JP2006034447A - Massage device for limbs - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a massage device for limbs, which is capable of changing a treating position in the peripheral direction of the limbs while suppressing the twist of the limbs of a human body. <P>SOLUTION: A plurality of stand elements 25 and 26 and 29 and 30 having treatment recessed parts 20 provided with air bags 31-34 for limb treatment, which massages the limbs of the human body are arranged side by side in front and back directions and a limb mounting base 22 is formed. The respective stand elements 25-30 are provided so as to be respectively turned in a peripheral direction. The massage device has an air supply / discharge device (driving device) provided with a control part for controlling the operations of the plurality of air bags (stand turning means) for turning stand, which individually turn the respective stand elements 25-30, and the inflation/deflation operations of the respective air bags 31-34 for the limb treatment. By a treating position change mode that the control part has, after inflating and holding the air bag for the limb treatment, which is disposed at a part of the stand elements, the other stand elements are turned by the air bags for stand turning, and the treating position of the air bags for the limb treatment disposed to the other stand elements is changed to the peripheral direction of the limbs. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a limb body massage apparatus that inflates and contracts an air bag to massage a limb such as a lower limb of a human body.

  Conventionally, a footrest part is connected to the front side of the seat part, and an air cell for massage is provided on each of the groove side surfaces of the pair of left and right receiving grooves of the footrest part, and these air cells are repeatedly expanded and contracted by an air supply / exhaust device. There is known a chair-type massage machine that massages the lower leg of a seated person in a storage groove by pressing and relaxing with an air cell from the side.

In this massage machine, in order to change the position of the massage air cell with respect to the circumferential direction of the occupant's lower leg stored in the accommodation groove, that is, to change the treatment position in the circumferential direction, the footrest part is separated to the left and right independently. The adjacent wall portions of the separated footrest portions are pivotally connected at the upper portion, and an accordion-shaped footrest portion pivoting air cell is provided at the lower portion. A technique is known in which the separation footrest is rotated (see, for example, Patent Document 1).
JP 2004-41383 A (paragraph 0122-0132, FIGS. 1 and 14)

  In the chair-type massage machine of Patent Document 1, in a state where the pair of separated footrests are arranged at the basic position, the left and right separation footrests having a single accommodation groove are arranged in parallel, The upper end opening of the receiving groove faces directly above. For this reason, both the legs of the seated person can be taken in and out of the receiving grooves of the left and right separation footrests without difficulty. However, treatment is performed by inflating the rotating air cell and rotating the pair of separated footrests in a state where both feet of the seated person are accommodated in the receiving grooves of the left and right separation footrests arranged at the basic position. When the position is changed in the circumferential direction, both the legs of the seated person are twisted in the rotation direction of the pair of separated footrests. In such a twisted state, it is easy to feel discomfort due to an unnatural force applied to the foot, so it is not preferable that air massage is performed while this state is maintained, and an improvement is desired. .

  An object of the present invention is to provide a massage device for a limb that can change the treatment position in the circumferential direction of the limb while suppressing twisting of the limb of the human body.

  In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, the present invention forms a limb body mounting table by arranging a plurality of pedestal elements in the front-rear direction having treatment recesses provided with limb treatment air bags for massaging the limbs of a human body, And a control unit that controls the operation of the plurality of table rotating means for individually rotating each table element and the expansion and contraction operation of each limb body treatment air bag. In addition to the drive device, the control unit has a treatment position change mode, and the other pedestal elements are rotated by the pedestal in a state where the air bags for the limb body treatment disposed on some pedestal elements are inflated and held. The treatment position is changed with respect to the circumferential direction of the limb of the limb treatment air bag disposed on the other pedestal element by being rotated by the means.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, the massaging apparatus for limbs which can change a treatment position to the circumferential direction of a limb while suppressing twisting of the limb of a human body can be provided.

  A first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. A chair-type massage machine denoted by reference numeral 1 in FIG. 1 includes a chair body 2, a lower leg massage device 21 as a limb body massage device, and an air supply / exhaust device 50 (see FIG. 5) as a drive device, for example. Yes.

  The chair body 2 includes a seat portion 3 and a backrest 4. The seat 3 has a seat 3a and left and right legs 3b that support the seat 3a. The leg 3b also serves as an armrest. The portion corresponding to the armrest can be omitted. The backrest 4 is disposed obliquely upward on the rear side of the seat portion 3. The inclination angle of the backrest 4 may be fixed, or may be provided so that the inclination angle can be adjusted by a reclining mechanism. For example, the remote controller 5 is detachably disposed as an operation unit on the upper surface portion serving as an armrest portion of one leg portion 3b. Although not shown, the remote controller 5 has a power button, a selection button for inputting various massage modes and the like to the air supply / exhaust device 50, and the like.

  The seat portion 3 is provided with a plurality of, for example, two air bags 11 and 12 as at least one treatment element extending in the width direction of the seat portion 3. When the air bag 11 is used, the air bag 11 is used for air massaging the buttocks of the user (sitting person) seated on the chair body 2 by repeatedly expanding and contracting, and is disposed at the rear part of the seat part 3. . When the air bag 12 is used, the air bag 12 repeatedly expands and contracts to air massage the upper leg portion of the seated person, and is disposed at the front portion of the seat portion 3.

  The backrest 4 is provided with a plurality of air bags 13 to 15 as at least one treatment element. A pair of left and right air bags 13 are disposed at the lower end of the backrest 4 and when used, the air bag 13 is subjected to air massaging by repeatedly expanding and contracting in synchronism. The air bag 14 is arranged extending in the vertical direction at the center of the backrest 4 in the width direction, and when used, the air bag 14 repeatedly expands and contracts to air massage the seated person's back muscles. A pair of left and right air bags 15 are arranged on the upper part of the backrest 4 and when used, the air bags 15 are repeatedly inflated and deflated in a synchronized manner to air massage the back of the seated person.

  The air bags 11 to 15 are covered with a flexible cover of the chair body 2. The treatment element of the chair body 2 may be omitted. However, when a treatment element is provided on at least the backrest 4 of the chair body 2, a so-called mechanical treatment element having, for example, a pair of kneading balls can be used as the treatment element instead of the air bag. It is also possible to use both the treatment element and the treatment element comprising an air bag together.

  A support base (not shown) is pivotally connected to the front end portion of the seat portion 3 so as to be pivotable in the vertical direction, and a lower leg massage device 21 is attached to the support base. As shown in FIG. 1, the lower leg massage device 21 is inclined to the front lower side or substantially horizontal by the rotation of the support base around the pivot axis, continuously to the front end of the seat 3a. It can move over the 2nd position stood so that it may bend below from the front end of seat part 3. In addition, since the support base is positioned at a plurality of angles by positioning means such as a ratchet mechanism (not shown), the lower leg massage device 21 is positioned at the first position and the second position, and also between them. Positioned in an oblique posture.

  The lower leg massage device 21 includes, for example, a lower limb platform 22, limb body treatment air bags 31 to 34, pedestal rotation air bags 36 to 39, and an air supply / exhaust device 50 as pedestal rotation means. It has.

  The lower limb platform 22 has a configuration in which a plurality of paired left and right platform elements are arranged in parallel in the front-rear direction. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 4, in this embodiment, a pair of left and right front platform elements 25, 26. A pair of left and right rear base elements 29 and 30 are juxtaposed in the front-rear direction. In the present specification, the "front side" is based on the user, refers to the side close to the end of the user's feet, hands, etc., in the case of this embodiment, refers to the foot side, The “rear side” refers to the side close to the user's heart, in this embodiment, the knee side.

  Each of the front base elements 25 and 26 and the rear base elements 29 and 30 has the same shape and has a treatment recess 20 having a concave groove shape large enough to allow the seated person's lower leg to be taken in and out. The lower leg of the seated person is accommodated across the treatment recess 20 that is adjacent in the front-rear direction. Specifically, the limb part near the heart of the human body, specifically, the knee side part of the lower leg is inserted into and removed from the treatment recess 20 of the rear base elements 29 and 30, and the limb part near the end of the human body, specifically the lower leg The foot tip side portion is inserted into and removed from the treatment recess 20 of the front platform elements 25, 26.

  As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the inner surface shape of the treatment recess 20 includes an arc shape drawn around a point O on a straight line 1 passing through the center in the width direction of the treatment recess 20 at least in the lower part. Here, the straight line 1 passing through the center in the width direction of the treatment recess 20 is the center in the width direction of the open surface extending in the front-rear direction of the treatment recess 20 and the treatment recess 20 substantially parallel to the open surface. It points to a straight line passing through the center in the width direction in the treatment recess 20 on any intersecting surface.

  Limb body treatment air bags 31 that are inflated and contracted in synchronization are provided on at least one of both side surfaces of the treatment recess 20 of the front (foot side) base element 25, preferably on both side surfaces facing each other in the width direction. A limb body that is disposed and is inflated and contracted synchronously on at least one of both side surfaces of the treatment recess 20 of the front (base) side base element 26, preferably on both side surfaces facing each other in the width direction. Treatment air bags 32 are respectively provided. Similarly, limb body treatment air that is inflated and contracted synchronously on at least one of both side surfaces of the treatment recess 20 of the back (knee side) base element 29, preferably on both side surfaces facing each other in the width direction. Each of the bags 33 is disposed in synchronism with at least one of both side surfaces of the treatment recess 20 of the rear (knee side) base element 30, preferably on both side surfaces positioned so as to face each other in the width direction. Inflatable and inflatable limb body treatment air bags 34 are respectively provided. The air bags 31 to 34 for treating each limb body are used for air massaging the lower leg of the human body from the side along the radial direction by repeatedly expanding and contracting, and for holding the lower leg when maintaining the inflated state. The The lower leg massage device 21 has a flexible cover that covers the base elements 25, 26, 29, 30, a support frame described later, and air bags 31 to 34 for limb treatment. It does not have to be.

  The pair of front base elements 25 and 26 forming a pair are rotatably supported by, for example, support plates 23 and 24 as support members disposed so as to overlap with each other. The support plates 23 and 24 are fixed to the support base so as to stand up from now on. The support plates 23, 24 have a notch 23 a along the open end surface in the front-rear direction of the treatment recess 20 as representatively shown by the front support plate 23 shown in FIG. 2, and do not block the open end surface. It is formed as follows.

  In order to rotatably support the front base elements 25, 26 with respect to the support plates 23, 24, as shown by the front support plate 23 shown in FIG. 2, a guide portion along the notch 23a. 41 is provided on each of the support plates 23 and 24, and a driven portion 42 that is defined by the guide portion 41 and moves is provided on the front base elements 25 and 26. The guide portion 41 is formed of, for example, an arc-shaped guide hole, and the driven portion 42 is formed of a protrusion formed integrally with each of the front base elements 25 and 26. On the contrary, a driven portion 42 made of an arcuate groove may be provided on each of the front base elements 25, 26, and a guide portion 41 made of a protrusion may be provided on each of the support plates 23, 24.

  With this configuration, the front platform elements 25, 26 rotate in the circumferential direction, more specifically, a point that is located on the straight line 1 and is imaginary by the inner shape of the treatment recess 20. It can rotate around a point O which is the approximate center of C. Here, the approximate center of the circle C imaginary by the inner shape of the treatment recess 20 is the substantial center of the circle imagined by the inner shape of the treatment recess 20, and the lower leg is accommodated in the treatment recess 20. In this state, it points to the rotation center where the front base elements 25, 26 can be rotated so that the position of the lower leg in the vertical direction and the horizontal (width) direction hardly change. Some movement of the lower leg is allowed based on manufacturing dimensional tolerances. In order to prevent the center of rotation of the front base elements 25 and 26 from deviating from the point O which is the approximate center of the circle C imagined by the inner surface shape of the treatment recess 20 in FIG. As illustrated in FIG. 5, it is preferable to provide a plurality of guide portions 41 and follower portions 42.

  Similarly, the rear base elements 29 and 30 forming a pair are rotatably supported by, for example, support plates 27 and 28 as support members disposed so as to overlap with each other. The support plates 27 and 28 are fixed to the support base so as to stand up from now on. The support plates 27 and 28 have a notch 28a along the open end surface in the front-rear direction of the treatment recess 20 as representatively shown by the rear support plate 28 shown in FIG. 3, and close the open end surface. It is formed so that there is no.

  In order to rotatably support the rear base elements 29 and 30 with respect to the support plates 27 and 28, as shown by the rear support plate 28 shown in FIG. A plurality of guide portions 43 are provided on the support plates 27 and 28, respectively, and a follower portion 44 that moves as defined by the guide portions 43 is provided on the rear base elements 29 and 30. The plurality of guide portions 43 are formed of, for example, arc-shaped guide holes, and the driven portion 44 is formed of a protrusion formed integrally with each of the rear base elements 29 and 30. On the contrary, the rear base elements 29 and 30 may be provided with driven portions 44 made of arcuate grooves, and the support plates 27 and 28 may be provided with guide portions 43 made of protrusions. . With this configuration, the rear base elements 29 and 30 are points located on the straight line l and centered on a point O that is the approximate center of a circle C that is virtually assumed by the inner surface shape of the treatment recess 20. Can rotate. In addition, the point O which becomes the rotation center of the front base element 25 and the rear base element 29 adjacent to each other in the front-rear direction substantially coincides with the front-rear direction. In order to prevent the center of rotation of the rear base elements 29 and 30 from deviating from the point O which is the approximate center of the circle C imagined by the inner surface shape of the treatment recess 20 when the rear base elements 29 and 30 are rotated. As illustrated in FIG. 3, it is preferable to provide a plurality of guide portions 43 and follower portions 44.

  The support plates 23 and 24 are connected by a connecting member 45 (see FIG. 2) extending in the front-rear direction and having a U-shaped cross section. The support plates 23 and 24 and the connecting member 45 form a support frame that rotatably supports the pair of base elements 25 and 26 as described above, and this support frame is fixed to the support base (not shown). ing. The connecting member 45 is disposed between the pair of left and right base elements 25 and 26. Similarly, the support plates 27 and 28 are connected by a connecting member 46 (see FIG. 3) extending in the front-rear direction and having a U-shaped cross section. The support plates 27 and 28 and the connecting member 46 form a support frame that rotatably supports the pair of base elements 29 and 30 as described above, and this support frame is fixed to the support base (not shown). ing. The connecting member 46 is disposed between the pair of left and right base elements 29 and 30.

  As shown in FIG. 2, one of the side walls 45a of the connecting member 45 and the side surface of the front base element 25 opposite to the one side edge of the base rotation air bag 36 for rotating the front base element 25 is provided. Fixed between them and placed between them. Similarly, the air bag 37 for rotating the table for rotating the table element 26 on the front side also has a side edge on the side wall 45b of the connecting member 45 and the side surface of the table element 26 on the front side facing the other side wall 45b as shown in FIG. It is fixed to one side and placed between them. When the air bags 36 and 37 are in the contracted state, the front base elements 25 and 26 are arranged at the reference position shown by the solid line in FIG. 2 by their own weight or the biasing force of the spring, and the air bags 36 and 37 are in the inflated state. When being held, the front base elements 25 and 26 are arranged at use positions rotated by a predetermined angle as indicated by a two-dot chain line in FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the table turning air bag 38 for rotating the rear table element 29 has one side edge 46 a on one side wall 46 a of the connecting member 46 and the side surface of the rear table element 29 facing the side wall 46 a. It is fixed to one of them and placed between them. Similarly, the base turning air bag 39 for turning the rear base element 30 also has one side edge thereof as shown in FIG. 3, and the rear base element 29 facing the other side wall 46b of the connecting member 46. It is fixed between one side and the other and is placed between them. When the air bags 38 and 39 are in the contracted state, the rear base elements 29 and 30 are arranged at the reference position indicated by the solid line in FIG. 3 by their own weight or the biasing force of the spring, and the air bags 38 and 39 are in the inflated state. The rear base elements 29 and 30 are disposed at the use positions rotated by a predetermined angle as shown by the two-dot chain line in FIG.

  A unitized air supply / exhaust device 50 is disposed below the chair body 2, for example, in the lower space of the seat 3. As shown in FIG. 5, the air supply / exhaust device 50 includes an air compressor 51, a filter tank 52, a distribution switching unit 53, a first electromagnetic valve 54, a second electromagnetic valve 55, a third electromagnetic valve 56, and a fourth electromagnetic valve. A solenoid valve 57, a fifth solenoid valve 66, a sixth solenoid valve 67, and a control unit 58 for controlling these are provided.

  The discharge port of the air compressor 51 that generates compressed air is connected to a filter tank 52 for absorbing pulsation. The supply pipe 61 connected to the outlet of the filter tank 52 is branched into first to fifth supply pipes 61a to 61e. The first supply pipe 61a is connected to the inlet of the distribution switching unit 53, and the first to fourth electromagnetic valves 54 to 57 are individually connected to the second to fifth supply pipes 61b to 61e. Further, a fifth electromagnetic valve 66 is provided on the third supply pipe 61d on the upstream side of the third electromagnetic valve 56, and a fourth electromagnetic valve 57 is provided on the fourth supply pipe 61e. A sixth electromagnetic valve 67 is provided on the upstream side.

  For example, a rotary switch is used as the distribution switching unit 53, but a plurality of solenoid valves may be used. The rotary distribution switching unit 53 includes one intake port to which the first supply pipe 61a is connected, and a plurality of distribution ports to which the massage air bags 11 to 15 are individually connected via the supply / exhaust tubes. And one exhaust port. The distribution switching unit 53 connects the arbitrarily selected distribution port to the intake port and the unselected distribution port to the exhaust port by the rotation of the flow path switching rotor. It forms so that the selective intake with respect to the bags 11-15 and selective exhaust_gas | exhaustion can be performed.

  Each of the first to fourth solenoid valves 54 to 57 is a flow path switching valve capable of selecting an air supply position and an exhaust position, and communication with the supply pipe 61 on the upstream side is cut off at the exhaust position. It has become. Both the fifth solenoid valve 66 and the sixth solenoid valve 67 are on-off valves.

  Limb body treatment air bladders 31 and 32 attached to the front base elements 25 and 26 are connected to the first electromagnetic valve 54 via an air supply / exhaust tube 62. The air supply / exhaust tube 62 is branched into two systems, each of which is further branched into two systems, and the respective branch ends are individually connected to the limb body treatment air bags 31 and 32. Therefore, the four limb body treatment air bladders 31 and 32 are inflated and contracted synchronously. Similarly, limb body treatment air bags 33, 34 respectively attached to the rear base elements 29, 30 are connected to the second electromagnetic valve 55 via supply / exhaust tubes 63. The supply / exhaust tube 63 is branched into two systems, each of which is further branched into two systems, and the respective branch ends are individually connected to the limb body treatment air bags 33 and 34. Accordingly, the four limb treatment air bags 33 and 34 are inflated and contracted in synchronization.

  The third electromagnetic valve 56 is connected to base rotation air bladders 36 and 37 for rotating the front base elements 25 and 26 via the supply / exhaust tubes 64 branched into two systems. Similarly, the fourth solenoid valve 57 is connected to base rotation air bags 38 and 39 for rotating the rear base elements 29 and 30 via the supply / exhaust tube 65 branched into two systems. .

  The control unit 58 is formed of a microcomputer, and a program for executing various operation modes is stored in a memory (not shown). The control unit 58 controls the operations of the air compressor 51 and the distribution switching unit 53 in accordance with the operation mode designated by the remote controller 5 to selectively supply and exhaust the massage air bags 11 to 15. Further, the control unit 58 controls the air compressor 51 and the electromagnetic valves 54 and 55 to control supply and exhaust of air to the limb body treatment air bags 31 to 34. At the same time, the control unit 58 controls the air compressor 51 and the solenoid valves 56, 57, 66, and 67 to control supply and exhaust of air to the base rotation air bags 36, 37, and 38, 39.

  The operation modes for the air bags 11 to 15 are the whole body massage course, the upper body massage course, the lower body massage course, the point massage mode that massages each part of the body independently such as the buttocks, the waist, the middle, the back muscle part, the lower leg, and the lower leg. A simultaneous operation mode for simultaneously executing the lower leg point massage mode is set for each point massage mode.

  The operation mode for the lower leg massage device 21 includes a treatment position change mode, a front expansion / contraction mode in which the front four limb treatment air bladders 31 and 32 are inflated / contracted, and four rear limbs. Rear inflating / deflating mode in which the treatment air bags 33, 34 are inflated / deflated in synchronism, simultaneous inflating / deflating mode in which the limb body treating air bags 31, 32 and the limb body treating air bags 33, 34 are inflated / inflated at the same time, limb body treatment An alternate inflating / deflating mode for alternately inflating / deflating the air bladders 31 and 32 and the air bags 33 and 34 for limb treatment is set. The treatment position change mode is a mode in which one of the base elements 25 and 26 or the base elements 29 and 30 is rotated with respect to the other to change the treatment position with respect to the circumferential direction of the lower leg, which is a limb.

  In the lower leg massage device 21 provided in the chair type massage machine 1, when each of the air bags for rotation 36 to 39 is in a contracted state, the front base elements 25, 26 and the rear base elements 29, 30 is a reference position. In the state of being arranged at this reference position, as shown in FIG. 4 (A), the base elements 25, 26, 29, and 30 have a posture in which the open surfaces extending in the front-rear direction of the treatment recesses 20 are directed upward. Therefore, the lower leg of the seated person can be easily put in and out of the treatment recess 20.

  When the base rotation air bags 36 and 37 of the lower leg massage device 21 are inflated and held, respectively, only the front base elements 25 and 26 have their treatment recesses 20 as shown in FIG. The open surfaces extending in the front-rear direction are held in a state of being rotated by a predetermined angle with respect to the rear base elements 29 and 30 in the direction in which they face each other. In this state, the limb body treatment air bladders 31 and 32 move together with the front base elements 25 and 26 as compared to the state of FIG. 4A, so that the circumferential direction of the lower leg by these limb body treatment air bags 31 and 32 The treatment position for is changed.

  Similarly, when the base rotation air bags 38 and 39 of the lower leg massage device 21 are inflated and held, only the rear base elements 29 and 30 are used as shown in FIG. Of the treatment recess 20 is held in a state rotated by a predetermined angle with respect to the front base elements 25 and 26 in the direction in which the open surfaces extending in the front-rear direction face each other. In this state, the limb body treatment air bags 33 and 34 move together with the rear base elements 29 and 30 as compared to the state of FIG. The treatment position with respect to the direction changes.

  Next, a case where the lower leg is massaged in the rear expansion / contraction mode including the treatment position change mode will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 6A shows a state in which the base elements 25, 26, 29, and 30 are at the reference positions. In this state, the lower leg of a seated person (not shown) is accommodated in the treatment recess 20 adjacent to the front and rear. .

  FIG. 6B shows a state in which the limb body treatment air bladders 31 and 32 disposed on the front base elements 25 and 26 are inflated and held. This state is realized by maintaining the first electromagnetic valve 54 in the supply state by the control unit 58. Thereby, the ankle side part of the lower leg is sandwiched and held between the limb body treatment air bags 31 and 32 inflated from both sides in the width direction.

  FIG. 6C shows a state in which the rear base elements 29 and 30 are rotated by a predetermined angle while the ankle side of the leg is held by the limb body treatment air bags 31 and 32. This rotation is performed by opening the sixth electromagnetic valve 67 by the control unit 58 and setting the fourth electromagnetic valve 57 to the air supply position so that the table rotating air bags 38 and 39 are inflated in synchronization. . Then, after the expansion is completed, the sixth electromagnetic valve 67 is closed by the control unit 58, so that the state of FIG. 6C is maintained. FIGS. 6B and 6C show the treatment position change mode for the rear base elements 29 and 30.

  FIG. 6D shows a state in which the limb body treatment air bladders 33 and 34 of the rear base elements 29 and 30 are inflated synchronously from the state of FIG. 6C. The knee side part is pressed from the side along the radial direction. FIG. 6 (E) shows a state in which the limb body treatment air bags 33 and 34 that have been in the expanded state of the rear base elements 29 and 30 from the state of FIG. Thereby, the pressure with respect to the knee side site | part of a leg is released. Such expansion and contraction of the limb body treatment air bladders 33 and 34 is performed a predetermined number of times by the control unit 58 switching the second electromagnetic valve 55 between the supply position and the exhaust position. By repeating FIG. 6D and FIG. 6E, air massage is performed on the treatment position changed at the stage of FIG. 6C for the knee side portion of the lower leg.

  FIG. 6F shows that after the air massage is completed, the fourth electromagnetic valve 57 is switched to the exhaust position by the control unit 58 from the state of FIG. The air bags 38 and 39 are shown in a contracted state.

  FIG. 6G shows the limb body treatment air after the rear base elements 29 and 30 are returned to the reference position as described above, and the control unit 58 switches the first electromagnetic valve 54 to the exhaust position. A state is shown in which the air is exhausted from the bags 31 and 32 and the air bags 31 and 32 for limb treatment are contracted to return to the state of FIG.

  6 (A) to 6 (G), in the state of FIG. 6 (D) and FIG. 6 (E), the limb body treatment air bags 31 and 32 are exhausted in the state of FIG. 6 (D) and FIG. 6 (E). Although it is possible to release the ankle-side portion of the lower leg by the air bags 31 and 32 for limb body treatment, in such a case, as shown in FIGS. 6 (E) to 6 (F), the base elements 29, When 30 is returned, the ankle-side portion may be held by inflating the limb body treatment air bags 31 and 32 again.

  Next, the case where the lower leg is massaged in the front expansion / contraction mode including the treatment position change mode will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 7A shows a state in which the base elements 25, 26, 29, and 30 are at the reference positions. In this state, the lower leg of the seated person (not shown) is accommodated in the treatment recess 20 adjacent to the front and rear. .

  FIG. 7B shows a state in which the limb body treatment air bags 33 and 34 disposed on the rear base elements 29 and 30 are inflated and held. This state is realized by maintaining the second electromagnetic valve 55 in the supply state by the control unit 58. Thereby, the knee side part of the lower leg is sandwiched and held by the limb body treatment air bags 33 and 34 inflated from both sides in the width direction.

  FIG. 7C shows a state in which the front base elements 25 and 26 are rotated by a predetermined angle while the knee side of the leg is held by the limb body treatment air bags 33 and 34. This rotation is performed by opening the fifth electromagnetic valve 66 by the control unit 58 and setting the third electromagnetic valve 56 to the air supply position so that the table rotating air bags 36 and 37 are inflated in synchronization. . Then, after the expansion is completed, the fifth electromagnetic valve 66 is closed by the control unit 58, so that the state of FIG. FIG. 7B and FIG. 7C show the treatment position change mode for the front base elements 25 and 26.

  FIG. 7D shows a state in which the limb body treatment air bladders 31 and 32 of the front base elements 25 and 26 are inflated in synchronization with the state of FIG. The side part is pressed from the side along the radial direction. FIG. 7E shows a state in which the limb body treatment air bladders 31 and 32 that have been in the expanded state of the front platform elements 25 and 26 from the state of FIG. Thus, the pressure on the ankle side part of the lower leg is released. Such expansion and contraction of the limb body treatment air bladders 31 and 32 is performed a predetermined number of times by the control unit 58 switching the first electromagnetic valve 54 between the supply position and the exhaust position. By repeating FIG. 7D and FIG. 7E, air massage is performed on the treatment position changed in the stage of FIG. 7C for the ankle side portion of the lower leg.

  FIG. 7 (F) shows that after the air massage is completed, the third electromagnetic valve 56 is switched to the exhaust position by the controller 58 from the state of FIG. The air bags 36 and 37 are shown in a contracted state.

  FIG. 7 (G) shows that after the front base elements 25, 26 are returned to the reference position as described above, the second electromagnetic valve 55 is switched to the exhaust position by the control unit 58, and the air bag for limb treatment is obtained. The state which exhausted from 33 and 34, contracted these limb body treatment air bags 33 and 34, and was returned to the state of FIG. 7 (A) is shown.

  In the ankle-side part massage of the lower leg shown in FIGS. 7 (A) to (G), in the state of FIGS. 7 (D) and 7 (E), the limb body treatment air bags 33 and 34 are exhausted. Although it is possible to release the hold of the knee side portion of the lower leg by the air bags 33 and 34 for limb body treatment, in such a case, the base element 25, as shown in FIGS. When 26 is returned, the limb body treatment air bags 33 and 34 may be inflated again to hold the knee-neck side portion.

  In the treatment position change mode described above, the positions of the front base elements 25 and 26 are changed in a state where the positions of the rear base elements 29 and 30 are changed as shown in FIG. Can also be run. In this case, the limb body treatment air bladders 33 and 34 of the rear base elements 29 and 30 held obliquely are inflated and held, and the knee side portion of the lower limb is held, and then the base rotation air bladder 36 and By expanding and holding 37, the front base elements 25 and 26 may be rotated and held in the same posture as the rear base elements 29 and 30. Accordingly, the treatment positions of the limb body treatment air bags 33 and 34 provided on the rear pedestal elements 29 and 30 with respect to the circumferential direction of the lower leg are provided on the pedestal elements 25 and 26 on the front side relative to the circumferential direction of the lower leg. The treatment positions of the limb body treatment air bladders 31 and 32 can also be changed with respect to the reference position in FIG.

  Similarly, in the treatment position change mode described above, the positions of the rear base elements 29 and 30 are changed in a state where the positions of the front base elements 25 and 26 are changed as shown in FIG. It can also be executed in some cases. In this case, the limb body treatment air bladders 31 and 32 of the front base elements 25 and 26 that are already held obliquely are inflated and held to hold the ankle side portion of the lower limbs, and then the base rotation air bladders 38 and By expanding and holding 39, the rear base elements 29 and 30 may be rotated and held in the same posture as the front base elements 25 and 26. Thus, the treatment positions of the limb body treatment air bladders 31 and 32 provided on the front pedestal elements 25 and 26 with respect to the circumferential direction of the lower leg and the rear pedestal elements 29 and 30 with respect to the circumferential direction of the lower leg are provided. The treatment positions of the limb body treatment air bags 33 and 34 can also be changed with respect to the reference position in FIG.

  In each of the treatment position change modes, as described above, the limb treatment air bag provided on a part of the base elements arranged in the front-rear direction (one base element in the present embodiment) is inflated and held. In this state, the other pedestal element (the other pedestal element in the present embodiment) is rotated by the pedestal rotation air bag provided corresponding thereto, and the limb body treatment air provided on the other pedestal element is provided. The treatment position with respect to the circumferential direction of the lower leg of the bag is changed. Thus, the change of the treatment position accompanied by the rotation of the base element is performed in a state where a part of the lower leg, in this embodiment, the knee side part or the ankle side part is held by the air bag. By this holding, it is possible to suppress the legs of the seated person in which the lower leg in the treatment recess 20 is housed from being dragged and twisted by the base member to be rotated and the air bag attached thereto.

  That is, the lower leg massage device 21 can change the treatment position with respect to the circumferential direction of the lower leg while suppressing the twisting of both legs. An air massage is not performed on the lower leg with a pleasant feeling.

  A second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. Since this embodiment is basically the same as the first embodiment, the same parts as those in the first embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals, and the description thereof is omitted. Hereinafter, matters different from the first embodiment are described. To do. In the second embodiment, unlike the first embodiment, a plurality of base rotation air bags are provided for the pair of left and right front base elements, and the base rotation air bags for the pair of left and right rear front base elements are provided. There are several.

  That is, in order to turn one front side base element 25 stepwise, the base turning first air bag 36a and the base turning second air bag 36b are used. As shown in FIG. 8, the air bags 36 a and 36 b are provided so as to overlap each other with one side edge attached to the connecting member 45. In order to turn the other front base element 26 stepwise, a base turning first air bag 37a and a base turning second air bag 37b are used. These air bags 37 a and 37 b are also provided so as to overlap each other with one side edge attached to the connecting member 45.

  Similarly, as shown in FIG. 9, in order to turn one rear base element 29 stepwise, a base turning first air bag 38 a and a base turning second air bag 38 b are used. These air bags 38 a and 38 b are provided so as to overlap each other with one side edge thereof attached to the connecting member 46. In order to turn the other front base element 30 stepwise, a base turning first air bag 39a and a base turning second air bag 39b are used. These air bags 39 a and 39 b are also provided so as to overlap each other with one side edge thereof attached to the connecting member 46.

  As shown in FIG. 9, the first pivoting air bladder 36 a and the first pivoting air bladder 37 a that are inflated and contracted in synchronism with the sixth supply pipe 61 f branched from the supply pipe 61, The solenoid valve 71 and the eighth solenoid valve 72 are sequentially connected. The second air bag 36b for turning the table and the second air bag 37b for turning the table that are inflated and contracted synchronously are connected to the seventh supply pipe 61g branched from the supply pipe 61, the ninth electromagnetic valve 73 and the Ten solenoid valves 74 are connected in sequence.

  Similarly, the first pivoting air bladder 38a and the first pivoting air bladder 39a that are inflated and contracted in synchronism with the eighth supply pipe 61h branched from the supply pipe 61 are connected to the eleventh electromagnetic valve. 75 and the twelfth electromagnetic valve 76 are sequentially connected. The second air bag 38b for table rotation and the second air bag 39b for table rotation, which are inflated and contracted in synchronization, are connected to the ninth supply pipe 61i branched from the supply pipe 61, the thirteenth electromagnetic valve 77 and the third 14 solenoid valves 78 are connected in sequence.

  The seventh solenoid valve 71, the ninth solenoid valve 73, the eleventh solenoid valve 75, and the thirteenth solenoid valve 77 are all open / close valves, and these are controlled to open and close by the control unit 58. The eighth solenoid valve 72, the tenth solenoid valve 74, the twelfth solenoid valve 76, and the fourteenth solenoid valve 78 are all switching valves that select either the supply position or the exhaust position. These are controlled to be switched by the control unit 58.

  By inflating and holding one of the overlapping table turning air bags, the table element pushed by the bag is moved to the first rotation position commensurate with the expansion of the expanded table rotating air bag. This state is represented by the relationship between the base element 26 and the base rotation first air bag 37a and the base rotation second air bag 37b shown in the left position of FIG.

  In this case, the rotation of the base element 26 opens the seventh electromagnetic valve 71 by the control unit 58 and switches the eighth electromagnetic valve 72 to the air supply position to inflate the first rotating bladder 37a. Thereafter, the control unit 58 holds the seventh electromagnetic valve 71 in a closed state and holds the base rotation first air bag 37a in an inflated state. Thereby, the base element 26 rotated by the inflated base rotation first air bag 37a is held at the first rotation position shown at the left side position in FIG. In this case, since the first air bag 36a for rotating the table is also inflated and held in synchronization, the table element 25 rotates from the reference position in the reverse direction to the table element 26 and is also arranged at the first rotation position. Is done. The same control is performed when the other base elements 29 and 30 are rotated from the reference position to the first rotation position.

  By inflating and holding the plurality of overlapping table-turning air bags, the base element pushed by the bags is moved to the second rotation position corresponding to the expansion of the plurality of inflating table-turning air bags. . The rotation angle θ2 from the reference position to the second rotation position is larger than the rotation angle θ1 from the reference position to the first rotation position. The state in which the base element arranged at the first rotation position is arranged at the second rotation position shows the first air bag 36a for table rotation and the second air for table rotation shown at the right position in FIG. This is represented by the relationship between the bag 36b and the base element 25.

  In this case, rotation of the base element 25 opens the ninth electromagnetic valve 73 by the control unit 58 and switches the tenth electromagnetic valve 74 to the air supply position to inflate the second air bag 36b for rotating the base, Thereafter, the control unit 58 holds the ninth electromagnetic valve 73 in the closed state and holds the second air bag 36b for rotating the table in the inflated state. Thereby, the base element 25 rotated from the first rotation position by the expanded second air bag 36b for rotating the table is held at the second rotation position. In this case, since the first air bag 37b for rotating the table is also inflated and held in synchronism, the table element 26 rotates from the first rotation position in the reverse direction to the table element 25, and the second rotation. It is placed in the moving position. The same control is performed when the other base elements 29 and 30 are rotated from the first rotation position to the second rotation position.

  Since the pedestal element can be selectively moved to the first rotation position and the second rotation position as described above, for example, if represented by the relationship with the pedestal elements 25 and 26, first, the pedestal element 25 , 26 are held in a state of being rotated to the first rotation position, and thereafter, the base elements 25, 26 are held in a state of being rotated to the second rotation position, and limb body treatment is performed at the respective holding positions. The air bags 31 and 32 are repeatedly inflated and inflated so that the lower leg stored in the treatment recess 20 can be air massaged. A massage operation similar to this can also be performed on the base elements 29 and 30.

  Therefore, for example, after the front base elements 25 and 26 are first positioned at the first rotational position, the rear base elements 29 and 30 are disposed at the first rotational position, and then the front base elements are placed. After placing the elements 25, 26 in the second rotational position, the rear platform elements 29, 30 can be arranged in the second rotational position. In other words, the front base elements 25 and 26 and the rear base elements 29 and 30 can be alternately rotated by a predetermined angle, and air massage can be performed at the respective rotation positions. In this way, when all the base elements 25, 26, 29, 30 are sequentially rotated from the reference position to the first rotation position and from the first rotation position to the second rotation position, Alternatively, in the case of rotating in the opposite direction, the treatment position changing mode described above is performed in the limb body treatment air bags 31 and 32 of the front base elements 25 and 26 and the limbs of the rear base elements 29 and 30. The treatment air bags 33 and 34 are alternately implemented. In addition, the treatment position change mode implemented alternately in this way is called an alternate treatment mode here.

  Therefore, also in the second embodiment, air massage can be performed by changing the treatment position with respect to the circumferential direction of the lower leg while suppressing twisting of both legs of the seated person. Moreover, in this case, the alternate treatment mode is excellent in that a plurality of treatment positions can be changed in the circumferential direction of the lower leg.

  In the second embodiment, the pair of left and right turning first air bags are synchronized and inflated and contracted, and the pair of left and right turning second air bags are synchronized and inflated. The bag can also be pivotable independently. However, compared with this configuration, the configuration synchronized as described above is preferable in that the number of electromagnetic valves required for rotating the base elements 25, 26, 29, and 30 can be reduced.

  In addition, this invention is not restrict | limited to the said each embodiment. For example, the table rotating means for rotating the table element can be configured using a cam or the like that is operated by a power source such as an electric motor. Further, the limb body massage device of the present invention can be applied not only to the lower leg of a human body but also to a body massaging the human arm. The limb body massage device of the present invention may be used independently of the chair, and in this case, it may be placed on a mat or the like.

The perspective view which shows the chair type massage machine provided with the lower leg massage apparatus which concerns on 1st Embodiment of this invention. The figure which cuts off a part seeing the massage apparatus for lower legs of FIG. 1 from the front side. The figure which cuts and shows the massage apparatus for lower legs of FIG. 1 partly seeing. (A)-(C) is a perspective view which shows a part of lower limbs stand with which the lower leg massage apparatus of FIG. 1 is provided in a respectively different state. The block diagram which shows the air supply / exhaust system of the massage machine of FIG. (A)-(G) is the figure which showed in order the operation | movement at the time of operating the lower leg massage apparatus of FIG. 1 in the 1st massage mode containing treatment position change mode. (A)-(G) is the figure which showed in order the operation | movement at the time of operating the lower leg massage apparatus of FIG. 1 in the 2nd massage mode containing treatment position change mode. The figure which cuts off a part seen from the front side and shows the massage device for the lower leg which concerns on 2nd Embodiment of this invention. The block diagram which shows the air supply / exhaust system of the massage machine of FIG.

Explanation of symbols

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Massage machine, 20 ... Treatment recessed part, 21 ... Leg thigh massage device (limb body massage device), 22 ... Lower limb mount (limb body mount), 25, 26 ... Front side base element, 29, 30 ... Rear side Table element 31-34 ... Limb body treatment air bag, 36-39 ... Table rotation air bag (table rotation means), 36a-39a ... Table rotation first air bag (table rotation means), 36b-39b ... Second air bag for turning table (table turning means), 50 ... Air supply / exhaust device (drive device), 58 ... Control unit

Claims (2)

A limb support platform in which a plurality of platform elements having treatment recesses in which the limbs of the human body are taken in and out are arranged in the front-rear direction;
A limb body treatment air bag that massages the limb body that is disposed over the treatment recesses adjacent to each other in the front-rear direction, at least one of both side surfaces of the treatment recesses disposed on each of the platform elements,
A plurality of table rotating means for rotating each of the table elements in the circumferential direction;
A driving device having a control unit for controlling the operation of each limb body treatment air bag and the operation of each table rotation means;
Comprising
Treatment position change in which the control unit changes the treatment position by rotating the other pedestal element with the pedestal rotating means in a state where the limb body treatment air bag disposed on a part of the pedestal element is inflated and held. A massage device for limbs having a mode. A limb support platform in which a front base element and a rear base element having treatment recesses into and out of which a human limb body is inserted and removed are arranged in the front-rear direction;
A limb body treatment air bag for massaging the limb body, which is disposed on at least one of both side surfaces of the treatment recess in each of the platform elements and is accommodated over the treatment recess adjacent in the front-rear direction;
A plurality of table rotating means for rotating each of the table elements in the circumferential direction;
A driving device having a control unit for controlling the operation of each limb body treatment air bag and the operation of each table rotation means;
Comprising
Under the state in which the control unit inflates and holds the limb body treatment air bag disposed on one of the front base element and the rear base element, the other base element is rotated around the base element. Rotating a predetermined angle by a moving means to alternately rotate the treatment position by the front base element and the rear base element by a predetermined angle, and the limbs disposed on the rotated base element A massage apparatus for limbs having an alternate treatment mode in which a treatment air bag is inflated and contracted to execute air massage.

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