JP2007275241A - Massage machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a massage machine capable of effectively massaging the back part and leg parts of a treated person by a mechanical unit. <P>SOLUTION: Leg massaging pieces 81 for massaging the leg parts of the treated person are attached to the ends of arms 72 and outside the facing arms 72. Leg retaining parts 90 retaining the positions of the leg parts L of the treated person are provided in parts positioned on leg mount parts 5 of a frame member 25 and the leg retaining parts 90 are formed with upslopes 91 extending from the inside to the outside of the frame member 25. The leg massaging pieces 81 push the insides of the leg parts of the treated person retained at the leg retaining parts 90 to massage the leg parts. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a chair type massage machine for performing massage on a seated user.

  A main body integrally configured with a backrest, a seat, and a footrest, a guide rail extending from the backrest to the footrest, and movably disposed on the guide rail. There is disclosed a massage machine comprising a mechanical unit that drives a paddle ball to treat a user seated on the main body, and supports the main body so that it can be reclined by a support member in the vicinity of the boundary between the seat portion and the backrest portion. (For example, refer to Patent Document 1).

In such a massage machine, by forming the backrest, seat, and footrest of the main body into a sigmoid shape adapted to the body shape of the user, the user sitting on the main body can be in a relaxed posture. At the same time, the entire body of the user can be massaged. Moreover, since the main body can be reclined while maintaining the relaxed posture of the user, the user can be massaged in a more relaxed state.
JP 2004-283266 A

  However, in the conventional massage machine described above, the mechanical unit is set with a distance between the two fir balls so that the back part of the user can be effectively massaged. There has been a problem that the massage effect on the leg portion having a different treatment target position in the width direction from the back portion is low.

  This invention is made | formed in view of such a situation, Comprising: The massage machine which can massage a user's back part and leg part effectively by a mechanical unit is provided.

  (1) The massage machine according to the present invention is provided with a main body having a backrest portion, a seat portion and a leg placement portion, and is movable in the longitudinal direction of the main body, and swings the treatment element in the width direction of the main body. An intermediate portion in the width direction of the leg placement portion in a massage machine comprising massage means for massaging the user wearing the seat and guide means for guiding the massage means in the longitudinal direction of the body In addition, a passage region through which the treatment element of the massage means passes is provided in the longitudinal direction of the leg placement portion, and a frame portion is provided on each side of the passage region of the leg placement portion. The frame portion is provided with a leg holding portion that holds the leg portion of the user placed on the leg placement portion so as to come into contact with the treatment element passing through the passage region.

  As described above, according to the present invention, the treatment element of the massage means passes through the passage region provided in the intermediate portion in the width direction of the leg placement portion, while the frames disposed on both sides of the passage region of the leg placement portion. In order to hold the leg of the user placed on the leg placement part at an appropriate position from the treatment element passing through the passage area, the side part of the treatment element is treated Even if it is a massage means in which the distance between the two treatment elements is set so as to massage the back part of the user, the massage part can be effectively massaged by contacting the inner surface of the leg part of the person. There is an effect that the legs of the user can be effectively massaged.

(2) In the massage machine according to the present invention, if necessary, the leg holding part is formed with a gradient in which the height dimension is increased from the passing region side toward the side edge side of the leg holding part. It is characterized by.
As described above, according to the present invention, the leg holding portion is formed with a gradient in which the height dimension is increased from the passing region side toward the side edge side of the leg holding portion. Regardless of the size, the leg portion of the user is guided by the leg holding portion gradient and is smoothly placed at a required position in the width direction of the leg placement portion.

(3) Moreover, as for the massage machine which concerns on this invention, the said massage means is rock | fluctuated to the width direction of a main body, and the leg part which massages the user's leg part hold | maintained at the said leg holding part as needed. It has a medical treatment part.
As described above, according to the present invention, the leg treatment unit provided in the massage means is swung in the width direction of the main body, and the leg of the user held by the leg holding unit is massaged. There exists an effect that a person's leg part can be massaged more effectively.

(4) Further, in the massage machine according to the present invention, a pressure sensor for detecting an applied pressure is provided in the leg treatment unit as necessary, and based on the detection result of the pressure sensor. The massage by the massage means is adjusted.
As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to detect whether or not the leg of the user is facing the leg treatment unit by using the pressure sensor provided in the leg treatment unit. When the part is not opposed to the leg treatment part, the treatment element is moved to the opposite side of the main body from the leg treatment part. As a result, if the user does not place one leg on the corresponding leg holder, that is, if the leg is placed between a pair of treatment elements, the distance between the two treatment elements is reduced. The leg portion can be effectively massaged.

(5) Moreover, the massage machine based on this invention hold | maintains a to-be-treated person's leg part with the width direction outer side and leg mounting part of the treatment element which passes the said passage area as needed.
As described above, according to the present invention, since the legs of the user are held by the widthwise outer side of the treatment element and the leg placement portion, the legs of the user are stably held, and the There is an effect that the legs of the user can be treated directly by moving the treatment element responsible for holding the legs.

(6) Moreover, the massaging machine which concerns on this invention arrange | positions the piece for leg | legs on the width direction outer side of the treatment element which passes the said passage area as needed.
Thus, according to the present invention, the leg of the user can be held without hurting the leg of the user.

(7) Further, in the massage machine according to the present invention, if necessary, the treatment element rotates in the direction of the user and the leg piece does not rotate in the direction of the user.
As described above, according to the present invention, the treatment element is rotatable when treating the back, so that friction does not occur and the affected part of the user is not dragged. The leg of the user can be held more stably because the fir piece does not rotate.

(8) Moreover, as for the massage machine which concerns on this invention, the gradient which made the height dimension small toward the side edge side of the leg holding | maintenance part from the said passage area side is formed as needed. It is what.
As described above, according to the present invention, the treatment element and the leg holding portion form a substantially U-shaped cross section, and the leg of the user can be stably held in this shape.

Hereinafter, an example of a massage machine according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.
(First embodiment of the present invention)
FIG. 1 is a front perspective view showing a bone structure of a massage machine according to a first embodiment of the present invention, in which 1 is a main body on which a user is seated, and 6 is a support that supports the main body 1. It is a member. 2, FIG. 3, FIG. 4 and FIG. 5 are a bottom perspective view, a side view, a plan view and a front view of the massage machine shown in FIG.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 to 5, the main body 1 includes two sigmoid-shaped vertical frames 10, 10 arranged at an appropriate distance in the horizontal direction. , 10, a seat portion 4 that mainly supports the buttocks of the user, a backrest portion 3 that mainly supports the back portion of the user, a headrest portion 2 that mainly supports the head of the user, An upper footrest portion 51 that mainly supports the thigh of the user, a middle footrest portion 52 that mainly supports the knee of the user, and a foot that supports the foot mainly from the calf portion. A lower footrest portion 53 is formed.

That is, in the basic posture in which the main body 1 is not reclined, the lower footrest portion 53 of the vertical frame 10 has an appropriate climbing slope, is bent at the middle footrest portion 52, and the upper footrest portion 51 and the seat portion 4 are continuous. In particular, the descending slope is smaller than the slope value of the lower footrest portion 53. Then, the backrest 3 is bent again at the boundary between the seat 4 and the backrest 3 so that the backrest 3 has substantially the same ascending slope as the lower footrest 53.
The upper footrest portion 51, the middle footrest portion 52, and the lower footrest portion 53 constitute the leg placement portion 5.

  Between the vertical frames 10, 10 described above, a plurality of substantially inverted arch-shaped horizontal frames 20, 20,... Are arranged on the back side of the main body 1 at appropriate intervals in the longitudinal direction of the vertical frames 10, 10. Thus, the bone structure of the main body 1 including the through passage 21 penetrating through the region surrounded by the vertical frames 10, 10 and the horizontal frames 20, 20,... Is formed.

  Further, guide rails 10a and 10a each having racks 12 and 12 provided on inner walls of rectangular U-shaped grooves 11 and 11 are integrally formed on the back surfaces of the vertical frames 10 and 10, respectively. A mechanical unit 7 serving as a massage means for massaging a user by 10a and 10a is guided over substantially the entire longitudinal area of the vertical frames 10 and 10. The configuration of the mechanical unit 7 will be described later.

  On the other hand, band plate-like frame members 25, 25 are fixed to the vertical frames 10, 10 at an appropriate distance in the width direction of the main body 1, and between the frame members 25, 25 will be described later. A passing region 13 is formed through which the balls 57 and 71 (see FIG. 6), which are treatment elements of the mechanical unit 7 to be passed, pass. And the main body 1 has a cushion member interposed on both the frame members 25, 25, and the both frame members 25, 25, the vertical frames 10, 10, and the horizontal frames 20, 20,... Are exterior covers (not shown). Covered with.

  On the other hand, the support member 6 described above includes a bottom portion 61 and both leg portions 62 and 62, and includes a base portion 60 that is substantially U-shaped in plan view, and the length of the bottom portion 61 is slightly larger than the width of the main body 1. . The base 60 is disposed so that the bottom 61 is on the back side of the main body 1 and the ends of both legs 62 and 62 are on the front side of the main body 1. The ends of both legs 62 and 62 are raised, Rising parts 63 and 63 constituting side parts 6a and 6a located on both sides of the seat part 4 are formed. The upper edges of the compatible ascending portions 63, 63 are bent toward the back side of the main body 1, and the lateral piece portions 64, 64 having an appropriate length shorter than the length of the legs 62, 62 are provided as the compatible ascending portions 63, 63 is extended from each. The outer diameter of the horizontal piece portions 64 and 64 is smaller than the thickness dimension of the main body 1. In this embodiment, the side thickness dimension of the main body 1 refers to the dimension from the surface of the frame member 25 to the side bottom edges of the horizontal frames 20, 20,.

Further, vertical members 65 and 65 for supporting the main body 1 are erected at midway positions in the longitudinal direction of the both leg portions 62 and 62, respectively, and the distal end portions of the lateral piece portions 64 and 64 correspond to the corresponding vertical members. 65, 65.
In addition, the support member 6 uses a pipe material for the base 60, the rising parts 63 and 63, and the horizontal piece parts 64 and 64 for weight reduction.

  By the way, connecting pieces 15 and 15 for connecting to the support member 6 are provided at appropriate positions on the outer surfaces of the vertical frames 10 and 10 and corresponding to the seat 4. The main piece 1 is supported by the support member 6 so as to be reclining to the back side of the main body 1 (see FIG. 3). . An alternate long and short dash line indicates the reclining time. In FIG. 3, the main body 1 is covered with a cover, and the horizontal frame 20 is indicated by a dotted line.

  On the other hand, a mounting frame 66 having a mounting portion 66 a is provided between the rising portions 63, 63 of the support member 6, and the mounting portion is mounted on the horizontal frame 20 disposed at the position of the seat portion 4. 26 is suspended. Cylinder type actuators 30 are installed on both attachment portions 66a and 26, and by retracting the actuators 30, the main body 1 is tilted to an arbitrary reclining angle up to a predetermined angle, and the actuators 30 are driven to extend. By doing so, the main body 1 can be returned to the original basic posture.

  The attachment mode of the actuator 30 is not limited to this. For example, the actuator 30 can be installed between the support member 6 and the main body 1 so as to tilt the main body 1 by pushing up the middle footrest portion 52. .

  In this way, the main body 1 can be tilted to an appropriate reclining posture from a non-reclined basic posture and can be returned to the original basic posture, but as shown in FIG. In the thickness direction of the part, an overlapping region M is formed in which the basic posture and the reclining posture overlap each other.

In the overlapping region M, at least a part of the lateral piece 64 (64) of the support member 6 in the thickness direction is disposed over the entire length thereof, whereby the tilting of the main body 1 is restored. It prevents the user's clothing or the like from being sandwiched between the lateral piece 64 and the main body 1 during operation.
Further, as shown in FIG. 3, the rising portion 663 (63) of the support member 6 is on a pivot 14 (14) that pivotally supports the main body 1, that is, on a circle (arc) C centered on the tilt center of the main body 1. It is curved to be located in
Thus, even when the main body 1 is tilted, the angle formed by the lower footrest portion 53 and the rising portion 63 of the main body 1 in a side view is maintained at a constant angle, and the lower footrest portion 53 and the rising portion 63 are It is possible to prevent the clothes of the user from being caught in between.

Next, the massage mechanism will be described.
FIG. 6 is a schematic side view of a massage machine according to the present invention, in which 7 is a mechanical unit. In FIG. 6, parts corresponding to those shown in FIGS. 1 to 5 are given the same reference numerals and explanation thereof is omitted.

  As shown in FIG. 6, in the through passage 21 of the main body 1, a mechanical unit that mechanically massages a user seated on the main body 1 with two pairs of kneading balls 71 and 71 (71, 71). 7, the kneading balls 71, 71 (71, 71) are arranged in a state of protruding from the passage region 13 (see FIG. 1) of the main body 1, and the mechanical unit 7 is provided by the guide rail 10a (10a) described above. The main body 1 is guided over substantially the entire region in the longitudinal direction.

  7, 8 and 9 are a front view, a plan view and a side view of the mechanical unit 7 shown in FIG. As shown in FIGS. 7 to 9, two bifurcated arms 72, 72 are arranged at a substantially central portion of the unit case 70 of the mechanical unit 7 in such a posture that they can intersect on an extension line passing through each tip. Fir balls 71, 71, 71, 71 are attached to the ends of both arms 72, 72, and inside the opposing arms 72, 72, respectively. Both arms 72, 72 are driven by a fir motor so that the distance between the fir balls 71, 71, 71, 71 facing each other in the lateral direction is expanded and contracted. Apply. Further, the arms 72, 72 are configured such that the side kneading balls 71, 71 that form a pair can protrude from the other side kneading balls 71, 71. By driving, both arms 72 and 72 are swung around an axis orthogonal to the vertical frame 10 (see FIG. 1), and a massage is given to the user.

  In the present embodiment, the mechanical unit 7 using the four kneading balls 71, 71, 71, 71 respectively attached to the bifurcated arms 72, 72 has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and 2 You may apply the mechanical unit which uses the two fir balls attached to the front-end | tip of a book arm. Further, the mechanical unit is not limited to fir massage and tapping massage, but may be configured to perform other massages such as shiatsu massage or a combination of them.

  A drive shaft 73 that is rotated forward and backward by a moving motor 79 is horizontally mounted at an appropriate position of the unit case 70, and both ends of the drive shaft 73 are projected from both sides of the unit case 70 by a predetermined dimension. is there. Drive wheels 74 and 74 that are in rolling contact with the groove portions 11 and 11 of the above-described guide rails 10a and 10a are fixed to both ends of the drive shaft 73, respectively, and the guide rail 10a is disposed inside the drive wheels 74 and 74, respectively. , 10a are provided with pinions 74a, 74a that mesh with the racks 12, 12. The unit case 70 is oppositely arranged with rotating shafts 75 and 75 which are paired with the drive shaft 73 in such a manner that one end protrudes from both sides of the unit case 70 by a predetermined length. The groove portions 11, 11 of the guide rails 10a, 10a are sandwiched between the rotating wheels 76, 76 attached to the ends protruding from both sides of the 75 unit case 70 and the corresponding drive wheels 74, 74.

  Furthermore, two pairs of support shafts 77, 77, 77, oppositely arranged in the thickness direction of the unit case 70 are located on both sides of the unit case 70 and at an appropriate distance in the vertical direction from the drive shaft 73. One end of 77 is projected, and is attached to one end of each support shaft 77, 77, 77, 77 by holding support wheels 78, 78, 78, 78 to be held in rolling contact with the grooves 11, 11 of the guide rails 10 a, 10 a. It is like that.

  The mechanical unit 7 is moved to an arbitrary position in the longitudinal direction of the guide rails 10 a and 10 a by rotating the drive shaft 73 forward and backward with a moving motor 79, and the neck and shoulders of the user seated on the main body 1. Massage back, waist, buttocks, thighs, calf, etc. At this time, since the mechanical unit 7 holds the groove portions 11 and 11 of the guide rails 10a and 10a by the four pairs of wheels facing each other, a predetermined massage can be given to the user without dropping in any posture. Can be applied.

  Further, according to the present invention, the legs are the tips of the arms 72 and 72 described above, and are massaged to massage the legs by pressing the arms 72 and 72 opposite to the inside of the legs of the user. Leg piece 81, 81, 81, 81 which is a part treatment part is attached. Then, the mechanical unit 7 massages the legs of the user in the leg placing part 5 of the main body 1 as follows. It is desirable that the kneading piece 81 does not protrude from the kneading balls 71 in the direction of the user so as not to hinder the treatment operation by the kneading balls 71 even when the mechanical unit 7 is located at the back of the user.

  In the present embodiment, the leg piece 81 is provided separately from the kneading balls 71, but the present invention is not limited to this and may be provided integrally on the outer surface of the kneading balls 71. In addition, a pair of left and right arms are provided separately from the arms 72, 72 to which the fir balls 71, 71, 71, 71 are attached, and the leg piece 81, 81 is attached to the tip of both arms, respectively. Good.

  FIG. 10 is a plan view showing a usage state of the massage machine according to the present invention, and FIG. 11 is an explanatory view for explaining a massage mechanism for the legs of the user in the leg placement section 5. In both figures, parts corresponding to those shown in FIGS. 1 to 9 are designated by the same reference numerals and description thereof is omitted.

  As shown in FIG. 10, leg holding portions 90, 90 that hold the position of the leg portion L of the user are provided at portions of the frame members 25, 25 that are located on the leg placement portion 5. As shown in FIG. 11, the leg holding part 90 gradually increases in size from the inner side of the frame member 25 on the side of the passage region 13 toward the outer side. A climbing gradient 91 is formed from the inside to the outside of the frame member 25.

  The leg holding portion 90 may be formed integrally with the frame member 25 or may be fixed to the frame member 25 separately from the frame member 25. Moreover, the leg holding part 90 can also be formed with the hard resin material etc. which are the same as the frame member 25, and arrange | positions and forms a soft material on soft materials, such as low-resilience urethane or a gel material, or a hard material. You can also. Furthermore, an air cell that expands and contracts by supplying and discharging gas can be used for the leg holding unit 90.

The rising start position of the climbing gradient 91 in the width direction of the frame member 25 is determined by the degree of opening of the leg L of the user who placed the leg L on the leg rest 5 and the thigh and calf. Based on the outer diameter of the part, etc., it is preferable to adjust appropriately at each position in the longitudinal direction of the leg placement part 5 so that the inside of the leg part L of the user is at a required position on the leg placement part 5. .
In such a massage machine, since the climbing slope 91 is formed in the leg holding part 90 provided in the leg mounting part 5, regardless of the size of the leg part L of the user, the user The leg portion L is guided by the climbing gradient 91 and is smoothly placed at a required position in the width direction of the leg placement portion 5.

  Then, when the mechanical unit 7 moves to the position of the leg placing portion 5 and starts the fir massage that expands or contracts the distance between the pair of leg scissors 81, 81, 81, 81, as shown in FIG. In this way, the distance between the pair of leg pieces 81 (81) is increased and comes into contact with the inside of the leg L of the user placed on the leg rest 5 (FIG. 12A). (C)), the distance between the leg piece 81 (81) is further increased and the inside of the leg L of the user is pressed (FIGS. 12B and 12D). In FIG. 12, (a) and (b) show the thighs in the leg L, and (c) and (d) show the calf part in the leg L, respectively. At this time, since the leg portion L of the user is in contact with the leg holding portion 90 and the position thereof is held, the position of the leg L is prevented from being displaced by pressing the leg piece 81 (81). At the same time, it is pushed back from the leg holder 90, so that it is fully massaged.

  In addition, by setting the shape of the leg piece 81 on the side of the frame member 25 side, that is, the shape of the leg contact portion according to the shape of the leg of the user, the leg of the user A more uniform massage is possible. For example, as shown in FIG. 13, a leg 82 that is parallel to the frame member 25 is provided on a side surface of the leg piece 81 that is a leg contact portion and slightly higher than the height of the frame member 25. It may be provided. In addition, in FIG. 13, each part shown to (a)-(d) respond | corresponds to each part shown to (a)-(d) except FIG.

(Second embodiment of the present invention)
FIG. 14 is a front view of a mechanical unit used in a massage machine according to the second embodiment of the present invention, and a pair of kneading balls 71 and 71 arranged in the width direction of the main body are individually moved in the width direction of the main body. It is configured to be able to. In the figure, parts corresponding to those shown in FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 14 (a), in the unit case 70 of the mechanical unit 7a, a pair of treatment units 700, 700 arranged at a distance in the width direction of the unit case 70 are provided. Each of the units 700 and 700 includes arms 72a and 72a, fir balls 71 and 71 attached to the ends of the arms 72a and 72a, leg pieces 81 and 81, and arms 72a and 72a in the width direction of the unit case 70. Swirling motors 701 and 701 for swinging massage and swinging motors 702 for swinging and swinging arms 72a and 72a in the direction intersecting the width direction of unit case 70. 702.

  In the unit case 70, screw shafts 705 and 705 for moving the treatment units 700 and 700 are installed in parallel with the drive shaft 73 described above. The treatment units 700 and 700 are connected to the corresponding screw shafts 705 and 705, respectively. The drive shaft 73 is supported so as to be movable in the width direction of the unit case 70. Rotating motors 706 and 706 for rotating corresponding screw shafts 705 and 705 are attached to both side portions of the unit case 70, and the corresponding treatment units 700 are driven by driving the rotating motors 706 and 706 forward and backward. , 700 can be moved individually in the width direction of the unit case 70.

  FIG. 15 is a schematic enlarged plan view of the fir ball 71 and the leg piece 81 shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 15, in the vicinity of the surface of the leg piece 81, one or more (a plurality in FIG. 15) pressure sensors 83 for detecting the pressure applied to the leg piece 81, 83, ... are buried. As the pressure sensor 83, for example, a diaphragm 83b that is distorted according to an external pressure is formed on a silicon substrate 83a, and a semiconductor pressure sensor that converts the distortion of the diaphragm 83b into an electric signal by a strain gauge provided on the diaphragm 83b is used. be able to. Depending on the material of the leg piece 81, the pressure receiving portion of the pressure sensor 83 may be positioned on the surface of the leg piece 81.

  The pressure sensors 83, 83,... Apply pressure to the leg piece 81 when the leg piece 81 swung in the width direction of the body of the massage machine comes into contact with the leg part of the user. Therefore, when a detection signal is output and the leg portion of the user is not contacted, no pressure is applied to the leg piece 81, so that the detection signal is not output.

  Therefore, when no detection signal is output from the pressure sensors 83, 83,... Until the predetermined time has elapsed after the mechanical unit 7a is moved to the leg placement unit 5 (see FIG. 6), the leg unit is used. It is determined that one leg of the user is not placed on the side facing the piece 81 and that the leg of the user is placed between the pair of fir balls 71, 71. be able to.

Therefore, in the massage machine according to the present embodiment, when it is determined that the leg portion of the user is not placed on the side facing the leg piece 81, the leg portion The treatment unit 700 provided with the treatment piece 81 is moved to the other treatment unit 700 side that is paired with a predetermined size, and the distance between the fir balls 71 and 71 provided in both treatment units 700 and 700 is determined by the user. It changes to the dimension according to a leg part, and an effective massage is given to the said leg part of a to-be-treated person by the both fir balls 71,71.
At this time, since the both legs of the user cannot be placed between the two fir balls 71, 71, the other leg of the user is the leg piece provided on the other treatment unit 700. 81 and is massaged by the leg piece 81 in the same manner as before.

(Other embodiments)
[Control of mechanical unit]
A soft massage may be preferred for the knee of the user. Therefore, at the position of the middle footrest portion 52 shown in FIG. 1, the kneading balls 71, 71, 71, 71 of the mechanical unit 7 and the kneading pieces 81, 81, 81, 81 for the leg portions are provided. Further, the swing speed of the arms 72, 72 can be made relatively slow. In addition, the swing of the arms 72, 72 can be temporarily stopped at the position of the middle footrest portion 52. Further, the moving speed of the mechanical unit 7 may be relatively increased at the position of the middle footrest portion 52. On the other hand, at the position of the middle footrest 52, the distance between the guide rails 10a, 10a and the frame members 25, 25 may be relatively increased.

[Basic configuration of massage machine]
Moreover, although embodiment shown in FIG. 1 and described above demonstrated the case where it applied to the massage machine which comprised the backrest part 3, the seat part 4, and the leg mounting part 5 integrally, this invention is not restricted to this. Further, the present invention can be applied to a massage machine in which the backrest portion, the seat portion, and the leg placement portion are configured separately, and the leg placement portion is arranged in the vicinity of the front edge of the seat portion and can be moved up and down around the horizontal axis. In this case, a mechanical unit is provided for each of the backrest and the leg rest. However, since the same mechanical unit can be used for the backrest and the leg rest, the cost required for the mechanical unit is increased as much as possible. Can be suppressed.

[Treatment of the legs of the user in the area facing the fir tree]
In each of the above-described embodiments, the user can place at least one leg at the center of the leg placement part 5 that is a passing area of the mechanical unit 7. The placed leg portion is located in the opposite area of, and sufficient treatment from both sides by the kneading balls 71 can be received. The other leg can be treated by the leg piece 81. In particular, in the second embodiment, since the kneading balls 71 are movable in the width direction, the leg part placed at the center of the leg placing part 5 is optimally matched to the thickness of the leg part. Can receive treatment. Further, in the second embodiment, even if the kneading balls 71 are moved in the width direction and the other kneading balls 71 are moved so that the legs not in the facing area of the kneading balls 71 can be appropriately held, the opposing kneading balls 71 are opposed to each other. Both legs can receive sufficient treatment by appropriately sandwiching the legs in the region and operating the balls 71 in this state.

It is a front side perspective view which shows the bone structure of the massage machine which concerns on the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a bottom side perspective view of the massage machine shown in FIG. It is a side view of the massage machine shown in FIG. It is a top view of the massage machine shown in FIG. It is a front view of the massage machine shown in FIG. It is a typical side view of a massage machine concerning the present invention. It is a front view of the mechanical unit shown in FIG. It is a top view of the mechanical unit shown in FIG. FIG. 7 is a side view of the mechanical unit shown in FIG. 6. It is a top view which shows the use condition of the massage machine which concerns on this invention. It is explanatory drawing explaining the massage mechanism to the leg part of the user in a leg mounting part. It is explanatory drawing explaining the state which is giving a massage to a user's leg part by the leg piece. It is explanatory drawing explaining the state which is giving a massage to the user's leg part by the other leg piece. It is a front view of a mechanical unit used for a massage machine concerning a 2nd embodiment of the present invention. It is a typical enlarged plan view of the fir ball shown in FIG. 14 and the leg piece.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Main body 2 Headrest part 3 Backrest part 4 Seat part 5 Leg mounting part 6 Support member 7 Mechanical unit 10 Vertical frame 10a Guide rail 11 Groove part 12 Rack 13 Passing area 25 Frame member 51 Upper footrest part 52 Middle footrest part 52 Lower footrest Part 60 Base part 61 Bottom part 62 Leg part 63 Rising part 64 Horizontal piece part 65 Vertical member 71 Fir ball 72 Arm 81 Leg piece Friction piece 90 Leg holding part 91 Climbing slope

Claims (8)

A main body having a backrest portion, a seat portion and a leg placement portion, and a user who is movable in the longitudinal direction of the main body and swings the treatment element in the width direction of the main body to be attached to the seat portion. In a massage machine comprising massage means for performing massage and guide means for guiding the massage means in the longitudinal direction of the main body,
In the intermediate part in the width direction of the leg placing part, a passing region through which the treatment element of the massage means passes is provided in the longitudinal direction of the leg placing part,
Frame portions are respectively disposed on both sides of the passage region of the leg placement portion,
A massage machine in which both frame portions are provided with leg holding portions that hold the legs of the user placed on the leg placement portion so as to come into contact with the treatment element passing through the passage region. The massage machine according to claim 1, wherein the leg holding part is formed with a gradient whose height is increased from the passing region side toward the side edge side of the leg holding part. The said massage means is rock | fluctuated to the width direction of a main body, The leg treatment part which massages the leg part of the user hold | maintained at the said leg holding | maintenance part is comprised. Massage machine. The pressure treatment unit for detecting an applied pressure is provided in the leg treatment unit, and massage by the massage means is adjusted based on a detection result of the pressure sensor. 3. The massage machine according to 3. The massage machine according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein a leg portion of the user is held by a width direction outer side of the treatment element passing through the passage region and a leg placement portion. The massage machine according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein a leg piece is disposed on the outer side in the width direction of the treatment element passing through the passage region. The treatment element rotates in the direction of the user,
The massage machine according to claim 6, wherein the leg piece does not rotate in the direction of the user. The massage machine according to claim 6 or 7, wherein the leg piece has a slope in which a height dimension is reduced from the passage region side toward a side edge side of the leg holding portion.