JP2007259882A - Massaging machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a massaging machine quickly warming sites to be massaged from the core and improving massaging effect. <P>SOLUTION: The massaging machine has massaging tools massaging by giving physical stimulation to a human body in human body abutting faces, antennas projecting ultrashort wave to the human body are arranged in the human body-abutting faces. Concretely, the massaging machine has leg housing sections 32 for housing leg portion of the human body and toe housing sections 42 for housing toes as the human body-abutting faces, airbags 34, 44 pushing and pressing the leg portions and toes by expanding and contracting with supplying air as the massaging tools, and antennas 60, 61 projecting the ultrashort waves with frequency of 27.12 MHz are arranged in the inner side faces of the leg housing sections and the toe housing sections. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a massage machine including a massage device that massages a human body contact surface by applying physical stimulation (for example, hitting, rubbing, compressing, acupressure) to a treatment portion of the human body, and more specifically, The present invention relates to a massage machine that can heat a treatment part of a human body.

A massage machine that applies physical stimulation such as striking, squeezing, squeezing, and acupressure to the treatment area of the human body, and in order to promote blood circulation and improve the massage effect, the treatment area can be warmed As a massage machine that can be used, a device that heats a treatment portion with a heater as shown in Patent Literature 1 and a device that warms up with warm air as shown in Patent Literature 2 are known.
JP 2005-237725 A JP-A-10-118149

  The method of warming the treatment area with a heater or warm air is a method of warming the body by transferring heat from the skin to the body, and since the energy is absorbed by the skin tissue, it reaches a depth of about 0.5 mm to 3.0 mm from the skin surface. However, heat does not penetrate. In addition, there is a problem that the responsiveness of the heat source is poor and the responsiveness until the heat is transferred to the skin and the person feels warm is poor.

  The objective of this invention is providing the massage machine which can warm a to-be-treated part from the core of a body quickly, and can improve a massage effect.

  In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the massage machine of the present invention is a massage machine provided with a massage tool that applies physical stimulation to the human body and massages the human body contact surface, and the contact surface projects onto the human body. In this way, an antenna that emits radio waves that exert a thermal effect is provided.

For example, a leg storage part that stores the leg part of the human body as a human body contact surface and / or a foot tip storage part that stores the tip from the heel is provided, and air is applied to the leg storage part and / or the foot storage part as a massage tool. The air bag is provided with an airbag that expands and contracts by supplying and exhausting the air and presses the leg and the tip of the foot, and the antenna is provided on the inner surface of the leg storage and / or the foot storage.
Examples of radio waves include ultrashort waves with a frequency of 27.12 megahertz.

According to the massage machine of the present invention, by projecting a radio wave that exerts a thermal effect on the treated part, the energy of the radio wave acts deep inside the body, and a thermal effect that warms the treated part from the core is obtained, Blood vessels are expanded and blood circulation is promoted, the massage effect is improved, the stiffness is eliminated, and the fatigue recovery effect is improved. In addition, the time required to obtain the thermal effect is short and the immediate effect can be improved.

  Hereinafter, the chair type massage machine which showed the massage machine of this invention as an example is demonstrated. 1 and 2 are perspective views of the chair type massage machine 10. FIG. The chair type massage machine 10 includes a backrest 12 at the rear of the seat 11 on which a user sits, a legrest 30 at the front, and a footrest 40 at the lower end of the legrest 30. The backrest 12 is connected to the seat 11 so that it can tilt and can be positioned at any position. The legrest 30 is connected to the front end of the seat portion 11 so as to be rotatable up and down and to be positioned at an arbitrary position. Further, the footrest 40 is rotatably connected to the legrest 30. The footrest 40 is lifted while maintaining a substantially horizontal state regardless of the rotation of the legrest 30. FIG. 2 shows the most lifted state. The seat portion 11, the backrest portion 12, the legrest 30, and the footrest 40 constitute a human body contact surface.

  A known massage device 15 for massaging the shoulder, back, and waist of the user is disposed on the backrest 12 so as to be able to move up and down along the backrest 12. The massage tool 15 has a pair of treatment fingers 16 and 16 on the left and right, and moves both treatment fingers 16 and 16 up and down, left and right, and / or back and forth, thereby massaging the subject's shoulder and the like. Apply. Although the backrest part 12 and the seat part 11 are not illustrated, they are covered with a cloth cover or cushion.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the legrest 30 is formed with a pair of hook-shaped recesses 32, 32 serving as leg storage portions for storing the left and right leg portions (calves) of the user by the resin cover 35. Has been. On both side surfaces of each hook-shaped recess 32, side airbags 34 are provided as massage tools that press the calf from the side surfaces by expanding. The side airbag 34 is connected to an air pump (not shown) through a pipe, is supplied with air, expands, is discharged, and contracts.

  On the bottom surface of the bowl-shaped recesses 32, 32, three bottom airbags 37, 37, 37 serving as massage tools for pressing the calf from the rear side are arranged side by side along the axial direction of the bowl-shaped recess 32. ing. A finger pressure protrusion 37 a is welded to each bottom airbag 37. The bottom air bag 37 is also connected to an air pump (not shown) through a pipe, supplied with air, inflated, discharged, and contracted. The legrest 30 is covered with a cloth cover 39 (shown by a mesh in FIG. 3). In FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, the cloth cover is omitted.

  In the legrest 30 configured as described above, the calf is compressed by the side airbags 34 and 34 by repeatedly supplying and exhausting compressed air from the air pump to the side airbag 34 while the user inserts the calf into the recess 32. And release is repeated, and the calf is massaged. Moreover, it expand | swells by supplying compressed air from an air pump with respect to the bottom face airbag 37, and the back surface of a calf is pressed by the acupressure projection part 37a, and a shiatsu massage is performed.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the footrest 40 is a pair of footrest storage portions into which the left and right foottips of the user (the portion from the heel below the heel) are respectively inserted by the resin cover 45. Are formed. Side air bags 44 and 44 as massage tools for pressing the toes from the side surfaces by expanding are provided on both side surfaces of each hook-shaped recess 42. The side airbag 44 is connected to an air pump (not shown) through a pipe, is supplied with air, expands, is discharged, and contracts.

  On the back side of the bottom surface of the heel-shaped recesses 42, 42, an airbag 47 for soles is provided as a massage tool for pressing the soles. On the upper surface of the sole airbag 47, two finger pressure projections 47a for pressing the sole are welded side by side in the left-right direction as shown in FIG. The sole airbag 47 is also connected to an air pump (not shown) through the pipe, and is supplied with air to expand, and is discharged and contracted. When inflated, the acupressure protrusion 47a protrudes from a hole (not shown) opened in the bottom surface of the bowl-shaped recess 42, and acupressures the sole. The footrest 40 is also covered with a cloth cover 39. As shown in FIG. 3, even when the sole airbag 47 is contracted, the acupressure protrusion 47 a slightly protrudes from the bottom surfaces of the heel-shaped recesses 42, 42. 44a is an air supply and discharge port for the side airbag 44, and 47b is an air supply and discharge port for the sole airbag 47.

  In the footrest 40 having the above-described configuration, when the user inserts the tip of the foot into the concave portion 42, by repeatedly supplying and exhausting compressed air from the air pump to the side airbag 44, the tip of the foot depends on the side airbags 44 and 44. Repeated compression and release, massage is applied to the toes. Moreover, it expand | swells by supplying compressed air from an air pump with respect to the airbag 47 for soles, and a foot pressure projection part 47a presses a sole and performs a shiatsu massage.

  In FIG. 3, the side airbag 34 of the legrest 30 is contracted, and the side airbag 44 of the footrest 40 is inflated. In addition, a dashed-two dotted line shows a calf and a toe.

  Thus, a conductor 60 serving as an antenna for projecting an ultra-short wave as a radio wave toward the human body is disposed along the side surface 32a inside the side surface 32a outside each bowl-shaped recess 32, 32 of the legrest 30. ing. In addition, a conductor 61 serving as an antenna for projecting an ultra-short wave toward the human body is also provided along the side surface 42a on the inner side of the outer side surface 42a of each bowl-shaped recess 42, 42 of the footrest 40. Each of the conductors 60 and 61 is made of a metal plate such as iron, and is connected to an ultrahigh frequency generator 62 as shown in the wiring diagram of FIG. As shown in FIG. 1, the ultrashort wave generator 62 is disposed below the seat portion 11. The ultra-short wave generator 62 generates an ultra-short wave of 27.12 megahertz, and the ultra-short wave is sent to each of the conductors 60 and 61 via the transmission line 64, and the ultra-short wave is transmitted from the conductor.

  When a calf or a foot tip is inserted into the hook-shaped recess 32 of the legrest 30 and the foot-shaped recess 42 of the footrest 40 and the above-described massage is applied to the calf or the foot tip by the airbags 34, 37, 44, 47, When the ultrashort wave generator 62 is operated and the ultrashort wave is projected from the conductors 60 and 61 to the calf and the tip of the foot, the energy of the ultrashort wave acts deep inside the body, causing the molecules of the cell to vibrate. Warm the calves and toes from the core by frictional heat. As a result, blood vessels are expanded and blood circulation is promoted, and in combination with the massage by the airbag, the massage effect can be improved, and the effect of eliminating stiffness and improving the fatigue can be improved. In addition, the time until the thermal effect is obtained is short, and the immediate effect can be remarkably improved as compared with the conventional heater and warm air. The projection time of the ultrashort wave is about 15 minutes, which is the use time of a normal massage machine.

  Even if only the ultrashort wave generator 62 is operated without performing the massage by the airbags 34, 37, 44, 47, the blood circulation is improved by the thermal effect due to the ultrashort wave, and the fatigue recovery effect is obtained.

  A conductor that transmits an ultrashort wave may be provided in the seat 11 or the backrest 12 to warm the thigh, buttocks, waist, shoulders, and the like. As shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, when the calves and the toes are warmed, the warmed blood flows to the upper body, which is advantageous not only for the calves and the toes but also for the whole body. .

  The electronic components, circuit boards, etc. of the ultrashort wave generator 62 are shielded by an iron plate or a copper mesh so that the ultrashort waves do not leak outside. It is good to shield so that it is not affected by. As shown in FIG. 1, if the conductors 60 and 61 are arranged along the side airbags 34 and 44 of the legrest 30 and the footrest 40, there is no electronic component or metal component that is affected by the ultrashort wave nearby. From the point of view, it is advantageous to provide a conductor on the legrest 30 or the footrest 40.

  In the above description, an attempt is made to obtain a thermal effect by projecting an ultrashort wave with a frequency of 27.12 megahertz as a radio wave to a human body, but in addition to the ultrashort wave of this frequency, if the radio wave exhibits a thermal effect, the frequency is There is no particular limitation. For example, 13.56 megahertz, 40.68 megahertz, 2.4 gigahertz ultra high frequency, and ultra high frequency can be exemplified.

  In addition, the conductor is disposed inside the outer side surfaces 32a and 42a of the bowl-shaped recesses 32 and 42 of the legrest 30 and the footrest 40, but is disposed inside the side surfaces 32b and 42b of the inner side of the bowl-shaped recesses 32 and 42. Alternatively, it may be provided inside the inner and outer (left and right) side surfaces of the bowl-shaped recesses 32 and 42.

  In the above embodiment, the chair-type massage machine in which the legrest 30 and the footrest 40 are coupled to the front end of the seat portion 11 of the chair has been described, but the legrest and the footrest are dedicated massage machines for the feet independent of the chair. Also good.

  Hereinafter, a massage machine dedicated to feet will be described. FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a foot-only massage machine 100. The foot-only massage machine 100 can be tilted and slidable via a connecting mechanism 90 at the base end of the footrest 70, and a footrest 70 that massages the toes below the heel. It is linked with possible and has a legrest 80 to massage the calf. The legrest 80 moves up and down along the tilting rod 94.

  In the legrest 80, a pair of hook-shaped recesses 83 and 83 serving as leg storage portions for storing the left and right leg portions (calves) of the user are formed by the resin cover 82 as in the embodiment of FIG. Has been. Between the bowl-shaped recesses 83, 83 is partitioned by a central wall 84. Side air bags 85 (see FIG. 6) are provided on both side surfaces of each bowl-shaped recess 83 as a massage tool that presses the calf from the side surface by expanding. The side airbag 85 is connected to an air pump (not shown), is supplied with air, expands, is discharged, and contracts. The inner surface of the bowl-shaped recess 83 is covered with a cloth cover 82a.

  Similarly to the embodiment of FIG. 1, the footrest 70 is also formed with a pair of hook-shaped recesses 73, 73 serving as foot tip storage portions for storing the left and right foot tips of the user, respectively, by the resin cover 72. . Between the bowl-shaped recesses 73, 73 is partitioned by a central wall 74. Side air bags 75 (see FIG. 6) are provided on both side surfaces of each bowl-shaped recess 73 as a massage tool that presses the foot tip from the side surface by expanding. The side airbag 75 is connected to an air pump (not shown), is supplied with air, expands, is discharged, and contracts. The inner surface of the bowl-shaped recess 73 is covered with a cloth cover 72a. A standing wall 71 protrudes upward at the rear end of each hook-shaped recess 73, and a portion of the hook matches the standing wall 71, and the foot tip is positioned in the hook-shaped recess 73.

As in the embodiment of FIG. 1, a conductor 60 for projecting ultrashort waves toward the human body is provided along the side surface 83a on the inner side of the outer side surface 83a of each bowl-shaped recess 83, 83 of the leg rest 80. ing. Further, similarly to the embodiment of FIG. 1, a conductor 61 for projecting ultrashort waves toward the human body is also provided along the side surface 73a on the inner side of the outer side surface 73a of each bowl-shaped recess 73, 73 of the footrest 70. Has been. (See Figure 6)
Expansion of the side airbags 85 and 75 with the calves and toes inserted in the saddle-shaped recesses 83 and 73 of the legrest 80 and the footrest 70 having the above-described configuration (the calves and toes are indicated by two-dot chain lines in FIG. 6). By repeating the contraction, the calf is massaged, and an ultra-high frequency generator (not shown) is operated to project the ultra-high frequency from the conductors 60 and 61 onto the calf and the toes. Similarly to the embodiment, the calf and the toes can be warmed from the core, blood vessels can be expanded to promote blood circulation, and the massage effect can be improved in combination with the massage by the airbag.

  As shown in FIG. 5, this leg-only massage machine is used by sitting on a chair with the legrest 80 being substantially perpendicular to the footrest 70, and lying on the knee as shown in FIG. 7. In this state, the legrest 80 can be tilted backward with respect to the footrest 70 for use.

  The positions where the conductors 60 and 61 are arranged may be arranged inside the side surfaces 83b and 73b inside the bowl-shaped recesses 83 and 73, or inside both the inside and outside (left and right) sides of the bowl-like recesses 83 and 73. As in the embodiment of FIG. 1, an airbag that presses the back surface of the calf or the sole may be provided on the bottom surface of the bowl-shaped recesses 83 and 73.

  By the way, as shown in FIG. 6, this leg-only massage machine has two airbags 77L and 77R arranged on the bottom surface of the main body. The airbags 77L and 77R are connected to an air pump (not shown) in the same manner as the airbags 85 and 75, and are supplied with air to be expanded and discharged to be contracted. Reference numeral 77a denotes the air supply and exhaust ports of the airbags 77L and 77R. Four legs 78 are provided near the corner on the bottom surface of the main body, but when the airbags 77L and 77R are contracted, the airbags 77L and 77R are held above the legs 78. It does not come into contact with the floor.

  Therefore, the calves and the toes are inserted into the bowl-shaped recesses 83 and 73 of the legrest 80 and the footrest 70, the side airbags 85 and 75 are inflated, and the calves and the toes are sandwiched and held by the side airbags 85 and 75. In this state, when the airbag 77R on the right bottom surface as viewed from the user is inflated as shown in FIG. 8, the right leg is lifted while the calf and the toes are fixed to the legrest 80 and the footrest 70, The upper body (waist) tilts to the right as shown by arrow A in the figure, and as a result, the left waist K can be extended. On the other hand, when the airbag 77L on the left bottom as viewed from the user is inflated as shown in FIG. 9, the left leg is lifted while the calf and the toes are fixed to the legrest 80 and the footrest 70, The upper body (waist) tilts to the left as shown by arrow B in the figure, and as a result, the right waist K can be extended. In FIGS. 8 and 9, the waist K is indicated by a two-dotted line following the calf and the toes.

  By repeating the expansion of the airbags 77L and 77R on the bottom surface alternately on the left and right, the left and right waists can be stretched alternately.

  When stretching the left and right hips, both the calves and the toes were held and held by the side airbags 85 and 75. However, if only the side airbag 85 was inflated and only the calves were held, the side The same effect can be obtained by inflating only the airbag 75 and holding only the toes.

  Conventionally, as disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2000-51300, one that stretches the waist is inflated with the airbag of the waist while being seen in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2000-51300. However, as described above, if the waist is stretched by alternately lifting the bottom of the foot massager left and right with an airbag, the utility value of the foot massager can be increased. In addition, the stretch method is visually dynamic, so it can attract attention during the demonstration.

  As a means for lifting the bottom surface of the foot-only massage machine, in addition to the airbag, the massage machine main body may be installed on a seesaw plate that swings left and right by a motor drive source.

  The above-mentioned massage machine exclusively for legs swings the body from side to side and stretches the waist, but the airbags 77L and 77R on the bottom of the body are not arranged separately on the left and right, but on the front and back. May be arranged. In this case, the back side of the calf can be stretched from the Achilles tendon by inflating the front airbag, and the front muscle of the instep and the calf can be stretched by inflating the back airbag.

  Moreover, you may arrange | position four airbags separately in right and left and front and back on the bottom face of the massage machine main body only for legs. In this case, the right side of the waist can be stretched by inflating the left and right airbags on the left side, and the left side of the waist can be stretched by inflating the two front and back airbags on the left and right sides. By inflating the airbag, the back side of the calf can be stretched from the Achilles tendon, and by inflating the left and right airbags on the back side, the muscles on the instep and the front side of the calf can be stretched.

  In addition, as a leg exclusive massage machine, there is no legrest which massages a calf and it may have only a footrest which massages a foot tip.

It is a perspective view of the chair type massage machine of the 1st example of the present invention. It is a perspective view of the state which lifted the legrest and footrest of the massage machine. It is a front view of the state of FIG. 1 which shows the leg rest and footrest of the massage machine. It is a wiring diagram regarding the ultrashort wave generator of the massage machine. It is a perspective view of the leg dedicated massage machine of the 2nd example of the present invention. It is a front view of the massage machine. It is a side view which shows the state which lies down and uses the massage machine. It is a front view which shows the state which is stretching the waist | hip | lumbar part with the massage machine. It is a front view which shows the state which is stretching the waist | hip | lumbar part with the massage machine.

Explanation of symbols

11 Seat (human body contact surface)
12 Backrest (human body contact surface)
30 leg rest (human body contact surface)
40 Footrest (human body contact surface)
34 Side airbag (massage device)
44 Side airbag (massage device)
37 Bottom Airbag (Massage Tool)
47 Airbag for sole (massage device)
32 bowl-shaped recess (leg storage)
42 Saddle-shaped recess (foot tip storage part)
60 conductor (antenna)
61 Conductor (antenna)
62 Ultra high frequency generator 80 Leg rest (human body contact surface)
70 Footrest (human body contact surface)
83 Hook-shaped recess (leg storage)
73 Hook-shaped recess (foot tip storage)
85 Side airbag (massage device)
75 Side airbag (massage device)

Claims (5)

In a massage machine equipped with a massage tool that gives physical stimulation to the human body and massages the human body contact surface, the contact surface is provided with an antenna that emits radio waves that exert a thermal effect by projecting on the human body A massage machine. The human body contact surface includes a leg storage unit that stores a leg part of the human body and / or a foot tip storage unit that stores a tip from the heel, and the leg storage unit and / or the foot storage unit serves as the massage tool. Claim 1 wherein the antenna is disposed on the inner surface of the leg storage part and / or the foot storage part. The listed massage machine. The leg storage part is connected to the front end of the seat part of the chair, the backrest part of the chair is provided with a massage tool for massaging the shoulders, back and waist, and the ultrahigh frequency generator is provided below the seat part. Item 3. A massage machine according to item 2. The massage machine according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the antenna projects an ultrashort wave as a radio wave onto a human body. The massage machine according to claim 4, wherein the frequency of the ultrashort wave is 27.12 megahertz.