JP2005204809A - Massage machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent a finger from touching a circuit board and an electronic component in a cover even if enlarging a pullout port of the cover covering the circuit board and to prevent the easy detachment of a wiring cords to be pulled out of the pullout port, from a connector to the circuit board. <P>SOLUTION: This massage machine is so constituted that the circuit board 23 equipped with the electronic component 24 is covered with the cover 31, and the wiring cords 33 is pulled out of the pullout port 34 provided in the cover to the outside to be connected with a massage driving part. The cover 31 is mounted on a base plate 30, a part of the cover adjacent to the base plate is notched to form the pullout port 34, a holder 35 is attached inside or adjacent to the pullout port on the base plate 30, and the wiring cords 33 are fixed to the holder with a cord band 39. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to wiring cord processing of a massage machine.

There are various types of massage machines. A so-called chair type massage machine incorporating a massage device for massaging a user is widely known. In such a massage machine, many electronic components and devices are used to control the massage drive unit that drives the massage device, and the circuit board and electronic components for electrically controlling these are used in the seat portion. Often placed in the lower space. (For example, refer to Patent Document 1).
JP 2002-233505 A

  By the way, circuit boards and electronic parts are usually covered with a cover in order to protect them from external factors and to suppress the spread of fire to the surroundings in the unlikely event that they burn. The wiring cord group is pulled out and connected to the massage driving unit. The cover outlet must not be able to touch the circuit board and electronic components inside with the fingers, so it cannot be enlarged, and there is a problem that it is difficult to pass the wiring cord through the outlet. .

  Further, when a pulling force is applied to the wiring cord group, the force is directly applied to the connector with the circuit board, and the connector may come off the connector.

  An object of the present invention is to prevent the circuit board and electronic components in the cover from being touched from the outlet even when the outlet of the cover is enlarged, and to add a pulling force to the wiring cord group drawn from the outlet. However, it is simply to provide a massage machine that prevents the wiring cord from being detached from the connector.

  In order to solve the above problems, the present invention covers a circuit board on which an electronic component is mounted with a cover, and a wiring cord group is pulled out from an outlet provided in the cover and connected to a massage driving unit. On the base plate, cut out from the base plate side of the cover to form the outlet, attach a holder in the outlet on the base plate, and fix the wiring cord group to this holder with a fastening member It is a thing.

  In the present invention, the circuit board on which electronic components are mounted is covered with a cover, and the wiring cord group is pulled out from the outlet provided in the cover and connected to the massage driving unit. The cover is attached to the base plate. The cover is cut out from the base plate side to form the outlet, a holder is attached in the vicinity of the outlet on the base plate, and a wiring cord group is fixed to the holder by a fastening member.

  In the present invention, a cord placement wall is further formed on the circuit board side of the holder up to a position higher than the circuit board.

  Specifically, the fastening member is composed of a cord band.

  According to the present invention, the outlet of the cover is formed by cutting out from the base plate side, a holder is attached in the vicinity of the outlet on the base plate or in the vicinity of the outlet, and the wiring cord group is used as a fastening member. Therefore, even if the outlet is enlarged, the holder can prevent the fingers from entering the cover from the outlet and cannot touch the circuit board or the electronic component, thereby ensuring safety.

  In addition, since the outlet is cut out from the base plate side of the cover, the cover can be mounted only on the base plate from above, and there is no need to pass a group of wiring cords through the outlet, making assembly easy Can be done.

  Further, since the wiring cord group is fixed to the holder by the fastening member, even if the wiring cord group is pulled, it can be received by the holder, and the wiring cord can be prevented from being detached from the connector.

  Also, if the cord placement wall is formed on the circuit board side of the holder to a position higher than the circuit board, the wiring cord group is received by the cord placement wall even if a downward pulling force is applied to the wiring cord group. There is no case that the pattern of the circuit board is peeled off by contact with the wiring cord group without contacting the circuit board.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described by taking as an example a chair type massage machine in which a massage device is built in a backrest or a footrest. Here, for the sake of convenience, the right hand side of the user sitting on the chair is the right side, the left hand side is the left side, the chest side is the front side, and the back side is the back side. FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the chair type massage machine 1 as viewed from the right front side, and FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the massage machine as viewed from the left rear side, with the left side plate 8 to be described later removed.

  The chair type massage machine 1 is connected to the backrest part 3 at the back of the seat part 2 on which the user sits, and to the calf placing part 4 for placing the calf of the user to the front and the lower end of the calf placing part 4. A footrest 6 comprising a footrest placing portion 5 for placing a toe of a user, left and right armrests 7, left and right side plates 8 to which the armrest 7 is attached, these seat portions 2, backrest portion 3, footrest 6, and side plates 8 The frame structure 9 which consists of a square material and a pipe material which support etc. is comprised.

  The backrest 3 is connected to the seat 2 so that it can be raised and lowered and positioned at any position. The calf placing portion 4 is connected to the front of the seat portion 2 so as to be rotatable up and down and to be positioned at an arbitrary position. In addition, the foot tip placement portion 5 is rotatably connected to the calf placement portion 4.

In the backrest part 3, a known massage device (not shown) for rubbing or hitting the shoulder, back, waist, etc. of the user is disposed along the backrest part 3 so as to be movable up and down. The pillow 91 is attached to the upper part of the backrest 3. The front of the lower space of the seat 2 is covered with a decorative cover 90. The decorative cover 90 is formed with a plurality of protrusions in the horizontal direction for reinforcement. As shown in FIG. 1, the calf mounting part 4 is a pair of saddle-shaped recesses into which the left and right calves of the user are respectively inserted. 10 and 10. A side airbag (not hidden by a cloth cover that covers the entire calf placing portion 4) that presses the calf from the side is provided on the inner side surface of each saddle-shaped recess 10, and this side airbag is provided with an air pump 20 ( (See Fig. 4)) The air is expanded by receiving the supply of air from the side, presses the calf from the side, contracts by releasing the supplied air, releases the pressure, and repeats the expansion and contraction to calf. To massage.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the foot tip placement portion 5 also has a pair of hook-shaped recesses 11 and 11 into which the left and right foot tips (portions ahead of the heel) of the user are respectively inserted. On the inner side surface of each saddle-shaped recess 11, a side airbag (which is hidden by a cloth cover covering the entire toe mounting portion 5) that presses the tip of the foot from the side is provided, and this side airbag is also an air pump. 20 is expanded by receiving the supply of air from the side, the foot is pressed from the side, and the supplied air is contracted by releasing the air to release the pressure. Massage. These side airbags serve as a massage device for the footrest 6.

  In FIG. 2, reference numeral 21 denotes a telescopic device made of a well-known gas spring for raising and lowering the backrest 3 provided between the frame 9 on the back surface of the seat 2 and the lower end of the backrest 3. Raise 3 and collapse backrest 3 when contracted. A telescopic device 22 is a well-known gas spring provided between the footrest 6 and the lower frame 9. When the footrest 6 is extended, the footrest 6 is rotated upward and lifted. It returns to the state of 1. Even if the footrest 6 rotates, the foot rest placement portion 5 is lifted while maintaining a substantially horizontal state.

  On the right side of the lower space of the seat portion 2 is a circuit board 23 for electrically controlling the massage device in the backrest portion 3 and the footrest 6, an electronic component 24, and a control incorporating the air pump 20, the electromagnetic valve 25, etc. A box 26 is arranged. The control box 26 has a two-stage structure as shown in FIGS.

  The lower box 27 is formed of a steel plate and is installed on the lower frame 9. The lower box 27 is interposed in the air pump 20 and an air supply path from the air pump 20 to the side airbag to the side airbag. A plurality of solenoid valves 25 for controlling the supply of air and the exhaust of air from the side airbag, a transformer 28, and the like are arranged.

  The upper box 29 includes a top surface 30 of the lower box 27 and a resin cover 31 attached on the top surface 30, and the circuit board 23 on which the electronic component 24 is mounted floats from the top surface 30. It is attached in the state. Here, the top surface 30 serves as a base plate to which the circuit board 23 and the cover 31 are attached.

  In this way, the control box 26 has a two-stage structure, so that the installation space can be minimized (in this embodiment, it can be moved to the right side of the lower space of the seat 2), and the remaining space The gas springs 21 and 22 for rotating the backrest 3 and the footrest 6 can be arranged without difficulty. Further, since the air pump 20 is covered with the lower steel plate box 27, noise can be absorbed and the soundproofing effect can be improved, and vibration by the air pump 20 tends to be transmitted to the circuit board 23. The vibration absorbed by the box 27 and transmitted to the circuit board 23 can be weakened to protect the circuit board 23.

  From the control box 29 on the upper side, a wiring cord group 33 connected to a plurality of connectors on the circuit board 23 is pulled out to the outside and connected to a massage driving unit including a motor of a massage device. The cover 31 is formed with an outlet 34 for drawing out the wiring cord group 33. The outlet 34 is formed by cutting out from the lower end of the cover 31 (from the base plate 30 side).

A resin holder 35 as shown in FIG. 5 is attached to a position located in the outlet 34 on the base plate 30. The holder 35 is positioned by fitting a protrusion 36 projecting from two lower ends of the holder 35 into a hole provided in the base plate 30, and then attached to the base plate 30 with a screw 37. On the side of the circuit board 23 of the holder 35, a cord placement wall 38 protrudes to a position higher than the circuit board 23. (Refer to the enlarged view in a circle in FIG. 4) A guide groove 40 of a cord band 39 described later is formed on the lower surface of the holder 35. (See Figure 5)
Thus, the wiring cords are bundled and fixed to the holder 35 with the cord band 39 to form one wiring cord group 33. Since the cord band 39 is fitted in the groove 40 on the lower surface of the holder 35, it does not shift. Then, the cover 31 is attached on the base plate 30. At this time, the holder 35 is located in the outlet 34. That is, the wiring cord group 33 is drawn out through a narrow space constituted by the holder 35 and the outlet 34.

  With such a configuration, even if the outlet 34 is enlarged, the holder 35 can prevent the fingers from entering the cover 31 from the outlet 34 and can touch the circuit board 23 and the electronic component 24. Therefore, safety can be ensured.

  Further, since the outlet 34 is formed by cutting out from the base plate side of the cover 31, it is only necessary to cover the cover 31 from above, and it is not necessary to pass the wiring cord group 33 through the outlet 34 and can be easily performed. .

  In addition, since the wiring cord group 33 is fixed to the holder 35 by the cord band 39 that is a fastening member, even if the wiring cord group 33 is pulled, it can be received by the holder 35 and the wiring cord can be prevented from being detached from the connector.

  Even if a downward pulling force is applied to the wiring cord group 33, the wiring cord group 33 is received by the cord placement wall 38 and does not contact the circuit board 23. The wiring cord group 33 is a rigid body because many cords are bundled. When the wiring cord group 33 comes into contact with the circuit board 23, the circuit board 23 is rubbed by the wiring cord group 33 and the pattern of the circuit board 23 is peeled off. The mounting wall 38 can protect the circuit board 23 without such a situation.

  In the above embodiment, the holder 35 is attached so as to be positioned in the outlet 34 on the base plate 30, but the same effect can be obtained if it is attached in the vicinity (for example, just outside) of the outlet 34 of the base plate 30.

  As an application example of the present invention, in addition to a chair type massage machine, it can also be used for all massage machines such as a bed type. In addition, the contents of the wiring code processing disclosed in the present invention can be utilized for an electrically controlled device other than a massage machine.

It is the perspective view seen from the right front of the chair type massage machine shown as an example of the present invention. It is a perspective view of the state which removed the left side board from the left rear of the massage machine. It is a perspective view of the control box of the massage machine. It is the longitudinal cross-sectional view of the control box, and the enlarged view in the circle. It is a perspective view of the holder used for the control box.

Explanation of symbols

24 electronic component 23 circuit board 31 cover 34 outlet 32 wiring cord group 30 top surface (base plate)
35 Holder 39 Cord band (fastening member)
38 code placement wall

Claims (6)

The circuit board on which the electronic component is mounted is covered with a cover, and the wiring cord group is pulled out from the outlet provided in the cover and connected to the massage driving unit. A massage machine formed by cutting out from the base plate side to form the outlet, attaching a holder in the outlet on the base plate, and fixing the wiring cord group to the holder with a fastening member. The circuit board on which the electronic component is mounted is covered with a cover, and the wiring cord group is pulled out from the outlet provided in the cover and connected to the massage driving unit. A massage machine formed by cutting out from the base plate side to form the outlet, attaching a holder near the outlet on the base plate, and fixing the wiring cord group to the holder with a fastening member. The massage machine according to claim 1 or 2, wherein a cord placing wall is formed on the circuit board side of the holder up to a position higher than the circuit board. The massage machine according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the fastening member includes a cord band. A backrest that is connected to the back of the seat so that it can be tilted up and down, and a footrest that is connected to the front of the seat so that it can rotate freely. The massage machine according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the massage machine is provided and driven by the massage drive unit. The massage machine according to claim 5, wherein a cover that covers the circuit board is disposed below the seat portion.

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