JP2006314821A - Air pressure massaging machine for hand - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an air pressure massaging machine for hands capable of easily housing a hand portion and a lower arm portion and carrying out an effective air pressure massage to the hand portion and the lower arm portion and an acupressure to local areas of the hand portion. <P>SOLUTION: In the air pressure massaging machine for hands, a housing body 12 arranged a proper position of the upper surface of an armrest portion 5 of a chair body and into which the hand portion and the lower arm portion can be inserted is constituted of a holdable expandable and contractable mechanism 11 having a nonelastic cover member 121 of an outer face portion and an elastic cover member 122 of an inner face portion and comprising a bag body 111 interposed in the upper side of the peripheral abdominal portion between both the cover members 121 and 122 and a plurality of expandable hollow boss bodies 112 interposed in the lower side, formed in a hollow shape. The expandable and contractable mechanism 11 and a compressed air supplying and discharging device 3 are communicated through a hose 13, to make it possible to carry out the proper air pressure massage from the tip of the hand to the lower arm portion and the acupressure to the hand portion in the housing body. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a pneumatic pneumatic massager for a hand provided with a mechanism for intermittently compressing a user's hand by means of an expansion / contraction mechanism that expands / contracts according to supply / discharge of compressed air. .

  For example, in a conventional chair-type massage machine, a bag body that expands and contracts due to a change in air pressure is used to massage the waist, back, and neck of the human body on the reclining backrest part. It is generally known that the same bag body as described above for massaging the buttocks and thighs is provided in the interior and seated.

  Further, in recent years, in addition to the above-described configuration, a chair type pneumatic massage machine configured by providing a retractable leg mounting portion with the same bag body as described above for massaging the leg portion is also well known. It has become.

  In the chair type pneumatic massage machine as described above, a compressed air supply / exhaust device is provided via a hose so that each bag body arranged to correspond to each part of the human body is supplied and exhausted air. Need to communicate.

  The compressed air supply / discharge device is installed, for example, under the seat, and the compressed air supplied / exhausted from the supply / discharge device inflates the bag through the hose. The body part can be contracted and massaged by intermittently pressing each part of the human body, so that the massage can be performed with less friction compared to massage with a massage ball or roller.

  In addition, by providing a reclining mechanism in the backrest of a chair that employs the above-described chair type pneumatic massage machine and providing a retracting mechanism in the leg rest, the user's body can be brought into a substantially horizontal state. Since massage can be performed, it is possible to perform massage in a relatively comfortable state.

  In this type of conventional chair type pneumatic massage machine, a bag body that expands and contracts due to a change in air pressure can be arranged over other parts in addition to the backrest part and the seat part. In addition to the waist and back of the human body, appropriate pneumatic massage can be applied to the neck, buttocks, thighs and legs of the human body. Pneumatic massage to the part and the hand local part of the user can not be subjected to acupressure with compressed air, and there is also no local dedicated massage machine that can massage such a hand professionally Currently.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above-described problems. The hand and the lower arm are easily accommodated, and an effective pneumatic massage for the hand and the lower arm and acupressure on the hand local area. It was made for the purpose of providing a pneumatic pneumatic massage machine for hand.

  That is, the hand pneumatic massage machine of the present invention has an inelastic cover member on the outer surface portion and an elastic cover member on the inner surface portion at an appropriate position on the upper surface of the armrest portion of the chair body, and the periphery between these cover members. A storage body provided with an expansion / contraction mechanism having a bag body mounted on the upper and lower sides of the abdomen is provided so that the human hand part and the lower arm part can freely enter and exit, and a hose is connected to each bag body of the expansion / contraction mechanism. In order to sandwich the human hand portion and the lower arm portion by inflating and contracting each bag body inside the storage body toward the elastic cover member by supplying and exhausting compressed air from the compressed air supply / discharge device communicated A pneumatic massage machine for hands, wherein the expansion / contraction mechanism is configured such that at least a bag housed on the lower side is formed of a plurality of expandable and retractable hollow protrusions formed of a soft resin or the like in a hollow shape. It is a mechanism.

  Moreover, the pneumatic massage machine for hands according to the present invention has a configuration in which the storage body is detachably provided at an appropriate position on the upper surface of the armrest portion of the chair body via a locking member such as a hook-and-loop fastener or a fastener. It is characterized by that.

  Furthermore, the pneumatic massage machine for hands according to the present invention is configured such that the storage body is formed in a band shape so as to cover and store the hand part from the fingertip to the elbow of the human body, and a locking member is fixed to the end of the band-shaped member. It is characterized by doing.

  Furthermore, the pneumatic massage machine for hands according to the present invention is constituted by a microcomputer device having a built-in period management program for supplying / exhausting compressed air to / from the expansion / contraction mechanism, and by a supply / exhaust control device that drives the compressed air supply / discharge device. It is characterized by comprising so that it may control.

  In the pneumatic pneumatic massager for a hand according to the present invention, the plurality of hollow protrusions of the expansion / contraction mechanism are hollow protrusions having different sizes, and each hollow protrusion is pressed against the human hand or lower arm. It is characterized by being arranged corresponding to a position suitable for the above.

  Therefore, in the hand pneumatic massage machine of the present invention, the storage body for storing the hand part and the lower arm part arranged in the upper surface of the armrest part of the chair body is disposed and the expansion / contraction mechanism is internally provided therein. Since the compressed air supply / discharge device having the air supply / exhaust control device is communicated with the expansion / contraction mechanism via the hose so that the compressed air is supplied / exhausted to expand / contract, a stable seat sitting on the chair An appropriate pneumatic massage can be performed on the hand part and the lower arm part by inserting the hand part into the storage body in the posture state.

  In addition, the pneumatic massage machine for hands according to the present invention is configured so that the storage body can be detachably provided at an appropriate position on the upper surface of the chair body armrest via a locking member. Since the present invention can be used in other local areas with this removed, the purpose of use can be expanded over a wide range.

  In addition, the hand pneumatic massage machine of the present invention has a configuration in which an expansion / contraction mechanism in which a plurality of hollow protrusions that can expand and contract in the vertical direction are provided. Massage and intensive massage can be performed.

  Furthermore, since the pneumatic pneumatic massager for hands according to the present invention comprises a plurality of hollow protrusions having bellows portions that can expand and contract the expansion / contraction mechanism, it concentrates on the human hand portion or lower arm portion. Pressing treatment can also be performed.

  Furthermore, in the pneumatic pneumatic massager for hands according to the present invention, the storage body is formed in a band shape so as to cover and store the hand part from the fingertip to the elbow of the human body, and a locking member such as a hook-and-loop fastener at the end of the band-shaped member Because it is configured to be fixed, it corresponds to individual differences in the size and thickness of the human hand part or lower arm part, and adapts to the user's favorite pressing feeling, according to each individual preference It can be stored in a tightly close manner, and an appropriate massage can be performed arbitrarily according to taste.

  In the hand pneumatic massage machine of the present invention, the air supply / exhaust control device capable of controlling the supply / exhaust to the expansion / contraction mechanism and the supply / exhaust to the inflation / deflation bag body for pneumatic massage with respect to the back, waist, etc. Therefore, a combination of various parts such as the hand part and the lower arm part and each part such as the back part and the waist part can be set, and pneumatic massage according to each setting can be performed.

  Furthermore, the pneumatic pneumatic massager for hands according to the present invention can be constructed by incorporating the compressed air supply / discharge device and the supply / exhaust control device in a single unit having an operation switch or the like, and any chair having an armrest portion. As long as it can be placed on any chair, and even when not placed on a chair, it is a compact that can perform pneumatic massage on the hand and lower arm in an arbitrary position such as supine It can also be used as a massage.

  The purpose of providing a hand pneumatic massager that can easily store the hand and lower arm and perform effective pneumatic massage on the hand and lower arm and acupressure on the hand local area is This is realized only by making the bag body, which is housed on the lower side of the bag body, to be a plurality of hollow protrusions that can be stretched and formed in a hollow shape with a soft resin or the like.

Hereinafter, the pneumatic massage machine for hands of the present invention will be described based on an embodiment shown in the drawings.
FIG. 1 is an explanatory view showing an embodiment of the hand pneumatic massage machine 1 according to the present invention. The hand pneumatic massage machine 1 is placed on the upper surface of the armrest part 5 of the chair body at a suitable position on the human hand or lower arm. The storage body 12 which can be freely inserted and removed is shown, and an expansion / contraction mechanism 11 having a bag body 111 provided in the upper and lower peripheral abdomen of the storage body 12 is interposed, and the expansion / contraction mechanism Each of the 11 bag bodies 111 communicates with the compressed air supply / discharge device 3 via the hose 13.

  The expansion / contraction mechanism 11 communicates with the compressed air supply / exhaust device 3 via a hose 13 so as to expand and contract the inside of the storage body 12 with compressed air supplied / exhausted from the compressed air supply / exhaust device 3. For example, as shown in FIG. 1, the bag bodies 111 are respectively provided above and below the circumferential portion of the storage body 12, and the leading portions of the hose 13 are connected to the respective bag bodies 111 in a continuous manner. By connecting the base of the hose 13 to the compressed air supply / exhaust device 3 in communication, the compressed air supplied / exhausted from the compressed air supply / exhaust device 3 is connected to each bag body 111 via the hose 13. The inside of the storage body 12 in which the body 111 is housed is expanded and contracted.

  The bag body 111 is made of an elastic material. For example, the inner layer material is made of synthetic fiber such as polyurethane which is effective for preventing air leakage, and the outer layer material is prevented from over-swelling. Using a synthetic fiber such as 6-nylon which is effective for the bag, the bag is formed as a bag having two layers.

  Further, the expansion / contraction mechanism 11 may be constituted by a hollow protrusion 112 as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, and the hollow protrusion 112 is formed in a hollow shape with, for example, a soft resin. It has a hollow pointed protrusion shape with a bellows portion 113 formed on the outer peripheral side, and is communicated with the compressed air supply / discharge device 3 through the hose 13.

  Accordingly, the hollow protrusion 112 is supplied and exhausted with compressed air supplied and exhausted from the compressed air supply / exhaust device 3 through the hose 13, and the hollow protrusion 12 is expanded and contracted in the vertical direction by the formation of the bellows portion 113. Thus, it can be inflated and contracted, and the user's hand local area can be subjected to finger pressure by compressed air.

  The hollow protrusions 112 do not have to be unified in a fixed shape, and the hollow protrusions 112 having different sizes can be used for pressing treatment of the human hand portion and the lower arm portion as shown in FIGS. By arranging the hose 13 between the hollow protrusion 112 and the compressed air supply / exhaust device 3 so as to correspond to a suitable position, the comfortable acupressure with a different acupressure feeling is provided. A massage can be performed.

  The storage body 12 is formed in a bag shape so that the hand part from the hand to the elbow can be stored freely, and the storage body 12 is made of a synthetic fiber or the like as shown in FIGS. A non-elastic cover member 121 of the outer surface portion formed in a shape, and an elastic cover member 122 of the inner surface portion formed in a bag shape substantially the same shape as the non-elastic cover member 121 by an elastic material such as synthetic rubber. A bag body 111 of the expansion / contraction mechanism 11 is interposed between the cover members 121 and 122, and the bag body 111 of the expansion / contraction mechanism 11 is sandwiched.

  Accordingly, when the bag body 111 of the expansion / contraction mechanism 11 is inflated, the inelastic cover member 121 does not change, and the elastic cover member 122 expands the bag body 111 of the expansion / contraction mechanism 11. Accordingly, an appropriate pneumatic massage can be performed by applying air pressure to the human hand portion and the lower arm portion housed in the housing body 12.

  The storage body 12 is disposed at an appropriate position on the upper surface of the armrest portion 5 of the chair main body, but this arrangement may be fixed to the chair main body. For example, as shown in FIGS. In addition, the locking member 14 such as a hook-and-loop fastener can be stretched so that it can be freely attached and detached at an arbitrary position, and the position of the storage body 12 can be adjusted according to the user.

Next, the compressed air supply / discharge device 3 and the supply / exhaust control device 4 will be described.
Although not shown, the compressed air supply / discharge device 3 is a device incorporating an air compression mechanism such as an electric air compressor, for example, and supplies and exhausts compressed air to the expansion / contraction mechanism 11 via a hose 13. .

  Further, the air supply / exhaust control device 4 shown in FIG. 1 is for controlling the operation of the compressed air supply / exhaust device 3 having an internal air compression mechanism such as the electric air compressor. Is constituted by a microcomputer device or the like incorporating a supply / exhaust cycle management program, for example.

  The compressed air supply / discharge device 3 communicates with the expansion / contraction mechanism 11 through the hose 13 and communicates with, for example, an expansion / contraction bag body for massaging the back portion or the waist portion. Can be switched by a supply / exhaust passage selection means such as a rotary valve, supply / exhaust of compressed air to the expansion / contraction mechanism 11, and compression to an expansion / contraction bag body for massaging the back portion or the waist portion, etc. You may comprise so that a user can arbitrarily select and implement from several supply / exhaust which combined air supply / exhaust.

  In the case of the above configuration, the air supply / exhaust control device 4 includes a control means such as an electronic circuit for controlling the rotation of the rotary valve, although not shown.

  In addition, when the hand pneumatic massage machine 1 of the present invention is not used simultaneously with the pneumatic massage device for the back portion, the waist portion, or the like, and is provided alone in the chair, for example, the compressed air supply / discharge device 3 and the supply / exhaust control device 4 are provided. It is better to configure the unit so that the power switch and the operation switch are arranged on the unit panel.

  Next, the storage body 12 of the present invention will be described with reference to an embodiment shown in FIG. 4. The storage body 12 includes a belt-shaped member 15 formed in a belt shape, and a locking member 14 fixed to the end of the belt-shaped member 15. It may be configured to be able to cover the hand from the hand of the human body to the elbow, so that it can respond to the difference in thickness of the user's hand and adapt to the user's preference Can do.

  In addition, the storage body 12 provided with the locking member 14 is provided with a compressed air supply / discharge device 3 in communication with the expansion / contraction mechanism 11 and the hose 13 in the same manner as described above.

It is explanatory drawing which showed one Example of the pneumatic massage machine for hands of this invention. It is explanatory drawing which showed the Example of the other expansion / contraction mechanism in the pneumatic massage machine for hands of this invention. It is explanatory drawing which showed the Example of the other expansion / contraction mechanism in the pneumatic massage machine for hands of this invention. It is explanatory drawing which showed the Example of the other storage body in the pneumatic massage machine for hands of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Pneumatic massage machine 11 Hand expansion / contraction mechanism 111 Bag body 112 Hollow protrusion body 113 Bellows part 12 Storage body 13 Hose 15 Band-shaped member 3 Compressed air supply / exhaust device 4 Supply / exhaust control device 5 Armrest part

Claims (2)

The chair body has an inelastic cover member on the outer surface portion and an elastic cover member on the inner surface portion at appropriate positions on the upper surface of the armrest portion of the chair body, and has a bag body that is respectively installed inside and around the abdomen between the two cover members. A storage body provided with an expansion / contraction mechanism is provided so that the human hand part and lower arm part can freely enter and exit, and compression from a compressed air supply / exhaust device communicated with each bag body of the expansion / contraction mechanism via a hose A pneumatic pneumatic massager for hands, wherein each bag body inside the storage body is inflated and contracted in the direction of the elastic cover member by air supply / exhaust so as to sandwich the human hand portion and the lower arm portion. Pneumatic massage for hands characterized in that the compression mechanism is an expansion / contraction mechanism in which a bag body provided at least on the lower side is formed by a plurality of expandable and contractible hollow protrusions formed in a hollow shape with a soft resin or the like Machine. The plurality of hollow protrusions of the expansion / contraction mechanism are hollow protrusions having different sizes, and the hollow protrusions are arranged corresponding to positions suitable for pressing treatment of the human hand portion and the lower arm portion. The hand pneumatic massage machine according to claim 1, wherein:

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