JP2003010272A - Health promoting apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a small-sized portable health promoting apparatus in which apparatuses for finger-pressure therapy, massotherapy, thermotherapy, and magnetotherapy are integrally contained and the user of which can use the apparatus to treat its body by itself. SOLUTION: An opening 9 is provided in the portable cylindrical main body case 3 of this health promoting apparatus and a ring-like magnetic body 13 having a ringed hole section 11 is provided in the opening 9. A spherical body 19 is rotatably stuck to the front inner peripheral edge of the ringed hole section 11 of the magnetic body 13 by suction. When the spherical body 19 is rotated on the surface of a diseased part, spot pressing actions and massaging actions work and, at the same time, magnetotherapic actions also work, because the magnetic poles of the body 19 continuously move. An infrared-ray generating means 21 is provided near the backside of the ring-like magnetic body 13 and, when the magnetic body 13 and spherical body 19 are heated by infrared rays generated from the means 21, far infrared rays are generated and exert a thermotherapic effect. Consequently, synergistic effects of finger-pressure therapy, massotherapy, thermotherapy, and magnetotherapy can be obtained.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a health appliance for massage or acupressure by means of a sphere including a synergistic effect of magnetism, infrared rays and warm air.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, acupressure treatment, massage treatment, hyperthermia therapy, magnetic therapy, etc. using human hands and fingers are well known, and the effect and efficiency of these treatments can be improved by using auxiliary equipment. In order to raise it, various instruments have been developed and put on the market.

In health appliances related to acupressure therapy and massage therapy, there are many appliances that prioritize a mechanical processing function such as acupressure by vibration of a vibrator or power of a motor.

[0004]

By the way, in the conventional health appliance, the above-mentioned acupressure treatment or massage treatment,
There was no portable small-sized health device that could perform all treatments such as thermotherapy and magnetic therapy.

Further, it is better to use a warmed device for acupressure therapy and massage therapy, and it feels good. However, as described above, vibration and power are mechanically generated by a vibrator or a motor to apply acupressure. Conventional health appliances have a problem that it is difficult to adjust according to the patient's situation.

Further, there is no conventional health appliance having both magnetism and heat.

The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and its purpose is to provide a compact and portable device that can perform acupressure therapy, massage therapy, thermotherapy, and magnetic therapy at the same time. It is to provide a health appliance that can be treated by itself.

[0008]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the health appliance of the present invention according to claim 1 is provided with an opening portion in a main body case having a portable tubular shape, and a ring hole portion is provided in the opening portion. A ring-shaped magnetic body is provided, and a spherical body that is attracted to the inner peripheral edge of the front side of the ring hole of the ring-shaped magnetic body and that is rotatable and projects outward from the opening is provided on the rear side of the ring-shaped magnetic body. An infrared ray generating means for heating the ring-shaped magnetic body and the spherical body to generate far infrared rays is provided in the vicinity.

Therefore, since the spherical body is rotated on the surface of the affected part while being attracted to the ring hole of the ring-shaped magnetic body provided in the main body case, the ring-shaped magnetic body is applied to the magnetically-sphered body with a finger pressure. The action and the massage action work, and the magnetic pole of the sphere constantly changes due to the rotation, and the magnetic therapy action also works. Further, when the ring-shaped magnetic body and the spherical body are heated by the infrared rays generated from the infrared-ray generating means near the rear side of the ring-shaped magnetic body, far-infrared rays are generated, so that a hyperthermia action is also exerted. As described above, it is a health appliance that has a synergistic effect of acupressure action, massage action, magnetic therapy action, and hyperthermia action even though it is small and portable.

The health appliance of the present invention according to claim 2 is the health appliance according to claim 1, wherein
It is characterized in that a blower means is provided for radiating heat from the infrared ray generating means as warm air toward the outside through the opening.

Therefore, since the heat from the infrared ray generating means is turned into warm air by the blowing means and is radiated from the opening toward the affected area outside, a more effective heating action is performed.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided the health equipment according to the first or second aspect, wherein the ring-shaped magnetic body comprises a ferrite magnet and the infrared ray generating means generates a large amount of infrared rays and far infrared rays. In order to do so, it is an infrared lamp that heats the ferrite magnet below the Curie point.

Therefore, since the ferrite magnet generates a large amount of far infrared rays by the infrared rays generated from the infrared lamp, it has an effective heating effect.

[0014]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

Referring to FIGS. 1 and 2, in a health appliance 1 according to this embodiment, a body case 3 has a portable, substantially cylindrical shape, and a body portion is made easy to grasp by hand. A dent portion as the handle portion 5 is formed.

1 and 2 of the main body case 3 are provided with a plurality of intake holes 7 on the lower rear end side thereof for sucking the outside air, and in FIG. 1 and FIG. An opening 9 is provided on the wall surface. An exhaust hole for exhausting the air sucked from the intake hole 7 around the entire circumference of, for example, a ferrite magnet 13 as a toroidal ring-shaped magnetic body having a ring hole portion 11 on the inner peripheral wall of the opening 9. It is supported by, for example, a plurality of support brackets 17 via 15.

In this embodiment, the ferrite magnet 13 is used as the ring-shaped magnetic body, but it is not particularly limited. The ferrite magnet 13 is made by sintering a metal oxide such as iron, chromium or cobalt, and generates far infrared rays when heated.

Further, for example, a steel ball 19 as a spherical body is rotatably attracted to the inner peripheral edge of the ring hole 11 on the front side of the ferrite magnet 13 so as to project from the opening 9 to the outside. . In this embodiment,
The steel ball 19 is made of chrome or nickel and has a diameter of 30 mm.

In the vicinity of the rear side of the ferrite magnet 13, an infrared lamp 21 for generating infrared rays having a wavelength of, for example, 1 μm or less is provided as an infrared ray generating means for heating the ferrite magnet 13 and the steel ball 19. The infrared lamp 21 is attached to a lamp holder 25 provided via a bracket 23 fixed to the inner wall of the main body case 3.

A reflecting plate 27 for reflecting the infrared rays of the infrared lamp 21 and insulating the main body case 3 is attached to the side wall of the main body case 3 facing the ferrite magnet 13. In this embodiment, aluminum foil is used as the reflector 27.

The ferrite magnet 13 and the steel ball 19 generate far infrared rays having a light wavelength of 1 μm or more (3 to 10 μm) when heated by the infrared rays of the infrared lamp 21. The infrared lamp 21 is, for example, 12V, 10
W, which heats the ferrite magnet 13 to below the Curie point in order to generate a large amount of infrared rays and far infrared rays. Since the far infrared rays pass through the plastic, the body case 3 made of plastic has a wide thermal effect on the affected area.

Further, a fan rotation drive in which, for example, a blower fan 29 as a blower is attached to the inner wall of the main body case 3 via a bracket (not shown) on the rear end side of the main body case 3 in the lower side in FIG. For example, it is provided on the rotating shaft of the DC motor 31 as means. In this embodiment, a centrifugal turbofan is used as the blower fan 29.

Further, an AC adapter plug 33 for inputting DC 12V is provided on the rear end wall of the body case 3 in FIG. 1 below. The AC adapter plug 33, the DC motor 31 and infrared rays The lamp 21 is connected by a wire 35. An AC adapter (not shown) is attached to the AC adapter plug 33 when used. A plug for inserting into an outlet is connected to the AC adapter via a cord.

With the above structure, the DC motor 31 can be inserted through the AC adapter, the AC adapter plug 33 and the wiring 35 by inserting the plug into the outlet during use.
Is driven. Then, when the user holds the handle portion 5 of the main body case 3 and rotates the tip end portion of the steel ball 19 on the surface of the affected area of himself or another person, the acupressure action and the massage action are activated. At this time, since the acupressure action and the massage action are performed by the human hand, the pressure can be adjusted according to the pressure of the affected area.

Further, as shown in FIG. 3, the steel ball 19 and the ferrite magnet 13 are heated by the infrared rays generated from the infrared lamp 21 provided near the rear side thereof, so that the wavelength is long and the far transmitting power is strong. Since a large amount of infrared rays is generated, the thermotherapy effect that warms blood vessels and nerves inside the affected area works effectively.

Further, as shown in FIG. 5, since the steel ball 19 is rotated on the surface of the affected part while being attracted to the inner peripheral edge of the ring hole 11 of the ferrite magnet 13,
By constantly changing the magnetic poles S and N of the steel ball 19, a magnetic therapy action is also exerted on the affected part.
Moreover, a treatment different from the case where only the N pole or S pole is applied to the human body can be expected.

Further, since the steel ball 19 is easily removable, when the steel ball 19 is removed from the ferrite magnet 13, only the magnetism of the N pole of the ferrite magnet 13 hits the affected part of the human body and the amount of warm air increases. So it is convenient for hyperthermia.

Further, the blower fan 29 which is rotationally driven sucks the outside air from the intake hole 7 and blows it to the upper side as shown by the arrow in FIG. The blown air becomes warm air due to the heat of the infrared lamp 21 as shown in FIGS. 1 and 4, and the gap between the inner peripheral edge of the ferrite magnet 13 provided in the opening 9 and the steel ball 19 and the exhaust air. Since it is released from the holes 15 toward the affected area, a more effective thermal action is exerted.

As described above, in this embodiment, synergistic action of the acupressure action, massage action, magnetic therapy action and hyperthermia action acts on the affected area.

The health appliance 1 of the present invention is convenient as an appliance for acupressure therapy or massage therapy that generates magnetism, infrared rays and warm air, and the steel ball 19 is heated to about 40 ° C. and is therefore comfortable.

By the way, as an example showing the above effect,
Several men and women use the health device 1 of the present invention to
The affected area was massaged for about one minute, and 10 minutes after the massage was stopped, the surface temperature of the affected area was measured, and a temperature increase of 2 ° C to 3 ° C was observed. This shows the same effect as the conventional massage therapy performed by experts for 30 minutes or more.

The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, but can be implemented in other modes by making appropriate changes.

[0033]

As can be understood from the above description of the embodiment of the invention, according to the invention of claim 1, the spherical body made of a magnetic material is attracted to the ring hole portion of the ring-shaped magnetic material of the main body case. Since it is made to rotate on the surface of the affected part in the state of being kept, the acupressure effect and the massage effect work, and the magnetic pole of the sphere constantly changes due to the rotation, and the magnetic therapy effect also works. Further, when the ring-shaped magnetic body and the sphere are heated by the infrared rays generated from the infrared-ray generating means provided near the rear side of the ring-shaped magnetic body, far-infrared rays are generated, so that the hyperthermia effect is also exerted. Therefore, it is possible to provide a health appliance that can bring about the synergistic effects of acupressure, massage, magnetic therapy, and hyperthermia, despite being small and portable.

According to the second aspect of the invention, since the heat from the infrared ray generating means can be released as warm air from the opening toward the affected area by the blowing means, a more effective heating effect can be exhibited.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, when infrared rays generated from the infrared lamp heat the spheres of the ferrite magnet or the magnetic material, a large amount of far infrared rays is generated, so that an effective heating effect can be exhibited.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a sectional view of a health appliance according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front view seen from the left side of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a schematic explanatory view showing a mechanism for generating far infrared rays in the vicinity of an opening.

FIG. 4 is a schematic explanatory view showing a mechanism for discharging warm air in the vicinity of an opening.

FIG. 5 is a schematic explanatory view showing a magnetic pole change of a sphere.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 health appliances 3 body case 7 Intake hole 9 openings 11 Ring hole 13 Ferrite magnet (ring-shaped magnetic body) 15 Exhaust hole 19 Steel Ball (Magnetic Sphere) 21 Infrared lamp (infrared generator) 29 Blower fan (blower means) 31 DC motor (fan rotation drive means)

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Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. An opening is provided in a main body case having a portable tubular shape, a ring-shaped magnetic body having a ring hole is provided in the opening, and the inside of the front side of the ring hole of the ring-shaped magnetic body is provided. Provided is a sphere that is rotatably adsorbed on the periphery and projects outward from the opening, and an infrared ray generating means for heating the ring-shaped magnetic body and the sphere near the rear side of the ring-shaped magnetic body to generate far infrared rays. A health appliance characterized by being provided. 2. The blower means for radiating the heat from the infrared ray generating means as warm air toward the outside from the opening in the main body case.
The listed health equipment. 3. The ring-shaped magnetic body is composed of a ferrite magnet, and the infrared ray generating means is an infrared lamp that heats the ferrite magnet below the Curie point in order to generate a large amount of infrared rays and far infrared rays. The health appliance according to claim 1 or 2.