JP2011251086A - Scalp care device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a scalp care device which more suitably gives stimulus to the scalp of a user.SOLUTION: The scalp care device includes: a vibration motor 30 to vibrate operation projections 24 which are in contact with the scalp of the user and give stimulus to the scalp; and a rotary motor 14 as a rotation drive source to rotationally drive an operation element 21 having the operation projection 24. The vibration motor 30 comprises a motor having an eccentric weight 32 being eccentric with respect to a rotary shaft 31, and one operation element 21 is mounted on one user holdable body housing 11. The plurality of operation projections 24 are equipped on the operation element 21 and the arrangement center of each operation projection 24 and the motor rotation center of the vibration motor 30 match with each other on the center line L2.

Description

  The present invention relates to a scalp care apparatus for activating the scalp, for example.

  Conventionally, the scalp care apparatus of Patent Document 1 includes an eccentric motor as a vibration source, and massages the user's scalp by applying vibrations to the treatment protrusion that comes into contact with the user's scalp by the motor ( Give a stimulus).

JP 2008-1119016 A

  By the way, in the scalp care device as described above, it is possible to massage the user's scalp with an eccentric motor, but more suitably, development of a scalp care device that can give stimulation to the user's scalp Is desired.

  The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a scalp care device that can more suitably provide stimulation to a user's scalp.

  In order to solve the above-described problems, the scalp care device of the present invention is configured to rotate and drive a vibration source that contacts a user's scalp and vibrates a treatment protrusion that gives stimulation to the scalp and a treatment element having the treatment protrusion. And a drive source.

Moreover, in the said structure, it is preferable that a vibration source is comprised so that a vibration may be given to the same direction as the protrusion direction of a treatment protrusion, or the orthogonal direction.
Further, in the above configuration, the vibration source is configured by a vibration motor having an eccentric weight that is eccentric with respect to the rotation axis, and one treatment element is provided for a gripping portion that can be gripped by the user, and the treatment protrusion It is preferable that the arrangement center line of the treatment protrusion and the axis line of the rotation shaft of the vibration motor coincide with each other.

Further, in the above configuration, it is preferable that a plurality of treatment elements are provided for a grip part that can be gripped by the user, and the vibration source is housed inside the housing case.
Further, in the above configuration, the vibration source is configured by a vibration motor having an eccentric weight that is eccentric with respect to the rotation axis thereof, and is configured such that the arrangement center line of the treatment element coincides with the axis of the rotation axis of the vibration motor. It is preferable.

  In the above configuration, the vibration source is preferably configured by a motor having an eccentric weight that is eccentric with respect to the rotation axis, and the arrangement center line of the treatment element and the axis of the rotation axis of the motor are preferably aligned. .

  Further, in the above configuration, a housing case for holding the vibration source by holding it between two case members is provided, and the two case members are made of the same material and the holding portion for holding the vibration source is configured in the same shape. Is preferred.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, the scalp care apparatus which can provide irritation | stimulation with respect to a user's scalp more suitably can be provided.

(A) is a schematic block diagram of the scalp care apparatus in this embodiment, (b) is a top view of a treatment element. (A) is a schematic block diagram of the scalp care apparatus in another example, (b) is a top view of the scalp care apparatus. It is sectional drawing for demonstrating the attachment structure of the motor in another example. It is a schematic block diagram of the scalp care apparatus in another example.

DESCRIPTION OF EXEMPLARY EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, an embodiment of the invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
As shown in FIG. 1A, the scalp care device 10 of the present embodiment includes a main body housing 11 as a gripping portion that can be gripped, and one substantially columnar treatment configured on the upper portion of the main body housing 11. And a child 21. On the side surface of the main body housing 11, a power switch 12 for turning on / off the scalp care device 10 by a user and a vibration unit driving switch 13 for driving a vibration motor 30 to be described later are provided.

  A rotation motor 14 is accommodated in the main body housing 11, and the rotation motor 14 is electrically connected to a control unit 15 accommodated in the main body housing 11. The control unit 15 is electrically connected to the power supply unit 16 housed in the main body housing 11, the power switch 12, and the vibration unit drive switch 13.

  A drive gear 14 b is attached to the tip of the motor shaft 14 a of the rotary motor 14. On the other hand, gears 18 b are respectively attached to the base end portions of the rotation shafts 18 a that are rotatably supported by bearings 17 provided in the main body housing 11. The gear 18b is meshed with the drive gear 14b of the rotary motor 14. Thereby, the rotation of the motor shaft 14a is transmitted to the gear 18b.

  A distal end portion of the rotating shaft 18a that rotates integrally with the gear 18b protrudes from the main body housing 11 to the outside, and a disk-shaped rotating body 19 is fixed to the protruding portion. The rotating body 19 has the rotating shaft 18a fixed to the central portion so as to be integrally rotatable, and a treatment element 21 is rotatably supported by a support portion 20 fixed to the upper surface of the rotating body 19.

  The treatment element 21 includes a treatment element-side housing 23 that is rotatably supported by a bearing 22 with respect to the support portion 20, a plurality (four in this embodiment) of treatment protrusions 24 attached to the housing 23, and The vibration motor 30 is housed in the housing 23. Further, the center line L2 that is the rotation center of the treatment element 21 (the arrangement center of the treatment protrusion 24) is set at a position shifted from the axis L1 that is the rotation center of the rotation shaft 18a.

  The treatment protrusion 24 is made of, for example, a flexible elastomer and has a tapered shape, and a distal end portion thereof is formed with a concave portion on a spherical surface having a concave shape on the opposite side to the protruding direction. For this reason, the distal end of the treatment protrusion 24 has a shape that follows the shape of the user's head (scalp).

  The vibration motor 30 is accommodated in the housing 23, and an eccentric weight 32 is attached to the rotating shaft 31 of the motor 30. Note that the axis center of the rotation shaft 31 is set to coincide with the center line L2 that is the rotation center of the treatment element 21 (the arrangement center of the treatment protrusion 24). For this reason, when the rotating shaft 31 is rotationally driven, vibration is generated, so that the treatment element 21 is vibrated in a direction orthogonal to the protruding direction of the treatment protrusion 24.

  In the scalp care device 10 configured as described above, when the power switch 12 is turned on by the user, the control unit 15 receives the rotation motor 14 (its Electric power for rotating the motor shaft 14 a) is supplied from the power supply unit 16 to the rotary motor 14. When the motor shaft 14a of the rotary motor 14 is driven to rotate, the two rotating shafts 18a and the rotating body 19 rotate integrally around the axis L1. At this time, the treatment protrusion 24 rotates around the center line L2 that is offset from the axis L1. Then, when the distal end of the surgical projection 24 is brought into contact with the scalp, the distal end of the surgical projection 24 is in contact with the scalp because the distal end of the surgical projection 24 is a spherical concave portion. The scalp will be moved and the scalp will be cared for.

  When the vibration unit drive switch 13 is turned on while the power switch 12 is on, the control unit 15 vibrates the treatment element 21 (the treatment protrusion 24) based on the input of the on operation signal from the switch 13. Is supplied from the power supply unit 16 to the vibration motor 30. As a result, the treatment protrusion 24 is vibrated and a suitable stimulus is applied to the scalp.

Next, characteristic effects of the present embodiment will be described.
(1) A vibration motor 30 that contacts the user's scalp and vibrates the treatment protrusion 24 that gives stimulation to the scalp, and a rotation motor 14 that serves as a rotation drive source that rotationally drives the treatment element 21 having the treatment protrusion 24. Provided. With such a configuration, in addition to stimulation by vibration of the treatment protrusion 24, stimulation by rotation of the treatment protrusion 24 can be applied to the user's scalp. Can be granted.

  (2) The vibration motor 30 is configured to apply vibration in a direction (horizontal direction) orthogonal to the protruding direction of the treatment protrusion 24. By adopting such a configuration, in addition to the stimulation in the rotation direction of the treatment protrusion 24, the stimulation in the orthogonal direction shifted in the radial direction from the circumference of the rotation can be applied. Can be granted. As a result, the scalp can be made more flexible.

  (3) The vibration motor 30 is composed of a motor having an eccentric weight 32 that is eccentric with respect to the rotating shaft 31, and one treatment element 21 is provided for the main body housing 11 that can be gripped by the user. The treatment element 21 is provided with a plurality of treatment protrusions 24, and the arrangement center of each treatment protrusion 24 and the rotation center of the motor of the vibration motor 30 are configured to coincide with each other at the center line L2. In this way, by configuring the rotation center of the vibration motor 30 and the arrangement center of the treatment protrusions 24 to coincide with each other, the treatment protrusions 24 can be evenly vibrated.

In addition, you may change embodiment of this invention as follows.
In the above-described embodiment, a single treatment element 21 having a plurality of treatment protrusions 24 is provided. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and a treatment having a plurality of treatment protrusions 24 as shown in FIGS. A configuration in which a plurality (two or more) of the children 21 are provided may be employed. In this case, it is preferable that the vibration motor 30 which is a vibration source for applying vibration to the treatment element 21 (the treatment protrusion 24) is provided inside the main body housing 11, for example. Accordingly, it is possible to apply vibration to each treatment element 21 (treatment protrusion 24) while suppressing an increase in the number of parts as compared with the case where the vibration motor 30 is provided inside each treatment element 21.

  In addition, in the said structure, when the rotating shaft 31 of the vibration motor 30 is arrange | positioned along the extension direction of the said treatment protrusion 24, the arrangement center of the several treatment element 21 and the axis center of the rotating shaft 31 are centerline L3. It is desirable to agree with. By adopting such a configuration, each treatment protrusion 24 can be vibrated substantially uniformly.

  Moreover, in the structure which accommodates the vibration motor 30 in the main body housing 11, the attachment structure at the time of accommodating in the main body housing 11 is clamped by the two housing members 40 and 41 which comprise the main body housing 11, as shown in FIG. A configuration is preferred. Here, the housing members 40 and 41 constituting the main body housing 11 form a bottomed cylindrical shape of the same material, and the opening portions of the housing members 40 and 41 are overlapped with each other to constitute the main body housing 11. ing. The housing members 40 and 41 are formed with extending portions 40b and 41b having the same shape extending toward the opening on the bottom portions 40a and 41a. Each holding portion 40c, 41c, which is the tip of each extending portion 40b, 41b, has a concave shape following the cylindrical housing of the motor constituting the vibration motor 30. As described above, the housing members 40 and 41 are formed with the same material and the same extending portions 40b and 41b, so that the vibration from the vibration motor 30 is evenly transmitted to the housing members 40 and 41. be able to. In addition, it is desirable to provide the elastic member 42 between the holding portions 40c, 41c of the extending portions 40b, 41b and the motor housing constituting the vibration motor 30. With this configuration, the vibration motor 30 can be stably held by the elastic portions 42 and the holding portions 40c and 41c. For this reason, it is possible to reduce chatter noise that may occur when the main body housing 11 (housing members 40 and 41) and the vibration motor 30 are brought into direct contact with each other.

  In the above configuration, it is preferable that each surgical element 21 is rotationally driven by one rotary motor 14. By adopting such a configuration, an increase in the number of parts can be suppressed as compared with the case where the same number of rotary motors 14 as the number of surgical elements 21 are provided. In addition, as a structure which rotationally drives each treatment element 21 with one rotation motor 14, each gear 18b of the base end side of the rotating shaft 18a rotatably supported by the two bearings 17 provided in the main body housing 11 is possible. Can be rotated. Specifically, one of the gears 18b (the right gear in FIG. 1) is engaged with the drive gear 14b of the rotary motor 14, and the other (the left gear in FIG. 1) is engaged with the drive gear 14b. It meshes with the meshing intermediate gear 35a. Thereby, rotation of the motor shaft 14a is transmitted to each gear 18b. The intermediate gear 35 a is rotatably supported by a bearing 35 c provided in the main body housing 11 with a support shaft 35 b fixed so as to be integrally rotatable.

In the above embodiment, the vibration source is configured by the vibration motor 30 provided with the eccentric weight 32 at the tip of the rotating shaft 31, but the present invention is not limited to this.
In the above-described embodiment, the configuration in which the vibration unit driving switch 13 for driving the vibration motor 30 is provided on the side surface of the main body housing 11 is not limited thereto. For example, as shown in FIGS. 2 (a) and 2 (b), a configuration is adopted in which the vibration unit drive switch 13 is omitted and the drive of the vibration motor 30 is started by turning on the power switch 12. Also good. With such a configuration, it is not necessary to provide a separate switch member, so that an increase in the number of parts can be suppressed.

  In the above embodiment, the vibration motor 30 is configured to vibrate in a direction (horizontal direction) perpendicular to the protruding direction of the treatment protrusion 24, but not limited to this, for example, as shown in FIG. You may employ | adopt the structure which provides a vibration in the same direction as a direction. With such a configuration, vibration that strikes the scalp with the treatment protrusion 24 can be applied, and blood circulation promoting effects can be provided by stimulating blood vessels and muscles under the scalp. Moreover, you may employ | adopt the structure which provides a vibration in directions other than the said embodiment and said structure.

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Scalp care apparatus, 11 ... Main body housing (grip part and storage case), 14 ... Rotation motor (drive source), 18a, 31 ... Rotating shaft, 21 ... Treatment element, 24 ... Treatment protrusion, 30 ... Vibration motor (vibration) Source), 32... Eccentric weight, 40 and 41... Housing member (case member), L2... Center line (arrangement center line and axis).

Claims (6)

A scalp care device that provides stimulation to the scalp with a surgical procession that is in contact with the user's scalp,
A vibration source for vibrating the treatment protrusion;
A scalp care device comprising: a drive source that rotationally drives the treatment element having the treatment protrusion. The scalp care device according to claim 1,
The scalp care device is characterized in that the vibration source is configured to apply vibration in the same direction as the protruding direction of the treatment protrusion or in a direction orthogonal thereto. The scalp care device according to claim 1 or 2,
The vibration source is composed of a vibration motor having an eccentric weight that is eccentric with respect to the rotation axis,
The surgical element is provided with respect to a grip part that can be gripped by the user, and includes a plurality of the surgical protrusions,
A scalp care device configured so that an arrangement center line of the treatment protrusion and an axis of a rotation shaft of the vibration motor coincide with each other. The scalp care device according to claim 1 or 2,
A plurality of the surgical elements are provided with respect to a grip part that can be gripped by the user,
The scalp care device, wherein the vibration source is housed inside the grip portion. The scalp care device according to claim 4,
The vibration source is composed of a vibration motor having an eccentric weight that is eccentric with respect to the rotation axis,
A scalp care device configured so that an arrangement center line of the treatment element and an axis of a rotation shaft of the vibration motor coincide with each other. In the scalp care apparatus as described in any one of Claims 1-5,
A housing case for holding the vibration source between two case members;
The scalp care device characterized in that the two case members are made of the same material and the clamping portions for clamping the vibration source are formed in the same shape.

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