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EP0142132B1
EP0142132B1 EP84113483A EP84113483A EP0142132B1 EP 0142132 B1 EP0142132 B1 EP 0142132B1 EP 84113483 A EP84113483 A EP 84113483A EP 84113483 A EP84113483 A EP 84113483A EP 0142132 B1 EP0142132 B1 EP 0142132B1
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • 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
    • A61H15/00—Massage by means of rollers, balls, e.g. inflatable, chains, or roller chains
    • A61H15/0092—Massage by means of rollers, balls, e.g. inflatable, chains, or roller chains hand-held
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • 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
    • A61H15/00—Massage by means of rollers, balls, e.g. inflatable, chains, or roller chains
    • A61H2015/0007—Massage by means of rollers, balls, e.g. inflatable, chains, or roller chains with balls or rollers rotating about their own axis
    • A61H2015/0028—Massage by means of rollers, balls, e.g. inflatable, chains, or roller chains with balls or rollers rotating about their own axis disc-like, i.e. diameter substantially greater than width
    • A61H2015/0035—Massage by means of rollers, balls, e.g. inflatable, chains, or roller chains with balls or rollers rotating about their own axis disc-like, i.e. diameter substantially greater than width multiple on the same axis

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  • the invention relates to a massage device for rolling massage of skin and reflex zones on the human body, the massage device having an axis seated on a handle with freely rotatable massage rings which are each provided with projections arranged uniformly distributed in the circumferential direction.
  • a massage device of this type is known from FR-A-843 978.
  • massage rings made of different metallic materials, namely copper and zinc on the one hand, are used in pairs, in order to produce an electro-physical tension effect with the roller massage.
  • the massage rings with serrations or teeth on their circumference, the edges of which extend over the entire material thickness of the massage rings and thereby develop a cutting-like effect on the skin surface.
  • the aim and object of the invention is to provide a massage device of the generic type which has an acupuncture-like mode of action, that is to say produces a selective massage effect, and which can be used in self-treatment for the rolling massage of skin and reflex zones. It is essential that the skin irritation caused by the roller massage can often achieve beneficial therapeutic effects, provided that a good surface massage is carried out on the painful areas of the body and / or the relevant reflex zones.
  • the invention provides, starting from a massage device of the type specified at the outset, that the projections are needle tips and the handle is at least limitedly adjustable in angle relative to the axis supporting the massage rings about a transverse joint from the axial alignment.
  • a massage device has proven to be particularly advantageous because it enables an optimal surface rolling massage in self-treatment even on painful parts of the body or on the reflex zones to be treated if these are difficult to access, for example in the back area.
  • the hand holding and / or guiding the massager can carry out the necessary movements without reaching extreme positions, which could complicate the desirable intensive handling and thus impair the therapeutic effect.
  • the angular adjustment range of the transverse joint is at least 35 °, so that - depending on the handling of the massage device - between the axis supporting the massage rings and the handle, angular positions are made possible which are between 145 ° and 215 °.
  • At least the two end angular positions of the transverse joint can be fixed, e.g. can be clamped or locked.
  • a massage device is preferred in which the length of the axis equipped with massage rings is dimensioned at least approximately equal to the length of the handle.
  • Figure 1 in a spatial representation of a massage device with the protective cap removed and in the axial alignment of the rod-shaped handle and the axis carrying the massage rings and
  • FIG. 2 shows the massage device according to FIG. 1 when the axis carrying the massage rings is kinked relative to the rod-shaped handle.
  • FIGS. 1 and 2 show in FIGS. 1 and 2 a massage device 1 with a rod-shaped handle 2, which carries an axis 3, on which a plurality of freely rotatable massage rings 4 are seated, which are kept at a certain distance from one another by interposed spacer rings 5.
  • the massage rings 4 have a much larger diameter than the spacer rings 5 and are provided on their circumference with evenly distributed, short needle tips.
  • each of the massage rings 4 has proven useful to equip each of the massage rings 4 on its circumference with twenty evenly distributed needle tips and to dimension the spacer rings 5 such that there is a distance of about 3 mm between the needle tips of two massage rings 4 arranged next to one another on the axis 3.
  • the actual active part of the massage device 1 is thereby given a length dimension which enables the simultaneous treatment of larger skin areas or reflex zone areas.
  • the axis 3 supporting the massage rings 4 merges into a shaft 6 which carries a flat web shoulder 7 at its free end.
  • This web shoulder 7 engages in the slot 9 of a steerer tube 8, which is located at one end of the rod-shaped handle 2.
  • a bolt 10 is inserted through holes in the two legs of the steerer tube 8 and a hole in the web shoulder 7 placed in the cover position and so, for example by screwing or riveting, fixed that the web shoulder 7, steerer tube 8 and bolt 10 form a transverse joint with one another, about which the handle 2 can at least be limited in angle relative to the axis 3 supporting the massage rings 4 from the axial alignment according to FIG. 1, for example up to the kink position according to FIG. 2.
  • the angle adjustment range of the transverse joint in such a way that it is at least 35 °.
  • the rod-shaped handle 2 and the axis 3 carrying the massage rings 4 assume angular positions relative to one another during the handling of the massage device 1, which lie at 145 ° or 215 °.
  • the ability of the massage device 1 to bend offers the possibility of also reaching body parts which are difficult to access per se during self-treatment.
  • a light and large-area treatment of the skin and / or reflex zones is also useful if the length of the axis 3 equipped with massage rings 4 is dimensioned at least approximately equal to the length of the handle 2. If the rod-shaped handle 2 has a length of approximately 100 mm, the axis 3 carrying the massage rings 4 could have a minimum length of approximately 90 mm.
  • the massage device 1 It is also important to design the massage device 1 so that its rod-shaped handle 2 and the axis 3 carrying the massage rings 4 can only be adjusted with difficulty relative to one another around the transverse joint, and at least the two end angular positions of the transverse joint, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 are shown, can be fixed against each other, for example clamped or locked.
  • a protective cap 11 which can be placed axially on the axis 3 equipped with the massage rings 4.
  • the length of the protective cap 11 is chosen so that it also enables a bridging of the transverse joint 7, 8, 9, 10 when the rod-shaped handle 2 is in the axial alignment with the axis 3 carrying the massage rings 4, as shown in FIG. 1 is.
  • the protective cap 11 then holds the massage device 1 in its extended position, for example for space-saving storage.

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1. Massage appliance for the massage by rolling of skin and reflex zones on the human body, the massage appliance (1) comprising a shaft (3) positioned on a handle (2) and having massage rings (4) mounted to be freely rotatable theron, which rings are respectively provided with projections arranged uniformly distributed in the circumferential direction, characterised in that the projections are needle points and the handle (2) is constructed so as to have at least limited adjustability about a transverse joint (7, 8, 9, 10) from the axially aligned position and relatively to the shaft (3) on which the massage rings (4) are mounted.

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Die Erfindung betrifft ein Massaggerät zur Rollmassage von Haut- und Reflexzonen am menschlichen Körper, wobei das Massagegerät eine an einem Handgriff sitzende Achse mit frei drehbar darauf gelagerten Massageringen aufweist, die jeweils mit in Umfangsrichtung gleichmäßig verteilt angeordneten Vorsprüngen versehen sind.The invention relates to a massage device for rolling massage of skin and reflex zones on the human body, the massage device having an axis seated on a handle with freely rotatable massage rings which are each provided with projections arranged uniformly distributed in the circumferential direction.

Ein Massagegerät dieser Gattung ist bekannt durch die FR-A-843 978. Hierbei finden jeweils paarweise einander benachbart angeordnete Massageringe aus unterschiedlichen metallischen Werkstoffen, nämlich einerseits aus Kupfer und andererseits aus Zink, Verwendung, um mit der Rollmassage einen elektro-physikalischen Spannungseffekt hervorzurufen.A massage device of this type is known from FR-A-843 978. Here massage rings made of different metallic materials, namely copper and zinc on the one hand, are used in pairs, in order to produce an electro-physical tension effect with the roller massage.

Bei dem bekannten Massagegerät ist es zwar auch möglich, die Massageringe an ihrem Umfang mit Auszackungen oder Zähnen zu versehen, deren Kanten sich über die ganze Materialdicke der Massageringe erstrecken und dadurch eine schneidenartige Wirkung auf der Hautoberfläche entfalten.In the known massage device, it is also possible to provide the massage rings with serrations or teeth on their circumference, the edges of which extend over the entire material thickness of the massage rings and thereby develop a cutting-like effect on the skin surface.

Ziel und Aufgabe der Erfindung ist es, ein Massagegerät der gattungsgemäßen Art zu schaffen, das eine akupunkturartige Wirkungsweise hat, also eine punktuelle Massagewirkung hervorbringt und das in Selbstbehandlung zur Rollmassage von Hautund Reflexzonen benutzt werden kann. Dabei ist wesentlich, daß über die durch die Rollmassage entstehenden Hautreizungen häufig günstige therapeutische Wirkungen erzielt werden können, sofern eine gute Flächenmassage an den schmerzenden Köperstellen und/ oder den betreffenden Reflexzonen durchgeführt wird.The aim and object of the invention is to provide a massage device of the generic type which has an acupuncture-like mode of action, that is to say produces a selective massage effect, and which can be used in self-treatment for the rolling massage of skin and reflex zones. It is essential that the skin irritation caused by the roller massage can often achieve beneficial therapeutic effects, provided that a good surface massage is carried out on the painful areas of the body and / or the relevant reflex zones.

Zur Lösung dieser Aufgabe sieht die Erfindung ausgehend von einem Massagegerät der eingangs angegebenen Gattung vor, daß die Vorsprünge Nadelspitzen sind und der Handgriff relativ zu der die Massageringe lagernden Achse um ein Quergelenk aus der Achsfluchtlage wenigstens begrenzt winkelverstellbar ausgebildet ist.To achieve this object, the invention provides, starting from a massage device of the type specified at the outset, that the projections are needle tips and the handle is at least limitedly adjustable in angle relative to the axis supporting the massage rings about a transverse joint from the axial alignment.

Die erfindungsgemäße Ausgestaltung eines Massagegerätes hat sich als besonders vorteilhaft erwiesen, weil es eine optimale Flächen-Rollmassage in Selbstbehandlung auch an schmerzenden Körperstellen oder an den zu behandelnden Reflexzonen ermöglicht, wenn diese schwer zugänglich sind, bspw. im Rückenbereich liegen. Die das Massagegerät haltende und/oder führende Hand kann die notwendigen Bewegungen ausführen, ohne daß sie in Extremlagen gelangt, welche die wünschenswert intensive Handhabung erschweren und damit den Therapieeffekt beeinträchtigen könnten.The design of a massage device according to the invention has proven to be particularly advantageous because it enables an optimal surface rolling massage in self-treatment even on painful parts of the body or on the reflex zones to be treated if these are difficult to access, for example in the back area. The hand holding and / or guiding the massager can carry out the necessary movements without reaching extreme positions, which could complicate the desirable intensive handling and thus impair the therapeutic effect.

Besonders hat es sich in diesem Sinne bewährt, wenn bei einem erfindungsgemäßen Massagegerät der Winkelverstellbereich des Quergelenks mindestens bei 35° liegt, so daß - je nach Handhabung des Massagegerätes zwischen der die Massageringe lagernden Achse und dem Handgriff Winkelstellungen ermöglicht werden, die zwischen 145° und 215° liegen.In this sense, it has proven particularly useful if, in the case of a massage device according to the invention, the angular adjustment range of the transverse joint is at least 35 °, so that - depending on the handling of the massage device - between the axis supporting the massage rings and the handle, angular positions are made possible which are between 145 ° and 215 °.

Um eine gute Handhabungsfähigkeit des Massagegerätes zu gewährleisten, ist es wichtig, daß mindestens die beiden End-Winkellagen des Quergelenkes fixierbar, z.B. festklemmbar oder verrastbar sind.In order to ensure that the massager is easy to handle, it is important that at least the two end angular positions of the transverse joint can be fixed, e.g. can be clamped or locked.

Bevorzugt wird nach einem anderen Erfindungsmerkmal ein Massagegerät, bei dem die Länge der mit Massageringen bestückten Achse mindestens annähernd gleich der Länge des Handgriffs bemessen ist.According to another feature of the invention, a massage device is preferred in which the length of the axis equipped with massage rings is dimensioned at least approximately equal to the length of the handle.

In der Zeichnung ist der Gegenstand der Erfindung an einem Ausführungsbeispiel dargestellt. Es zeigenIn the drawing, the object of the invention is shown in an embodiment. Show it

Figur 1 in räumlicher Darstellung ein Massagegerät bei abgenommener Schutzkappe sowie bei Achsfluchtlage des stabförmigen Handgriffs und der die Massageringe tragenden Achse undFigure 1 in a spatial representation of a massage device with the protective cap removed and in the axial alignment of the rod-shaped handle and the axis carrying the massage rings and

Figur 2 das Massagegerät nach Fig. 1 bei Knicklage der die Massageringe tragenden Achse relativ zum stabförmigen Handgriff.2 shows the massage device according to FIG. 1 when the axis carrying the massage rings is kinked relative to the rod-shaped handle.

Die Zeichnung zeigt in den Fig. 1 und 2 ein Massagegerät 1 mit einem stabförmigen Handgriff 2, der eine Achse 3 trägt, auf der eine Vielzahl von frei drehbar gelagerten Massageringen 4 sitzt, welche durch zwischengelegte Distanzringe 5 auf bestimmtem Abstand voneinander gehalten sind. Die Massageringe 4 haben dabei einen wesentlich größeren Durchmesser als die Distanzringe 5 und sind an ihrem Umfang mit gleichmäßig verteilt angeordneten, kurzen Nadelspitzen versehen.The drawing shows in FIGS. 1 and 2 a massage device 1 with a rod-shaped handle 2, which carries an axis 3, on which a plurality of freely rotatable massage rings 4 are seated, which are kept at a certain distance from one another by interposed spacer rings 5. The massage rings 4 have a much larger diameter than the spacer rings 5 and are provided on their circumference with evenly distributed, short needle tips.

Bewährt hat es sich, jeden der Massageringe 4 an seinem Umfang mit zwanzig gleichmäßig verteilt angeordneten Nadelspitzen auszustatten und die Distanzringe 5 so zu bemessen, daß zwischen den Nadelspitzen zweier auf der Achse 3 benachbart nebeneinander angeordneter Massageringe 4 ein Abstand von etwa 3 mm vorhanden ist.It has proven useful to equip each of the massage rings 4 on its circumference with twenty evenly distributed needle tips and to dimension the spacer rings 5 such that there is a distance of about 3 mm between the needle tips of two massage rings 4 arranged next to one another on the axis 3.

Zweckmäßig ist es auch, die Länge der Achse 3 so zu bemessen, daß auf ihr bspw. 25 bis 30 Massageringe 4 unter Zwischenschaltung von Distanzringen 5 angeordnet werden können.It is also expedient to dimension the length of the axis 3 such that 25 to 30 massage rings 4 can be arranged on it with the interposition of spacer rings 5.

Der eigentliche Wirkteil des Massagegerätes 1 erhält dadurch eine Längenabmessung, welche die gleichzeitige Behandlung größerer Hautflächen oder Reflexzonenbereiche ermöglicht.The actual active part of the massage device 1 is thereby given a length dimension which enables the simultaneous treatment of larger skin areas or reflex zone areas.

Die die Massageringe 4 lagernde Achse 3 geht in einen Schaft 6 über, der an seinem freien Ende einen flachen Stegansatz 7 trägt. Dieser Stegansatz 7 greift in den Schlitz 9 eines Gabelschaftes 8 ein, welcher sich am einen Ende des stabförmigen Haltegriffs 2 befindet. Durch Löcher in den beiden Schenkeln des Gabelschaftes 8 und ein damit in Deckungslage gesetztes Loch im Stegansatz 7 ist ein Bolzen 10 gesteckt und so, bspw. unter Verschrauben oder Vernieten, festgelegt, daß Stegansatz 7, Gabelschaft 8 und Bolzen 10 miteinander ein Quergelenk bilden, um welches der Handgriff 2 relativ zu der die Massageringe 4 lagernden Achse 3 aus der Achsfluchtlage gemäß Fig. 1 wenigstens begrenzt, bspw. bis in die Knicklage gemäß Fig. 2, winkelverstellt werden kann. Bewährt hat es sich dabei, den Winkelverstellbereich des Quergelenks so zu bemessen, daß er mindestens bei 35° liegt. Je nach Anfassen des stabförmigen Handgriffs 2 nehmen dabei während der Handhabung des Massagegerätes 1 der stabförmige Handgriff 2 und die die Massageringe 4 tragende Achse 3 relativ zueinander Winkellagen ein, die bei 145° oder 215° liegen.The axis 3 supporting the massage rings 4 merges into a shaft 6 which carries a flat web shoulder 7 at its free end. This web shoulder 7 engages in the slot 9 of a steerer tube 8, which is located at one end of the rod-shaped handle 2. A bolt 10 is inserted through holes in the two legs of the steerer tube 8 and a hole in the web shoulder 7 placed in the cover position and so, for example by screwing or riveting, fixed that the web shoulder 7, steerer tube 8 and bolt 10 form a transverse joint with one another, about which the handle 2 can at least be limited in angle relative to the axis 3 supporting the massage rings 4 from the axial alignment according to FIG. 1, for example up to the kink position according to FIG. 2. It has proven useful to dimension the angle adjustment range of the transverse joint in such a way that it is at least 35 °. Depending on the touch of the rod-shaped handle 2, the rod-shaped handle 2 and the axis 3 carrying the massage rings 4 assume angular positions relative to one another during the handling of the massage device 1, which lie at 145 ° or 215 °.

Durch die Knickbarkeit des Massagegerätes 1 wird die Möglichkeit geboten, bei der Selbstbehandlung auch Körperstellen leichter zu erreichen, die an sich schwer zugänglich sind.The ability of the massage device 1 to bend offers the possibility of also reaching body parts which are difficult to access per se during self-treatment.

Einer leichten und großflächigen Behandlung der Haut und/oder Reflexzonen ist es auch dienlich, wenn die Länge der mit Massageringen 4 bestückten Achse 3 mindestens annähernd gleich der Länge des Handgriffs 2 bemessen wird. Wenn also der stabförmige Handgriff 2 eine Länge von etwa 100 mm hat, könnte die die Massageringe 4 tragende Achse 3 eine Mindestlänge von etwa 90 mm aufweisen.A light and large-area treatment of the skin and / or reflex zones is also useful if the length of the axis 3 equipped with massage rings 4 is dimensioned at least approximately equal to the length of the handle 2. If the rod-shaped handle 2 has a length of approximately 100 mm, the axis 3 carrying the massage rings 4 could have a minimum length of approximately 90 mm.

Wichtig ist es auch, das Massagegerät 1 so auszulegen, daß sein stabförmiger Handgriff 2 und die die Massageringe 4 tragende Achse 3 nur schwergängig um das Quergelenk gegeneinander winkelverstellbar sind sowie mindestens die beiden End-Winkellagen des Quergelenkes, wie sie in den Fig. 1 und 2 gezeigt sind, gegeneinander fixiert, bspw. festgeklemmt oder verrastet werden können.It is also important to design the massage device 1 so that its rod-shaped handle 2 and the axis 3 carrying the massage rings 4 can only be adjusted with difficulty relative to one another around the transverse joint, and at least the two end angular positions of the transverse joint, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 are shown, can be fixed against each other, for example clamped or locked.

Damit die Wirksamkeit des Massagegerätes 1 lange erhalten bleibt, ist es empfehlenswert, die Nadelspitzen der Massageringe 4 gegen Beschädigungen zu schützen. Diesem Zweck dient eine Schutzkappe 11, die axial auf die mit den Massageringen 4 bestückte Achse 3 aufgesteckt werden kann.So that the effectiveness of the massage device 1 is maintained for a long time, it is recommended to protect the needle tips of the massage rings 4 against damage. This purpose is served by a protective cap 11 which can be placed axially on the axis 3 equipped with the massage rings 4.

Die Länge der Schutzkappe 11 ist dabei so gewählt, daß sie auch eine Überbrückung des Quergelenkes7, 8,9,10 ermöglicht, wenn sich der stabförmige Handgriff 2 in Achsfluchtlage mit der die Massageringe 4 tragenden Achse 3 befindet, wie das in Fig. 1 dargestellt ist. Durch die Schutzkappe 11 wird dann das Massagegerät 1, bspw. zur raumsparenden Aufbewahrung, in seiner Strecklage gehalten.The length of the protective cap 11 is chosen so that it also enables a bridging of the transverse joint 7, 8, 9, 10 when the rod-shaped handle 2 is in the axial alignment with the axis 3 carrying the massage rings 4, as shown in FIG. 1 is. The protective cap 11 then holds the massage device 1 in its extended position, for example for space-saving storage.

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1. Massage appliance for the massage by rolling of skin and reflex zones on the human body, the massage appliance (1) comprising a shaft (3) positioned on a handle (2) and having massage rings (4) mounted to be freely rotatable theron, which rings are respectively provided with projections arranged uniformly distributed in the circumferential direction, characterised in that the projections are needle points and the handle (2) is constructed so as to have at least limited adjustability about a transverse joint (7, 8, 9,10) from the axially aligned position and relatively to the shaft (3) on which the massage rings (4) are mounted.
2. Massage appliance according to claim 1, characterised in that the range of angular adjustment of the transverse joint (7, 8, 9, 10) is at least 35°.
3. Massage appliance according to one of the claims 1 and 2, characterised in that at least the two end angular positions of the transverse joint (7, 8, 9,10) can be fixed, for example, clamped or latched.
4. Massage appliance according to one of the claims 1 to 3, characterised in that the length of the shaft (3) fitted with massage rings (4) is of dimensions at least approximately equal to the length of the handle (2).
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