JP2001314469A - Chair type massager - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a chair type massager which can adjust the position for a neck in a backrest and its projection height to deal with the neck of a patient and set the hoisting range of the treatment member, which is effective for treatment. SOLUTION: In the chair type of massager a massage device 3 with a hoistable treatment member 6 is disposed inside a backrest section 2. On the upper limit position for the ascent of the treatment member 6 there is disposed a neck holding device 4 which can expand and contract and ascend and descend and on the neck holding device 4 there is provided an ascent position setting device 41 which can set the upper limit position for the ascent of the treatment member 6. The position for a neck in a backrest 2 and its projection height can be adjusted to deal with the neck of a patient, while the position of a patient's shoulder is automatically adjusted by the above adjustment, thereby setting the hoisting range of the treatment member of the massage device 3, which is effective for treatment.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a chair-type massage machine provided with a neck holding mechanism in a backrest.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a chair-type massage machine of this type is provided with a massage mechanism inside a backrest portion, and massages the shoulder and back of a user leaning on the backrest portion. There is something that did.

[0003] Such a chair-type massage machine is provided integrally with a head holding portion on the upper portion of the backrest portion so as to stably hold the head of the user. .

[0004]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional chair type massage machine, the height of the head holding portion provided on the upper portion of the backrest portion is constant, and the height cannot be adjusted. However, there is a problem that a burden is applied to the neck depending on the practitioner, and the neck becomes stiff even though the massage is applied.

Further, in the above-mentioned conventional chair type massage machine,
The head holding part provided on the upper part of the backrest part is only for stably holding only the head of the practitioner leaning on the backrest part, and when performing massage by the treatment element of the massage mechanism It is not related at all, especially when a user of a different body shape massages from the shoulder to the waist, because the shoulder position differs depending on the user's body shape,
There is also a problem that massage cannot be performed while appropriately adjusting to these different shoulder positions.

[0006] In particular, the above problem is that when performing massage while raising and lowering the treatment element within a predetermined range, the treatment element may move up to an extra area beyond the shoulder that does not require treatment,
There is an inconvenience that the treatment element can only be moved up to the position below the shoulder and cannot massage a part requiring treatment.

By the way, a patient who is very stiff wants to massage the neck part. Since a large number of nerves are concentrated on the cervical vertebrae of the neck part, a strong massage is applied to this part. If too long, there is a risk of adversely affecting the nerves.

[0008] Therefore, in recent years, it has been considered that a relatively soft massage is more preferable from a medical point of view.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in consideration of the above-mentioned circumstances while solving the above-mentioned various problems. The position of the backrest corresponding to the neck and the height of the protrusion are adjusted to correspond to the neck of the user. It is an object of the present invention to provide a chair-type massage machine capable of automatically adjusting a shoulder position of a practitioner by the adjustment so as to easily change and set a treatment effective elevating range of a treatment member of a massage mechanism. Is what you do.

[0010]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The chair type massage machine of the present invention is configured as follows to achieve the above object.

That is, the chair-type massage machine of the present invention comprises:
The backrest portion is equipped with a massage mechanism having a vertically movable treatment member, and an inflatable and vertically movable neck holding mechanism is arranged at the upper limit position of the movement of the treatment member. Things.

Further, the neck holding mechanism in the chair type massage machine of the present invention is characterized in that it can be independently expanded and contracted and held up and down freely.

Further, the chair-type massage machine of the present invention is characterized in that the neck holding mechanism is provided with an ascending position setting mechanism capable of setting an ascending upper limit position of a treatment member of the massage mechanism.

Further, the chair type massage machine of the present invention
The treatment member and the neck holding mechanism of the massage mechanism are configured to move up and down along rails arranged vertically in the backrest.

[0015]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Hereinafter, a chair type massage machine of the present invention will be described in detail based on one embodiment shown in the drawings. The chair-type massage machine of the present invention is provided with a backrest portion 2 that rises and falls so as to be adjustable in angle behind the seat portion 1,
Inside the backrest portion 2, there is provided a vertically movable massage mechanism 3 that can change the massage position by the treatment member 6 up and down.

Further, a neck holding mechanism 4 is provided at a position slightly lower than the head above the backrest 2 so as to be vertically movable and adjustable in height.

In the embodiment shown in FIGS. 1 to 4, the massage mechanism 3 is provided with a rail 5 extending vertically inside the backrest portion 2. The massage mechanism 3 moves up and down along the rail 5, and moves freely. The example in which the treatment member 6 for performing the kneading, beating operation, the vibration operation, the acupressure operation, or the composite operation of these while performing the position or the continuous ascending and descending is illustrated.

In the embodiment shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, the massage mechanism 3 is provided with a treatment mounting member 7 extending vertically inside the backrest portion 2. A treatment member 6 that supplies and discharges compressed air via an air hose 9 to repeatedly inflate and contract or hold a plurality of air bags 8 is illustrated.

A supply / exhaust mechanism 10 such as an air compressor for supplying / exhausting compressed air to / from the treatment member 6 provided with the air bag 8 is installed below the seat 1 in the embodiment so as not to be obstructed during use. Although an example is shown, when the air supply / exhaust mechanism 10 can be constituted by a relatively small member, the air supply / exhaust mechanism 10 may be provided below the backrest 2.

The massage mechanism 3 may be configured to be able to move up and down. For example, the treatment mounting member 7 provided with the treatment member 6 may be integrally moved up and down by a driving member or the like. Although not shown, each air bladder 8 of the treatment member 6 disposed on the attachment member 7 may be moved up and down by a driving member.

The neck holding mechanism 4 is capable of expanding and contracting or expanding and contracting independently of the massage mechanism 3 above the rail 5 and the treatment mounting member 7 disposed inside the backrest 2. And it is arranged to be able to move up and down freely.

The neck holding mechanism 4 is capable of expanding or contracting or expanding and contracting from the air supply / exhaust mechanism 10 via an air hose 9 so as to apply an expanding / contracting massage to the neck of the user or to maintain the height of the neck. The neck holding mechanism 4 having the pressing member 12 provided on the upper surface of the bellows-like elastic member 11 as shown in the embodiment of FIGS. As shown in the embodiment of FIG. 6 to FIG. 6, a neck holding mechanism 4 provided with a press receiving member 12 ′ on the upper surface of an elastic member 11 is used, and such a neck holding mechanism 4 is used for the treatment member 6 in the massage mechanism 3. By arranging at the upper limit position of the ascending and descending movement by a driving member or the like, the position can be adjusted in accordance with the difference in sitting height and the degree of sitting.

Reference numeral 41 shown in the embodiment is an ascending position setting mechanism capable of setting the ascending upper limit position of the treatment member 6 of the massage mechanism 3. The ascending position setting mechanism 41 is, for example, a limit switch or an electromagnetic clutch. And to confirm the position of the treatment member 6 with an infrared sensor or the like, and to reverse the moving direction of the treatment member 6 from ascending to descending. The mechanism 41 is attached to the lower part of the neck holding mechanism 4. This is for transmitting a signal for reversing the driving direction to the driving member.

When using the chair-type massage machine of the present invention configured as described above, the practitioner sits on the present invention as shown in FIGS. As described above, if the compressed air supplied to and exhausted from the elastic member 11 of the neck holding mechanism 4 is adjusted to expand and contract the elastic member 11 to an appropriate size, the height of the neck holding mechanism 4 can be adjusted according to the user. Since it can be adjusted, the degree of neck holding does not place a burden on the neck muscles.

The telescopic member 11 of the neck holding mechanism 4
By repeatedly supplying and discharging compressed air, the expansion and contraction massage by the neck holding mechanism 4 can be performed.

Further, using the chair-type massage machine of the present invention, the treatment member 6 which performs operations such as massaging, hitting, and expanding / contracting.
Is moved up and down to perform continuous back massage, the massage is performed by the ascending position setting mechanism 41 attached to the lower part of the neck holding mechanism 4 as shown in FIGS. 1, 3, 5, and 6. Since the upper limit position of the movement of the treatment member 6 of the mechanism 3 is set, the treatment member 6 does not rise to a position higher than the back and massages a useless area other than the treatment site. The treatment member 6 is inverted at the lower part and moved to the lower part of the back as shown in FIG. 2 and FIG. 4 to perform the massage, so that the back massage without waste can be appropriately performed.

Furthermore, when continuous back massage is performed in the same manner as described above using the chair-type massage machine of the present invention, the compressed air to be supplied to and exhausted from the elastic member 11 of the neck holding mechanism 4 is adjusted. The expansion and contraction member 11 can be expanded and contracted to an appropriate size, and an appropriate massage can be applied to the entire back in a relaxed state in which the neck portion is stably held. Further, while repeatedly performing expansion and contraction massage by the neck holding mechanism 4, Figure 1
Alternatively, a back massage can be performed as shown in FIG.

[0028]

The chair-type massage machine of the present invention is configured as described above, so that the height of the neck head holding mechanism provided on the upper part of the backrest portion can be adjusted to suit the preferences of the user. It can be adjusted accordingly, does not burden the neck, and there is no problem that the neck is stiff.

Further, the neck holding mechanism is arbitrarily moved up and down so as to correspond to the position of the neck of the user, and the neck holding mechanism is repeatedly expanded and contracted. Since the holding mechanism is provided with an ascending position setting mechanism that can set the upper limit position of the ascending movement of the treatment member, the treatment member of the massage mechanism can be operated by simply associating the neck holding mechanism with the neck position of the user. The shoulder position (upper limit position) is automatically adjusted, and only the effective back area can be massaged by the treatment member, so that a proper back massage without waste can be performed.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory view showing a use state of a chair-type massage machine of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing a use state of the chair-type massage machine of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory view showing a use state of the chair-type massage machine of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory view showing a use state of the chair-type massage machine of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory view showing a use state of the chair-type massage machine of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory view showing a use state of the chair-type massage machine of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view of the chair-type massage machine of the present invention shown in FIGS.

FIG. 8 is a perspective view of the chair-type massage machine of the present invention shown in FIGS. 3 to 6;

[Explanation of symbols]

 2 Backrest part 3 Massage mechanism 4 Neck holding mechanism 41 Elevation position setting mechanism 5 Rail 6 Treatment member

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Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A massage mechanism having a treatment member which can be moved up and down in a backrest portion, and a neck holding mechanism which can be expanded and contracted and which can be moved up and down is arranged at an upper limit position of movement of the treatment member. Chair type massage machine characterized by things. 2. The chair-type massage machine according to claim 1, wherein the neck holding mechanism is configured to be capable of independently expanding and contracting and to be able to move up and down. 3. The chair-type massage machine according to claim 1, wherein the neck holding mechanism is provided with an ascending position setting mechanism that can set an ascending upper limit position of the treatment member of the massage mechanism. 4. The chair according to claim 1, wherein the treatment member and the neck holding mechanism of the massage mechanism are configured to move up and down along rails arranged vertically in the backrest. Type massage machine.