JP2003000675A - Moxibustion appliance - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain moxibustion appliance capable of easily adjusting heat applied to an affected region. SOLUTION: In this moxibustion appliance having a thermal body 2 provided with a heater 14 inside, a hemispherical surface 4 of the thermal body 2 is coated with an elastic heat transfer member 6. Additionally, the moxibustion appliance provided with a pad 8 for covering the member 6 and a net 10 for covering the pad 8. A force for pressing the member 6 against the affected region is adjusted, so as to enable an easy adjustment of the quantity of the heat transferred to the affected region from the thermal body 2.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a moxibustion device that can obtain a moxibustion effect by applying a warm body to an affected area.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, various moxibustion devices capable of obtaining a moxibustion effect have been known. In such a moxibustion device, a warm body is applied to an affected area to obtain the moxibustion effect. A heater is housed in the heating element, and the heating element is heated by the heat generated by the heater, and the temperature of the heating element is adjusted by adjusting the current supplied to the heater.

[0003]

However, in such a conventional device, in order to adjust the temperature of the heating element applied to the affected area, the adjusting knob for adjusting the electric current supplied to the heater must be operated, and the operation is required. There was a problem that was annoying.

An object of the present invention is to provide a moxibustion device that can easily adjust the heat applied to the affected area.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention takes the following means in order to solve the object. That is, in a moxibustion device having a heating element inside which a heater is provided, the surface of the heating element is covered with a heat transfer member having elasticity.

The heating element is preferably formed in a hemispherical shape.
Further, a pad covering the heat transfer member and a net covering the pad may be provided. Further, the heat transfer member may be formed of a sponge, or the heat transfer member,
You may form with a far-infrared radiation board.

[0007]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings. As shown in FIG. 1, 1 is a moxibustion part, and the moxibustion part 1 is provided with a heating element 2 formed in a hemispherical shape,
The hemispherical surface 4 of the heating element 2 is covered with a heat transfer member 6. The heat transfer member 6 is made of a material having appropriate elasticity and capable of transmitting heat. Due to its elasticity, the heat transfer member 6 is
It deforms and its thickness decreases, and the amount of heat transferred from the heating element 2 to the affected area increases. On the other hand, when the decrease in the thickness is small, it is made of a material that reduces the amount of heat transferred from the heating element 2 to the affected area. For example, it is formed of a sponge, a far-infrared radiation board, or the like.

The heat transfer member 6 is covered with a pad 8 made of a non-woven fabric. The pad 8 is formed by sandwiching a gusset between two sheets of non-woven fabric and adhering the periphery of the non-woven fabric. The non-woven fabric is further impregnated with moxa odor, but other medicinal effect extraction components may be impregnated. The pad 8 is covered with a net 10 having a coarser mesh. The pad 8 and the net 10 may be provided as needed.

A bottomed hole 11 is formed in the heating element 2 on the side opposite to the hemispherical surface 4, and an aluminum radiator plate 12 and an electric heater 14 are inserted into the bottomed hole 11. Further, the holding member 16 is inserted. A coil spring 20 is interposed between the holding plate 18 attached to the heating element 2 and the holding member 16. The coil spring 20 presses the heat dissipation plate 12 against the bottom of the bottomed hole 11 via the holding member 16, and the electric heater 14 causes the heat dissipation plate 12 to move.
Being pressed against. As the electric heater 14, a PTC thermistor is used in this embodiment.

As shown in FIG. 3, the hot moxibustion part 1 includes a case 2
The case 28 is housed in the housing 8, and includes a head portion 26 and a grip portion 30 that is connected to the head portion 26 and extends in a substantially orthogonal direction. The case 28 is formed in a substantially "T" shape. The outer shape of the grip portion 30 is formed so that the user can grasp it with his / her hand. In the moxibustion part 1, the heating element 2 and the ring part 10 a of the net 10 are sequentially laminated on the head part 26 via the base member 22, and the cap 24 is screwed and fixed to the head part 26.

Further, in this embodiment, the case 28 has
As shown in FIG. 2, a massage mechanism 32 is housed in the head portion 26 on the opposite side of the hot moxibustion unit 1, and the massage mechanism 32 includes a treatment element 34. The treatment element 34 is attached to one end of the drive shaft 36. The drive shaft 36 is reciprocally supported by a frame 38 via a pair of bearings 40 and 42. An eccentric shaft 44 is arranged near the center of the drive shaft 36.

The eccentric shaft 44 has a shaft portion 44a orthogonal to the drive shaft 36 and an eccentric shaft portion 44b eccentric to the shaft portion 44a.
The shaft portion 44a is rotatably supported by the support member 50 via bearings 46 and 48. The support member 50 is fixed to the frame 38 with screws or the like (not shown).

The eccentric shaft portion 44b is inserted into the conversion member 52 mounted on the drive shaft 36 via a bearing 54.
The conversion member 52 allows movement of the eccentric shaft portion 44b in the direction orthogonal to the drive shaft 36, and restricts movement of the eccentric shaft portion 44b in the axial direction of the drive shaft 36. Due to the rotation of the eccentric shaft 44 about the shaft portion 44a, the eccentric shaft portion 44b turns around the shaft portion 44a. The turning motion of the eccentric shaft portion 44b is converted into the reciprocating motion of the drive shaft 36 by the conversion member 52.

An output shaft 58 of an electric motor 56 is connected to the shaft portion 44a via a speed reducer 60. The electric motor 56 is fixed to the frame 38 via a holder 62. One end of the drive shaft 36 projects from the head portion 26, and the treatment element 34 attached to the end is provided outside the head portion 26. A cover 64 is provided between the head portion 26 and the treatment element 34.

Next, the operation of the moxibustion device of this embodiment described above will be described. First, the user "massages" the power switch (not shown) provided on the grip 30.
When switched to the side, the electric motor 56 is driven and the output shaft 58 of the electric motor 56 starts rotating. The rotation of the output shaft 58 is transmitted to the shaft portion 44a of the eccentric shaft 44 via the reduction gear 60, and the eccentric shaft 44 rotates about the shaft portion 44a.
As a result, the eccentric shaft portion 44b turns around the shaft portion 44a, and the drive shaft 36 reciprocates via the conversion member 52. When the treatment element 34 is applied to the affected area, a massage effect can be obtained by the tapping movement of the treatment element 34.

On the other hand, when the power switch is switched to the "warm moxibustion" side, the electric heater 14 generates heat, and the heat radiating plate 12 and the heating element 2 are warmed. By pressing the moxibustion part 1 against the affected part, the affected part is warmed via the heat dissipation plate 12, the heating element 2, the heat transfer member 6, and the pad 8, and the moxibustion effect can be obtained.

When pressed against the affected area, the heat transfer member 6 is compressed and its thickness is reduced. Pressing hard causes a large decrease in thickness, while pressing lightly causes a small decrease in thickness. As a result, when the heat transfer member 6 is strongly pressed and the thickness of the heat transfer member 6 is greatly reduced, a large amount of heat is transferred from the heat transfer member 2 to the affected area via the heat transfer member 6, and the temperature of the heat transfer member 2 is felt to be relatively high. The user can obtain a moxibustion effect at a relatively high temperature.

Further, when the heat transfer member 6 is pressed lightly, the thickness of the heat transfer member 6 decreases little, and the amount of heat transferred from the heating element 2 to the affected area via the heat transfer member 6 decreases. Therefore, it can be felt that the temperature of the heating element 2 is relatively low, and the user can obtain the moxibustion effect at a relatively low temperature. That is, by adjusting the pressing force of the warm moxibustion part 1 to the affected part, the amount of heat transferred from the warm body 2 to the affected part can be easily adjusted even if the temperature of the warm body 2 is constant.

On the other hand, when the moxa component is extracted from the pad 8 and penetrates into the affected area, the effect of healing the affected area is obtained. Incidentally, the pad 8 may be one obtained by sandwiching another component having a medicinal effect or the like between two non-woven fabrics instead of moxa, or one impregnated with a medicinal-effect-extracting component in a non-woven fabric or the like. .

Further, by using a coarse mesh for the net 10, it becomes easier to take out the mussels component from the pad 8. Moreover, by covering the hemispherical surface 4 with the net 10, the net 10 can be attached without wrinkles. Furthermore,
When the hemispherical surface 4 is formed on the heating element 2 and the heat transfer member 6 that covers the hemispherical surface 4 is applied to the affected area, the moxibustion effect is easily obtained.

When it is desired to obtain the massage effect of the treatment element 34 in place of the hot moxibustion effect, the grip of the grip portion 30 can be changed by 180 degrees to easily change the hot moxibustion to the massage. By alternately repeating the hot moxibustion and the massage, the hot moxibustion effect and the massage effect can be easily obtained, but the massage mechanism 32 may be provided as necessary.

The present invention is not limited to such an embodiment as described above, and can be carried out in various modes without departing from the scope of the present invention.

[0023]

As described above in detail, the moxibustion device of the present invention is
By adjusting the pressing force of the heat transfer member against the affected area,
Even if the temperature of the heating element is constant, the amount of heat transferred from the heating element to the affected area can be easily adjusted.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an enlarged cross-sectional view of a main part of a moxibustion device as an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view including a massage mechanism and a moxibustion part of the moxibustion device of the present embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the moxibustion device of the present embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 ... Moxibustion part 2 ... Warm body 4 ... Hemispherical surface 6 ... Heat transfer member 8 ... Pad 10 ... Net 10a ... Ring part 12 ... Heat sink 14 ... Electric Heater 16 ... Holding Member 18 ... Pressing plate 26 ... Head part 28 ... Case 30 ... Grip 32 ... Massage mechanism 34 ... Treatment element 36 ... Drive shaft 44 ... Eccentric shaft 52 ... Conversion member 56 ... Electric motor

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Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A moxibustion device having a heating element internally provided with a heater, wherein the surface of the heating element is covered with a heat transfer member having elasticity. 2. The moxibustion device according to claim 1, wherein the heating element has a hemispherical shape. 3. The moxibustion device according to claim 1, further comprising a pad that covers the heat transfer member and a net that covers the pad. 4. The moxibustion device according to claim 1, wherein the heat transfer member is formed of sponge. 5. The moxibustion device according to claim 1, wherein the heat transfer member is formed of a far-infrared radiation board.