JP2002369854A - Massage machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To make the strength and the width position adjustable so as to attain optimum touch for every divided section in the vertical direction. SOLUTION: A massage machine 1 is provided with a vertical movement means for vertically moving a treater to be in contact with a human body. It is provided with a strength adjusting means 6 capable of adjusting the strength by projecting the treater and a control part 5 for dividing the moving range of the treater in the vertical direction in two or more, providing data deciding the projecting position of the treater corresponding to each divided section and adjusting the strength by the strength adjusting means 6 on the basis of the data.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a massage machine having a vertical moving means for vertically moving a treatment element which comes into contact with a human body.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a conventional massage machine, the strength of the treatment element does not change with respect to the vertical position of the treatment element when massaging. Therefore, depending on the location of the human body, the treatment element may have a strong part and a weak part. As a result, the practitioner could not get a comfortable massage feeling.

[0003]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and can adjust the strength and width and adjust the width position so as to obtain an optimal hit for each vertical division. It is another object of the present invention to provide a massage machine capable of adjusting the strength and width and adjusting the width position so as to obtain an optimal contact for each vertical division according to the height.

[0004]

Means for Solving the Problems In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, a massage machine according to the present invention is a massage machine having up-and-down moving means for vertically moving a treatment element in contact with a human body. Providing strength adjustment means that can adjust the amount of strength by protruding, providing data for determining the protruding position of the treatment element corresponding to each division by dividing the vertical movement range of the treatment element based on this data And a control unit for performing strength adjustment by means of strength adjustment means. With such a configuration, the moving range of the treatment element in the up-down direction can be set to the optimal treatment state of the treatment element for each of the plurality of divided sections, and the treatment state of the treatment element due to the bending of the back and the like. Can be adjusted by the amount of strength.

[0005] Further, a function is provided for determining the uppermost position of the vertical movement of the treatment element according to the height, and the vertical movement range of the treatment element for each height is divided into a plurality of parts corresponding to each division. It is preferable to provide data for determining the protruding position of the treatment element, and to provide a control unit for performing strength adjustment by the strength adjusting means based on the data for each division according to height. As described above, the difference in the strength position due to the difference in height is corrected as the optimal treatment state of the treatment element for each divided section obtained by dividing the moving range of the treatment element in the vertical direction into a plurality of divisions corresponding to the persons having different heights. Therefore, even a person having a different height can adjust the degree of contact of the treatment element suitable for the person.

[0006] Further, the massage machine has a vertical moving means for vertically moving a treatment element in contact with a human body, and a width position adjusting means for adjusting the width position by moving the treatment element right and left. There is provided data for dividing the moving range of the treatment element in the vertical direction into a plurality of parts and determining the width position of the treatment element corresponding to each divided section. It may be characterized by including a control unit for adjusting the width position. With such a configuration, the difference in the width position due to the difference in the vertical position (for example, the difference between the acupoint position on the shoulder and the acupoint position on the waist)
Can be adjusted by the width.

Also, a function is provided for determining the position of the uppermost part of the vertical movement of the treatment element according to the height, and the vertical movement range of the treatment element for each height is divided into a plurality of parts to correspond to each divided section. The width position data for determining the width position of the treatment element, and providing a control unit for adjusting the width position by the width position adjusting means based on the data for each division according to the height. Is preferred. In this way, the width direction of the treatment element is set as an appropriate position in each of the divided sections obtained by dividing the moving range of the treatment element in the vertical direction into a plurality of sections corresponding to different heights of the treatment element. The difference in position can be corrected, so that even a person of different height can adjust the position of the treatment element in the width direction suitable for the person.

[0008] A massage machine having up-down moving means for vertically moving a treatment element in contact with a human body,
A function for determining the uppermost position of the vertical movement of the treatment element according to the height is provided, and the vertical movement range of the treatment element for each height is divided into a plurality of parts, and the treatment element With strength data for determining the protruding position and width position data for determining the width position of the treatment element corresponding to each divided section by dividing the moving range of the treatment element in the vertical direction for each height into a plurality of divisions, A control unit for performing width adjustment and strength adjustment based on the strength data and the width position data for each of the divided sections according to the height may be provided. By adopting such a configuration, the difference in width position due to the difference in height is corrected, and the treatment condition of an optimal width position in each division section and a treatment element suitable for the person can be corrected even for a user having a different height. Can be adjusted.

[0009]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be described below based on embodiments shown in the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view of one embodiment of the massage machine 1. A massage machine 1 shown in the accompanying drawings shows an example of a chair-type massage machine, and a user has a seat 2
Sit back and lean back against backrest 3
The massage operation is performed by a treatment element (not shown) that comes into contact with the human body provided in the apparatus. The treatment element provided on the backrest 3 and coming into contact with the human body can be moved up and down by means of up and down moving means so that each part of the human body can be massaged.

FIG. 1 is a control block diagram of the massage machine of the present invention. The massage machine 1 is provided with an up-down drive control block serving as up-down movement means 4 for performing up-down movement of the treatment element. The control unit 5 controls the up-down movement means 4 to move the treatment element up and down. ing. Further, the massage machine 1 has a strength adjusting means 6 for adjusting the amount of protrusion of the treatment element (that is, the amount of the treatment element protruding toward the side of the user leaning on the backrest) to adjust the amount of strength.
The control unit 5 controls the strength adjustment means 6 to adjust the amount of protrusion of the treatment element to adjust the strength. Further, the massage machine is provided with a width drive control block serving as width position adjusting means 7 for moving the treatment element left and right to adjust the position of the treatment element in the width direction (hereinafter referred to as the width position),
The width position of the treatment element is adjusted by controlling the width position adjusting means 7 by the control unit 5.

The massage machine is provided with a vertical sensor block 8, a strength sensor block 9, and a width sensor block 10. The vertical sensor block 8 is for detecting the position of the treatment element in the vertical direction, and the strength sensor block 9 is for detecting the amount of protrusion (ie, the amount of protrusion) of the treatment element 2. Block 10 is for detecting the position of the treatment element in the width direction. The upper and lower sensor block 8, the strength sensor block 9, and the width sensor block 10 are conventionally known, for example, as disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 7-323066, the upper and lower sensor block 8, the strength sensor block 9, and the width sensor block. The same configuration as 10 can be used.

The control unit 5 has a memory 11.
The memory 11 stores data (for example, data as shown in FIG. 2) for dividing the moving range of the treatment element in the vertical direction into a plurality of parts and determining the protruding position of the treatment element corresponding to each divided section. In addition, according to the vertical position of the treatment element detected by the vertical sensor block 8 (in other words, depending on which division in the vertical direction the treatment element is located in), the strength drive control block serving as the strength adjustment means 6 is supported. The control is performed according to the data to adjust the amount of protrusion of the treatment element (adjustment of the strength position).

Here, a function for determining the uppermost position of the vertical movement of the treatment element according to the height is provided, and the memory 11 provided in the control unit 5 is provided with a function to determine the vertical position of the treatment element for each different height. May be divided into a plurality of ranges, and data (data as shown in FIG. 3) for determining the protruding position of the treatment element corresponding to each divided section may be stored. In this case, the massage machine 1 is provided with a shoulder position detecting means, and when the user sits on the seat 2 of the massage machine 1 and leans his back on the backrest 3, the shoulder position detecting means detects the shoulder position of the user. The position of the uppermost part of the up-and-down movement of the treatment child is determined according to the height, and the height of the user is determined based on the position. Therefore, each divided section corresponding to the corresponding height stored in the memory 11 is determined. Based on the data of the position of the treatment element in the above, the driving control block serving as the strength adjusting means 6 is controlled to adjust the protrusion amount of the treatment element to adjust the protrusion amount according to the user of the corresponding height (strong position). Adjustment). Of course, the height input means may be provided, and the user may input the height by the height input means, thereby determining the uppermost position of the up-down movement of the treatment element.

The memory 11 of the control section 5 divides the moving range of the treatment element in the vertical direction into a plurality of parts as described above, and determines the width position of the treatment element corresponding to each divided section as shown in FIG.
The width position adjustment is performed according to the vertical position of the treatment element detected by the vertical sensor block 8 (that is, according to which vertical division the treatment element is located in). The width drive control block serving as the means 7 is controlled by the control unit 5 in accordance with the data of the corresponding width direction position, and the width position difference (for example, the acupoint position at the shoulder and the acupoint position at the waist) due to the difference in the vertical position of the treatment element. Difference) is adjusted according to the width.

Here, the massage machine is provided with a function for determining the uppermost position of the up and down movement of the treatment element in accordance with the height. The moving range is divided into a plurality of sections, and width position data as shown in FIG. 5 for determining the width position of the treatment element corresponding to each divided section is provided. The control section is controlled based on the width position data corresponding to the height. 5, the width adjustment by the width position adjusting means 7 may be performed for each division according to the height. In this case, the difference in the width position due to the difference in height is corrected, and massage can be performed even for the users with different heights by positioning the treatment element at the optimum width position in each divided section.

The massage machine is provided with a function for determining the uppermost position of the up and down movement of the treatment element according to the height, and the memory 11 of the control unit 5 moves the treatment element in the vertical direction for each height. The range is divided into a plurality of parts, and the strength and weakness data for determining the protrusion position of the treatment element corresponding to each division section, and the movement range of the treatment element in the vertical direction for each height are divided into a plurality of sections, respectively, to correspond to each division section. The width position data for determining the width position of the treatment element is provided, and the width adjustment by the width position adjustment means 7 and the strength adjustment by the intensity adjustment means 6 by the control unit 5 based on the strength data and the width position data (treatment element The adjustment of the overhang amount) may be performed for each division according to the height. In this case, it is possible to correct the difference in width position due to the difference in height, and to adjust the degree of contact of the treatment element at the optimum width position in each division section and for the user with different heights, even for the users with different heights. is there.

[0018]

As described above, according to the first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a massage machine having a vertically moving means for vertically moving a treatment element which comes into contact with a human body, wherein the treatment element protrudes. Providing strength adjustment means that can adjust the strength amount by providing data for determining the protrusion position of the treatment element corresponding to each division by dividing the vertical movement range of the treatment element based on this data Since the control unit for performing the strength adjustment by the strength adjustment means is provided, the moving range of the treatment element in the vertical direction can be set to an optimal treatment element contact state for each of the plurality of divided sections. The difference in the degree of contact of the treatment element due to the degree of bending or the like can be adjusted by the amount of strength, so that the practitioner can obtain a comfortable massage feeling.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in addition to the effect of the first aspect, a function for determining the uppermost position of the up-and-down movement of the treatment element according to the height is provided. The data includes data for dividing the moving range of the treatment element in the vertical direction for each height into a plurality of parts and determining the protruding position of the treatment element corresponding to each divided section, and the strength adjustment by the strength adjustment means is performed based on the data. Since a control unit for performing each division according to the height is provided, the optimal treatment element for each division is obtained by dividing the moving range of the treatment element in the vertical direction into a plurality of divisions corresponding to the users having different heights. As a result, it is possible to correct the difference in strength position due to the difference in height. Hit condition Be different stature Te is obtained pleasant massage feeling.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, the treatment element in contact with the human body has a vertical movement means, and the treatment element moves left and right to adjust the width position. A massage machine provided with data for determining a width position of a treatment element corresponding to each divided section by dividing a moving range of the treatment element in a vertical direction into a plurality of ranges. A control unit for adjusting the width position with respect to the vertical position is provided, so the difference in width position due to the difference in vertical position (for example, the difference between the acupoint position at the shoulder and the acupoint position at the waist) is determined by the width amount. The massager can be adjusted and a comfortable massage feeling can be obtained.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in addition to the effect of the third aspect of the present invention, a function for determining the uppermost position of the vertical movement of the treatment element according to the height is provided. Provide width position data for dividing the moving range of the treatment element in the vertical direction for each height into a plurality of parts and determining the width position of the treatment element corresponding to each division, and adjusting the width position based on this data. A control unit for adjusting the width position by means for each division according to the height is provided, so that the moving range of the treatment element in the vertical direction is divided into a plurality of divisions corresponding to the users having different heights. The width-wise position of the treatment element can be corrected by adjusting the width-direction position of the treatment element for each category, and the width-direction position of the treatment element suitable for that person can be corrected even for persons with different heights. Adjustable, treatment regardless of height It is one in which a soothing massage feeling is obtained.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a massage machine having up-down moving means for vertically moving a treatment element in contact with a human body. With a function to determine the position of the upper part,
The vertical movement range of the treatment element for each height is divided into a plurality of parts, and the strength data for determining the protrusion position of the treatment element corresponding to each divided section, and the movement range of the treatment element for each height in the vertical direction Divide and provide width position data for determining the width position of the treatment element corresponding to each division, and perform width adjustment and strength adjustment based on strength data and width position data according to height. A control unit for each section is provided, so that the difference in width position due to the difference in height is corrected, and even for users with different heights, the optimum width position in each division section is suitable for that person. The treatment condition of the treatment element can be adjusted, and as a result, regardless of the height, the treatment element can be adjusted in position in the width direction and the strength of the treatment element according to the person. What gives a feeling A.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a control block diagram of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing data of a protruding position (strong and weak position) of a treatment element which is divided into a plurality of moving ranges of the treatment element in the up and down direction and set in correspondence with each divided section.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory view showing data of a protruding position (strong position) of a treatment element set in accordance with each of a plurality of divisions of a moving range of the treatment element in the vertical direction for each of different heights. is there.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing data of a width direction position (width position) of the treatment element set corresponding to each division by dividing the moving range of the treatment element in the vertical direction into a plurality of parts.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing data of a width direction position (width position) of a treatment element set in accordance with each of the divided sections by dividing a moving range of the treatment element in the vertical direction into a plurality of parts for different heights. FIG.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of the massage machine of the above.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Massager 4 Vertical movement means 5 Control part 6 Strength adjustment means 7 Width position adjustment means

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A massage machine having up-and-down moving means for vertically moving a treatment element that comes into contact with a human body, wherein a strength adjusting means capable of adjusting the amount of strength by projecting the treatment element is provided, and a vertical direction of the treatment element is provided. And a control unit for performing strength adjustment by strength adjustment means based on the data by dividing the movement range into a plurality of parts and determining the protrusion position of the treatment element corresponding to each division. Characteristic massage machine. 2. A function for determining the position of the uppermost part of the vertical movement of the treatment element according to the height, and dividing the moving range of the treatment element in the vertical direction for each height into a plurality of parts corresponding to each divided section. And a control unit for performing strength adjustment by strength adjustment means based on the data for each of the divided sections based on the data. Item 2. The massage machine according to Item 1. 3. A massage machine having up / down moving means for vertically moving a treatment element in contact with a human body, and having width position adjusting means for adjusting the width position by moving the treatment element left and right. The moving range of the treatment element in the vertical direction is divided into a plurality of parts to determine the width position of the treatment element corresponding to each divided section. A massage machine comprising a control unit for adjusting a position. 4. A function for determining the position of the uppermost part of the vertical movement of the treatment element according to the height, and dividing the moving range of the treatment element in the vertical direction for each height into a plurality of parts corresponding to each divided section. And a control unit for performing width position adjustment by width position adjusting means based on this data for each of the divided sections based on the data. 4. The massage machine according to claim 3, wherein the massage machine is formed. 5. A massage machine having up-down movement means for vertically moving a treatment element in contact with a human body, comprising a function for determining the uppermost position of the movement of the treatment element according to the height. The vertical movement range of the treatment element for each height is divided into a plurality of parts, and the strength data for determining the protrusion position of the treatment element corresponding to each divided section, and the vertical movement range of the treatment element for each height are respectively It is provided with width position data for determining the width position of the treatment element corresponding to each of the divided sections in accordance with each division, and performs width adjustment and strength adjustment based on the strength data and the width position data according to the height. A massage machine comprising a control unit for performing each division.