JP2004305552A - Massaging machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a massaging machine which can impart horizontal rubbing feeling by providing a massaging roller including a deforming roller and which can improve a massaging effect by raising finger pressure feeling. <P>SOLUTION: The massaging machine includes a massaging means for applying finger pressure to a user. The massaging means has a finger pressure therapy which includes a mount having a guide part extended along with user's vertebra, a moving body driven by a drive means to reciprocate along the guide part, rocking arms which are pivotally supported and which can rock forward and backward with an end part directed toward a backbone, and the massaging roller which is supported at the end of the rocking arm and which can roll in the reciprocating direction. A pressing part for raising a finger pressure force by pressing the massaging roller forward is provided at the mount. Further, the massaging roller includes the deforming roller which is inclined at least at one side face to the center of the rotation axis of the massaging roller. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

[0001]
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a massage machine that includes a massage roller including a deformable roller to impart a feeling of lateral kneading, enhance acupressure, and improve a massage effect.
[0002]
[Prior art]
2. Description of the Related Art There are known chair-type and mat-type massage machines in which a massage roller is moved along a user's spine to sequentially apply pressure on a neck, a back, a waist, and the like (see, for example, Patent Document 1).
[0003]
[Patent Document 1]
JP 2003-70860 A (FIGS. 2, 3, and 8)
[0004]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, as shown in FIG. 12, for example, the massage roller a is formed in a disk shape in which the side surface s is perpendicular to the rotation axis x or a disk shape in which the periphery is corrugated. However, although a sense of acupressure in the front and rear directions due to the pressure accompanying the passing of the massage roller a can be obtained, there is no sense of change in the lateral direction, that is, the direction orthogonal to the spine, and further improvement in the acupressure sensation and improvement of the massage effect are required. Have been.
[0005]
The present invention provides a massage roller, in which at least one of the side surfaces includes a deformation roller inclined with respect to the rotation axis, can impart a sense of change to the side, and imparts a sense of acupressure for lateral kneading to provide a massage effect. The task is to provide a massage machine that can be enhanced.
[0006]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
The invention according to claim 1 of the present invention is a massage machine including massage means for acupressure a user, wherein the massage means is driven by a mounting table having a guide portion extending along the spine of the user, by a drive means. A moving body that reciprocates along the guide portion, a swing arm whose end is pivotably supported back and forth toward the back, and supported by an end of the swing arm; With acupressure tools including massage rollers that can roll in the reciprocating direction,
The mounting base is provided with an extruding portion for increasing finger pressure by pushing the massage roller forward, and the massage roller has at least one side surface that is inclined with respect to the rotation axis of the massage roller. It is characterized by including.
[0007]
According to a second aspect of the present invention, the deforming roller has both side surfaces inclined in the same direction with respect to the rotation axis. In the invention according to claim 4, the deformation roller has one side inclined with respect to the rotation axis, and the other side has a part thereof identical to the one side. It is characterized by being inclined in the direction.
[0008]
In the invention according to claim 5, the movable body includes a pair of swing arms whose ends are directed to the forward and backward sides, and the acupressure tool is held at the end so as to be tiltable. The massage arm according to claim 6, comprising a massaging arm and the massage roller pivotally supported at both ends thereof, and a swing arm provided with a push-up leg for lifting the acupressure tool by riding on the push-out portion. The invention is characterized in that the acupressure tool is disposed at both ends and both side surfaces of the swing arm, and the moving body includes the swing arm on both sides in a reciprocating direction thereof, and the swing arm is provided at the end. Spring means for urging the part forward.
[0009]
BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a front view illustrating a case where the massage machine 1 of the present invention is formed as a chair-type massage device, and FIG. 2 is a side view of the massage machine 1. The massage machine 1 has a seat surface C1 on which a user sits. The backrest part C2 of the chair base C having the backrest part C2 that supports the back accommodates the massage means 2 whose outer shell is indicated by a broken line.
[0010]
The chair base C is, for example, a reclining chair, and the angle of the backrest portion C2 with respect to the seat surface portion C1 can be changed in multiple stages or freely between a backrest state and a horizontal state. Further, as shown in FIG. 1, the backrest portion C2 includes a frame f in which a suitable horizontal rail f2 or a vertical rail is bridged over a metal peripheral frame f1, and an inside of a seat covering the backrest portion C2 is provided. The massage means 2 is arranged in a recess in which the front surface of the cushion member such as urethane foam (the side facing the back of the user is referred to as “front”) is opened, and the whole is covered with the seat. Note that a reinforcing sheet S is provided in front of the massage means 2 on the sheet.
[0011]
As shown in FIGS. 3 to 5, the massage unit 2 includes a mounting table 5 having a guide unit 4 extending along the user's spine, and a moving body driven by driving unit D and reciprocating along the guide unit 5. 6, a swing arm 7 whose end is pivotally supported back and forth toward the back, and is supported by the end of the swing arm 7 and rolls in the reciprocating direction. An acupressure device 8 including a movable massage roller R is provided, and the mounting base 5 is provided with an extruding portion 9 for extruding the acupressure device 8 forward.
[0012]
In the present embodiment, the mounting base 5 has a flat dish shape in which a peripheral wall 5b for reinforcement and fixing is raised around a rectangular substrate part 5a, and the mounting base 5 is disposed above and below the frame f of the backrest part C2. The massage means 2 is fixed by being fixed to the horizontal rail f2.
[0013]
Further, the guide portion 4 having a U-shaped cross-section having a lip extending at the end and facing each other is fixed to the substrate portion 5a, and the lip forms a rail 4a capable of holding and guiding the moving body 6. . The guide section 4 is provided with a drive section 11 of the drive means D inserted through the groove.
[0014]
The driving unit 11 is, for example, a screw shaft. The driving unit D is disposed on the driving unit 11 and the lower end (the lower end in FIG. 3) of the guide unit 4. A driving unit 12 having an M and a driven unit (not shown) attached to the moving body 6 and engaged with the driving unit 11 to move the moving body 6 up and down with its operation. In the present embodiment, the screw shaft that forms the driving unit 11 has a series of screw grooves 11a that are folded back at both ends, and by continuous rotation in one direction, the moving body 6 that is integral with the driven unit is moved at both ends. Turn back and reciprocate.
[0015]
The driving unit 11 has its upper end supported by an upper bearing box 13 and its lower end supported by a lower bearing box 14, and a lower bearing box 14 houses a reduction gear 15 for reducing the rotation of the motor M. are doing. As the driving means D, various mechanisms such as those using a string-like body such as a chain orbiting between the ends of the guide portion 4 and those using a linear motion machine such as a cylinder can be used.
[0016]
The movable body 6 is protruded forward (in a direction perpendicular to the plane of FIG. 3 and away from the plane of FIG. 3) from between the rails 4 a on a base part which is loosely fitted in the groove of the guide part 4 and integrally has the driven part. The rising portion 6A is provided, and the rising portion 6A is provided with support shafts 6B, 6B projecting on both sides of the rising portion 6A so as to extend beyond the side surface of the guide portion 5A on both sides. ing. A running roller 16 for rolling the rail 4a and holding and guiding the moving body 6 is pivotally supported at the base of the support shaft 6B, and the swing arm 7 is pivotally mounted at the protruding end. are doing.
[0017]
In the present embodiment, the rocking arm 7 has a pair of rocking arms 7A whose ends are directed to a forward side when moving upward, that is, a forward side, and a downward side, that is, to a backward side. 7B, each base end is pivotally attached to the support shaft 6B so that each other end can swing back and forth. Further, one swing arm 7A is formed of, for example, one plate, and the other swing arm 7B is formed of a two-layered plate forming a forked portion. Both are pivotally attached to the support shaft 6B with the ends interposed therebetween.
[0018]
In this embodiment, the support shaft 6B is provided with spring means 17 for urging the respective ends of the swing arms 7A and 7B forward. The spring means 17 uses, for example, a torsion spring that locks an extended portion from a winding portion around the support shaft 6B to the swing arms 7A and 7B. It can be attached to a place other than the support shaft 6B, and can also be formed using a rubber material or the like.
[0019]
Acupressure tools 8 having the massage roller R are attached to each end of the swing arms 7 (7A, 7B). In this embodiment, the acupressure tools 8 are arranged on both side surfaces of each swing arm 7. Have been.
[0020]
The acupressure device 8 comprises a massage arm 20 pivotally supported at a substantially central portion at the end of the swing arm 7 and the massage roller R rotatably supported at both ends thereof. Includes an acupressure tool 8A provided on the forward-moving swing arm 7A and an acupressure tool 8B provided on the backward-moving swing arm 7B. As shown in FIG. 7, for example, the massage roller R has a boss portion 23 protruding from a disk-shaped base portion 22 and a central hole 24 provided therethrough, and a sense of acupressure is generated around the base portion 22. A projection P is provided. In this embodiment, the diameter d of the addendum circle is 20 to 50 mm, preferably about 25 to 35 mm, and the width w of the base 22 is 10 to 30 mm, preferably 10 to 20 mm. For example, the diameter d and the width w are different. Rollers can be mixed. Further, the height h of the projections P is formed at an angular pitch of about 1.5 to 3 mm and about 10 to 15 in the circumferential direction.
[0021]
The massage roller R includes a deforming roller Rv having at least one side s inclined with respect to the rotation axis x of the massage roller R, and a normal roller Rn whose both sides s are perpendicular to the rotation axis x (FIG. 7). (See FIG. 3), or all of them can be formed by the deformable roller Rv.
[0022]
For example, as shown in FIG. 8, both side surfaces s1 and s2 are inclined in the same direction and angle with respect to the rotation axis x (for example, 8 to 25 °, preferably 10 to 20 °, or A first deformed roller Rv1 having both sides formed at different angles), as shown in FIG. 9, a second deformed roller Rv2 having only one side s1 inclined with respect to the rotation axis x, Alternatively, as shown in FIGS. 10A and 10B, one side surface s1 is inclined with respect to the rotation axis, and the other side surface s2 has only a part thereof in the same direction as the one side surface. A third deformable roller Rv3 having a notch 26 inclined may be used.
[0023]
As a result, in the first deformed roller Rv1, the feeling of pinching of the acupressure is enhanced by making the lateral rubbing feeling in the lateral direction conspicuous, and the contact length of the protrusion P in the second and third deformed rollers Rv2 and Rv3. The acupressure sensation can be improved by the change in the circumferential direction. In the third deformation roller Rv3, various aspects can be changed in the deformation roller Rv, such as making one side surface s1 perpendicular to the rotation axis x, and sometimes a roller without the projection P can be used. .
[0024]
In the deforming roller Rv, “the side s is inclined with respect to the rotation axis x of the massage roller R” means that the deforming roller Rv is used to give a feeling of acupressure in the lateral direction, and As in the case of the deformed roller Rv, in addition to the case where the actual side surface s is inclined, the outer peripheral edge (when there is no protrusion) that produces the acupressure effect, or the lateral end of the protrusion P is diagonally connected. This includes the case where the virtual imaginary side surface formed by the line is inclined with respect to the rotation axis x. That is, in other words, a case where a portion that exerts a finger pressure effect of swaying in the circumferential direction is provided on a disk-shaped base whose both sides are perpendicular to the rotation axis.
[0025]
FIG. 3 shows that the normal roller Rn is arranged at the upper end of the massage arm 20 in the lower acupressure part 8B, and also in the acupressure tool 8B facing the gab part 4, and as the other fourteen massage rollers R 3 illustrates a case in which the third deformation roller Rv3 is used.
[0026]
The swing arms 7A, 7B are provided with push-up legs 27A, 27B extending rearward (in the direction perpendicular to the plane of FIG. 3 and toward the plane of FIG. 3) at the ends, for example, at their rear ends. The lifting rollers 29 are respectively supported. The climbing roller 29 pushes up the end of the swing arm 7 by climbing on the push-out section 9 and lifts the acupressure tool 8.
[0027]
In the present embodiment, as illustrated in FIGS. 5 and 6, the push-out portion 9 is provided on the upper and lower bearing boxes 13 and 14, and the first and fourth push-out pieces 9A and 9D at the lower end and the mounting base. 5 includes second and third extruded pieces 9B and 9C provided along the guide portion 4 on the substrate portion 5a. As shown in FIG. 5, the first extruded piece 9A has the shape of a sleeve wall of the upper bearing box 13 and is gradually inclined upward from the substrate portion 5a. An inclined portion 9A3 continuing from the horizontal portion 9A2, a horizontal portion 9A4 at the upper end thereof, and an inclined portion 9A5 connected to the upper end and gradually reducing the height are provided via the horizontal portion 9A2.
[0028]
The second and third extruded pieces 9B and 9C are arc-shaped pieces having a small height, and the fourth extruded piece 9D is provided with a horizontal portion 9D2 at the lower end of, for example, a linear inclined portion 9D1 that gradually rises downward. Are connected. In addition, the extrusion part 9 can be made into various shapes and arrangements in which the massage roller R can comfortably apply acupressure according to the strength of the acupressure at the acupressure location (such as a pot).
[0029]
Accordingly, by rotating the motor M of the driving unit 12 and rotating the driving unit 11, the moving body 6 is reciprocated up and down while being turned at the upper and lower ends of the driving unit 11. , 7B provided to the user are reciprocated. At this time, the massage roller R is pressed against the back surface of the user, contacts the reinforcing sheet, and rotates in a reciprocating direction between the waist, the back, and the shoulder due to frictional force therebetween. In addition, with the rotation, the deforming roller Rv changes the contact position or the contact width with the reinforcing sheet in the width direction, and generates a lateral kneading-like acupressure. Further, by mixing a plurality of types of deformation rollers Rv, the degree of the change can be increased.
[0030]
As shown in FIG. 6, in the present embodiment, the push-up leg 27A is formed of first to third extruded pieces 9A to 9C, and the acupressure tool 8B is formed of second to fourth extruded pieces. It is lifted by the pieces 9B to 9D, and each acupressure tool 8A, 8B is directed to the back of the user according to the pot according to the height shape of the inclined portions 9A1, 9A3, 9A5, 9D1, and the horizontal portions 9A2, 9A4, 9D2. And push up, enabling comfortable acupressure. Furthermore, since each massage arm 20 is provided with each massage roller R at the upper and lower ends thereof, this massage arm 20 can be tilted along the back to reduce local discomfort and pain and enhance the acupressure effect. sell.
[0031]
As shown in FIG. 11, the massage means 2 of the present invention is formed as a shaft rod having swinging arms 7A and 7B as ends which can be inserted into each other, and the massage arm 20 is moved in one direction by a spring means 31. In addition, as long as the movable body 6 can be guided as the guide portion 4, one or a plurality of simple plates provided on the substrate portion 5a can be used, or the substrate portion 5a can be raised. It can be variously deformed, such as being formed as a rail-shaped body. In addition, the massage means 2 can be incorporated into appropriate furniture and devices such as mats, in addition to chairs, to constitute a massage device.
[0032]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, since the massage machine of the present invention includes the deformation roller as the massage roller, the contact position on the back in the width direction or the contact width changes along with the rotation of the deformation roller in the reciprocating direction, and A shiatsu-like feeling can be generated to improve the shiatsu feeling and enhance the shiatsu effect. In addition, by providing an extruding portion for lifting the acupressure device, the massage roller is lifted in accordance with the lifting position according to the shoulder, back, waist acupuncture points or their irregular shapes, and by changing the lifting amount, the acupressure effect, massage It can improve the effect and enhance the comfort.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a front view exemplifying an embodiment of a case where a massage machine of the present invention is a chair.
FIG. 2 is a side view thereof.
FIG. 3 is a plan view illustrating a massage unit.
FIG. 4 is a front view thereof.
FIG. 5 is a perspective view thereof.
FIG. 6 is a partial view illustrating the operation.
FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view illustrating a normal roller.
FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional view illustrating an example of a deformation roller.
FIG. 9 is a cross-sectional view illustrating another example of the deformation roller.
FIG. 10A is a cross-sectional view showing still another example of a deformable roller, and FIG. 10B is a front view showing the appearance thereof.
FIG. 11A is a plan view illustrating another embodiment of the massage means, and FIG. 11B is a front view thereof.
FIG. 12 is a plan view illustrating a conventional acupressure tool together with a massage roller.
[Explanation of symbols]
2 Massage means 4 Guide part 5 Mounting stand 6 Moving body 7, 7A, 7B Swing arm 8, 8A, 8B Acupressure tool 9 Pushing part 17 Spring means 20 Massage arm 27, 27A, 27B Push-up leg R Massage roller Rv Deformation roller x side of rotation axis s, s1, s2

Claims (6)

A massage machine comprising massage means for acupressure a user, wherein the massage means is driven by a mounting table having a guide portion extending along the spine of the user, and driven by drive means, and reciprocates along the guide portion. A movable body, a swing arm pivotally supported by the movable body so that the end can swing back and forth toward the back, and supported by the end of the swing arm, and capable of rolling in a reciprocating direction. Along with acupressure equipment including massage rollers,
The mounting base is provided with an extruding unit that increases finger pressure by extruding the massage roller forward,
Moreover, the massage roller includes a deformation roller having at least one side surface inclined with respect to the rotation axis of the massage roller. 2. The massage machine according to claim 1, wherein both side surfaces of the deformation roller are inclined in the same direction with respect to a rotation axis. 3. The massage machine according to claim 1, wherein only one side surface of the deformation roller is inclined with respect to a rotation axis. 2. The deformation roller according to claim 1, wherein one side surface is inclined with respect to the rotation axis, and the other side surface is partially inclined in the same direction as the one side surface. Massage machine. The moving body includes a pair of swinging arms whose ends are directed to the forward and backward sides, and the acupressure device includes a massage arm that is tiltably held at the end and two ends thereof. 5. The swing arm according to claim 1, wherein the swing arm includes a push-up leg that lifts the acupressure tool by riding on the push-out portion. 6. Massage machine. The acupressure device is disposed at both ends and both side surfaces of the swing arm, and the moving body includes the swing arm on both sides in the reciprocating direction thereof, and the swing arm faces the end portion. The massage machine according to any one of claims 1 to 5, further comprising a spring means for urging the massager.

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