JP2002315805A - Hand grip type massaging machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a hand grip type massaging machine capable of speedily heating and massaging an affected part by massaging it in the state of directly warming the affected part with warm air. SOLUTION: The hand grip type massaging machine is provided with a hollow casing 2 which can be carried with hands, a massaging member 4 connected to the tip part of this casing 2, and a blowing means housed inside of the casing 2 so as to blow out the warm air 11 toward just beside the member 4 from an exhaust port 6 formed at the tip part of the casing 2.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a hand-held massage device suitable for massaging the shoulders and neck muscles of a human body.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A hand-held massage device of this type is usually constituted by connecting a massage member for performing a hit massage or a vibration massage to the tip of a hand-held casing, and holding the casing with one hand. The member is applied to an affected part such as a shoulder or a neck, and in this state, the massage member is driven to perform a beating massage or a vibration massage on the affected part (for example, JP-A-5-3903, JP-A-5-11552).
No. 3).

[0003]

By the way, when a massage is applied to the human body, it is known that if various massages are performed while the affected part is directly heated, the blood circulation of the affected part is promoted more quickly and the massage effect is improved. Have been.
Therefore, in the above-mentioned conventional massage device, if the electric heater is housed in the inside of the massage member directly in contact with the affected part, desired massage is performed while directly heating the affected part (hereinafter referred to as heated massage). Thereby, the massage effect can be improved.

However, in the means in which the electric heater is provided inside the massage member in contact with the diseased part, the diseased part is warmed through the temperature rise of the massage member by the electric heater, so that it takes a certain time to warm the diseased part. And there is a drawback that heating massage cannot be performed quickly. In view of such circumstances, an object of the present invention is to provide a hand-held massage device capable of performing massage while directly heating a diseased part by warming the diseased part with warm air, so that a heated massage for the diseased part can be performed more quickly. I do.

[0005]

Means for Solving the Problems In order to achieve the above object, the present invention has taken the following technical means. That is, the hand-held massage device according to the present invention includes a hollow casing that can be held, a massage member connected to the distal end of the casing, and an exhaust port formed at the distal end of the casing. Air blowing means housed inside the casing to blow warm air toward the side.

According to the present invention, since the blowing means blows out the warm air from the exhaust port formed at the end of the casing toward the side of the massage member, the vicinity of the affected part is directly caused by the warm air. Will be warmed up. Therefore, the affected part can be heated and massaged more quickly than when the affected part is heated via the temperature rise of the massage member itself. In addition, since the warm air from the exhaust port passes immediately beside the massage member, the temperature of the massage member itself is also increased by the warm air. Therefore, when a certain period of time has elapsed since the operation of the air blowing means, the vicinity of the affected part is directly heated by the warm air, and the affected part is directly warmed by the massage member whose temperature has been increased by the warm air. Thus, a more effective heating massage can be performed than immediately after the blowing means is operated.

In the present invention, the blower means includes a blower motor housed in a casing, a fan fixed to an output shaft of the motor, and an electric heater disposed in the casing between the fan and an exhaust port. And a heater. Further, in the present invention, as the massage member, various members that perform any one of a kneading motion, a hitting motion, a vibration motion, or a combination thereof can be adopted. However, when using a massage member that performs vibration exercise,
The massage member may be constituted by a hollow body connected to the distal end of the casing via an elastic member, and a vibration means for causing the massage member to vibrate may be housed inside the hollow body.

[0008] More specifically, the vibrating means includes:
The vibration motor can be constituted by a vibration motor housed in a hollow massage member and a vibrator eccentrically mounted on the output shaft of the vibration motor.

[0009]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. As shown in FIG. 1, a hand-held massage device 1 of the present embodiment includes a casing 2 made of a plastic hollow body formed into a substantially cylindrical shape that can be held, and a tip of the casing 2 (upper end in FIG. 1). An elastic member 3 composed of a coil spring fixed coaxially to the elastic member 3, and a massage member 4 composed of a plastic hollow body fixed coaxially to the upper end of the elastic member 3 are provided.

The elastic member 3 is not limited to the metal coil spring shown in the figure, but may be a leaf spring material or a rubber connecting member. A suction port 5 is formed at a base end of the casing 2 by notching a part of the base end in the circumferential direction. The exhaust port 6
Are formed. The base end of the casing 2 is tapered downward, and an electric cord 7 is provided at the center thereof.
Is connected.

A vibration means 8 for vibrating the massage member 4 is provided inside the massage member 4.
The vibration means 8 is composed of a vibration motor 9 disposed at the center in the massage member 4 and a vibrator 10 eccentrically mounted on the output shaft of the vibration motor 9. . Also, inside the casing 2,
Blowing means 12 for blowing hot air 11 on the affected area to warm it
The air blowing means 12 is provided in the casing 2.
Blower motor 13 arranged at the center of the inside, fan 14 fixed to the output shaft of motor 13, casing 2
And an electric heater 15 disposed between the fan 14 and the exhaust port 6.

As shown in FIG. 1, a slightly upwardly bulging lid 16 is integrally formed at the distal end of the casing 2, and the base end of the elastic member 3 is formed at the center of the lid 16. Fixed. The exhaust port 6 is provided in the casing 2.
Is formed on a shoulder portion that continuously connects the lid 16 and the peripheral wall portion 17 in a round shape. For this reason, when the fan 14 rotates by driving the blower motor 13, the outside air 18 is sucked into the casing 2 from the intake port 5, and is heated by the electric heater 15 while the outside air 18 passes through the inside of the casing 2. The hot air 11 becomes the hot air 11 and the fan 1
As a result, the air is blown from the exhaust port 6 to the outside of the casing 2 by the wind force 4.

Since the exhaust port 6 is formed along the shoulder at the tip of the casing 2,
The warm air 11 from the exhaust port 6 is blown out from the base end side of the massage member 4 toward the side of the massage member 4 so as to surround the periphery of the massage member 4. Although not shown, the casing 2
A plurality of switches for individually turning on and off the vibration motor 9, the blower motor 13, and the electric heater 15 are provided on the peripheral wall portion 17.

Further, in the massage device 1 of the present embodiment, the massage member 4 is housed in the massage member 4 because it is coaxially connected to the tip of the substantially cylindrical casing 2. A vibration motor 9 constituting the vibration means 8 and a blowing means 12 housed in the casing 2;
Are arranged substantially in series on the center line of the casing 2, whereby the casing 2 becomes unnecessarily large with the addition of the blowing means 12. We try to prevent bloat as much as possible.

In order to heat and massage an affected part of the human body using the massage device 1 having the above-described structure, all the switches are turned on while holding the casing 2 with one hand, and in this state, the massage member 4 which is vibrating.
May be pressed against a desired affected part. At this time, according to the massage device 1 of the present embodiment, the warm air 11 is blown out from the exhaust port 6 formed at the distal end portion of the casing 2 toward the side of the massage member 4. 11, the vicinity of the affected part is directly heated. Therefore, the affected part can be heated and massaged more quickly than when the affected part is heated via the temperature rise of the massage member 4 itself.

Since the warm air 11 from the exhaust port 6 passes immediately beside the massage member 4, the massage member 4
The temperature itself is also increased by the hot air 11, and therefore, when a certain period of time has elapsed since the operation of the blowing means 12, the vicinity of the affected part is directly warmed by the hot air, and The affected part is also directly heated by the massage member 4 whose temperature has been increased by the hot air 11, so that a more effective heating massage can be performed than immediately after the blowing means 12 is operated. Note that the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment. For example, the massage member 4 may employ not only a member that performs a vibration motion but also one that performs another massage motion such as a kneading motion or a hitting motion. Can also.

[0017]

As described above, according to the present invention,
Since the massage can be performed while the affected part is directly warmed by the warm air, the heated massage on the affected part can be performed more quickly.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a hand-held massage device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Massager 2 Casing 3 Elastic member 4 Massage member 6 Exhaust port 8 Vibration means 9 Vibration motor 10 Vibrator 11 Hot air 12 Blowing means 13 Blowing motor 14 Fan 15 Electric heater

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. Hollow casing (2) which can be held by hand
And a massage member (4) connected to the distal end of the casing (2); and an exhaust port (6) formed at the distal end of the casing (2), immediately side of the massage member (4). The casing (2) for blowing hot air (11) toward the casing
A hand-held massage device comprising: a blowing means (12) housed in the inside of the body. 2. The air blowing means (12) includes a casing (2).
The blower motor (13) housed in the
3) A fan (14) fixed to the output shaft of (3), and an electric heater (15) arranged between the fan (14) and an exhaust port in the casing (2). A hand-held massage device according to claim 1. 3. The massage member (4) is composed of a hollow body connected to a distal end portion of a casing (2) via an elastic member (3), and the massage member (4) is provided inside the hollow body. The hand-held massage device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein a vibration means (8) for vibrating movement is accommodated. 4. A vibrating means (8) includes: a vibrating motor (9) housed in a massage member (4) formed of a hollow body;
The hand-held massage device according to claim 3, comprising a vibrator (10) eccentrically mounted on an output shaft of the vibration motor (9).