JP2002306568A - Interdigital massage unit - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an interdigital massage unit which gives vibration in the horizontal direction, in the vertical direction and by rotation between the toes or the fingers and which provides comfortable massage between the toes or the fingers. SOLUTION: The massage unit is provided with a box shape case 1, a step board 2 consisting of a heel board 3 arranged on the upper surface of the case 1 and of an arch of the foot board 4 supported by the heel board 3 at one end so as to be rotatable, four massage bars 30 which are arranged in front of the arch of the foot board 4 and inserted between five toes or the fingers, a arch of the foot board driving part 10 for vibrating and driving the arch of the foot board 4 vertically, forward and backward and a massage bar driving part 20 for rotating and driving the four massage bars 20 one after another.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a massage device between fingers and, more particularly, to a massage device between toes that comfortably massages between one or both toes placed on a tread plate. It is.

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, various massage devices for massaging a tired toe or the like have been proposed. Conventionally, a massage device such as a toe, for example, arranges a tread plate on a housing so as to be able to move up and down, and vibrates this tread plate up and down by a drive mechanism such as a motor, so that a foot arch placed on the tread plate can be removed. It is known to massage the toes.

However, in the above-mentioned conventional toe massaging device, since the mechanism only performs a massage for applying vibration from the lower side to an arch portion or the like, each of the five massaging devices is provided. There has been a problem that a massage that stimulates comfortably between the toes cannot be performed. Accordingly, the present invention has been developed in view of the above-described conventional situation, and imparts left, right, up, down, and further rotating vibrations between each of the five toes, and each of the five toes. It is an object of the present invention to provide an inter-finger massaging device capable of exerting a massage effect between toes while comfortably performing inter-massage.

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided an inter-finger massaging device, comprising a box-shaped housing, a heel plate disposed on an upper surface of the housing, and one end side formed by the heel plate. A tread plate comprising a rotatable arch plate, four massage rods inserted between five feet or fingers arranged on the front side of the arch plate, and up and down, front and rear And a massage rod drive section that rotates and drives the four massage rods in conjunction with each other. The inter-finger massage device according to the second aspect of the present invention is the first aspect.
In the inter-finger massage device, the tread plate,
The four massage rods are characterized by being provided in a pair of left and right symmetrical arrangements corresponding to both left and right feet or both left and right hands with respect to the housing. According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided the inter-finger massaging device according to the first or second aspect, wherein the arch driving unit is a motor disposed in a housing and an outer shape rotatably driven by the motor. Is constituted by an elliptical cam body. The massage device for fingers according to the invention according to claim 4 is the massage device for fingers according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the massage rod driving unit includes a massage rod motor disposed in a housing. ,
A driving gear portion composed of a combination of bevel gears and spur gears attached to the driving shaft of this massage rod motor, and one massage rod attached to the upper end facing the front of the arch plate are attached to the driving shaft at an angle. A rotation transmission shaft rotatably mounted in a cylinder provided by branching into, a transmission shaft comprising a bevel gear attached to the rotation transmission shaft and transmitting the rotational force of the bevel gear of the driving gear portion; At the upper end, each of three massage rods facing the front of the arch plate are attached, respectively, and are provided in the same inclination arrangement as the rotation transmission shaft including the one massage rod, and a foot or a side is disposed on the side of the driving shaft. Three rotation transmission shafts arranged in a row along the finger direction of the hand, and three spur gears respectively attached to the three rotation transmission shafts and sequentially transmitting the rotational force of the spur gears of the driving gear portion; Combination of bevel gears It is characterized in that it comprises a transmission gear unit consisting of. The massage device for fingers according to the fifth aspect of the present invention is a box-shaped housing, a heel plate disposed on the upper surface of the housing, and an arch plate that is rotatably supported at one end by the heel plate. A tread plate having: a left and right four massage rods to be inserted between five toes disposed on the front side of the arch plate; and an arch plate drive unit that vibrates the arch plate up and down and back and forth. One foot unit, a foot placement unit provided in a left-right symmetrical arrangement, a massage bar drive unit that rotates the four right and left massage bars in conjunction with each other, and a slide that slides each of the one foot units in the left and right direction And a driving unit. According to each of the inventions described in claims 1 to 4, vibration of the arch plate in the vertical and longitudinal directions by rotation of the cam body of the arch plate driving unit, and rotation driving of the four massage bars by the massage bar driving unit. With this combination, a comfortable massage can be performed between each of the five feet or fingers, and a predetermined massage effect between each of the five feet or fingers can be exerted. That is, when the arch plate is located on the lower side, the four massage rods are rotated and driven into the gap between the five fingers, and when the arch plate is located on the upper side, the four massage bars are rotationally driven. While entering shallowly between the five fingers, a comfortable massage of the fingers of the five feet or hands while imparting a massage force such as up, down, left, right and rotating to each of the five feet or hands. It can be performed. Claim 5
According to the invention described in the above, in addition to exhibiting the function of the above-mentioned claim 1, since the two-foot unit is slidably driven in the left-right direction by the slide drive unit, the five toes of both feet are provided. It is possible to provide a massage device capable of performing comfortable massage of both feet including toes by sliding both feet in the horizontal direction, in addition to the action of a massage force such as up, down, left, right, and rotating, respectively. it can.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, a finger massage device according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. FIG. 1 is a schematic perspective view showing a massage device for fingers according to an embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 1, only the right foot-side element of the inter-finger massaging device of the embodiment is shown, but in actuality, as shown in FIG.
It is configured symmetrically so that both feet can be placed. This inter-finger massaging device includes a box-shaped housing 1, a heel plate 3 on which the heel of a foot 50 disposed on the upper surface of the housing 1 is placed, and a shaft portion 5 with respect to the heel plate 3. And an arch plate 4 on which an arch portion of the foot 50 is rotatably mounted at one end side. Further, the massage device includes five toes (from the thumb to the little finger) of the foot 50 arranged on the front side of the arch plate 4.
Massage rods 6a to 6d to be inserted between
An arch plate driving unit 10 for driving the arch plate 4 to vibrate up and down, back and forth, and a massage rod driving unit 20 for rotating the four massage bars 6a to 6d to rotate.
Is provided. The arch plate driving unit 10 has a motor 11 disposed in the housing 1 and a motor 11 connected to the motor 11 via a motor shaft 12a. An elliptical cam body 12 is provided, and the rotation of the cam body 12 drives the arch plate 4 to vibrate up and down and back and forth. The massage rod drive unit 20 includes a massage rod motor 21 disposed in the housing 1 and a driving shaft (thumb side, that is, the massage rod 6a side) of the massage rod motor 21 as shown in FIG. A driving gear portion 23 composed of a combination of a bevel gear 24 and a spur gear 25 attached to 21a and a massage rod 6a at the upper end facing the front of the arch plate 4 are attached, and branched to the driving shaft 21a in an inclined arrangement. A rotation transmission shaft 34 rotatably mounted in a cylinder 32 provided as described above, and a bevel gear 29 attached to the rotation transmission shaft 34 and transmitting the rotational force of the bevel gear 24 of the driving gear portion 23. A transmission shaft 35 and each massage bar 6 facing the front of the arch plate 4 at the upper end.
b, 6c, and 6d, respectively, and the massage bar 6a
Provided in the same inclined arrangement as the rotation transmission shaft 34 having
3 arranged side by side along the toe direction on the side of the driving shaft 21a
A combination of three rotation transmission shafts 33 and three spur gears 28 and bevel gears 27 respectively attached to the three rotation transmission shafts 33 and sequentially transmitting the rotational force of the spur gear 25 of the driving gear unit 23. And a transmission gear portion 26 made of
A rotation transmission shaft 34 to which the massage bar 6a is attached;
As shown in FIG. 3, the drive shaft 21 a is such that when viewed from the direction of the arch driving unit 10, the two shafts are such that the rotation transmission shaft 34 is hidden by the drive shaft 21 a. It is provided to be branched into an inclined arrangement. As shown in FIG. 2, the rotation transmission shaft 33 to which the massage rods 6b, 6c, and 6d are attached, and the rotation transmission shaft 34 to which the massage rod 6a is attached, as shown in FIG. They are provided so that the states match. The four massage rods 6a to 6d are projected upward from the four rectangular holes 1b drilled in the cover plate 1a provided in the housing 1 in an arrangement corresponding to the direction in which the toes are arranged. . The massage rods 6a to 6d are made of, for example, a silicone material having flexibility, are formed in an elongated rod shape having an uneven step on the outer periphery, and 6a located between the thumb and the index finger, between the index finger and the middle finger. 6b, 6c located between the middle finger and the third finger, and 6d located between the third finger and the little finger are formed to have different thicknesses according to the narrow width between the fingers. FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram showing a state in which the left and right feet are placed on the left and right tread plates 2 of the massage device for fingers according to the embodiment of the present invention. According to the above-described massage device for fingers according to the embodiment of the present invention, the shank plate 4 is vibrated vertically and longitudinally by the rotation of the cam body 12 of the arch plate driving unit 10, and the massage rod driving unit 20 is used. In combination with the rotation drive of the four massage rods 6a to 6d, a comfortable massage between each of the five toes can be performed, and a predetermined massage effect between each of the five toes can be obtained. Can be demonstrated. That is, as shown in FIG. 5, when the arch 4 is located on the lower side, the four massage rods 6a to 6d are rotated and driven to enter deeply between the five fingers, and as shown in FIG. When the arch plate 4 is located on the upper side, the four massage rods 6a to 6d are shallowly inserted between the five fingers while being rotationally driven. Thereby, comfortable massage of the five toes can be performed while imparting a massage force such as up, down, left, right, and rotation to each of the five toes. Although the inter-finger massaging device according to the embodiment of the present invention described above is mainly used as a massaging device between toes, it can be used as a massaging device between fingers. Next, another example of the embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 7 is a schematic perspective view of a massage device for fingers according to another example of the embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 8 is a perspective view showing the lower side from the line AA of FIG. The inter-finger massaging device according to this embodiment includes a box-shaped housing 1A, and a pair of left and right one-foot units 41a incorporated in the housing 1A in a left-right symmetric arrangement and at a predetermined interval d. It has a foot rest 40 made of 41b. A pair of left and right one leg units 41
a and 41b are, similarly to the case described above, a stepping plate 2 having a heel plate 3 and each arch plate 4 whose one end is rotatably supported by the heel plate 3; The four massage rods 6a to 6d to be inserted between the five toes of the foot 50 and the massage rod drive unit 20 (FIG. 7) that rotates the four massage rods 6a to 6d to rotate. (Not shown). Further, an arch plate driving unit 10 (not shown in FIG. 7) similar to the arch plate driving unit 10 shown in FIG. 1 that vibrates and drives each of the arch plates 4 up and down and back and forth is provided.
Further, as shown in FIG. 8, the inter-finger massage device includes a one-foot unit 4 slidably incorporated in the housing 1 </ b> A.
A slide drive unit 43 that slides 1a and 41b in the direction of the arrow in FIG. The outer periphery of the slide drive unit 43 is the one leg unit 41a between the one leg units 41a and 41b in the housing 1A.
A slide cam body 44 having a substantially elliptical outer diameter disposed so as to be in contact with the wall surface of the slide cam body 41b, a slide motor 45 for driving the slide cam body 44 to rotate, and the outside of the one leg units 41a and 41b (the little finger Side to be arranged)
And bellows members 46a and 46b arranged respectively. According to this inter-finger massaging device, in addition to exerting the operation of the inter-finger massaging device of the above-described embodiment, the slide motor 45 of the slide drive unit 43 is rotated to set the slide cam body 44. By rotating and driving the two-legged units 41a and 41b, FIGS.
In addition to the above, the reciprocating sliding drive is performed in the direction of the arrow (horizontal horizontal direction) shown in FIG. It is possible to perform comfortable massage of both feet including toes by sliding back and forth in the left and right horizontal directions.

According to the present invention, in particular, each of the five toes or fingers can be comfortably applied to each of the five toes or fingers while imparting a massage force such as up, down, left, right or rotating. A massage device capable of performing a massage can be provided. Further, according to the present invention, a massage device capable of performing comfortable massage of each of five feet or fingers by arbitrarily placing one of the left or right foot or both feet, or the left or right hand or both hands. Can be provided. Further, according to the present invention, it is possible to provide a massage device capable of performing comfortable massage of both feet including toes by sliding both feet in the horizontal direction.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic perspective view showing a right foot portion of a massage device for fingers according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a partial side view of a massage rod driving unit in the massage device for fingers according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of a massage rod driving unit in the massage device for fingers according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory view of a state where both feet are placed on the inter-finger massage device according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a schematic explanatory diagram showing a toe massaging state (an arched plate rising state) of the present embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a schematic explanatory view showing a massage state of a toe (an arch lowering state) in the present embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a schematic perspective view of an inter-finger massage device according to another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a perspective view showing the lower side from the line AA in FIG. 7 as a cross-sectional state;

[Explanation of symbols]

 REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 1 housing 1A housing 1a cover plate 1b rectangular hole 2 tread plate 3 heel plate 4 arch plate 5 shaft portion 6a to 6d massage bar 10 arch plate drive unit 11 motor 12 elliptical cam body 12a motor shaft 20 massage bar drive unit 21 Massage rod motor 21a Drive shaft 23 Drive gear 24 Bevel gear 25 Spur gear 26 Transmission gear 27 Bevel gear 28 Spur gear 29 Bevel gear 32 Cylinder 33 Rotation transmission shaft 34 Rotation transmission shaft 35 Transmission shaft 40 Foot rest Unit 41a One leg unit 41b One leg unit 43 Slide drive unit 44 Slide cam body 45 Slide motor 46a Bellows member 46b Bellows member 50 feet

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A tread plate comprising a box-shaped housing, a heel plate disposed on an upper surface of the housing, and an arch plate rotatably supported at one end by the heel plate; Four massage rods inserted between the five feet or fingers of the hand arranged on the front side, an arch plate driving unit that drives the arch plate to vibrate up and down, back and forth, and interlocks the four massage rods And a massage rod driving section that is driven to rotate. 2. The system according to claim 1, wherein the tread plate and the four massage rods are provided in a symmetrical arrangement with respect to the housing, corresponding to both left and right feet or both left and right hands. The massage device for fingers according to 1 above. , 3. The finger according to claim 1, wherein the arch plate driving section is constituted by a motor disposed in a housing and a cam body having an elliptical outer shape driven and rotated by the motor. Massage device for interval. 4. A massage bar drive unit comprising: a massage bar motor disposed in a housing; a driving gear unit comprising a combination of a bevel gear and a spur gear attached to a driving shaft of the massage bar motor; A massage rod that faces the front of the arch plate is attached to the rotation transmission shaft that is rotatably mounted in a cylinder that is branched and provided in an inclined arrangement on the driving shaft, and is attached to the rotation transmission shaft; A transmission shaft composed of a bevel gear for transmitting the rotating force of the bevel gear of the driving gear portion, and three massage rods facing the front of the arch plate are attached to the upper end, respectively, and the one massage rod is attached. Three rotation transmission shafts are provided in the same inclined arrangement as the provided rotation transmission shaft, and are arranged side by side with the driving shaft along the direction of the finger of the foot or the hand. Attached 3 for sequentially transmitting the rotational force of the spur gear of the driving gear
The transmission gear section comprising a combination of a plurality of spur gears and bevel gears, the massage apparatus for fingers according to any one of claims 1 to 3, further comprising: 5. A tread plate having a box-shaped housing, a heel plate disposed on an upper surface of the housing, and an arch plate whose one end is rotatably supported by the heel plate; One foot unit including left and right four massage rods to be inserted between the five toes arranged on the front side, and an arch plate driving unit that vibrates the arch plate up and down and back and forth is provided in a left-right symmetric arrangement. A foot rest, a massage rod drive that rotates the four right and left massage sticks in conjunction with each other, and a slide drive that slides the one foot unit in the left-right direction. Massage device for fingers.