrequins 7 et 8 reposent par les tourillons de leurs deux extrémités sur des paliers 9,10 respectivement 11,12 supportés par les branches de la seconde partie 3 en U formant le boîtier 1. Le dispositif d'entraînement des vilebrequin 7 et 8 peut soit être logé à l'intérieur du boîtier soit à l'extérieur et dans ce cas les deux vilebrequins se prolongent d'un côté du boîtier comme indiqué sur les figures 1 et 2. Les bielles 5 ont une forme cylindrique et leurs pieds ont une surface latérale légèrement conique leurs extrémités 5a étant arrondies. Les trous 4 ont une forme elliptique. Le grand axe de l'ellipse est orthogonal à l'axe géométrique de rotation de vilebrequins 7,8 pour permettre un petit déplacement dans la direction du grand axe de l'ellipse des bielles qui est indispensable pour éviter qu'elles se coincent à cause de leur position inclinée par rapport au plan de la face 3a et à cause du mouvemednt circulaire auquel sont astreintes les têtes de bielles 5 autour de l'axe géométrique du vilebrequin respectif. La position des bielles sur les trois fiogures n'est pas une position extrême mais une position intermédiaire. On a représenté en traits mixtes 13 sur la figure 3 une position extrême d'une bielle. La courbe fermée 14 avec une flèche indique le mouvement complet d'un point de l'extrémité 5a d'une tête de bielles 5. On voit bien que le mouvement peut être décomposé à un mouvement vertical correspondant au pétrissage et à un mouvement horizontal lequel combiné avec un mouvement analogue d'une bielle voisine correspond à une manipulation de pincement.The upper face 3a of the part 3 is provided with four rows of holes 4 arranged in a concise fashion. Through the holes 4 pass the bodies of connecting rods 5, the heads of which rest on the crank pins 6 of two crankshafts 7 and 8. The center lines of two interposed rows of holes 4 are on either side of the passing plane by the geometric axis of the corresponding crankshaft 7 or 8 and perpendicular to the face 3a of the housing, the two crankshafts 7 and 8 rest by the pins of their two ends on bearings 9,10 respectively 11,12 supported by the branches of the second part 3 in U forming the housing 1. The crankshaft drive device 7 and 8 can either be housed inside the housing or outside and in this case the two crankshafts extend on one side of the housing as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2. The connecting rods 5 have a cylindrical shape and their feet have a slightly conical lateral surface, their ends 5a being rounded. The holes 4 have an elliptical shape. The major axis of the ellipse is orthogonal to the geometric axis of rotation of the crankshafts 7.8 to allow a small displacement in the direction of the major axis of the ellipse of the connecting rods which is essential to prevent them from jamming because from their inclined position relative to the plane of the face 3a and because of the circular movement to which the connecting rod heads 5 are constrained around the geometric axis of the respective crankshaft. The position of the connecting rods on the three fiogures is not an extreme position but an intermediate position. We have represented in phantom 13 on Figure 3 an extreme position of a connecting rod. The closed curve 14 with an arrow indicates the complete movement of a point at the end 5a of a connecting rod head 5. It is clear that the movement can be broken down to a vertical movement corresponding to kneading and to a horizontal movement which combined with a similar movement from a neighboring connecting rod corresponds to a pinch manipulation.

Il est entendu que aussi bien le nombre de bielles que de vilebrequins peut être augmenté selon l'utilisation souhaitée du dispositif. L'entraînement de tous les vilebrequins peut être assuré par une vis sans fin engrenant avec des roues dentées correspondant montées sur les vilebrequins 7, 8. Les vilebrequins peuvent être entraînés en rotation en phase ou pas.It is understood that both the number of connecting rods and of crankshafts can be increased according to the desired use of the device. The drive of all the crankshafts can be ensured by a worm gear meshing with corresponding toothed wheels mounted on the crankshafts 7, 8. The crankshafts can be driven in rotation in phase or not.

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1. Dispositif de massage, caractérisé par le fait qu'il comprend au moins un vilebrequin entraîné en rotation et reposant par les tourillons de ses deux extrémités sur des paliers supportés par deux parois latérales opposées d'un boitier, que les manetons du vilbrequin supportent les têtes des bielles dont les pieds sont libres et arrondis et font saillie par rapport à la face supérieure du boitier les corps de bielles passant à travers deux rangées de trous de guidage, que les lignes des centres de deux rangées se trouvent de part et d'autre du plan perpendiculaire à ladite face supérieure du boîtier passant par l'axe géométrique de rotation du vilebrequin, que les trous d'une rangée sont intercalés par rapport aux trous de l'autre rangée de sorte que deux bielles consécutives engagées dans deux trous consécutifs, un de chaque rangée, sont inclinées respectivement de part et d'autre dudit plan perpendiculaire à la face supérieure du boîtier et passant par l'axe géométrique de rotation du vilebrequin.1. Massage device, characterized in that it comprises at least one crankshaft driven in rotation and resting by the pins of its two ends on bearings supported by two opposite side walls of a housing, which the crankshaft pins support the heads of the connecting rods, the feet of which are free and rounded and protrude relative to the upper face of the case, the connecting rod bodies passing through two rows of guide holes, that the lines of the centers of two rows are on either side 'other from the plane perpendicular to said upper face of the housing passing through the geometric axis of rotation of the crankshaft, that the holes of a row are inserted with respect to the holes of the other row so that two consecutive connecting rods engaged in two holes consecutive, one of each row, are inclined respectively on either side of said plane perpendicular to the upper face of the housing and passing through the geometric axis of rotation of the crankshaft. 2. Dispositif selon la revendication 1, caractérisé par le fait qu'il comprend deux vilebrequins et que la face supérieure du boîtier est munie de quatre rangées de trous disposées en quinconce.2. Device according to claim 1, characterized in that it comprises two crankshafts and that the upper face of the housing is provided with four rows of holes arranged in staggered rows. 3. Dispositif selon l'une des revendications 1 ou 2, caractérisé par le fait que le corps des bielles est cylindrique et la forme des trous de la face supérieure du boîtier est elliptique, le grand axe de l'ellipse étant disposé perpendiculairement à l'axe géométrique de rotation du vilebrequin.3. Device according to one of claims 1 or 2, characterized in that the body of the connecting rods is cylindrical and the shape of the holes in the upper face of the housing is elliptical, the major axis of the ellipse being arranged perpendicular to the geometric axis of crankshaft rotation.
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