JP2001238905A - Foot heating device in common use as joint heating device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a device which is capable of completely heating the parts around the feet and is also capable of heating various joints as well. SOLUTION: This device has a first winding section 1 for winding around the ankle, a second winding section 2 for winding around the sole and the instep and a section 3 to be put on the toe. A notched part 4 is formed at the boundary between the first winding section 1 and the second winding section 2 from their flanks to their central side.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a heating device for heating a foot or a joint of a patient or a person suffering from chills to eliminate cold and painful stiffness.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a device for warming a foot including a toe, Japanese Patent Laid-Open Publication No. 2-94526 discloses a therapeutic device for keeping a foot warm. This is one in which a tabi-shaped bag is provided and a hot wire is put in it. The tabi-shaped opening is made openable and closable by means of magic tape or the like.

[0003]

The conventionally known therapeutic device for feet warming has a three-dimensional structure corresponding to the shape of the feet, and therefore has a drawback that it is bulky during storage and transportation. At the same time, since it has a shape exclusively for the foot, other joints cannot be kept warm. Therefore, the present invention is a flat heating device that is convenient for transportation and storage, and can surely heat a foot including a toe, and also includes various joints such as a knee, a shoulder, and an arm in addition to the foot. It is an object to provide a device that can be heated.

[0004]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a first winding portion which is formed of a flexible cloth or sheet material and is formed in a planar shape, and is wound around an ankle. 1
And a second winding part 2 extending to the leading edge of the first winding part 1 and winding the sole and the instep of the foot, and extended to the leading edge of the second winding part 2. A toe attachment portion 3, a notch 4 formed at a boundary between the first winding portion 1 and the second winding portion 2 from the side surface thereof toward the center, a first winding portion 1, Fastening means 5 for holding the open / close state of the wound state of the two winding units 2
And an electric heater 6 disposed at least in the first winding part 1 and the second winding part 2, wherein the width of the foot covering part 3 is larger than the width of the second winding part 2. It is also a joint warming device and a foot warming device formed to be narrow.

In the present invention, a first tongue piece 7 for winding is projected from a rear end of the first winding part 1, and a first tongue piece 7 for winding is formed on a front end of the second winding part 2. (2) The tongue pieces 8 are protruded, and the fastening bands 9 can be protruded from the respective tongue pieces 7, 8. Further, in the present invention, the fastening cloth 10 for fastening can be attached to the edges of the tongue pieces 7 and 8. In any one of the above-mentioned present invention, the electric heater 6 may not be arranged in the toe attachment part 3. Furthermore, in any one of the above-mentioned present invention, the notch 4 is located at the center of the joint, and the shoulder,
It is possible to heat joints such as knees and arms and the periphery thereof.

[0006]

Next, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a plan view of a joint warming device and a foot warming device according to the present invention, showing its expanded state, and FIG. 2 is an enlarged sectional view taken along the line II-II of FIG. FIGS. 3 to 8 show mounting explanatory views in the use state as the foot warming device 11 in order. FIGS. 9 to 11 show installation explanatory diagrams in the case where the present device is used as the knee joint warming device 24. Further, FIG. 12 shows that this device is used to heat the shoulder joint.
FIG. 13 is a mounting explanatory diagram when the present device is used as an elbow joint heating device 24. The joint heating device and the foot heating device are each made of a flexible laminate of a cloth and a sheet, and have an overall thickness of about 3 mm to 12 mm as an example. In this example, outer cloths 15 and 23 are arranged on the front side and the back side as shown in FIG. 20, a non-woven fabric 21, a far-infrared cloth 22 are arranged, a flexible electric heater 6 (for a relatively low temperature) is arranged between a pair of cotton cloths 19, and between the vinyl chloride sheet 20 and the non-woven cloth 21. In the figure, a ceramic 12 and a lead plate piece 13 are arranged.

This device has a first winding part 1, a second winding part 2, and a foot attachment part 3, each of which has a substantially rectangular developed shape. The first winding part 1 has a first tongue piece 7 integrally extended near one rear thereof, and the second winding part 2 has a second tongue piece 8 near one front end thereof. They are integrally extended. A pair of cutouts 4 are formed between the first winding portion 1 and the second winding portion 2 from both side edges to the vicinity of the center portion, and a connecting portion is provided therebetween to form the first winding portion. The leading end of the winding part 1 and the rear end of the second winding part 2 extend integrally. At the center of the leading edge of the second winding part 2, a foot covering part 3 having a smaller width than the second winding part 2 extends. Then, except for the first tongue piece 7 and the second tongue piece 8, the first winding part 1 and the second
A flexible electric heater 6 is arranged in the winding part 2 in a meandering manner,
Both ends are connected to the electric cord 14.

The electric heater 6 has a linear or band shape and is controlled so that the heat generation temperature is 70 ° C. or less. In addition, a plurality of ceramics 12 are arranged at points located at acupoints of the patient's feet and joints, and are adhered to a vinyl chloride sheet 20 by a nonwoven fabric 21 coated with an adhesive or an adhesive together with a lead plate piece 13 described later. ing. This ceramic
Numeral 12 is heated by the electric heater 6, radiates far infrared rays therefrom, and intensively heats the acupuncture points of the patient.
Further, a thin lead plate piece 13 is arranged at an appropriate position. At the same time, a seam 25 penetrating between the upper and lower outer cloths 15 and 23 is sewn at appropriate positions for preventing the electric heater 6 and other misalignments.

Next, a locking cloth 10 (trade name: magic tape) as fastening means 5 is sewn to the inner side edges of the first tongue piece 7 and the second tongue piece 8. Further, a pair of locking cloths 10 are sewn on the inner surface side of the first winding portion 1 and the outer surface side of the second winding portion 2, respectively, at positions adjacent to the cutout portions 4. At the same time, locking cloths 10 are sewn on the outer surface side at one edge of the second winding portion 2 and at the edge of the toe attachment portion 3, respectively. Further, the first tongue piece 7 and the second tongue piece 8 include
One end of each of the fastening bands 9 is sewn, and a locking cloth 10 is sewn to an inner end of the fastening band 9. A string 26 to be fastened when the fastening band 9 is not used is sewn to the first tongue piece 7 (see FIG. 8). A plug is provided at the end of the electric cord 14 via a timer (not shown) or a timer with a temperature adjusting function, as an example, and is connected to a commercial power supply. Then, the internal temperature of the heating device can be maintained at about 50 ° C. to 70 ° C., and the surface temperature of the outer cloth 23 can be heated to about 40 ° C. to 55 ° C. Of course, this temperature can be appropriately changed according to the condition of the patient.

[0010]

[Usage Method] The device of the present invention thus configured may be used as a foot heating device 11 or may be used as another joint heating device 24 such as a knee, shoulder, or elbow. Therefore, first, the case of using as the foot warming device 11 will be described with reference to FIGS. First, as shown in FIG. 3, the sole is placed on the center of the second winding part 2 so that the toe points toward the toe attachment part 3. Next, as shown in FIG. 4, the toe attachment portion 3 is folded back to the instep side of the foot. Next, as shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, both side portions of the second winding portion 2 are turned back to the instep side of the foot so that the second tongue piece portion 8 is located on the outer surface side, and the second tongue piece portion 8 is positioned via the locking cloth 10. (2) The tongue piece 8 is fastened to the second winding part 2. FIG. 7 shows a state where the foot is removed from the state of FIG.

Next, as shown in FIG. 8, both side portions of the first winding portion 1 are wrapped around the ankle, and the first tongue portion 7 is positioned outside, and the first tongue portion 7 is positioned on the outside. Locking cloth on outer surface
Secured through 10, can completely cover the foot. And the whole foot can be heated by energization. At this time, the fastening band 9 of the first tongue piece 7 can be tied by the string 26. Next, in order to remove the foot warming device 11, the first winding part 1 is opened as shown in FIG. 6 and the foot is removed therefrom as shown in FIG. If it is stored in that state, it is sufficient to insert the foot into the bag-shaped part and wind the first winding part 1 around the ankle for the next use.

According to the experiment, the foot can be completely heated by winding the apparatus as shown in FIG. However, it has been found that even if the foot is wrapped by the first winding part 1 and the second winding part 2 while the toe attachment part 3 is extended forward, it is not possible to completely heat the toe of the foot. That is, the toes of the feet felt cold. Therefore, the toe attachment portion 3 that can be folded back is an essential requirement of the present invention, and the use of the toe attachment portion 3 enables complete heating of the toe. It is not necessary to dispose a heater on the toe attachment portion 3. This is because the instep and toes can be sufficiently heated by the heater of the second winding part 2. Further, if a heater is arranged on the toe attachment part 3, the heater will straddle the second winding part 2 and the toe attachment part 3, and it will be inconvenient to turn the toe attachment part 3 back. . The shape of the first tongue piece 7 is the first
The reason for projecting only to the rear part of the winding part 1 is to avoid interference with the instep or ankle when the part is wound around the instep and the ankle as shown in FIGS. is there.

Next, as an example of a case where the present invention is used as the joint heating device 24, a case where the present invention is applied to a knee will be described with reference to FIGS. First, as shown in FIG. 9, the notch portion 4 is arranged so as to be positioned at the knee joint with the toe attachment portion 3 folded back. Next, the second winding part 2 is wound around the thigh as shown in FIG. 10, and the first winding part 1 is wound around the shin as shown in FIG. Then, the pair of fastening bands 9 are looped around, and their ends are fixed. Next, it is attached around the shoulder joint as shown in FIG.
What is necessary is just to latch on the winding part 1. The device may be wound around the elbow as shown in FIG. At this time, the presence of the notch 4 allows each joint to be freely bent.

[0014]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, since the notch 4 is provided at the boundary between the first winding part 1 and the second winding part 2, the first winding part 1 is provided. Can be easily wound around the ankle, and the second winding part 2 can be easily wound around the sole and the instep of the foot. Further, since the width of the toe attachment portion 3 is formed to be smaller than the width of the second winding portion 2, it becomes easy to wind the toe attachment portion 3 around the toe. And since the electric heater 6 is provided in at least the first winding part 1 and the second winding part 2, the entire foot can be effectively heated. According to the second aspect of the present invention, the first tongue piece 7 for winding is protruded from the rear end of the first winding part 1,
A second tongue piece 8 for wrapping around the end of the second winding portion 2 on the tip end side
Are provided so that they can be easily wound in conformity with the shape of the foot.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, since the locking cloth 10 to be worn is adhered to the tongue pieces 7, 8 and the fastening band 9, it is easy to attach and detach. According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, since the electric heater is not disposed on the toe attachment part 3, it is easy to turn the toe attachment part 3 back to the toe and fit it. It becomes an easy-to-handle foot heating device. According to the invention as set forth in claim 5, the notch 4
Is located at the center of the joint and can heat the joints such as the knees, shoulders and arms and the periphery thereof, and can also heat the feet, so that a highly versatile heating device can be provided.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a plan view showing an expanded state of a joint warming device and a foot warming device of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an enlarged sectional view taken along the line II-II of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a mounting explanatory view showing a first stage when the present invention is used as a foot warming device 11.

FIG. 4 is a mounting explanatory view showing the second stage.

FIG. 5 is a mounting explanatory diagram showing the third stage.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory view of the attachment showing the fourth stage.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory view showing a state where a foot is removed in the fourth stage.

FIG. 8 is a mounting explanatory view showing the fifth stage.

FIG. 9 is a mounting explanatory view showing a first stage when the present invention is used as a knee joint warming device 24.

FIG. 10 is a mounting explanatory diagram showing the second stage.

FIG. 11 is a mounting explanatory diagram showing the third stage.

FIG. 12 is an explanatory view of mounting when the present invention is used as a shoulder joint heating device 24.

FIG. 13 is an explanatory view of mounting when the present invention is used as an elbow joint warming device 24.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 1st winding part 2 2nd winding part 3 Forefoot attachment part 4 Notch part 5 Fixing means 6 Electric heater 7 1st tongue piece 8 2nd tongue piece 9 Fastening band 10 Locking cloth 11 feet Heating device 12 Ceramic 13 Lead plate piece 14 Electric cord 15 Outer cloth 16 Insulation sheet 17 Artificial leather 18 Non-woven fabric 19 Cotton cloth 20 Vinyl chloride sheet 21 Non-woven fabric 22 Far-infrared cloth 23 Outer cloth 24 Joint heating device 25 Seam 26 String

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A first winding portion 1 formed of a flexible cloth or sheet material and wound around an ankle, respectively, and a leading edge of the first winding portion 1 A second winding portion 2 that is extended to wind the sole and the instep of the foot, and a toe attachment portion 3 that extends to the leading edge of the second winding portion 2
A notch 4 formed at the boundary between the first winding part 1 and the second winding part 2 from the side surface thereof toward the center, and the first winding part 1 and the second winding part 2 In the wound state, a fastening means 5 for holding the state openable and closable, and an electric heater 6 arranged at least in the first winding part 1 and the second winding part 2, comprising: A foot heating device that also serves as a joint heating device in which the width of the attachment portion 3 is smaller than the width of the second winding portion 2. 2. The wrapping device according to claim 1, wherein a first tongue piece for winding is protruded from a rear end of the first winding portion, and a wrapping portion is formed on a front end of the second winding portion. The joint tongue heating device also has a second tongue piece 8 protruding therefrom, and the tongue piece 7, 8 has a fastening band 9 protruding therefrom. 3. The joint warming device and foot warming device according to claim 2, wherein a locking cloth 10 for fastening is adhered to an edge of each of the tongue pieces 7 and 8. 4. The foot heating device according to claim 1, wherein the electric heater 6 is not disposed on the foot attachment portion 3. 5. The shoulder according to claim 1, wherein the notch 4 is located at the center of a joint.
A foot heating device that also serves as a joint heating device that heats joints such as the knees and arms and the periphery thereof.