JP2001025498A - Massage machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a massage machine in which a massage effect is improved by stimulating a body with pressing and vibration. SOLUTION: A plurality of air bags (thigh part air bags 30 and foot part air bags 35) for massaging a body by expanding/shrinking by charging/ discharging from an air charging/discharging device 50 and a plurality of pressing means (thigh part vibrators 40 and leg vibrators 44) for massaging the body by pressing are arranged on a body supporting part (a seat part 11, a back rest part 12 and a leg support 20) of a massage machine body. In this case, while any of the air bags or the pressing means is operates for massaging the body, the other is allowed to stop. Thus, the body is massaged by alternately stimulating by pressing and vibration.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

The present invention relates to an air bag which expands and contracts by supplying and exhausting air and a pressing means having a pressing element such as a vibrator in a body supporting portion of a massage machine main body. The present invention relates to a massage machine that massages a body by pressing means.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, an air massage machine for inflating and contracting an air bag by air supply and exhaust from an air supply and exhaust device to massage a body is widely known. However, since this conventional air massage machine performs massage by pressing by inflation and inflation of the airbag, when the body is pressed during the inflation process of the airbag, the feeling of being massaged is felt. However, since the pressure gradually decreases during the deflation process, the sensation of being pressed by the air bag is substantially eliminated, and the user is pressed or massaged until the next inflation is started. The sensation of being absent (substantially no massage is done) disappears, and the person feels unsatisfactory from the start of contraction until the start of the next inflation. It is monotonic due to repeated relaxation, and does not necessarily provide a good massage effect. .

[0003] In order to solve the monotonousness of such an air massage machine, the applicant has arranged a board on a backrest or the like, arranged an air bag on the board, and vibrated the board by vibrating means. An air massage machine in which the air bag is inflated and contracted in this state has been filed (Japanese Patent Application No. 7-278638).

However, since this air massage machine vibrates the entire board, when the air bag is in an inflated state, the vibration of the board is transmitted to the air bag. Although massage can be performed, when the airbag starts to contract from inflation and contracts to some extent, the airbag has a buffering effect, and the vibration is not absorbed and transmitted to the airbag, so that it is not always satisfactory.

[0005]

As described above, in the conventional air massage machine, when the body is pressed in the process of inflating the airbag, the user feels that he or she is being massaged. Since the pressure gradually decreases, the sensation of being pressed from the air bag substantially disappears, and the user does not feel that he is receiving a massage until the next inflation starts, and the deflation starts. The problem is that the user feels unsatisfactory until the next inflation is started, and is monotonous because of repeated pressing and relaxation due to inflation and inflation of the airbag, so that a good massage effect cannot always be obtained. There is.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, an air massage machine according to the application filed by the present applicant has a structure in which a board on which an air bag is arranged is vibrated by a vibrating means, and the air bag is moved. When the airbag is inflated, the vibration of the board is transmitted to the airbag.
On the contrary, when the airbag starts to contract from the inflation and contracts to some extent, the airbag absorbs the vibration of the board and the vibration is not transmitted to the body, so that it is not always satisfactory in that a good massage effect is obtained.

[0007]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an invention according to claim 1 is characterized in that a massage machine body having a body support portion and an air supply provided in the body support portion are provided. A plurality of airbags for expanding and contracting the body by supplying and exhausting air from the exhaust device to massage the body, a plurality of pressing means provided on the body supporting portion and having a pressing element for massaging the body by pressing; The present invention is a massage machine including an exhaust device and control means for controlling a pressing means, wherein one of the air bag and the pressing means is operated to massage the body, and the other is stopped. As described above, the invention according to claim 1 includes a massage machine main body having a body support portion, and a plurality of massagers that expand and contract by the air supply and exhaust from the air supply and exhaust device provided in the body support portion to massage the body. An air bag, a plurality of pressing means disposed on the body supporting portion and having a pressing member for massaging the body by pressing, and control means for controlling the air supply / exhaust device and the pressing means; When one of the means is operated to massage the body, the other is paused, so the massage by pressing the air bag and the massage by pressing the pressing means are alternately repeated and the massage is performed. The massage is performed without interruption, and the different stimuli of the air bag pressing and the pressing means pressing That because the massage is made by pressing different stimuli acupressure stimulation by the soft pressing force stimulus and the pressing means by the pressing of the air bag, and has an effect that it is possible to enhance the massage effect. In addition, since the body is pushed up by the inflating air bag and the vibrator is stopped when the pressing force of the pressing element directly applied to the body is hard to act, the power consumption is effectively wasted. Has the effect of preventing the occurrence of According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a massage machine according to the first aspect, wherein the air bag and the pressing means are alternately arranged on the body support. Thus, the invention described in claim 2 is
In the invention according to claim 1, since the airbag and the pressing means are alternately arranged on the body supporting portion, in addition to the operation of the invention according to claim 1, the inflatable tip portions of the airbags adjacent to each other become larger. In other words, since the pressing means is located between the adjacent pressing parts, it is possible to reduce the interval between the part to which the airbag pressing and the pressing of the pressing means are applied, that is, the interval between the parts to be massaged, so that the area for the body massage part is finely massaged. It has the effect of being able to. According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided the massage machine according to the first or second aspect of the present invention, wherein the massager is disposed on the body supporting portion by overlapping with the pressing means so that the airbag is on the side facing the body. Things. According to the third aspect of the present invention, the airbag is disposed on the body supporting portion by overlapping with the pressing means such that the airbag is on the side facing the body in the first or second aspect of the invention. In addition to the effect of the first or second aspect of the present invention, when the pressing means is at rest, massage is performed by stimulation by the pressing of the airbag in the inflation process, that is, in the operating state, and contraction of the airbag is started. That is, when the pausing is stopped, the pressing means operates, and the pressing of the pressing means is applied to the body via the airbag to be massaged. Massage is performed by different stimuli of soft pressing stimulus by pressing the bag and acupressure stimulus by pressing of the pressing means,
Since the pressing by the pressing means is applied to the body via the air bag, the vibration can be applied with the same feeling as when the air bag is pressed, that is, without any uncomfortable feeling. According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided the massage machine according to the first or second aspect of the present invention, wherein the pressing means is placed on the body supporting portion such that the pressing means is on the side facing the body. . Thus, the invention described in claim 4 is:
According to the first or second aspect of the present invention, the pressing means is disposed on the body supporting portion so as to be on the side facing the body. When the pressing means is at rest, the pressing of the airbag in the inflation process, that is, in the operating state is applied to the body via the resting pressing means in the resting state, and the deflation of the airbag starts, that is, When the operation of the air bag is stopped, the pressing means operates, and a stimulus (acupressure stimulation) by the pressing of the pressing means is applied to the body. Therefore, the massage is performed without interruption and by different stimuli of the pressing of the air bag and the pressing of the pressing means. During the inflation process of the airbag, the body is pressed by the pressing means in the resting state, so that a stronger stimulus is applied than the pressing by the airbag. In which it is possible to enhance the massage effect since it is possible Lal.

[0008]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Next, an embodiment in which the present invention is applied to a chair type massage machine will be described with reference to FIGS.

In FIGS. 1 and 2, reference numeral 1 denotes a chair-type massage machine (hereinafter simply referred to as a massage machine). The massage machine 1 is provided on a chair body 10 as a massage machine body, and disposed on the chair body 10. Air bag 3
0 to 35 and vibrator 4 as pressing means
0 to 44, an air supply / exhaust device 50 for supplying / exhausting air to / from the air bags 30 to 35 (see FIGS. 2 and 4). Control means 57 (FIG. 2) for controlling the air supply / exhaust device 50 and the vibrators 40 to 44. , FIG.
Reference).

The chair body 10 includes a seat 11 provided on a seat 10a (see FIG. 2) provided on the body frame, a backrest 12 provided behind the seat 11, and the seat 11 comprises an armrest 14 formed on an upper portion of a side plate 13 provided on both sides. Further, a leg mounting table 20 is attached to the chair main body 10 so as to be vertically rotatable on the main body frame by a shaft (not shown).

Further, a power switch 15 is provided on the side plate, and a power cord 16 is connected to the power switch 15. Note that in FIG.
7 is a mode setting switch 17a for setting various massage modes, a start switch 17b,
This is an input unit including a remote control device provided with a stop switch 17c and the like.

The air supply / exhaust device 50 and the control means 57 are connected to the seat 11 of the chair body 10 as shown in FIG.
It is arranged below the.

The leg mounting table 20 includes a base 21, side walls 22, 23 formed on both sides of the base 21, and a center wall 24 formed between the side walls 22, 23. 1 and a base 21 in FIG.
Is rotatably supported by the shaft (not shown). As shown in the figure, there is provided a pair of leg mounting portions 26 formed in a U-shaped groove by the central wall 24 and the side walls 22 and 23. The leg mounting table 20 can be positioned at an arbitrary angle by positioning means (not shown).

Next, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the seat 11 is provided with a thigh airbag 30 corresponding to the thigh and a butt airbag 31 corresponding to the butt. Has been established. As shown in the figure, a thigh vibrator 40 and a butt vibrator 41 as pressing means are disposed near the rear of the thigh airbag 30 and the butt airbag 31, as described above.

The backrest 12 has a waist airbag 32 corresponding to the waist, a back airbag 33 corresponding to the back, and a shoulder airbag 34 corresponding to the shoulder.
Are arranged. The backrest 12 has a waist vibrator 42 and a back vibrator 43 as pressing means positioned between the waist airbag 32 and the back airbag 33 and between the back airbag 33 and the shoulder airbag 34. Are arranged.

The opposing walls of the side wall 22 and the center wall 24 of the leg mounting table 20 and the opposing walls of the center wall 24 and the side wall 23 are located on both sides of the leg, ie, the calf. The leg airbags 35 are arranged to face each other. Further, a leg vibrator 44 as a pressing means is provided on each bottom wall of both leg mounting portions 26 of the leg mounting table 20.

The thigh air bag 30 or the leg air bag 35 is in a substantially flat state when deflated and has a substantially cylindrical shape when inflated. Massage is done by

The thigh air bag 30 to the leg air bag 35 and the thigh vibrator to the leg vibrator 44 are covered with a cover that covers the seat 11, the backrest 12, and the leg mounting table 20. is there.

Next, as shown in FIG. 3, the thigh vibrator 40 or the leg vibrator 44 is
5, an electromagnet (not shown) housed in the housing 45, a drive shaft 46 driven by the operation of the electromagnet, that is, a drive shaft 46 that vibrates in the axial direction, and a pressing element made of hard rubber or the like provided at the tip of the drive shaft 46 Vibrator 47.

The thigh vibrator 40 and the leg vibrator 44 are provided with a predetermined frequency from a first drive circuit 55 and a second drive circuit 56 (see FIG. 4) which operate under the control of a control means 57 as described later. Is supplied to the coil of the electromagnet, and the supply of the excitation current causes the drive shaft 46 to vibrate in the axial direction, and the vibrator 47 vibrates following the vibration of the drive shaft 46 to stimulate the body to vibrate. Is to give. This vibration stimulus is one mode of pressing, and is included in the concept of pressing in the present invention.

Further, the air supply / exhaust device 50 is shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 1, air generating means 51 including an air pump and the like, air generated by the air generating means 51 is supplied to the thigh airbag 30 and the butt airbag 31 provided in the seat 11 and exhausted. A first air supply / exhaust valve 52 composed of an electromagnetic valve for supplying air generated by the air generation means 51 to the waist airbag 32 or the shoulder airbag 34 disposed in the backrest 12 and exhausts the air. Similarly, the air generated by the second air supply / exhaust valve 53, which is an electromagnetic valve, and the air generating means 51 is supplied to the leg airbag 3 provided on the leg mounting table 20.
5 and a third supply / exhaust valve 54, which is also an electromagnetic valve and supplies and exhausts air.

Next, the control structure of the massage machine 1 will be described with reference to FIG. As shown in the figure, one end of a hose 60 is connected to the air generating means 51, and the other end of the hose 60 is branched into a hose 61 and a hose 62. The branched hose 61 is further connected to hoses 61a and 61b. The hose 61a is connected to the first supply / exhaust valve 52, and the hose 61b is connected to the second supply / exhaust valve 5.
3 is connected. Also, the branched hose 62
Is connected to the third supply / exhaust valve 54.

The first air supply / exhaust valve 52 is connected to the thigh airbag 30 and the butt airbag 31 by a hose 70 and a hose 71, respectively. 32 to the shoulder airbag 34 are connected to the hose 72 to the hose 7 respectively.
4. In addition, the third supply / exhaust valve 54
And the leg airbag 35, the hose 75 and the hose 7
5 are connected by hoses 75a to 75d which are branched.

The air generating means 51, the first supply / exhaust valve 52, the second supply / exhaust valve 54, and the third supply / exhaust valve 54 are control means 5 comprising a microcomputer or the like.
7 is controlled.

The thigh vibrator 40, the butt vibrator 41 and the waist vibrator 42 and the back vibrator 43 provided on the backrest 12 are connected to the first drive circuit 55. The leg vibrator 44 provided on the leg mounting table 20 is connected to the second drive circuit 56. The first drive circuit 55 and the second drive circuit 56 are controlled by the control means 57 as described above.

Further, the various massage modes, start signals, stop signals and the like described above are input to the control means 51 from the input means 17. In the massage mode, the thigh airbag 30 to the shoulder airbag 34 and the thigh vibrator 40 to the back vibrator 43 disposed on the seat 11 and the backrest 12 are operated to lower the lower body and upper body excluding the legs. The upper and lower body massage mode for massaging the half body, the leg massage mode for operating the leg airbag 35 and the leg vibrator 44 disposed on the leg mounting table 20 to massage the leg, ie, the calf, and the upper and lower body and leg. It is a full-body massage mode that massages the entire part simultaneously.

Next, the control means 51 controls each air bag and each vibrator so that the vibrator is stopped when the air bag is in operation (in a state where the pressing force for pressing gradually increases during the inflation process). (Non-operating state (non-vibrating state)), and when the airbag is at rest (a state in which the pressing force gradually decreases during the contraction process), the vibrator is operated (operating state). To control.

That is, the air generating means 51, the first air supply / exhaust valve 52 and the third air supply / exhaust valve are so arranged that the control means 51 supplies air to the thigh air bag 30 or the leg air bag 35 to inflate the air. When operating 54, the control means 51 controls the first drive circuit 55 and the second drive circuit 56 to be in a non-operating state, and controls the thigh vibrator 40 or the leg vibrator 44 to be inactive, that is, not to operate, and When the thigh airbag 30 or the leg airbag 35 is in the maximum inflated state, the control means 5
7 stops the air generation means 51, sets the first air supply / exhaust valve 52 to the third air supply / exhaust valve 54 to an exhaust state, and sets the thigh airbag 30 to the leg airbag 35.
In addition to exhausting the air inside, the first drive circuit 55 and the second drive circuit 56 are operated to control the thigh vibrator 40 or the leg vibrator 44 to operate.

When the air in the thigh airbag 30 or the leg airbag 35 is exhausted, the control means 57 generates air so as to inflate the air in the thigh airbag 30 or the leg airbag 35 again. Means 51,
The first air supply / exhaust valve 52 to the third air supply / exhaust valve 54 are operated, and the first drive circuit 55 and the second drive circuit 56 are deactivated to suspend the thigh vibrator 40 or the leg vibrator 44. Control is performed so as not to operate, and this control is continued.

Whether or not each of the airbags has reached the maximum inflation and whether or not the airbag has been evacuated is detected, for example, by a pressure sensor, and the pressure in the airbag is detected and compared with a preset set value. The result is sent to the control means 57, or the supply or exhaust time is measured because the flow rate per unit time is constant, and it is determined whether the predetermined time has been measured. The upper part may be sent to the control means 57.

Next, the operation of the massage machine 1 in the case of performing massage in the whole body massage mode will be described. Note that the upper and lower body massage mode and the leg massage mode differ only in the region to be massaged, and their operations are the same, and therefore description thereof is omitted. In this case, the user sits on the seat 11, leans the back portion against the backrest portion 12, and also rotates the leg mounting table 20 upward by approximately 90 degrees clockwise from the position shown in FIG. 1. It is positioned in a substantially horizontal state, and the leg, that is, the calf is placed on the placing portion 26. Then, the whole body massage mode is set by operating the mode setting switch 17a of the input means 17, and then the start switch 17b is operated.

The control means 57 controls the start switch 1
When the start signal is received from 7b, the whole body massage mode is executed. That is, as described above, the control means 51 firstly sets the thigh airbag 30 or the leg airbag 35
The air generating means 51, the first air supply / exhaust valve 52 to the third air supply / exhaust valve 54 are operated so as to supply air to the air, and the first drive circuit 55 and the second drive circuit are operated. The control is performed so that the thigh vibrator 40 or the leg vibrator 44 is not inactivated or operated by setting the 56 to a non-operation state.

As a result, the thigh air bag 30
The leg airbag 35 gradually inflates, and this expansion causes the thigh airbag 30 or the leg airbag 3.
The body part corresponding to 5 is pressed by a gradually increasing pressing force, and the pressed parts massage each part of the body.

When the inflation of the thigh airbag 30 or the leg airbag 35 is maximized, the control means 57 stops the air generation means 51 and simultaneously controls the first air supply / exhaust valve 52 or the third air supply / exhaust. The valve 54 is exhausted, and the first drive circuit 55 and the second drive circuit 5
6 is operated. As a result, the air in the thigh airbag 30 or the leg airbag 35 starts to be evacuated and contracts, and the thigh vibrator 40 or the leg vibrator 44 operates, and the thigh vibrator 40 or the leg vibrator 40 operates. Vibration is applied to the body part corresponding to 44 by the vibrator 47, and each part of the body is massaged by the stimulation by the vibration.

Then, when the air in the thigh air bag 30 or the leg air bag 35 is exhausted and contracted to a predetermined state, the control means 57 returns to the thigh air bag 3 again.
The air generating means 51 and the first air supply / exhaust valve 5 supply air to the air bag 35 or the leg airbag 35 so as to be inflated.
The second to third air supply / exhaust valves 54 are operated, and the first drive circuit 55 and the second drive circuit 56 are inactive so that the thigh vibrator 40 or the leg vibrator 44 is not stopped or operated. And
This control is continued until a stop signal is input from the stop switch 17c of the input means 17 from the stop switch 17c. When the stop signal is received, the whole body massage mode is ended.

As described above, when the whole body massage mode is executed, the thigh airbag 30 or the leg airbag 35 in the inflation process, that is, in the operating state.
Accordingly, each part of the corresponding body is massaged by the stimulus of the pressing force that increases as the inflation expands, and when the maximum inflation is reached, the thigh airbag 30 or the leg airbag 35 enters a deflation process, that is, a rest state, and at the same time, the The thigh vibrator 40 or the leg vibrator 44 operates, and the vibrator 47 vibrates. The stimulus due to the vibration of the vibrator 47 is applied to each part of the body and massaged by the stimulus.

When the thigh air bag 30 or the leg air bag 35 is in operation or in the inflation process, the pressing force is gradually increased, so that the user is massaged by receiving the pressing force. I remember the sensation, but when resting or in the process of contraction, from the maximum pressing force at the time of maximum expansion, since the pressing force decreases, even if the pressing force is working overall,
The user does not have the feeling of receiving the pressing force from the airbag.

Then, the thigh air bag 30
When the leg airbag 35 is in a resting state and the user does not have a feeling of receiving the pressing force, the thigh vibrator 40 or the leg vibrator 4 can be stopped.
The stimulus by the vibration of the vibrator 47 of No. 4 is applied to each part of the body corresponding to the vibrator 47 of the thigh vibrator 40 or the leg vibrator 44, and is massaged by the vibration stimulus. For this reason, it is possible to continuously apply two different stimuli of pressure and vibration to the body alternately or to enhance the massage effect. In addition, the user receives a comfortable and different stimulus without interruption, so that a comfortable massage is provided. You can get the feeling.

When the thigh airbag 30 or the shoulder airbag 34 is in the process of operating or inflating, the body is moved by the thigh airbag 30 or the shoulder airbag 34 to the surface of the seat 11 or the backrest 12. Moving in the direction away from the thigh vibrator 4
The vibrator 47 of the zero or back vibrator 43 does not come into contact with the body, and even if it vibrates, it cannot give this vibration to the body. That is, this vibration is useless, but as described above. When the thigh airbag 30 or the shoulder airbag 34 is in the operating state, the thigh vibrator 40 or the back vibrator 43 is stopped or not operated, so that unnecessary vibration, that is, unnecessary power consumption is reduced. It can be prevented.

In a massage machine in which only an air bag is arranged, the cross section of the air bag changes from an elliptical shape to a cylindrical shape. Since it is at the top of an elliptical or cylindrical arc surface close to the body, the spacing between the pressing parts of adjacent airbags will inevitably increase, and the spacing between the parts pressing the body will also increase, and therefore, massage of the body Although it is not possible to massage the area to be treated finely, as described above, the thigh airbag 30 or the shoulder airbag 34 and the thigh vibrator 40 or the shoulder vibrator 4
Since the arrangement relationship of 3 is alternated, vibration can be applied by the vibrator between the parts pressed by the adjacent air bags, and the interval between the parts to be massaged can be reduced. The massage area can be finely massaged.

As described above, the massage machine 1 includes the seat 11, the backrest 12, and the leg rest 20 of the chair body 10.
The thigh airbag 30 which expands and contracts by the air supply and exhaust from the air supply and exhaust device 50 to massage the body.
Or a leg airbag 35 and a thigh vibrator 40 or a leg vibrator 44 for massaging the body by vibration, and the control means 57 controls the air supply / exhaust device 50 and the thigh vibrator 40 or the leg vibrator 44. Is controlled so that when one of the thigh air bag 30 or the leg air bag 35 and the thigh vibrator 40 or the leg vibrator 44 is operating to massage the body, the other is stopped. Since the massage by pressing the thigh airbag 30 or the leg airbag 35 and the massage by the vibration of the thigh vibrator 40 or the leg vibrator 44 are alternately repeated, the massage is performed without interruption. To Both because the massage is made by different stimuli pressing and vibrating, in which it is possible to enhance the massage effect. When the body is pushed up by the inflated thigh airbag 30 or the shoulder airbag 34, the thigh vibrator 40 or the back vibrator 43 may be away from the body, that is, apply vibration to the body. It is in a state that cannot be performed, and this state is the thigh vibrator 4
Since 0 or the back vibrator 43 is stopped, useless power consumption can be prevented.

In the above embodiment, the leg mounting table 20 is provided, but this may be omitted.

In the above embodiment, the operation timing of the airbag and the vibrator is set to the operation state when the airbag reaches the maximum inflation and enters the deflation process, and the vibrator is paused when the airbag enters the inflation process. However, in this case, the vibrator may be operated or stopped in accordance with the process of decreasing or increasing the pressing force of the airbag, and the timing may be slightly shifted.

In the above embodiment, the seat 1
The case where five airbags of the thigh airbag 30 or the shoulder airbag 34 and four vibrators of the thigh vibrator 40 or the back vibrator 43 are arranged in the backrest part 1 and the backrest part 12 has been described. May be a larger number, and it is not always necessary to alternately arrange them every other one.In relation to the number, for example, two vibrators may be arranged between adjacent air bags. Good thing.

In the above embodiment, the thigh vibrator 40 or the leg vibrator 44 includes:
Although two oscillators 47 are provided, the number of oscillators 47 is not limited to two but may be any number.

In the above-described embodiment, the air bag and the vibrator are alternately arranged in a plane, but this is shown in FIG. 5 (in the case where the body support is the seat 11 as an example). (Shown), a thigh vibrator 140 and a butt vibrator 141 are disposed on the seat portion 11, and the thigh airbag 130 and the butt airbag 131 are superimposed on the thigh vibrator 140 and the butt vibrator 141. The airbag and the vibrator are disposed so that the airbag is on the body side, and the thigh airbag 130 and the butt airbag 131, and the thigh vibrator 140 and the butt vibrator are disposed. 141 may be configured so that when one of them is operating, the other is paused. That.

In such a configuration, when the vibrator is at rest, massage is performed by stimulation by pressing the air bag in the inflation process, and when the air bag starts contracting, that is, at rest, the vibrator operates to operate. Because the vibration of the vibrator is applied to the body via the air bag and massaged, massage is performed without interruption and with different stimuli of pressure and vibration,
Further, since the vibration of the vibrator is applied to the body via the air bag, the vibration can be applied with a feeling similar to that at the time of pressing, that is, without a sense of discomfort, so that the massage effect can be enhanced.

As shown in FIG. 6 (similarly to the case where the body supporting portion is the seat 11 as an example), the thigh airbag 130a and the buttocks are attached to the seat 11 as opposed to the configuration shown in FIG. A thigh airbag 131a is provided, and a thigh vibrator 140a and a buttocks vibrator 141a are provided on the thigh airbag 130a and the buttocks airbag 131a. In other words, the airbag is arranged such that the vibrator is on the body side. The thigh airbag 130a, the buttocks airbag 131a, and the thigh vibrator 1
40a and the tail vibrator 141a may be configured so that when one of them is operating, the other is stopped.

With this configuration, when the thigh vibrator 140a and the butt vibrator 14a are at rest, the pressing force of the air bag during the operation, that is, the inflation process, is reduced by the resting thigh at rest. Vibrator 140a and hip vibrator 14a are applied to the body via vibrator 147a. Also, when contraction of thigh airbag 130a and airbag 131a for buttocks starts, that is, when the operation of the airbag is stopped, thigh vibrator 140a and buttocks are removed. Part vibrator 14a
Is operated, and the stimulation by the vibration of the thigh vibrator 140a and the buttocks vibrator 141a is applied to the body, so that the massage is performed without interruption and with the stimulation different in pressure and vibration, and the thigh airbag 130a and the buttocks In the inflation process of the airbag 131a, the body is pressed by the vibrator 147a of the thigh vibrator 140a and the buttocks vibrator 14a in the resting state, so the thigh airbag 130a
In addition, since a stronger stimulus than pressing by the air bag 131a for the buttocks can be applied, the massage effect can be enhanced.

In the above embodiment, the pressing means is constituted by a vibrator, but may be constituted by a cam mechanism operated by an electric motor and a pressing element operated by the cam mechanism instead of the vibrator. is there.

In the above embodiment, the case where the present invention is applied to a chair-type massage machine is described. However, the present invention can also be applied to other types of massage machines such as a mat-type massage machine.

[0052]

As described above, the invention according to claim 1 is characterized in that the massage machine body having a body support portion is expanded and contracted by air supply and exhaust from an air supply and exhaust device provided in the body support portion. A plurality of airbags for massaging the body, a plurality of pressing means provided on the body supporting portion and having a pressing element for massaging the body by pressing, and a control means for controlling the air supply / exhaust device and the pressing means. When one of the air bag and the pressing means is operated so as to massage the body, the other is paused, so that the massage by the pressing of the air bag and the massage by the pressing of the pressing means are alternately repeated. Since the massage is performed, the massage is performed without interruption, and the difference between the pressing of the airbag and the pressing of the pressing means. Stimulation that, that since the massage is made by pressing different stimuli acupressure stimulation by the soft pressing force stimulus and the pressing means by the pressing of the air bag, and has the effect that it is possible to enhance the massage effect. In addition, since the body is pushed up by the inflating air bag and the vibrator is stopped when the pressing force of the pressing element directly applied to the body is hard to act, the power consumption is effectively wasted. Has the effect of preventing the occurrence of According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the present invention, the airbag and the pressing means are alternately arranged on the body support in the first aspect of the present invention. In addition to the effects of the present invention, since the pressing means is located between the inflated front end portions of the airbags adjacent to each other, that is, the pressing portions adjacent to each other, the region where the pressing of the airbag and the pressing of the pressing device are applied, that is, the massage is performed. Since the distance between the parts to be massaged can be reduced, the massage part of the body can be massaged finely. According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the first or second aspect of the present invention, the airbag is disposed on the body supporting portion so as to overlap with the pressing means so as to be on the side facing the body. Item 1
Alternatively, in addition to the effect of the invention described in claim 2, when the pressing means is at rest, massage is performed by stimulation by the pressing of the airbag in the inflation process, that is, in the operating state, and the contraction of the airbag starts, that is, at rest Then, the pressing means operates, and the pressure of the pressing means is applied to the body via the airbag and massaged, so that the airbag is pressed without interruption and the stimulation of the pressing of the airbag is different, that is, the airbag is pressed. Massage is performed by different stimuli of soft pressing stimulus by finger and acupressure stimulus by pressing of pressing means, and the pressing of pressing means is applied to the body via the air bag, so that the feeling of discomfort is the same as when pressing the air bag. Vibration can be applied by the feeling without the touch, so the massage effect can be enhanced Than it is. According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the first or the second aspect of the present invention, the pressing means is disposed on the body supporting portion so as to overlap with the body so as to face the body. In addition to the effect of the invention according to claim 2, when the pressing means is at rest, the pressing of the airbag in the inflation process, that is, in the operating state is applied to the body via the resting resting pressing means. When the airbag starts contracting, that is, when the operation of the airbag is stopped, the pressing means operates, and a stimulus (acupressure stimulus) due to the pressing of the pressing means is applied to the body. The massage is performed by the different stimuli of the pressure of the airbag and the pressing means, and the body is pressed by the pressing means in the resting state during the inflation process of the airbag. Stronger stimulus than the pressing by it and has a shake effect can be enhanced massage effect since it is possible Kuwaeraru.

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FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a chair-type massage machine in an embodiment in which the present invention is applied to a chair-type massage machine.

FIG. 2 is a side view in which a part of the chair type massage machine is cut away.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a vibrator (pressing means) of the chair-type massage.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a control configuration of the chair type massage machine.

FIG. 5 is a side view showing another embodiment of the arrangement of the air bag and the vibrator (pressing means) of the chair type massage machine (when the air bag is on the body side).

FIG. 6 is a side view showing still another embodiment of a method of disposing an air bag and a vibrator (pressing means) of the chair type massage machine (when the vibrator is on the body side).

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Chair-type massage machine (massage machine) 10 Chair body (massage machine body) 11 Seat part (body support part) 12 Backrest part (body support part) 20 Leg rest part (body support part) 30-35 Thigh airbag -Leg air bag (air bag) 40-44 Thigh vibrator -Leg vibrator (pressing means) 47 Vibrator (pressing element) 50 Air supply / exhaust device 57 Control means

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Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A massage machine main body having a body support portion, a plurality of airbags arranged on the body support portion and inflating and contracting by air supply and exhaust from an air supply / exhaust device to massage the body, A plurality of pressing means disposed on the support portion and having a pressing element for massaging the body by pressing, and control means for controlling the air supply / exhaust device and the pressing means, wherein one of the air bag and the pressing means is provided on the body. A massage machine characterized in that the other is paused when operating to massage the other. 2. The massage machine according to claim 1, wherein the airbag and the pressing means are alternately arranged on the body support. 3. The massage machine according to claim 1, wherein the airbag is arranged on the body supporting portion so as to overlap with the pressing means so that the airbag is on the side facing the body. 4. The massage machine according to claim 1, wherein the pressing means is disposed on the body supporting portion such that the pressing means is on the side facing the body.