JP2007105442A - Body care method and device therefor - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a body care device which gives mild rotation to a body including a skin. <P>SOLUTION: Since the body care device allows a circular puff 13 to roundly move without autorotation during body care by the circular puff 13, the circular puff 13 does not rotate but circles while keeping on decentering from its centerline a at a certain distance. As a result, whole points on the surface of the circular puff 13 roundly move around the trajectories with the same radius r. Consequently, the speed of circling is consistently uniform at the whole positions in the circular puff 13 regardless of the distance from the centerline a, and can give a rotation motion with a little stimulation to a site of the circular puff 13 contacting the body. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a body care method and apparatus, and more particularly to a body care method and apparatus capable of caring a human body or an animal body such as a pet.

Conventionally, for example, Patent Document 1 is known as a body care machine for caring for a human body.
Patent Document 1 has a configuration in which a disk-shaped rotary head arranged slightly outward from the front side of a casing-shaped airframe is rotated by a rotary motor provided inside the airframe.
A face washing puff is detachably attached to the surface side of the rotary head. In addition, an output shaft of the rotary motor is connected to a central portion on the back side of the rotary head among the back side of the rotary head.
At the time of use of Patent Document 1, the face washing puff rotates together with the rotary head by rotating the output shaft of the rotary motor. At this time, the detergent is applied to the rotating face-washing puff and pressed against the skin to wash away the dirt on the skin.
JP 2000-233007 A

However, the rotation of the rotary head of Patent Document 1 is a rotation around the output shaft of the rotary motor arranged on the center line of the rotary head. For this reason, the rotational speed of the rotary head increases as it goes outward in the radial direction of the rotary head, and the rotational radius of the outer peripheral edge of the rotary head is large.
As a result, when the face washing puff attached to the rotating head is pressed against the skin and the face is washed, the inner radius of the face washing puff has a small rotation radius that is gentle to the skin and low-speed circular motion is obtained, but at the outer circumference of the face washing puff It had a large turning radius and a high-speed circular motion, and it was easy to damage the skin. The detergent and foam on the face-washing puff were scattered around.
These were the same when, for example, the rotary head was simply eccentrically rotated by the rotary motor.

Therefore, as a result of diligent research, the inventor is accompanied by a rotation in which all points (virtual points) existing on the surface of the rotating head draw a locus of the same radius r on the surface of the rotating head. It has been found that if a circular motion that is not present can be performed, a rotational motion gentle to the skin can be performed over the entire area of the rotary head, and the present invention has been completed.
An object of the present invention is to provide a body care method and apparatus capable of caring for the body by giving a gentle rotational motion to the body including the skin.

  According to the first aspect of the present invention, a circular motion without rotation is applied to a body care unit that is pressed against the body and cares for the body, or a body care portion that fires a maintenance medium onto the body and cares for the body. The body care method is characterized in that the body is cared for.

According to invention of Claim 1, a body care part is pressed on a body and a body is cared for. Alternatively, the body care unit is separated from the body by a predetermined distance, a care medium is fired from the body care part, and the body is indirectly cared by the care medium.
When taking care of the body (during use), the body care part is caused to perform a circular motion without rotation. As a result, the body care unit does not rotate and maintains a state of being decentered by a predetermined distance (radius r) from its own center line, and performs a kind of swinging motion (hereinafter referred to as circular motion without rotation). (It may be called “circle swing”). As a result, all points on the surface of the body care part perform a circular motion that draws a locus with the same radius. Therefore, regardless of the distance from the center line of the body care part, the rotation speed is always constant at all positions of the body care part. Thereby, in the body, the stimulation to the contact portion (for example, the skin) of the maintenance surface of the body care portion or the contact portion of the care medium becomes uniform and soft (small).
In addition, when a desired body care agent (foamed cleaning liquid, massage cream, etc.) is attached to the maintenance surface of the body care part, a large centrifugal force does not act on the outer peripheral part of the body care part. As a result, there is little risk that the body care agent will scatter during use and stain the surrounding area.

  On the other hand, in the conventional method, since the body care part is caused to perform a circular motion with rotation, the rotational speed (centrifugal force) increases as the distance from the center line of the body care part increases in the radial direction. Therefore, intense stimulation has acted on the body care part or the contact part of the care medium. In addition, when the body care agent is attached to the maintenance surface of the body care part, a large centrifugal force acts on the outer periphery of the body care part. Thereby, at the time of use, a body care agent is scattered by the centrifugal force of a body care part, and it is easy to soil the periphery.

Examples of body parts to be cared for include the head (including scalp and hair), face (including cheeks, forehead, nose, eyelids, ears, lips, and chin), hands (including arms, fingers, and nails), and upper body (including The torso, shoulders, chest (breast), including the back), lower body (including the waist, legs, genitals, nails) can be employed. In addition, the oral cavity (including teeth, gums, and tongue) may be used.
The body care unit may be pressed directly against the body, or may be indirectly pressed through an inclusion such as clothes or a towel. Furthermore, the body may be cared for by firing the care medium onto the body.
When pressing the body care part against the body, for example, water, oil, detergent, shampoo (including body shampoo), rinse, various cosmetics (skin lotion, skin milk, perfume, etc.), various massage liquids, honey (Including royal jelly), milk, soy milk, rice soup, muscle pain relieving agent, pain relieving agent, wound medicine, various coating agents introduced through the skin and mucous membrane, various hair removal agents, various slimming agents, various types Skin beautifying agent (including whitening agent), mud, seaweed, algae, sun oil, UV-cutting agent, sweating agent, antiperspirant, disinfectant, slow-bacterial agent, toothpaste, periodontal disease treatment, deodorant, abundant You may apply | coat (rub) body applications, such as a breast agent, a stain-eliminating agent, a manicure liquid, a hair growth agent, a hair growth agent, salt, and various minerals (including granule or powder ore). The body application may be liquid or solid. When the body application is liquid, it should contain a sol or gel.

Examples of the material for the body care part include various synthetic resins (polyurethane, polyethylene, polypropylene, polyvinyl chloride, PEEK, PET, ABS, etc.), various rubbers (natural rubber, synthetic rubber), various metals (iron, Stainless steel, aluminum, copper, silver, gold, titanium, etc.) and various ceramics can be employed.
When the body care part is a synthetic resin, it may be a soft synthetic resin (including foaming) or a hard synthetic resin (including foaming).
The overall shape of the body care part may be, for example, a circle, an ellipse, a polygon more than a triangle when viewed from the front, or an arbitrary shape.
The size of the body care part is not limited.

  Examples of body care parts include brushes, pads, puffs, towels, massage bodies with concave and convex portions on the front side, vibrators (including ultrasonic vibrators), vacuum nozzles, shower nozzles (washing the anus and genital area) (Including portable shower), liquid or gas blowing nozzles, light emitters, heating elements, cooling bodies, magnet bodies (including electromagnets), radiation generators, electricity generators, and the like. In addition, files, suckers, sponges, tweezers (including tweezers), hair removal treatment bodies (hair removal head) having a hair removal means for pulling out hair, shave (electric shave (shave to rotate or shave a shave blade) Including head)), removing the plaque from the tongue, feathers, ear scraping, steam blowing nozzles, facial oil removing material, and the like can be used. Furthermore, in order to introduce an active ingredient contained in a chemical solution or a beauty serum into the living body through the skin, an ionized active ingredient (ionized ionization) is performed while energizing each electrode by bringing a pair of electrodes into contact with the living body. An ion introducer that introduces the component) into the living body may be employed. Specifically, for example, by applying a pulse current between a conduction electrode provided in the grip portion of the apparatus and a head that is in contact with a living body (for example, a face) to which the ionizing component is to be introduced, the ionizing component is in vivo. May be introduced. The ionization component here is generally a negative ionization component, but may be a positive ionization component. Further, it may be a body care part of an ion cleansing body that grips the conductive electrode of the grip part with a hand, applies a positive voltage to the head to flow a weak current, and adsorbs negatively charged biological dirt to the head side.

As the maintenance medium, various liquids (including sol-like materials or gel-like materials), various gases, various solids (particles, powders), and various lights can be employed. However, those having low toxicity to the human body are preferable.
Examples of liquid maintenance media include water, oil (oil), various solutes (various chemicals, mud, various seaweeds, various algae, various minerals, various plant extract components (including herbal extract components). In addition, various solutions obtained by dissolving various animal extract components) in a solvent (water, alcohol, etc.), honey, milk, and the like can be employed. Other liquid care media may be various massage liquids, various hair removal agents, various slimming agents, various skin beautifying agents (including whitening agents), various hair growth agents and hair growth agents.

As the gas maintenance medium, for example, air, an inert gas containing nitrogen gas, hydrogen gas, oxygen gas, or the like can be employed.
As the solid maintenance medium, for example, salt, sand, tourmaline, alumina and the like can be employed.
As the light maintenance medium, for example, sunlight, infrared rays, far infrared rays, ultraviolet rays, laser light, various types of radiation, light from various types of light emitting diodes, and the like can be employed.
For example, a spray device including a shower can be employed as a means for ejecting a liquid, gas, or solid as a maintenance medium onto the body.
As means for emitting light, which is a care medium, to the body, for example, various light emitting devices can be employed.
The distance from the position where the care medium is fired to the body is not limited. For example, it may be from a position in contact with the body or from a position several mm to several tens of meters away from the body.
The body care unit may have both a function of pressing the body against the body and cleaning the body and a function of firing the maintenance medium onto the body and cleaning the body, or may include only one of them. .

  The invention according to claim 2 is a rotating head, a body care unit that is fixed to or detachable from the rotating head, and that allows the rotating head to perform a circular motion without rotation. The body care unit is a body care machine that presses against the body to care for the body, or fires a care medium onto the body to care for the body.

According to the invention described in claim 2, the body care part is pressed against the body, and the body care part is cared for by rotating the body care part without causing rotation. Alternatively, the body care unit is separated from the body by a predetermined distance, and the body care unit is fired from the body care unit while performing circular motion without rotation by the rotation means, and the body is indirectly cared for by the care medium. To do.
In this way, during use, the body care part is caused to perform a circular motion without rotation. As a result, the body care unit does not rotate and rotates while maintaining a state of being decentered by a predetermined distance from its own center line. As a result, all points on the surface of the body care part perform a circular motion that draws a locus with the same radius. Therefore, regardless of the distance from the center line of the body care part, the rotation speed is always constant at all positions of the body care part. Therefore, in the body, the stimulation to the contact portion of the maintenance action surface of the body care portion or the contact portion of the maintenance medium becomes uniform and soft.
In addition, when a desired body care agent is attached to the maintenance surface of the body care part, a large centrifugal force does not act on the outer periphery of the body care part. As a result, there is little risk that the body care agent will scatter during use and stain the surrounding area.

The material, shape, and size of the rotary head are not limited.
The body care unit may be fixed to the rotary head or may be detachable.
For example, a fitting structure, a screwing structure, or a locking structure (including hooking and magnetizing) can be adopted as a structure that makes the body care unit detachable from the rotary head.
The rotating means is mainly composed of a drive unit and a circular motion mechanism unit (circular rocking mechanism unit) that does not involve rotation. However, it may be a manual type that moves the circular motion mechanism by rotating the handle.
The number of rotating heads that perform circular motion without rotation by the rotating means may be one or plural.
The rotating head may be provided with only one body care unit or a plurality of body care units. In such a plurality of cases, all the body care parts may have the same function, or may have different functions in relation to at least one pair of body care parts.

As the drive unit, for example, an electric motor, a hydraulic motor, a gas pressure motor (including a pneumatic motor), or the like can be employed.
The configuration of the circular motion mechanism unit is not limited. For example, one or a plurality of (two, three, four or more) circular rocking pins are connected to a rotating head so as to be rotatable around their own axis, and the circular rocking pin is moved from the axis by the drive unit. It is possible to employ one that rotates around one or a plurality of rotation axes that are spaced apart by a predetermined distance in parallel. When there are a plurality of rotating shafts, each rotating shaft may be individually rotated using a corresponding drive unit, or may be linked together by an interlocking mechanism (gear structure, belt or chain connection structure, etc.). Also good.

When there are a plurality of circular oscillating pins, the distance between the axis of each circular oscillating pin and the corresponding rotating shaft must be substantially equal. In addition, the rotary head does not oscillate smoothly unless the circular oscillating pins are rotated synchronously. Further, when the number of the circular rocking pins is one, the circular rocking of the rotary head is unstable and easily becomes unstable. In that case, it is preferable to provide a slide guide structure (for example, a guide plate, a guide frame, a guide bar, a guide groove, etc.) that allows the body care part to perform a smooth circular swing in a plane. The slide guide structure is preferably applied even when a plurality of circular rocking pins are used.
Further, the magnitude of the circular oscillation (the size of the radius of the circular oscillation) is an eccentric distance (radius r) from the center line of the rotary head, and the distance from the rotary shaft of the drive unit to the circular oscillation pin is intermittent. It can be arbitrarily changed by moving the target (for example, constant pitch) or continuously. For example, by inserting a circular rocking pin into a pin insertion hole different from the current one among a plurality of pin insertion holes formed at predetermined intervals in the radial direction from the rotation shaft, the magnitude of the circular oscillation of the rotary head (Swing width) can be arbitrarily changed. Further, by moving the fixed position of the circular rocking pin in a long hole (pin insertion hole) formed in the radial direction from the rotating shaft, the size of the circular rocking of the rotating head ( (Sway width) can be arbitrarily changed.
The body care machine may be provided with a rotating means attached to the apparatus main body (casing or the like), an output shaft of the rotating means protruding from the tip of the apparatus main body, and a rotating head provided at the protruding portion.

The invention according to claim 3 is the body care method according to claim 1 or the body care machine according to claim 2, wherein the body is a human body or an animal body excluding a human being. is there.
As animals other than humans, for example, various pets can be employed. Examples of pets include dogs, cats, monkeys, pigs, horses, reptiles, various reptiles (snakes, lizards, etc.), birds (pives, nine-birds, ohms, spiders, literary birds, etc.), various fishes, various insects, etc. Can be adopted. Further, other wild animals (including sea animals) may be used.

  The invention according to claim 4 is characterized in that the body care part is a brush, a pad, a puff, a massage body having a concave part and / or a convex part on the front side, a vibrating body, a vacuum nozzle, a shower nozzle, a liquid or gas blowing nozzle, 2. A light emitting body, a heat generating body, a cooling body, a magnet, a radiation generating body, an electricity generating body, a hair removal treatment body having a hair removal means for extracting hair, and an iontophoretic body. The body care method or body care machine according to any one of claims 3 to 4.

The brush includes a massage brush and a cleaning brush.
As a material for the pad, for example, sponge, cotton, fabric (woven fabric, nonwoven fabric, knitted fabric), rubber, or synthetic resin (soft or hard) can be used.
As the massage body, it is possible to employ a surface on which a concave portion or a convex portion, or both concave and convex portions are formed. The size, shape, and number of formation of the recesses and protrusions are not limited.
Various vibrators can be used as the vibrator.
The vacuum nozzle communicates with the suction part of the suction device. For example, the aspirator may be housed in a body care machine or provided outside the body care machine.

As the light emitter, for example, an infrared lamp, a far infrared lamp, an ultraviolet lamp, a laser light emitter, a light emitting diode (LED lamp), or the like can be employed.
As the heating element, for example, warm water, warm oil, steam, various heaters, and the like can be employed.
As the cooling body, for example, cold water, ice, cold oil, mist, various cooling devices, and the like can be employed.
Examples of the radiation generator include an X-ray generator and a germanium generator.
Examples of the electric generator include a high-frequency generator, a low-frequency generator, and tourmaline (such as tourmaline).
As the magnet, an electric magnet or other magnets can be adopted.
Body care parts are brushes, pads, massage bodies, vibrators, vacuum nozzles, shower nozzles, blowout nozzles, light emitters, heating elements, cooling bodies, magnets, radiation generators, electricity generators, hair removal treatment bodies, iontophoresis bodies Of these, only one may be provided on the rotary head, or two or more may be provided on the rotary head.

  According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, the rotating means is provided in the airframe, and the airframe and the rotation are arranged between the airframe and the rotating head so that a circular motion without rotation of the rotating head can be performed. The body care machine according to claim 2, wherein an annular cover is provided to cover a gap with the head from the outside.

  According to the invention described in claim 5, since the annular cover is provided between the airframe and the rotary head, the body applied material adhered to, for example, water or the body care part when the rotary head (body care part) rotates. , Dust, dust, etc. are less likely to enter the gap between the fuselage and the rotating head. Therefore, it is possible to eliminate the rotation obstacle of the rotary head caused by these intrusions. In addition, the annular cover does not interfere with the circular movement of the rotary head. As a result, the body care by the body care unit can be performed with substantially the same smoothness as when the annular cover is not used.

Covering the gap between the fuselage and the rotary head from the outside with an annular cover so that the rotary head can perform a circular movement without rotation means that the annular cover has elasticity or the rotation range of the rotary head. This is to prevent the rotation of the rotating head from obstructing the rotation even if the rotating head makes a circular motion without rotation.
The material of the annular cover is not limited. For example, an elastic material (rubber, soft synthetic resin, etc.) may be used, and a bendable material (synthetic resin, fabric, etc.) having no elasticity may be used. Moreover, a rigid body may be sufficient. However, in the case of a rigid body, the annular cover is fixed to only one of the airframe and the rotary head.
There may be one or more rotating means provided in the airframe.

  A sixth aspect of the present invention is the body care machine according to the second or fifth aspect, wherein the rotating means is provided in a body that is detachably attached to the body.

  According to the invention described in claim 6, the rotating means is detachably attached to the body via the airframe. For this reason, it is not necessary for the user to keep holding the body care machine or to secure a space for installing the body care machine around the user during use.

The body part to which the aircraft is attached is not limited. It may be the whole body or a part of it.
The material of the aircraft is not limited. For example, synthetic resin, metal, wood, fabric, ceramics, etc. can be employed.
The shape of the airframe is appropriately changed depending on the body part to which the airframe is attached. For example, if the part is the head, the shape of the head cover (including a hat) that covers the head, and if the part is the face, the mask shape (those that covers the entire face or part of the face), When the part is the nose, a nose cap shape is placed on the nose. When the part is the neck, a neck band (collar) shape. When the part is the upper body, it is a jacket (jacket) shape. In the case of an arm band (arm supporter), if the part is an elbow, the shape of an elbow pad, if the part is a hand, the shape of a glove, if the part is a chest, the shape of a bra, and the part is a waist If the part is a lower body, the trousers (jersey) shape, if the part is the buttocks or lower abdomen, the pants (trunks) shape, if the part is a thigh or calf Is the shape of the leg band (leg supporter) Site is the socks shape in the case of the toe side of the ankle.

  When the body part to be cared for by the body care unit is a breast, for example, it has a body made of fabric or leather having a brass shape, and both cup parts of the body (only these parts are rigid bodies) Body care area (such as a silicone pad) that is in close contact with the breast or body care area (rubber pad, cotton pad, sponge pad) that is pressed against the breast Etc.), and both body care parts are combined to use one rotating means of claim 2, or the body care parts are separately used to use two rotating means, and each does not involve rotation. A body care machine configured to exercise may be used.

  As a method of detachably attaching the airframe to the body, it is possible to employ locking by various locking tools (planar fasteners, linear fasteners, hooks, hooks, buttons, magnets, clips, etc.). Further, it may be fastened using a thread (wire, rope, tako thread, etc.), a string, a band, or the like, or may be bonded using an adhesive tape or the like.

  According to the body care method according to claim 1 and the body care machine according to claim 2, when the body care is performed by the body care part, the body care part is caused to perform a circular motion without rotation. Without turning, the vehicle turns while maintaining a state decentered by a predetermined distance from its own center line. As a result, all points on the surface of the body care part perform a circular motion that draws a locus with the same radius. Therefore, regardless of the distance from the center line of the body care part, the rotation speed is always constant at all positions of the body care part, and the stimulation is small (soft) with respect to the body care part or the contact part of the care medium. Rotating motion can be given.

  In particular, according to the invention described in claim 5, since the annular cover is provided between the airframe and the rotary head, when the rotary head rotates, for example, the body application material, dust, Dust and the like do not enter the gap between the airframe and the rotating head. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the rotation head from being obstructed by the rotation means caused by these intruders and the rotation means provided in the machine body from being damaged. In addition, since the annular cover does not hinder circular motion without rotation of the rotary head, the body care by the body care unit is almost as smooth as when the annular cover is not attached.

  According to the sixth aspect of the present invention, the rotating means is detachably attached to the body via the airframe. Therefore, it is not necessary for the user to keep the body grooming machine during use (in the case of a portable body grooming machine) or to secure a space for installing the body grooming machine around the user (installed body grooming) Machine).

  Examples of the present invention will be specifically described below. Here, a body care machine (for portable use) for skin application of beauty cream is taken as an example.

1 and 2, reference numeral 10 denotes a body care machine according to the first embodiment of the present invention. The body care machine 10 includes a body 11 that is a main body of the body care machine 10, a rotary head 12, and a rotary head 12. A circular puff (body care unit) 13 that is provided detachably and is pressed against the skin (body) to clean the skin, and a rotating means 14 that causes the rotary head 12 to perform a circular motion without rotation.
Hereinafter, these components will be described in detail.

  The airframe 11 is a substantially cylindrical casing having a tip portion (upper portion in FIG. 1) bent by about 45 ° to one side. The body 11 is made of a synthetic resin, and the base part thereof is a battery storage part 16 in which a pair of dry batteries 15 are stored. In addition, an electric motor 17 is accommodated in a positioning state by a pair of support plates at the front portion of the body 11. Further, the front end portion of the body 11 is provided with a circular oscillating gear portion 18 that converts the rotational motion of the output shaft 17a of the electric motor 17 into a rotational motion (circular oscillating) that does not rotate with respect to the rotary head 12. It has been. A switch 19 is provided on the outer peripheral side of the bent portion of the body 11. The switch 19 may have a function of switching between the normal rotation and the reverse rotation of the rotary head 12.

A lid 20 of the battery storage unit 16 is attached to an end of the body 11 on the original side.
A skull plate 21 is integrally formed at the distal end of the body 11. A shaft hole 21 a of the output shaft 17 a of the electric motor 17 is formed at the center of the skull plate 21. The front end portion of the output shaft 17a passes through the shaft hole 21a and protrudes outward, and the drive gear 22 is fixed to the protruding portion. In addition, shaft holes 21b of the rotation shaft 24 of the driven gear 23, which will be described later, are formed at positions symmetrical with respect to the axis of the skull plate 21, respectively. In both shaft holes 21b, a pair of washers 25 arranged on both the front and back sides of the skull plate 21 are used as bearing plates, and the rotating shaft 24 of the driven gear 23 is rotatable in parallel with the output shaft 17a. Each is inserted. Both driven gears 23 are meshed with both sides of the drive gear 22. On the front side of the outer peripheral portions of both driven gears 23, the original portions of the circular rocking pins 26 are respectively supported so that the axes of the corresponding rotating shafts 24 are parallel to the axes. At this time, the axial support positions of the circular rocking pins 26 on the surfaces of the driven gears 23 are the same angular positions around the axis of the corresponding rotating shaft 24 (FIG. 3a). On the outer peripheral side of the tip portion of both circular rocking pins 26, one annular protrusion 26a is formed.
A plurality of pin fixing holes (not shown) are formed on the front side of each driven gear 23 at a constant pitch in the radial direction from the axis of the rotary shaft 24, for example, and the circular rocking pins 26 are provided in any of the pin fixing holes. If it can be removably inserted, the rotation radius (size, swing width) of the circular swing of the rotary head 12 can be arbitrarily changed. In addition, on the front side of each driven gear 23, for example, a long hole (not shown) that is long in the radial direction from the axis of the rotary shaft 24 is formed, and a circular rocking pin 26 can be fixed to an arbitrary position of the long hole (for example, a bolt nut The fastening radius of the rotary head 12 can also be changed.

Further, a circular cap 27 is screwed to the front end portion of the body 11. In the upper plate of the circular cap 27, a pair of pin holes 27a having a size that does not hinder the rotation of the circular rocking pin 26 are formed at positions symmetrical with respect to the center line. Both circular rocking pins 26 protrude outwardly in a state of being inserted through the corresponding pin holes 27a. The rotating means 14 has an electric motor 17 and a circular rocking gear portion 18. It should be noted that the rotation speed (circular rocking speed) of the rotary head 12 may be made variable by incorporating a known multi-stage transmission gear structure into the rotation means 14.
On the front side of the circular cap 27, a thick disc-shaped rotary head 12 made of synthetic resin is provided via a circular swing pin 26 so as to be capable of circular movement without rotation. That is, on the back side of the rotary head 12, a pair of pin holes 12a into which the corresponding circular rocking pins 26 are respectively inserted through a slight gap are formed on both sides of the outer peripheral portion. Both pin holes 12a are formed with annular recesses 12b on which the annular protrusions 26a of the corresponding circular rocking pins 26 are hooked.

The circular cap 27 and the rotary head 12 are arranged between the tip of the peripheral side plate of the circular cap 27 and the base of the outer peripheral portion of the rotary head 12 so that a circular motion without rotation of the rotary head 12 is possible. A rubber annular cover 28 is provided to cover the gap (the gap between the machine body 11 and the rotary head 12) from the outside.
A circular puff 13 is hooked on the tip of the rotary head 12. That is, a circular latching cap 29 is fixed to the back side of the circular puff 13, and the circular puff 13 is latched on the rotary head 12 by covering this latching cap 29 on the tip of the rotary head 12 in a detachable manner. The In addition, the rotating head 12 has, for example, an LED light emitter 30 (FIG. 4) in which a plurality of LEDs (light emitting diodes) 30a are disposed as a body care unit in place of the circular puff 13, an ion having a positive pole and a negative pole. The introduction body 31 (FIG. 5) and the ultrasonic vibration body 32 (FIG. 6) having the piezoelectric element 32a may be detachably mounted.

  Although not shown, an energization method for these will be described. That is, the one rotating shaft 24, the driven gear 23, and the one circular rocking pin 26 are negative polar circular rocking rotors made of a conductive material, and the outside of the grip portion of the fuselage 11 (for example, the battery housing portion 16). Secure the plate of the positive terminal to. Further, the negative electrode terminal is embedded in the formation portion of the other pin hole 12 a of the rotary head 12 through the front and back surfaces of the rotary head 12. Then, another negative electrode terminal that can be connected to the negative electrode terminal is embedded in the outer peripheral portion of the latching cap 29 so as to penetrate the front and back surfaces of the latching cap 29. Thereby, electricity can be supplied from the dry battery 15 to the LED light emitter 30, the ion introducer 31, or the piezoelectric element 32a. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and other known energization methods can be employed.

Next, a body (skin) care method by the body care machine 10 according to the first embodiment of the present invention will be described.
As shown in FIG. 1, massage cream (also possible as a face-wash cream) is attached to the surface (care action surface) side of the circular puff 13, and the switch 19 is turned on. As a result, the output shaft 17 a is rotated by the electric motor 17, and both driven gears 23 are rotated at the same speed in the same direction around the rotation shaft 24 via the drive gear 22. As a result, the circular puff 13 that is hooked on the rotary head 12 via the both circular rocking pins 26 does not rotate and rotates while maintaining a state that is eccentric from the center line a by the radius r. Perform the rocking motion. As a result, all points on the surface of the circular puff 13 perform a circular motion that draws a locus with the same rotation radius r (FIG. 3a). Therefore, regardless of the separation distance from the center line of the circular puff 13, the rotation speed is always constant at all positions of the circular puff 13. As a result, even if the rotational speed is increased, a large centrifugal force does not act on the outer peripheral portion of the circular puff 13.

  Thereafter, the surface of the circular puff 13 is pressed against the skin to massage the skin while applying the massage cream to the skin. At this time, since the circular puff 13 performs a circular motion that does not involve rotation, the stimulation by the circular puff 13 on the skin is uniform and soft over the entire area of the circular puff 13 where the care is performed. In addition, as described above, the rotational speed of the circular puff 13 is always constant at all positions of the circular puff 13, so that a large centrifugal force does not act on the outer peripheral portion of the circular puff 13. As a result, during use, the massage cream on the surface of the circular puff 13 is less likely to scatter and less likely to contaminate the user's clothes and the surroundings of the user (FIG. 3b). On the other hand, in the conventional body care machine, the circular puff is caused to perform a circular motion with rotation (FIG. 3c), so that a large centrifugal force acts on the outer periphery of the circular puff, and the massage cream is not used during use. It was scattered and easily contaminated around (FIG. 3d).

  Here, since the annular cover 28 is provided between the rotary head 12 and the circular cap 27, massage cream, dust, dust and the like are unlikely to enter between the rotary head 12 and the circular cap 27 during use. Become. As a result, the rotation obstacle of the rotary head 12 caused by these intrusions can be eliminated. Moreover, the annular cover 28 has a softness that does not hinder the circular motion of the rotary head 12. As a result, skin care with the circular puff 13 can be performed with substantially the same smoothness as when the annular cover 28 is not used.

If the circular puff 13 is to be used as another body care unit (such as the LED light emitter 30, the iontophoresis body 31, and the ultrasonic vibrator 32), the retaining cap 29 is removed from the rotary head 12 and the desired body care is performed. What is necessary is just to latch the latching cap 29 of the parts 30-32 on the rotary head 12. FIG.
As a result, when the LED light emitter 30 is changed, for example, skin cells can be activated by irradiation with LED light. Moreover, when it changes to the iontophoretic body 31, the chemical | medical agent etc. which were attached to the maintenance effect | action surface of an iontophoretic body can be osmose | permeated into skin. Furthermore, when it changes to the ultrasonic vibration body 32, the part of the skin which it contacts via the ultrasonic vibration body 32 is vibrated minutely. Thereby, the cell of skin can be activated.
And a body care part is good also as a shower nozzle, for example. In this case, for example, the nozzle head portion is circularly swung by a waterproof electric motor incorporated in the shower nozzle, and hot water as a maintenance medium is circularly swung toward the body to care for the body.

Next, a body care machine according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.
As shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, the body care machine 10 </ b> A of the second embodiment cares for a female breast. The configuration will be specifically described below.
In the body care machine 10A of the second embodiment, a metal cup 51 made of an aluminum alloy is arranged inside both cup portions of a brassiere 50 made of woven fabric. Inside the two metal cups 51, a pair of rubber pads (body care portions) 52 that are pressed against substantially the entire breast are disposed. The retaining caps 29 </ b> A are fixed to the tops of the two rubber pads 52.

Instead of the rubber pad 52, a silicone pad or a low-frequency generation pad that can be in close contact (adsorption) with the breast may be employed. At this time, as in the first embodiment, the rubber pad 52 is replaced with another body care part by attaching and detaching the latching cap 29A to the rotary head 17.
A pair of short airframes 11 </ b> A are fixed to the tops of both metal cups 51. In the body 11A, as in the first embodiment, the rotating means 14 having the electric motor 17 and the circular rocking gear portion 18 and the rotating head 12 are accommodated. In Example 2, a 100 V AC power supply is used instead of a dry battery as a power supply. Therefore, the output of the electric motor 17 is also increased. One switch 19A is provided in the middle of the power cord. Of course, the same dry battery type as in the first embodiment may be used. In FIG. 8, reference numeral 53 denotes an annular rubber that is fitted to the outer peripheral edge of the metal cup 51 and softens the contact of the metal cup 51 with the skin.

  In Example 2, when using the body care machine 10A, first, the rubber pads 52 are applied to both breasts, and the brassiere 50 is attached to the chest in this state. Then, when the switch 17A is turned on, the output shafts 17a of the both electric motors 17 are synchronously rotated, and both the rubber pads 50 are oscillated circularly together with the both rotary heads 12. As a result, the whole of both breasts is softly moved eccentrically (eccentric massage). By continuing such a breast massage for a predetermined time every day, for example, both breasts can be continuously stimulated and bust-up and breast augmentation effects can be achieved. By using a frequency generation pad, the same massage (at least one of ultrasonic vibration, iontophoresis, ion cleansing, vibration by a vibrator, LED light irradiation, etc. can be used) while applying low frequency to the breast. Therefore, the effect of bust up and breast augmentation can be further enhanced. Further, a vacuum device may be provided in the body care machine 10A so that the breast is adsorbed to the rubber pad 52 by the negative pressure. This further increases the breast massage effect. It is even more effective if you apply massage to both breasts, including various massage creams, such as those dedicated to breast enhancement or breast augmentation, various cosmetics (creams), and various cosmetics (creams). is there.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 9, a headgear 60 is adopted instead of the brassiere 50 of the second embodiment, and for example, silicone pads (body care parts) 61 are brought into close contact with both jaws of the headgear 60, respectively, and these are rocked. And massage (at least among the vacuum suction of the silicone pad 61 to the jaw using the negative pressure of the vacuum device, ultrasonic vibration, low frequency stimulation, ion introduction, vibration by vibrator, ion cleansing, LED light irradiation, etc. It is also possible to use a single combination). Thereby, the effect of facilitating the lipolysis of both jaws and making the face smaller is obtained. In this case, it is more effective if massage is performed by applying various massage creams including those dedicated to small face, various cosmetic liquids (creams), various cosmetic liquids (creams), etc. to both jaws. In place of the rotating means 14, a vibrator, an ultrasonic vibrator, an iontophoretic body, an ion cleansing body, a radiation generator, a magnet, an LED light irradiation body, a cooling body, or a heating element may be employed.

In addition, on the head of the headgear 60, one or more rubber pads (not shown) for stimulating the scalp are arranged, and then the head rubber pad is circularly oscillated to move the hair. May promote hair growth or hair growth. In that case, if an iontophoretic electrode is attached to the head pad (rotating head), the scalp is softly massaged while the predetermined ionization component (minus ionization component) contained in the hair restorer or hair growth agent is applied to the scalp. Or a positive ionization component). At this time, by applying a positive voltage to the pad (rotating head) and passing a weak current (pulse current), negatively charged dirt (for example, dirt in the pores) is adsorbed and discharged and peeled off from the scalp. It can also be removed by adsorbing keratin.
Other configurations, operations, and effects are in a range that can be estimated from the first embodiment, and thus the description thereof is omitted.

It is a longitudinal cross-sectional view of the body care machine which concerns on Example 1 of this invention. It is a perspective view of the body care machine concerning Example 1 of this invention. It is a top view which shows the circular rocking | fluctuation motion of the body care part in the body care machine which concerns on Example 1 of this invention. It is a side view which shows the circular rocking | fluctuation motion of the body care part in the body care machine which concerns on Example 1 of this invention. It is a top view which shows the circular motion of the body care part in the body care machine which concerns on a conventional means. It is a side view which shows the circular motion of the body care part in the body care machine which concerns on the conventional means. It is a schematic side view of the other body care part of the body care machine concerning Example 1 of this invention. It is a schematic side view of another body care part of the body care machine concerning Example 1 of this invention. It is a schematic side view of another body care part of the body care machine concerning Example 1 of this invention. It is a perspective view of the use condition of the body care machine concerning Example 2 of this invention. It is a principal part expanded sectional view of the body care machine which concerns on Example 2 of this invention. It is a perspective view of the use condition of the other body care machine which concerns on Example 2 of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

10, 10A body care machine 12 rotary head 13 circular puff (body care part)
14 Rotating means 30 LED light emitter (body care part)
31 iontophoresis (body care)
32 Ultrasonic vibrator (body care part)
17 Electric motor (rotating means)
11 Airframe 28 Annular Cover 52 Rubber Pad (Body Care)
61 Silicone rubber (body care)

Claims (6)

  Caring for the body while performing circular motion without rotation to a body care unit that presses against the body and cares the body, or a body care unit that fires a care medium onto the body and cares for the body Characteristic body care method. A rotating head;
A body care unit that is fixed to or detachable from the rotary head, and cares for the body;
Rotating means for causing the rotating head to perform a circular motion without rotation,
The body care unit is a body care machine that presses against the body to care for the body, or fires a care medium onto the body to care for the body.   The body care method according to claim 1 or the body care machine according to claim 2, wherein the body is a human body or an animal body excluding a human being. The body care part is
Brush, pad, puff, massage body with concave and convex parts on the front side, vibrator, vacuum nozzle, shower nozzle, liquid or gas blowing nozzle, light emitter, heating element, cooling body, magnet, radiation generator, The body according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the body is at least one of an electricity generator, a hair removal treatment body having a hair removal means for extracting hair, and an iontophoresis body. Care method or body care machine. The rotating means is provided on the airframe,
An annular cover is provided between the airframe and the rotary head so as to cover the gap between the airframe and the rotary head from the outside so that the rotary motion of the rotary head is not accompanied. The body care machine of Claim 2 characterized by the above-mentioned.   6. The body care machine according to claim 2, wherein the rotating means is provided in a machine body that is detachably attached to the body.

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