JP2003310373A - Remote controller for chair, and chair - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a remote controller for a chair in which the number of operating parts can be reduced and the operation for raising and folding of the movable parts of the chair unit can be made easy, while suppressing disturbance to relaxation of a person seated on the chair. <P>SOLUTION: This is a remote controller 6 for a chair comprising drive devices 3, 4 for rotating the movable parts (backrest 12, footrest 13) connected capably of raising and folding to the seat of a chair unit 2 and a control device for controlling the drive devices. The remote controller 6 comprises a controller main unit 51 and an operating part (operating button) installed on the main unit 51. The main unit 51 comprises a main unit section 61 and a movable operating section 62, 63 connected to the main unit section. The movable operating section is energized so that it may be held constantly at a reference position and is provided capably of bending on the main unit section 61 in the front and rear direction from the reference position. By the bending of the movable operating section 62, 63, a command for raising and folding of the movable parts is outputted. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a chair such as a massage chair having a movable portion such as a backrest that can be tilted up and down with respect to a seat, and a remote controller provided in the chair.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a chair provided so that a backrest can be reclined by a drive device, a remote controller is used to give a command to a control device for controlling the drive device.
The backrest is tilted to the desired angle.

Therefore, a pair of operation buttons for adjusting the angle of the backrest are provided on the operation surface of the conventional remote controller. One operation button is an "down" operation button for inclining the backrest, and the other operation button is an "up" operation button for raising the backrest, and these buttons are selectively pressed. The operation of the drive device is controlled by the control device according to the time during which the operation button continues to be pressed, so that the backrest can be raised or tilted, and by releasing the pressing, the backrest can be held at a desired angle. It has become.

By the way, a remote controller provided in a massage chair or the like has a large number of operation buttons (operators) for designating a desired massage. It is provided on the operation surface of the controller. Therefore, the number of operation buttons is large, and there is a high possibility that an operation error will occur when operating the remote controller.

In addition, when operating the remote controller, the operator can visually recognize the characters and figures attached to the operation buttons individually corresponding to the operation buttons, and select the angle adjustment operation buttons from among the many operation buttons. You have to find it, which is tedious. In particular, for visually impaired people or visually impaired persons who have difficulty in recognizing visual information, it is extremely difficult to recognize the angle adjustment operation button from other operation buttons only by tactile information, even if each operation button is haptic. Therefore, the improvement is desired.

Further, when the seated person leans against the tilted backrest and is relaxed, when trying to change the angle of the seatback, even if the seated person is a healthy person, the remote controller is operated. It is necessary to visually recognize the surface and operate it. Therefore, the seated person has to raise his / her head and upper body, which tends to hinder relaxation.

[0007]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The problem to be solved by the present invention is to reduce the number of operating elements and to prevent the operation of raising and lowering the movable part of the chair body while suppressing the relaxation of the seated person. To obtain a remote controller for a chair that can be used, and a chair equipped with this controller.

[0008]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, in a remote controller for a chair according to a first aspect of the present invention, a controller main body provided with an operator is connected to the main body and the main body. And a movable operating portion, which is biased so that the movable operating portion is always held at the reference position with respect to the main body portion and is bendable in the front-back direction from the reference position. By folding, a command for raising and lowering the movable portion that is connected to the seat portion of the chair body so as to be able to be raised and lowered is output to the control device that controls the drive device that raises and lowers the movable portion.

In the present invention, the movable portion of the chair body is
It is formed on at least one of a backrest or a footrest.
The movable operation unit of the remote controller body is provided in correspondence with the number of movable units of the chair body. A biasing body, for example, a spring, preferably a leaf spring or a torsion spring, can be used as the means for biasing the movable operation portion to the reference position. It is desirable that the operation element of the remote controller main body is formed by, for example, a push button or the like, and that its function can be tactually recognized, and when the remote controller is for a massage chair, the operation element is, for example, a desired one. It is used to specify a treatment position and a desired course. The main body portion of the remote controller main body is used as a grip portion or the like when the movable operation portion is bent with respect to the main body portion. Further, the reference position of the movable operation section refers to a position with respect to the main body section in a state where no external force for bending the movable operation section is applied to the movable operation section. It may be provided to bend, be provided to be curved, or may be provided straight.

In the remote controller of the first aspect of the present invention, the control device issues a command to raise and lower the movable portion of the chair body by bending the movable operation portion at the reference position to the front side or the rear side while holding the main body portion. Output to. At this time, the control device rotates the movable part so that the movable part of the chair body is moved to the front side through the drive device by the command output along with the bending of the movable operation part at the reference position to the front side. To move. On the contrary, the control device moves the movable part of the chair body to the rear side via the drive device in response to the command output when the movable operation part at the reference position is bent to the rear side. Rotate the part.

Further, in order to solve the above problems, a fifth aspect of the present invention is provided.
The chair of the invention according to claim 1 is provided with a remote controller for outputting a command for raising and lowering the movable portion to a control device for controlling a drive device for raising and lowering the movable portion of the chair body. The described remote controller is used.

In the present invention, the drive unit for the movable portion is a drive unit provided with an electric motor capable of rotating in the forward and reverse directions as a drive source, or a movable portion including a backrest and a footrest is set in a predetermined direction by a torsion spring or the like. It is urged and placed, expands and contracts due to air supply and exhaust, and the expansion and contraction of it causes the movable part to rise and fall against the urging force of the spring and the like, and the expanded part is held to hold the movable part in an arbitrary rotational position. A drive device including an air bag, an air supply / exhaust mechanism, a solenoid valve, and the like can be used. The present invention can be suitably implemented as, for example, a massage chair. Further, in the present invention, it is not essential to provide a treatment element on at least one of the seat portion and the movable portion, but when the treatment element is provided, a kneading operation is performed by using an inflating / deflating air bag, a vibrator, and an electric motor as a drive source. A roller or the like that performs a hitting operation or the like can be provided as the treatment element.

In the chair of the invention of claim 5, by moving the movable operation portion of the controller main body, a command for raising and lowering the movable portion of the chair main body is output according to the direction of this movement. Since the remote controller described in 4 is provided, the number of operators of the remote controller can be reduced, the operation for raising and lowering the movable part of the chair body is easy, and the relaxation of the seated person on the chair body in this operation. Can be prevented.

[0014]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS.

The chair according to this embodiment used as the massage chair 1 includes a chair body 2 used as a massage machine body and a backrest drive device 3 as shown in FIG.
2, a footrest driving device 4, an air supply / exhaust device 5 used as a treatment element driving device shown in FIG. 5, and a remote controller 6 shown in detail in FIG.

The chair body 2 is connected to the rear side of the seat part 11 as a movable part such as a backrest 12 so as to be able to move up and down, and on the front side of the seat part 11 as a movable part such as the footrest 1.
3 is connected so that it can be turned upside down.

As shown in FIG. 1, the seat portion 11 is formed by mounting a seat cushion 11b on the upper surface of a seat portion frame 11a and providing side frames 11c also serving as armrests on both sides in the width direction. Foot plates 11d extending in the front-rear direction are provided at the lower ends of the side frames 11c, respectively.

The backrest 12 is provided so that it can be erected by a backrest drive device 3 shown in FIG. 1 (B). The drive device 3 allows the backrest 12 to recline between a raised position illustrated by a solid line in FIG. 1B and a tilted position illustrated by a two-dot chain line in FIG.

The backrest drive device 3 includes an electric motor 3a (see FIG. 5).
And a speed reducer (not shown) that reduces the rotational force of the electric motor 3a. The electric motor 3a can be rotated in the forward and reverse directions by switching the direction of the current applied to it. A worm speed reducer or the like is used as the speed reducer, and the backrest 12 can be held at an arbitrary rotational position by resistance due to meshing of gears. The backrest drive device 3 has a rotational force reduced by the speed reducer, and is denoted by reference numeral 14 in FIG.
The backrest 12 is rotated about the axis indicated by, and the backrest 12 is tilted. Backrest brackets 15 (only one of which is shown), which are respectively positioned at both widthwise ends of the seat frame 11a, are fixed to the seat frame 11a so as to project obliquely upward and rearward thereof. The pivot 14 is supported by these brackets 15.

As shown in FIG. 1A, the chair body 2 is
As the treatment elements, for example, bag bodies 16 to 20 made of air bags that are repeatedly inflated and deflated by air supply and exhaust are used.

A pair of shoulder bags 16 for massaging the shoulders of the seated person on the chair body 2 are arranged in the width direction on the upper part of the backrest 12. The back bag body 17 that massages the back of the seated person is located below the shoulder bag body 16 and is arranged in the central portion in the width direction of the backrest 12. A pair of waist bags 18 for massaging the waist of the seated person are located below the back bag 17 and are arranged side by side in the width direction under the backrest 12. The butt bag body 19 for massaging the seated person's hips is arranged at the rear of the seat section 11 so as to extend in the width direction of the seated section 11, and the thigh bag body 20 for massaging the seated person's thighs is It is arranged at the front part of the portion 11 so as to extend in the width direction of the seat portion 11.

The foot rest 13 is located on the front side of the seat portion 11 and is rotatably connected so as to be vertically tilted. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 1B, the seat frame 1
Foot rests brackets 21 (only one of which is shown) located at both widthwise ends of the la 1a are fixed to the seat frame 11a so as to project obliquely upward and forward thereof. A rear end portion of the footrest 13 is rotatably supported by these brackets 21 via a pivot 22.

The footrest 13 is rotated in the vertical direction by the footrest drive device 4 shown in FIG. 1 (B), and is projected substantially horizontally in front of the seat portion 11 as shown by the solid line in FIG. 2A and a tilted position in which the seat 11 is stored while standing substantially vertically downward from the front edge of the seat 11 as shown by the chain double-dashed line in FIG. 2A. The bottom surface of a foot accommodating groove, which will be described later, of the footrest 13 arranged at the rest position is continuous with the seating surface of the seat portion 11 in the front-rear direction. The lower limbs can be supported in a substantially horizontal position. The tilted position is a position where the footrest 13 is stored. The footrest 13 can also be arranged at an intermediate position between the rest position and the tilted position, and in this intermediate position, the footrest 13 has an oblique posture in which the front is lowered.

The footrest driving device 4 includes an electric motor 4a (see FIG. 5).
Reference) and a speed reducer (not shown) that reduces the rotational force of the electric motor 4a. The electric motor 4a can be rotated in the normal and reverse directions by switching the direction of the current applied to it. A worm speed reducer or the like is used as the speed reducer, and the footrest 13 can be held at an arbitrary use position by resistance due to meshing of gears. The footrest base drive device 4 rotates the footrest base 13 around the pivot 22 by the rotational force reduced by the speed reducer to raise and lower the footrest base 13.

As shown in FIG. 1 (A), the base body 25 of the footrest 13 has an intermediate wall 25b provided between a pair of side walls 25a in parallel with the side walls 25a so that the side wall 25a and the intermediate wall 25b are adjacent to each other. Foot storage grooves 26 are provided between them, respectively. The pair of foot accommodating grooves 26 are provided at the raised position in the footrest 1
When viewed from the user who sits on the chair main body 2 in the state in which 3 is arranged, the front and rear ends and the upper end are formed in a U-shape. The groove width of the both-foot accommodating groove 26 is gradually increased toward the upper side. As a result, the lower leg of the seated person can be easily taken in and out of the foot accommodating groove 26 through the open upper end thereof.

On the wall surfaces of the side wall 25a and the intermediate wall 25b facing the foot receiving grooves 26, that is, on the side surfaces of the foot receiving grooves 26,
As a foot treatment element, for example, a bag body 2 that can be expanded and contracted by air supply and exhaust.
7, 28 are arranged respectively. The pair of bag bodies 27, 28 provided in the foot accommodating groove 26 are connected by, for example, a non-inflatable sheet portion (not shown) integrally extended from the bag accommodating body, and the seat portion is provided on the bottom surface of the foot accommodating groove 26 with a screw (not shown). It is attached with fixed parts such as. As a result, the one bag 27 is arranged so as to overlap the groove side surface of the side wall 25a, and
The other bag 28 is arranged so as to overlap the groove side surface of the intermediate wall 25b.

The air supply / exhaust device 5 for inflating and deflating the various bag members 16 to 20 and 27, 28 is arranged below the seat cushion 11b of the seat portion 11 as shown in FIG. 1 (B). . As shown in FIG. 5, the air supply / exhaust device 5 includes an air pump 31, a filter tank 32, an air distribution device such as a rotary distribution valve 34, and an electromagnetic supply / exhaust valve 3.
5 and a control device 36.

The air pump 31 produces compressed air.
The filter tank 32 is provided so as to be connected to the discharge port of the air pump 31, and alleviates the pulsation of the compressed air generated by the air pump 31.

The distribution valve 34 is connected to the filter tank 32 through an air tube 33 and has an exhaust port (not shown) to selectively supply and exhaust compressed air to and from each treatment bag. Carry. One end of the air tube 41 is connected to the first ventilation port of the distribution valve 34, and the other end of the tube 41 is bifurcated and connected to the shoulder bag body 16, respectively. The back bag 17 is connected to the second ventilation port of the distribution valve 34 via the air tube 42. One end of an air tube 43 is connected to the third ventilation port of the distribution valve 34, and the other end of the tube 43 is bifurcated and connected to the waist bag body 18, respectively. Distribution valve 3
The butt bag body 19 is connected to the fourth ventilation port of 4 through the air tube 44, and the thigh bag body 20 is connected to the fifth ventilation port of the distribution valve 34 through the air tube 45. It is connected. The exhaust port of the distribution valve 34 has bag bodies 16 to 20.
The more discharged air is discharged into the atmosphere.

The supply / exhaust valve 35 is connected to a branch tube 33a branched from the air tube 33. The air supply / exhaust valve 35 has an exhaust port and a ventilation port, and an air tube 46 is connected to the ventilation port. The air tube 46 is bifurcated, and each branch tube 4
6a is further branched into two. The four tube ends formed by this branch are attached to the footrest 13
The individual bags 27 and 28 are individually connected. Therefore, the supply and exhaust of the bags 27 and 28 are performed in synchronization. The exhaust port of the supply / exhaust valve 35 discharges the air discharged from each bag 27, 28 into the atmosphere. Each of the air tubes 37, 41 to 46 has flexibility.

The control device 36 is composed of a microcomputer, etc., and has an air pump 31, a distribution valve 34, an air supply / exhaust valve 3.
5 and the electric motor 3a of the backrest drive device 3 and the electric motor 4a of the footrest drive device 4, respectively, via a motor driver (not shown). An appropriate command is given to the control device 36 by the remote controller 6 in a wired or wireless manner. In addition, reference numeral 47 in FIG.
A power cord for supplying power to the air supply / exhaust device 5, the electric motors 3a, 4a, etc. is shown, and this cord 47 is led out from one side frame 11c.

As shown in FIG. 2 (A), the remote controller 6 has a controller main body 51 having a vertically long shape so that it can be held by a hand, and a plurality of operation buttons 52, which are, for example, pressed as operating elements. To 60 are provided.

The controller main body 51 includes a main body 61 and
A first movable operation section 62 and a second movable operation section 63 are provided. The first movable operation portion 62 is connected to the upper end portion that forms one end portion of the main body portion 61, and the second movable operation portion 63 is connected to the lower end portion that forms the other end portion of the main body portion 61. Since the remote controller 6 of the present embodiment connects the main body 51 and the control device 36 with the electric wire cable 6a, the remote controller 6 is used in a posture in which the lead-out side of the cable 6a is downward.

The body portion 61 is the seat portion 1 for the chair body 2.
It is provided in the central portion in the longitudinal direction of the controller main body 51, imitating the arrangement of No. 1 and therefore the upper leg supported by the seat portion 11 with respect to the human body. The first movable operation unit 62 is
The arrangement of the backrest 12 relative to the chair body 2, and thus
The upper body supported by the backrest 12 is provided above the controller main body 51 in the longitudinal direction, imitating the arrangement of the upper body with respect to the human body. The second movable operation unit 63 is provided below the controller main body 51 in the longitudinal direction, imitating the arrangement of the footrest 13 with respect to the chair body 2, and thus the arrangement of the lower leg supported by the footrest 13 with respect to the human body. There is.

Both movable operation parts 62 and 63 are normally held at the reference position with respect to the main body part 61, and
It is rotatably connected to the main body 61 so that it can be bent back and forth from this reference position. Body part 6
The reference position of the first movable operation portion 62 with respect to No. 1 is
2B and FIG. 3A, the reference position of the second movable operation portion 63 with respect to the main body portion 61 is as shown in FIG.
It is indicated by a two-dot chain line in (B). The first movable operation portion 62 at the reference position maintains a state in which its front operation surface is slightly curved so as to be convex with respect to the main body portion 61, and similarly, at the reference position, the second movable operation portion 63 and the main body. The parts 61 are adapted to hold a state in which their front operation surfaces are slightly curved so as to be recessed with respect to the first movable operation part 62.

The first and second movable operating portions 62 and 63 are both held at the reference positions by torsion springs 65 and 66 as urging bodies shown in FIG. 2B. Torsion springs 65, 66
Has a right-handed coil portion, a left-handed coil portion, and a convex connecting portion integrally provided between these coil portions, and the arm portion on the opposite side of the connecting portion of the both coil portions is, for example, The connection portions are fixed to the body portion 61, respectively, and the connection portion is, for example, the first or second portion.
Is fixed to the movable operation unit 62 or 63. Both coil parts are elastically deformed.

Therefore, the first and second movable operating portions 62,
When no external force is applied to 63 to move it back and forth, the spring forces of the coil portions in opposite directions are balanced and the first and second movable operation portions 62, 63 are held at the reference position. In this case, the holding force of the torsion spring 65 is set so that the first movable operating portion 62 does not inadvertently tilt backward even when the operation buttons 52 to 57 are pressed, and the holding force of the torsion spring 66 is set to the operating button. The holding force is set so that the second movable operation unit 63 does not inadvertently tilt backward even when 60 is pressed. When an external force is applied to the first and second movable operation parts 62, 63 to move them forward or backward, one coil part is wound and the spring force is stored, while the other is The coil portion of is in a wound state. Therefore, as the external force disappears, the spring force of the one coil portion can return the first and second movable operation portions 62 and 63 to the reference position.

As shown in FIG. 2, on the front operation surface of the main body portion 61, a raised portion 61a is formed which extends toward the first movable operation portion 62 and extends over the entire width of the main body portion 61. Raised part 61a
Simulates the disposition of the hips of the human body supported by the chair body 2 on the remote controller 6, and operates the operation buttons 52 to 60 of the remote controller 6 by touching the raised portion 61a. You can get the criteria above. The operation button 58 is attached to the body portion 61 at the raised portion 61a, and the raised portion 61a
An operation button 59 is mounted on the lower side of. When the operation button 58 is pressed, the remote controller 6 outputs to the control device 36 a command signal for repeatedly inflating and contracting the hip bag 19 corresponding to this button 58, and when the operation button 59 is pressed. , And outputs a command signal corresponding to the button 59 for repeatedly expanding and contracting the thigh bag body 20 to the control device 36.

As shown in FIG. 2, on the front operation surface of the first movable operation portion 62, operation buttons 55 to 57 are attached vertically in this order. The remote controller 6
When the operation button 55 is pressed, a command signal for repeatedly expanding and contracting the shoulder bag body 16 corresponding to the button 55 is output.
6 and the operation button 56 is pressed, the button 5
A command signal for repeatedly expanding and contracting the back bag 17 corresponding to 6 is output to the control device 36, and when the operation button 57 is pressed, the waist bag 18 corresponding to this button 57 is repeatedly expanded and contracted. The command signal is output to the control device 36.

On the front operation surface of the first movable operation portion 62, operation buttons 52 to 54 are mounted above the operation buttons 55 to 57. The operation button 52 is a button for driving the course, and when the button is pressed, the remote controller 6 outputs a command signal for performing a predetermined course driving to the control device 36. The operation button 53 is a button for performing a point massage operation. When the button 53 is pressed, the remote controller 6 outputs a command signal for validating the pressing operation of each of the operation buttons 55 to 56 to the control device 36. Has become. The operation button 54 is
Or, it is a button that is operated when you want to forcibly terminate the driving if desired during course driving or massage driving,
When this is pressed, the remote controller 6 outputs a command signal for ending the operation to the control device 36.

The operation buttons 52 and 53 project above the first movable operation portion 62 and are arranged side by side in the widthwise central portion of the first movable operation portion 62. The operation buttons 52, 53 provided in this way
On the remote controller 6 imitates an arrangement corresponding to the human head. By touching these operation buttons 52 and 53, the upper and lower references for operating the operation buttons 52 to 60 of the remote controller 6 can be obtained regardless of the presence or absence of the electric wire cable 6a.

An operation button 60 is attached to the front operation surface of the second movable operation section 63. Remote controller 6
When the operation button 60 is pressed, the command signal is output to the control device 36 to repeatedly expand and contract the foot treatment bags 27 and 28 corresponding to the button 60 in synchronization with each other. As shown in FIG. 2B, a groove (which may be a notch or may extend to reach the raised portion 61a) 63a extending in the vertical direction is provided in the center of the second movable operation portion 63 in the width direction. Has been. By providing the groove 63a, an arrangement corresponding to both legs of the human body is imitated on both sides of the groove 63a on the remote controller 6. By touching the groove 63a, the upper and lower references for operating the operation buttons 52 to 60 of the remote controller 6 can be obtained regardless of the presence or absence of the electric wire cable 6a.

All the operation buttons 52 to 60 are
The shapes are different from each other while protruding from the operation surface of the remote controller 6. This makes it possible to easily identify the operation buttons 52 to 60 by touch.

When sitting on the massage chair 1 equipped with the remote controller 6 having the above-mentioned configuration, the sitting posture is such that at least one of the seat portion 1 of the backrest 12 or the footrest 13 is seated.
The angle with respect to 1 can be adjusted as follows to suit the taste.

The angle of the backrest 12 is adjusted by adjusting the first movable operation section 6 of the remote controller 6 as shown in FIG.
2 to the front side, that is, the back side of the operation surface, from the reference position to the main body portion 61, or as shown in FIG. 3B, the first movable operation portion 62 to the rear side, that is, the operation surface side. It is performed by bending the main body portion 61 from the reference position so as to bow. In this case, the body portion 61 and the second movable operation portion 63 are gripped by the seated person.

A switch (not shown) is closed while the bending is continued, and the control device 3 is operated according to the closing time.
Since the electric motor 3a of the backrest drive device 3 is driven by 6, the backrest 11 is provided via the backrest drive device 3.
Is moved in the same direction as the direction in which the first movable operating portion 62 is tilted.

That is, when the first movable operation portion 62 is tilted so that the operation surface side is bowed as shown by the arrow in FIG. 3B, the backrest 12 is tilted, and in FIG. When the first movable operation portion 62 is tilted to the back side of the operation surface as indicated by the arrow, the backrest 12 is raised. Therefore,
By releasing the hand from the first movable operation portion 62 at the desired up and down position, the backrest drive device 3 stops, and the backrest 12
Is held at a desired angle, and the first movable operating portion 6
2 is returned to the reference position by the urging force of the torsion spring 65. As the switches not shown, a first detection switch that is turned on when the first movable operation unit 62 is tilted as shown in FIG. 3B and a first movable operation unit 62 shown in FIG.
And a second detection switch which is turned on when tilted as described above. These are provided, for example, in the main body 61.

To adjust the angle of the footrest 13, the second movable operating portion 63 of the remote controller 6 is placed on the back side of the operating surface from the reference position as shown by the arrow in FIG.
1 or by bending the second movable operation portion 63 from the reference position to the main body portion 61 on the operation surface side thereof as shown by the arrow in FIG. 4 (B). In this case, the body portion 61 and the first movable operation portion 62 are gripped by the seated person.

While the bending is continued, a switch (not shown) is closed, and the control device 3 is operated according to the closing time.
Since the electric motor 4a of the footrest base drive device 4 is driven by 6, the footrest base 13 is driven via the footrest base drive device 4.
Is moved in the same direction as the direction in which the second movable operating portion 63 is tilted.

That is, the second movable operating portion 63 is shown in FIG.
When tilted as shown in FIG. 4, the footrest 13 is tilted, and when tilted as shown in FIG. 4B, the footrest 13 is raised. Therefore, by releasing the hand from the second movable operation portion 63 at the desired up and down position,
The footrest driving device 4 is stopped, the footrest 13 is held at a desired angle, and the second movable operating portion 63 is returned to the reference position by the urging force of the torsion spring 66. In addition, as the switch (not shown), the second movable operation unit 63 is shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 4A, the first detection switch that is turned on when tilted to the back side of the operation surface and the second movable operation portion 63 bends to the operation surface side as shown in FIG. 4B. A second detection switch, which is turned on when tilted to, is provided, and these are provided, for example, in the main body 61.

The above-described adjustment of the sitting posture can be performed during the massage or not. In this adjustment, the upper and lower sides of the remote controller 6 can be easily determined by tactilely recognizing the electric wire cable 6a, the notch 63a, and at least one of the pair of movable operation units 52 and 53. Therefore, it is not necessary to raise the human head or the upper body, or to move the hand largely to bring the remote controller 6 in front of the human body's face. In other words, the remote controller 6
Since it is not necessary to visually recognize the movement, it is possible to perform an operation of inclining the movable operation portions 62 and 63 with respect to the main body portion 51 while suppressing the relaxation of the seated person. Moreover, as described above, the movable part (backrest 12, footrest 1
Since the raising / lowering direction of 3) and the direction of tilting the movable operating portions 62, 63 are the same, the operating direction of the movable operating portions 62, 63 can be intuitively understood. Therefore, not only for a healthy person but also for a visually impaired person, a visually impaired person, or the like who is forced to perform a tactile sensation mainly, the operation of adjusting the sitting posture using the remote controller 6 can be easily performed.

Further, as described above, the first movable operation portion 62 provided with the operation buttons 55 to 57 for designating the massage position of the seated person is used as an operator for adjusting the angle of the backrest 11. However, since the second movable operation portion 63 similarly provided with the operation button 60 is used as an operator for adjusting the angle of the footrest 12, the angle of the backrest 11 can be adjusted on the operation surface of the remote controller 6. A pair of operation buttons for designating can be omitted and the footrest 12
The pair of operation buttons for designating the angle adjustment can be omitted. Therefore, the number of operation buttons required for the remote controller 6 can be reduced, and along with that, operation mistakes can be reduced and usability can be improved.

[0053]

According to the first to fourth aspects of the invention, the movement of the movable operation portion itself of the controller body in the front-back direction outputs a command for raising and lowering the movable portion of the chair body according to the direction of this movement. Therefore, it is possible to provide a remote controller for a chair that can reduce the number of operators and that can prevent the person sitting on the chair body from relaxing and can easily perform the operation for raising and lowering the movable portion.

According to the invention of claim 5, claim 1
Since the remote controller described in 4 to 4 is provided, the number of operators can be reduced, and the operation for raising and lowering the movable portion of the chair body can be easily performed while suppressing the relaxation of the person sitting on the chair body. We can provide a chair for you.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1A is a perspective view showing a massage chair according to an embodiment of the present invention. (B) The side view which shows the usage condition of the chair, omitting a side frame.

FIG. 2A is a front view showing a remote controller according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 3B is a side view showing the remote controller.

3A and 3B are side views showing a handling operation when the backrest is tilted up and down by the remote controller of FIG.

4A and 4B are side views showing a handling operation when the footrest is tilted up and down by the remote controller of FIG.

5 is a block diagram showing an air supply / exhaust system of the massage chair of FIG. 1 together with drive systems for a backrest and a footrest.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 ... Massage chair (chair) 2 ... Chair body 3 ... Backrest drive 4 ... Footrest drive 5 ... Air supply / exhaust device 6 ... Remote controller 11 ... Seat 12 ... back 13 ... Footrest 16 to 20, 27, 28 ... Treatment bag (treatment child) 36 ... Control device 51 ... Controller body 52-60 ... Operation button (operator) 61 ... Main body 62 ... 1st movable operation part 63 ... 2nd movable operation part 65, 66 ... torsion spring

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A remote controller for a chair, comprising: a drive device that raises and lowers a movable part that is movably connected to a seat portion of a chair body; and a controller that controls the drive device. And a controller provided on the controller body, wherein the controller body is connected to the body portion and is biased so as to be constantly held at a reference position with respect to the body portion. A chair remote controller that includes a movable operation unit that is bendable in the front-rear direction from the reference position, and outputs a command to raise and lower the movable unit to the control device by bending the movable operation unit. 2. The chair remote controller according to claim 1, wherein the movable operation unit is a movable operation unit that tilts a backrest connected behind the seat. 3. The chair remote controller according to claim 1, wherein the movable operation section is a movable operation section for raising and lowering a footrest connected to the front side of the seat section. 4. The chair remote controller according to claim 1, wherein the movable operation portions are provided at upper and lower ends of the main body portion, respectively, and the movable operation portion on one end side raises a backrest connected after the seat portion. The movable operation unit is a movable operation unit that is tilted, and the movable operation unit on the other end side is a movable operation unit that tilts a footrest connected to the front side of the seat portion. 5. A chair body having a seat portion and a movable portion connected to the seat portion so as to be able to be tilted, a drive device provided in the chair body for tilting the movable portion, and the drive device. A chair comprising: a control device for controlling; and a remote controller according to any one of claims 1 to 4, which outputs a command for raising and lowering the movable part to the control device.