EP2792342A1 - Appareil de massage - Google Patents

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EP2792342A1
EP2792342A1 EP20130164115 EP13164115A EP2792342A1 EP 2792342 A1 EP2792342 A1 EP 2792342A1 EP 20130164115 EP20130164115 EP 20130164115 EP 13164115 A EP13164115 A EP 13164115A EP 2792342 A1 EP2792342 A1 EP 2792342A1
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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
    • A61H7/00—Devices for suction-kneading massage; Devices for massaging the skin by rubbing or brushing not otherwise provided for
    • A61H7/002—Devices for suction-kneading massage; Devices for massaging the skin by rubbing or brushing not otherwise provided for by rubbing or brushing
    • 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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    • 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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    • 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
    • A61H2201/00—Characteristics of apparatus not provided for in the preceding codes
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    • A61H2201/00—Characteristics of apparatus not provided for in the preceding codes
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    • A61H2201/1207—Driving means with electric or magnetic drive
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    • A61H2201/00—Characteristics of apparatus not provided for in the preceding codes
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    • A61H2203/00—Additional characteristics concerning the patient
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    • A61H39/00—Devices for locating or stimulating specific reflex points of the body for physical therapy, e.g. acupuncture
    • A61H39/04—Devices for pressing such points, e.g. Shiatsu or Acupressure

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  • the invention relates to a massage apparatus, more particularly to a low-noise massage apparatus.
  • European Patent Application No. EP20100153605 discloses a conventional massage apparatus including an upright support frame 91, a casing 92, a moving unit 93, a massage unit 94, and a protection belt 95.
  • the casing 92 includes a base wall 921, a surrounding wall 922 extending upwardly from a periphery of the base wall 921, and an upright elongated groove 923 formed in the surrounding wall 922.
  • the support frame 91 is disposed in the casing 92 with a lower end thereof connected fixedly to the base wall 921, and has a U-shaped cross-section opening toward the elongated groove 923.
  • the moving unit 93 includes a pair of upright guide rails 931 mounted on the support frame 91, a moving plate 932 engaging slidably the guide rails 931, and a driving motor 933 for driving the moving plate 932 to move upwardly or downwardly along the guide rails 931.
  • the massage unit 94 includes a massage motor 943 disposed co-movably on the moving plate 932 and having a rotating shaft 942 that extends through the elongated groove 923 and that projects out of the casing 92, and a head piece 941 connected eccentrically to the rotating shaft 942 and driven by the massage motor 943 to rotate eccentrically.
  • the protection belt 95 is connected co-movably to the moving plate 932 and covers the elongated groove 923 to prevent insertion of fingers of a user and possible injury of the fingers.
  • the rotating shaft 942 extends through the protection belt 95.
  • the conventional massage apparatus is capable of massaging a user's body, it has several drawbacks.
  • the object of the present invention is to provide a low-noise massage apparatus.
  • a massage apparatus of the present invention comprises:
  • a preferred embodiment of a massage apparatus comprises an upright support frame 1, a moving unit 2, a massage unit 3, a protection unit 4, an outer housing 5 and a plurality of foot members 7.
  • the support frame 1 has a U-shaped cross-section and includes an upright main wall 11 that has opposite front and rear surfaces 111, 112, a pair of upright side walls 12 that are connected respectively to two opposite edges of the main wall 11 and that extend rearwardly away from the main wall 11, and an upright elongated groove 13 that is formed through the front and rear surfaces 111, 112 of the main wall 11.
  • the support frame 1 further includes two end plates 14 disposed respectively above an upper end of the elongated groove 13 and below a lower end of the elongated groove 13.
  • Each of the end plates 14 bridges and connects the side walls 12.
  • one of the end plates 14 bridges the upper ends of the side walls 12, and the other of the end plates 14 bridges the lower ends of the side walls 12.
  • the main wall 11 has a width smaller than 40 centimeters.
  • the moving unit 2 is disposed in the support frame 1, and includes a pair of upright guide rails 21 that are mounted respectively on inner surfaces of the side walls 12, a moving seat 22 that is connected slidably to the guide rails 21 and that is movable along the guide rails 21, a driving motor 23, two bearing members 24 that are respectively disposed in abutment with the end plates 14, an elongated screw rod 25 that is parallel to the guide rails 21, and a driven member 26 that is connected co-movably to the moving seat 22 and that is disposed engagedly around the screw rod 25.
  • a distance between one of the guide rails 21 and the main wall 11 is different from that between the other one of the guide rails 21 and the main wall 11.
  • the moving seat 22 has a middle plate 221 facing toward and close to the rear surface 112 of the main wall 11, a pair of side plates 222 connected respectively to two opposite ends of the middle plate 221 and extending rearwardly away from the middle plate 221, and a pair of slider members 223 disposed respectively and co-movably on the side plates 222 and engaging respectively and slidably the guide rails 21. Further referring to Fig. 6 , the slider members 223 are different in altitude.
  • the driving motor 23 is provided on one of the end plates 14. In this embodiment, the driving motor 23 is disposed on the upper one of the end plates 14.
  • the screw rod 25 is made of steel, has upper and lower ends extending through respective end plates 14 and respective bearing members 24, and is driven rotatably by the driving motor 23. One end of the screw rod 25 is linked to an output shaft of the driving motor 23 via a timing belt 27.
  • the screw rod 25 further has an elongated threaded rod portion 251, and a non-threaded rod portion 252 connected to one end of the threaded rod portion 251.
  • the non-threaded rod portion 252 has a diameter smaller than that of the threaded rod portion 251.
  • the moving unit 2 further includes a resilient member 28 sleeved on the non-threaded rod portion 252 and having opposite ends respectively abutting against the threaded rod portion 251 and a proximal one of the end plates 14.
  • the non-threaded rod portion 252 is connected to an upper end of the threaded rod portion 251, and the resilient member 28 is a compression spring.
  • the driving motor 23 drives rotation of the screw rod 25 through the timing belt 27.
  • Rotation of the screw rod 25 drives the driven member 26 and the moving seat 22 to move upwardly and downwardly along the screw rod 25.
  • the driven member 26 is made of plastic steel.
  • the massage unit 3 includes a massage motor 31 that is connected co-movably to the moving seat 22 and that has a rotating shaft 32 projecting forwardly through the elongated groove 13, a headportion 36 that is connected eccentrically to and driven by the rotating shaft 32, a support member 34 that is connected securedly to the moving seat 22, that extends through and is movable along the elongated groove 13, and that surrounds the rotating shaft 32, and an extension member 35 that is disposed between the support member 34 and the head portion 36.
  • a massage motor 31 that is connected co-movably to the moving seat 22 and that has a rotating shaft 32 projecting forwardly through the elongated groove 13, a headportion 36 that is connected eccentrically to and driven by the rotating shaft 32, a support member 34 that is connected securedly to the moving seat 22, that extends through and is movable along the elongated groove 13, and that surrounds the rotating shaft 32, and an extension member 35 that is disposed between the support member 34 and the head portion 36.
  • the support member 34 has a tubular securing portion 341 that is connected securedly to the moving seat 22 and that extends through and is movable along the elongated groove 13, an annular connecting portion 342 that extends radially and outwardly from the securing portion 341 and that has a width greater than that of the elongated groove 13, and a fixing portion 343 connected fixedly to the connecting portion 342 for installation of the extension member 35.
  • the extension member 35 includes an extension tube 352 that has one end connected to the fixing portion 343 of the support member 34 and an opposite end connected to the head portion 36, an extension shaft 351 that is connected co-rotatably to the rotating shaft 32, and that extends through and projects out of the extension tube 352, and a pair of spaced-apart bearings 353 disposed between the extension tube 352 and the extension shaft 351.
  • the massage unit 3 further includes a substantially tubular shaft coupling 33 that is disposed inside the extension tube 352 and that has opposite ends sleeved securely and respectively on the rotating shaft 32 and the extension shaft 351 for interconnecting co-rotatably the rotating shaft 32 and the extension shaft 351.
  • the extension shaft 351 is supported by the extension tube 352 through the bearings 353 and has one end connected to the shaft coupling 33. With the use of the shaft coupling 33, the extension shaft 351 is driven by the rotating shaft 32 and rotates about an axis thereof.
  • the head portion 36 includes an inner casing member 360 connected fixedly to the extension tube 352, a flexible slipcover 361 surrounding the inner casing member 360, a counterweight block 362 disposed in the inner casing member 360 and connected eccentrically and co-rotatably to the extension shaft 351, and a connecting plate 363 disposed inside and connected integrally to the slipcover 361.
  • the counterweight block 362 is connected rotatably and eccentrically to the connecting plate 363 oppositely of the extension shaft 351.
  • the head portion 36 further includes a clamping plate 364 connected to the connecting plate 363.
  • the slipcover 361 has a head piece 365 that is connected to the connecting plate 363 oppositely of the counterweight block 362 for being pressed by a user, and a bellow portion 366 that has one end clamped between the connecting plate 363 and the clamping plate 364, and that surrounds the inner casing member 360.
  • the counterweight block 362 has an input end 367 connected co-rotatably to the extension shaft 351, and an output end 368 that is eccentric with respect to the input end 367 and that is connected rotatably to the connecting plate 363.
  • the head portion 36 further has a bearing unit 369 disposed between the counterweight block 362 and the connecting plate 363 to permit relative rotational movement between the counterweight block 362 and the connecting plate 363.
  • the counterweight block 362 is driven co-rotatably by the rotating shaft 32. Moreover, since the input end 367 and the output end 368 are eccentric to each other, the connection between the connecting plate 363 and the output end 368 is able to drive the slipcover 361 to rotate eccentrically with respect to the rotating shaft 32.
  • the head piece 365 of the slipcover 361 is able to revolve about the input end 367 and will not rotate about an axis of its own.
  • the protection unit 4 includes a pair of pulley sets 41 mounted to the support frame 1 and disposed respectively near the upper and lower ends of the elongated groove 13, and a protection belt 42 looping around the pulley sets 41 and covering the elongated groove 13.
  • the protection belt 42 is connected co-movably to the moving seat 22.
  • the rotating shaft 32 and the securing portion 341 extend through the protection belt 42.
  • the outer housing 5 surrounds the support frame 1, and has two opposite upright outer lateral walls 51 respectively facing outer surfaces of the side walls 12, a pair of column bodies 6 respectively connected to front ends of the outer lateral walls 51, a top wall 52 interconnecting top ends of the outer lateral walls 51 and the column bodies 6 above the support frame 1, a bottom wall 53 interconnecting bottom ends of the outer lateral walls 51 and the column bodies 6 and disposed below the side walls 12.
  • a distance (W) between outer borders of the column bodies 6 is smaller than 40 centimeters (see Fig. 8 ).
  • the main wall 11 is disposed between and interconnects the column bodies 6. The front surface 111 of the main wall 11 is exposed from the outer housing 5.
  • the foot members 7 are attached to the bottom wall 53 and the column bodies 6, and are made of rubber for absorbing vibration and shock.
  • a user can adopt different postures when using this massage apparatus. For example, the user may stand and lean against the head portion 36 (see Fig. 7 ), or sit and face the head portion 36 (see Fig. 8 ). Because the distance between the outer borders of the column bodies 6 is smaller than 40cm, when the user sits for a massage, the massage apparatus may be placed between the legs of the user.
  • the massage apparatus of this invention has several advantages.

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US20110160627A1 (en) * 2009-12-28 2011-06-30 Chien-Ming Huang Single-motor massager
EP2359795A1 (fr) * 2010-02-15 2011-08-24 Tsung-Hsun Yang Appareil de massage
DE202012101421U1 (de) * 2012-04-17 2012-05-07 Listore International Co., Ltd. Zweidimensional bewegbares Massagegerät

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JP2002136561A (ja) * 2000-10-31 2002-05-14 Nidec Shibaura Corp マッサージ機
CN102048634A (zh) * 2009-11-11 2011-05-11 杨宗勋 按摩装置
US20110160627A1 (en) * 2009-12-28 2011-06-30 Chien-Ming Huang Single-motor massager
EP2359795A1 (fr) * 2010-02-15 2011-08-24 Tsung-Hsun Yang Appareil de massage
DE202012101421U1 (de) * 2012-04-17 2012-05-07 Listore International Co., Ltd. Zweidimensional bewegbares Massagegerät

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CN109106587A (zh) * 2018-08-17 2019-01-01 深圳市倍轻松科技股份有限公司 一种多功能按摩器
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