JP2012135656A - Massage machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a massage machine that includes a control part which controls a massage mechanism for continuously and evenly massaging the area from the neck to the shoulders where "meridians" pass through.SOLUTION: The massage machine is configured such that a massage mechanism 3a having a pair of right and left massaging elements 311a is provided in a backrest part 11a. The massage mechanism 3a has a forward/backward movement driving part 36a that moves the mechanism 3a itself in a forward/backward direction with respect to the backrest part 11a, and an elevating/lowering driving part 33a that elevates/lowers the massage mechanism 3a along in a vertical direction of the backrest part 11a. The massage machine is configured to set positions in contact with the neck of a person to be treated when the treatment elements 311a protrude forward as neck contact reference positions f1. The massage machine has a control part 41a for the massage mechanism 3a that moves the massaging elements 311a backward while maintaining a prescribed relationship proportional to the moving amount of downwardly moving the massaging elements 311a from the reference positions f1 to shoulder contact positions f2, being positions in contact with the shoulders of the person to be treated, in parallel with the operation for the downward movement.

Description

  The present invention relates to a chair-type massage machine, and more particularly, to a massage machine including a control unit that controls a massage mechanism that can continuously and evenly massage the left and right shoulders from the neck. .

  Conventionally, as this type of massage machine, there is a chair-type massage machine in which a backrest portion is provided at the back of a seat portion on which a user sits down. For example, a treatment element (bump ball) is provided in the backrest portion. The thing of the structure which provides the massage mechanism etc. which massaged the back of a user is widely known.

  In such a massage machine, while the user sits down and leans on the backrest, the therapeutic element is moved back and forth or up and down with respect to the back, so that the patient's back is "stigmatized" or "struck" The massage can be performed with the same stimulus as "".

  Furthermore, recently, a massage machine having such a configuration has been disclosed in which a greater massage effect is obtained on the shoulder and neck of the user.

  For example, as shown in FIG. 11, a treatment body (treatment element) is disposed on the backrest portion so that it can be moved up and down and back and forth, and the treatment body 7 is within a vertically movable range of the treatment body 7 set at the backrest portion. In the massage machine configured to perform massage from the backrest to the first advance limit position L1, the first advance limit position is provided in the special treatment region provided within the vertically movable range of the treatment body 7. There is a configuration in which the treatment body 7 is allowed to advance forward to a second advance limit position L2 set in front of L1, and the shoulder portion of the user can be massaged from above.

  With respect to a specific method of massaging from above the shoulder of the user by the treatment body 7, after moving the position of the kneading balls 7, 7 from the shoulder position of the treatment person as the reference position to about 6 mm above, The kneading balls 7 and 7 are lowered from the reference position by about 12 mm, and the kneading is performed by a reciprocating operation in which the kneading balls 7 and 7 are moved in a “narrow → wide → narrow → wide” manner even at a kneading speed of about 12 rpm. The operation of raising the balls 7 and 7 is repeated a predetermined number of times at a speed of about 20 mm / s from the shoulder position to about 6 mm.

  Furthermore, about the specific method of massage for the neck of the user, the distance between the kneading balls 7 and 7 is normally set, the height position of the kneading balls 7 and 7 is set as a reference position, and the front and rear positions of the kneading balls 7 and 7 are set. After moving from the reference position to the rear of the predetermined dimension, the distance between the kneading balls 7 and 7 is moved to “narrow”, and the height position of the kneading balls 7 and 7 is moved upward by about 36 mm from the reference position. , 7 is moved from 210 ° to “narrow”, and then the height position of the kneading balls 7, 7 is moved to the reference position. And after moving the width between the kneading balls 7 and 7 normally, the operation of moving the height position of the kneading balls 7 and 7 upward about 36 mm from the reference position is repeated a predetermined number of times. .

JP 2006-230708 A (FIG. 10 on page 15)

  By the way, the conventional massage machine as described above is configured to individually massage each part according to the back, shoulder, and neck of the user.

  However, as shown in FIG. 10, in oriental medicine, the “meridian” of the whole body passes especially from the neck to the shoulder, and a large number of “acupuncture points” along these “meridians”. Therefore, it is desirable to massage continuously along the “meridian” that extends from the neck to the shoulder. However, in the conventional massage machine configuration as described above, it is applied from the neck to the shoulder. Development of a massage mechanism with a new configuration of this kind has been an issue because it does not extend to the implementation of continuous massage along the “meridians”.

Accordingly, the present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems, and provides a massage machine equipped with a massage mechanism that can continuously and uniformly massage a shoulder from a neck through which a “meridian” passes. It was made for the purpose.

  That is, the massage machine of the present invention is a massage machine including a massage mechanism having a pair of left and right treatment elements in the backrest part, and the massage mechanism itself is placed in front of and behind the backrest part. A drive unit for back and forth movement that moves in a direction and a drive unit for raising and lowering the massage mechanism along the vertical direction of the backrest, and the user is treated when the treatment element protrudes forward In parallel with the operation of moving the treatment element downward from the reference position to the shoulder contact position that contacts the shoulder of the user, the position of contact with the neck of the patient is referred to as the neck contact reference position. A control unit for controlling the massage mechanism is provided so as to move the treatment element backward while maintaining a predetermined relationship proportional to the amount of movement.

  In the massage machine of the present invention, the massage mechanism includes a body shape detection unit for detecting the body shape of the user, and the shoulder from the neck contact reference position calculated by the body shape detection unit. The treatment element is controlled to move along the body shape of the part contact position.

  Furthermore, the massage machine of the present invention moves the treatment element from the neck contact reference position of the user to the shoulder contact position while changing the width interval between the pair of left and right treatment elements. It is supposed to be controlled.

  Further, the massage machine of the present invention comprises a massage drive unit for massaging the user to be massaged in the massage mechanism, and a drive unit for tapping to perform massage, and a massage drive unit and / or Control is performed such that the movement operation of the treatment element from the neck contact reference position of the user to the shoulder contact position is performed while the massage operation is performed on the user by the tapping drive unit.

Furthermore, the massage machine of the present invention is controlled so that the movement operation of the treatment element from the neck contact reference position of the user to the shoulder contact position is continuously executed in a plurality of cycles.

  Therefore, the massage machine of the present invention includes a massage mechanism having a pair of left and right treatment elements in the backrest part, and the massage mechanism moves forward and backward to move the massage mechanism itself in the front-rear direction with respect to the backrest part. And a drive unit for raising and lowering the massage mechanism along the vertical direction of the backrest, and the position where the treatment element abuts on the neck of the user when the treatment element protrudes forward In parallel with the operation of moving the treatment element downward from the reference position to the shoulder contact position that contacts the shoulder of the user, the neck contact reference position is set to a predetermined proportion proportional to the moving amount of the downward movement. Because it is equipped with a control unit that controls the massage mechanism so as to move the treatment element backward while maintaining the relationship, it is possible to massage the left and right shoulders continuously from the neck where the “meridian” passes. Can, it is possible to effectively eliminate the stiffness on the "meridians".

  In the massage machine of the present invention, the massage mechanism includes a body shape detection unit for detecting the body shape of the user, and the shoulder from the neck contact reference position calculated by the body shape detection unit. Since the treatment element is controlled to move along the body shape of the part contact position, more accurate massage corresponding to the individual differences in the body shape of the user can be performed.

  Furthermore, the massage machine of the present invention moves the treatment element from the neck contact reference position of the user to the shoulder contact position while changing the width interval between the pair of left and right treatment elements. Because it is controlled, special massages such as “squeezing” and “squeaking up” can be realized, and massage along the “meridian” that extends from the neck to the shoulder can be performed.

  In addition, the massage machine of the present invention includes a massage drive unit that performs massage massage for the user and a drive drive unit that performs massage, and the massage mechanism and / or Since it is controlled to perform the movement operation of the treatment element at the shoulder contact position from the neck contact reference position of the user while performing the massage operation to the user by the driving unit for tapping, more A variety of massages can be realized.

Furthermore, the massage machine of the present invention is controlled so that the movement operation of the treatment element from the neck contact reference position of the user to the shoulder contact position is continuously executed in a plurality of cycles. You can fully massage the upper stiffness.

It is a perspective view which shows one Embodiment of the massage machine of this invention. It is a use condition figure showing one embodiment of a massage machine of the present invention. It is left side surface explanatory drawing which shows one Embodiment of the massage machine of this invention. It is a perspective explanatory view showing one embodiment of a massage mechanism in a massage machine of the present invention. It is right side surface explanatory drawing which shows one Embodiment of the massage mechanism in the massage machine of this invention. It is right side surface explanatory drawing which shows one Embodiment of the state which a massage mechanism moves inside the backrest part in the massage machine of this invention. It is right side explanatory drawing which shows one Embodiment of the state which the treatment element of the massage mechanism in the massage machine of this invention moves a shoulder from a neck. It is right side explanatory drawing which shows one Embodiment of the state which the treatment element of the massage mechanism in the massage machine of this invention moves below from a shoulder. It is explanatory drawing which shows one Embodiment of the state which the treatment element of the massage mechanism in the massage machine of this invention moves along the "meridian" of a human body. It is the figure which showed the "meridian" which exists from the neck of a human body to a shoulder and a back. It is drawing which shows a prior art.

Below, the massage machine of this invention is demonstrated in detail based on one Embodiment shown on drawing.
FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of the massage machine of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a use state diagram showing an embodiment of the massage machine of the present invention, and FIG. 3 is an embodiment of the massage machine of the present invention. FIG. 4 is a perspective explanatory view showing an embodiment of a massage mechanism in the massage machine of the present invention, and FIG. 5 is an embodiment of the massage mechanism in the massage machine of the present invention. FIG. 6 is a right side cross-sectional explanatory view, and FIG. 6 is a right side cross-sectional explanatory view showing an embodiment of a state in which the massage mechanism moves inside the backrest part of the massage machine of the present invention. FIG. 7 is a massage according to the present invention. FIG. 8 is a right side explanatory view showing one embodiment of a state in which the massager of the massage mechanism in the machine moves from the neck to the shoulder, and FIG. 8 is a view of the massager of the massage mechanism in the massage machine of the present invention downward from the shoulder FIG. 9 is a right side explanatory view showing an embodiment of a moving state, and FIG. 9 is an explanatory view showing an embodiment of a state in which the treatment element of the massage mechanism in the massage machine of the present invention moves along the “meridian” of the human body. FIG. 10 is a view showing a “meridian” existing from the neck of the human body to the shoulder and back, and FIG. 11 is a view showing the prior art.

  That is, the massage machine 1a of the present invention is of a chair type as shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, and a backrest portion 11a serving as a contact portion of the shoulder, waist, and back of the user, and the hips of the user The backrest portion 11a is attached so as to be reclineable by a reclining mechanism 2a provided with an actuator or the like at the rear portion of the seat portion 12a.

  In addition, armrest portions 14a and 14a are provided on the left and right sides of the seat portion 12a, and a footrest portion 13a that can be freely projected and retracted is provided at the front end portion of the seat portion 12a.

  Furthermore, the massage machine 1a of the present invention includes a massage mechanism 3a having a pair of left and right treatment elements 311a and 311a in the backrest portion 11a. That is, the massage mechanism 3a is arranged inside the backrest portion 11a so as to be movable up and down along a pair of left and right guide rails 111a, and is provided in the massage mechanism 3a. The respective treatment elements 311a are arranged at the front end of the treatment element driving unit 31a, so that various forms of massage such as squeezing, hitting, acupressure and rolling can be performed on the user.

  The footrest portion 13a may be provided with a foot massage mechanism (not shown) inside as needed.

  In addition, the massage machine 1a of the present invention allows the user to operate the entire massage machine 1a with the remote controller 4a via the control unit 41a. The remote controller 4a includes an operation unit (not shown) provided with various switch buttons and a display unit (not shown) composed of a liquid crystal screen. The control unit 41a is built in the remote controller 4a.

  Further, as shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the massage mechanism 3a has an elevating drive unit 33a having a motor for elevating and lowering the massage mechanism 3a along the vertical direction of the backrest portion 11a. .

  That is, the raising / lowering drive part 33a is provided in the lower right side lower part of the substantially rectangular box-shaped outer casing 32a when viewed from the front, and the raising / lowering drive part 33a includes a gear (not shown) and a worm (not shown). The elevating gear box portion 331a is engaged with an elevating shaft 35a extending in the left-right width direction and rotatably disposed at the lower portion of the outer casing 32a. Yes.

  Further, a pair of left and right lifting pinion gears 351a that respectively mesh with a rack (not shown) fixed to the guide rail 111a is provided at the left and right ends of the lifting shaft 35a.

  A guide shaft 34a extending in the left-right width direction is provided at the upper part of the outer casing 32a so as to be rotatable. The left and right ends of the guide shaft 34a are rotatable within the guide rail 111a. A rotating wheel 341a is provided.

  With these configurations, the rotation of the elevating drive unit 33a is transmitted to the elevating gear box portion 331a, the elevating shaft 35a, and the pair of left and right elevating pinion gears 351a, and the elevating pinion gears 351a mesh with each other. The massage mechanism 3a can be moved up and down along the guide rail 111a by rotating on the rack (not shown).

  The lift shaft 35a is provided with a lift drive amount detection means 352a comprising a rotary encoder for detecting the amount that the lift shaft 35a is driven (rotated) by the lift drive portion 33a. The elevating drive amount detection means 352a is connected to the control unit 41a.

  Further, as shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the massage mechanism 3a has a forward / backward drive unit 36a having a motor for moving the massage mechanism 3a in the front-rear direction with respect to the backrest 11a. Yes.

  That is, the treatment element drive unit 31a provided in the massage mechanism 3a is configured to be movable back and forth toward the front side (side in contact with the user) of the backrest portion 11a. The inner casing 312a constituting the casing of the treatment element driving portion 31a is directed in the front-rear direction at the center of the elevating shaft 35a disposed in a state of being extended in the left-right width direction at the lower portion of the outer casing 32a. The treatment element drive portion 31a can be swung in the front-rear direction using the lifting shaft 35a as a swing fulcrum.

  The front / rear drive unit 36a for advancing / retreating the treatment element drive unit 31a is provided on the upper left side of the outer casing 32a when viewed from the front, and the front / rear drive unit 36a includes a gear (not shown) and a worm (not shown). The forward / backward gear box 361a is engaged with a forward / backward gearbox 361a, and the forward / backward gearbox 361a is rotatably disposed at the upper part of the outer casing 32a and extended in the left-right width direction 37a. Is engaged.

  Further, a pair of left and right advancing / retreating pinion gears 371a is attached to the middle part of the advancing / retreating shaft 37a, and an arcuate rack 313a is provided on the upper part of the pair of left and right inner casings 312a that respectively mesh with the pair of left and right advancing / retreating pinion gears 371a. ing.

  With these configurations, the rotation of the forward / backward drive unit 36a is transmitted to the forward / backward gearbox 361a, the forward / backward shaft 37a, and the pair of left and right forward / backward pinion gears 371a. Moves the arcuate rack 313a engaged with each other, so that the treatment element drive unit 31a swings in the front-rear direction with the elevating shaft 35a as a swing fulcrum, and the treatment element drive unit 31a and thus treatment The child 311a moves back and forth in the front-rear direction.

  The advancing / retreating shaft 37a is provided with an advancing / retreating drive amount detecting means 372a comprising a rotary encoder for detecting the amount of driving (turning) of the advancing / retreating shaft 37a by the forward / backward drive unit 36a. The forward / backward drive amount detecting means 372a is connected to the control unit 41a.

  As described above, the massage machine 1a according to the present embodiment detects the driving amount of the elevating drive while detecting the driving amounts of the elevating drive amount detecting unit 352a and the advancing / retreating drive amount detecting unit 372a by the control unit 41a. Since the portion 33a and the forward / backward drive unit 36a can be driven, the position of the treatment element 311a can be finely controlled, and by appropriately combining the driving of the lift drive unit 33a and the forward / backward drive unit 36a The body, shoulders, back, waist, etc. of the user can be massaged in various modes.

  That is, when the lifting drive unit 33a is driven by the control unit 41a, the lifting shaft 35a is rotated, and accordingly, the pair of left and right lifting pinion gears 351a is fixed to the pair of left and right guide rails 111a. The massage mechanism 3a moves up and down along the backrest portion 11a. At that time, the controller 41a detects the amount of elevation of the massaging mechanism 3a by detecting the amount of rotation of the elevation shaft 35a by the elevation drive amount detection means 352a comprising a rotary encoder. This operation enables a rolling massage.

  Further, when the controller 41a drives the forward / backward drive unit 36a, the forward / backward shaft 37a rotates, and the rotation of the pair of left and right forward / backward pinion gears 371a is attached to the upper part of the inner casing 312a. By transmitting to the pair of arcuate racks 313a, the pair of left and right arcuate racks 313a move, and the treatment element drive unit 31a moves forward and backward, and the treatment element 311a moves forward and backward. Moving. At that time, the controller 41a detects the amount of rotation of the advance / retreat shaft 37a by the advance / retreat driving amount detection means 372a comprising a rotary encoder, and detects the advance / retreat amount of the treatment element drive unit 31a. This action enables acupressure massage.

  By combining the above basic operations, the shoulder, back, waist, etc. of the body of the user can be massaged in various modes, and the amount of advancement / retraction of the treatment element 311a can be simplified. Since it can be made larger than before, the massage force can be adjusted in multiple stages.

  Moreover, the massage machine 1a of this invention is provided with the body shape detection part 411a for detecting the body shape of a user in the said massage mechanism 3a by comprising as mentioned above as shown in FIG. That is, the control unit 41a detects the drive amount of the elevating drive unit 33a from the elevating drive amount detection means 352a, and the drive amount of the longitudinal drive unit 36a is detected by the advance / retreat drive amount. Since it is controlled by the control unit 41a while detecting from the means 372a, a plurality of advance / retreat amount detection points for detecting the advance / retreat amount of the treatment element 311a by the advance / retreat drive amount detecting means 372a are provided on the massage mechanism 3a. Provided at predetermined intervals in the ascending / descending range, moving the treatment element 311a toward the back of the user for each advance / retreat amount detection point while raising / lowering the massage mechanism 3a for each advance / retreat amount detection point. By detecting the advance / retreat amount of the child 311a from the advance / retreat drive amount detection means 372a, it is detected from each of the plurality of advance / retreat amount detection points. Based on the advance and retreat of the treatment element 311a, with each other to as to detect the state and shoulder position spine curve as viewed from the side direction of the user (the waist from the neck). The spine curve may be displayed on a display unit (not shown) including a liquid crystal screen of the remote controller 4a.

  Further, the reclining mechanism 2a of the backrest portion 11a may be provided with a reclining angle detection sensor (not shown) for detecting the inclination angle of the backrest portion 11a to enable automatic correction of the shoulder position. For example, a predetermined amount of deviation corresponding to the reclining angle can be corrected. That is, an experimentally obtained standard deviation can be added.

  Further, in the massage machine 1a of the present invention, as shown in FIG. 7, when the treatment element 311a protrudes forward, a position where the treatment element 311a comes into contact with the neck of the user is defined as a neck contact reference position f1, and the reference position f1 In parallel with the operation of moving the treatment element 311a down to the shoulder contact position f2 that contacts the shoulder of the user, the treatment element 311a is maintained in a predetermined relationship proportional to the amount of movement of the downward movement. The control part 41a which controls the said massage mechanism 3a so that it may move back is provided.

  That is, first, the shoulder contact position f2 is set as a shoulder position that is detected simultaneously with the detection of the above-described back muscle curve. At the same time, the neck contact reference position f1 is set at a predetermined interval above the set shoulder contact position f2. The predetermined interval between the neck contact reference position f1 and the shoulder contact position f2 is determined by determining the standard body shape based on the detection setting of the shoulder contact position f2, and the distance from the upper shoulder portion to the upper cervical spine according to the standard body shape. You may make it become.

  At this time, as shown in FIG. 7, the treatment element 311a protrudes forward at the neck contact reference position f1 rather than the shoulder contact position f2.

  Therefore, when the treatment element 311a is moved downward from the neck contact reference position f1 to the shoulder contact position f2, the treatment is performed while maintaining a predetermined relationship proportional to the amount of the downward movement. The control unit 41a controls the child 311a to move backward.

  Moreover, since the massage machine 1a of this invention is equipped with the said body shape detection part 411a for detecting the user's body shape in the said massage mechanism 3a as mentioned above, the treatment calculated by this body shape detection part 411a The treatment element 311a may be controlled to move from the neck contact reference position f1 of the person along the body shape of the shoulder contact position f2.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 9, the treatment element 311a in the shoulder contact position f2 from the neck contact reference position f1 of the user while changing the width interval between the pair of left and right treatment elements 311a and 311a. -It can be controlled to move 311a.

  As shown in FIG. 4, a width interval changing mechanism 38a is provided as a configuration for changing the width interval between the pair of left and right treatment elements 311a and 311a. That is, as the width interval changing mechanism 38a, a screw shaft 381a extending in the width direction is provided in the treatment element drive unit 31a, and moving bodies 382a and 382a are screwed to the left and right sides of the screw shaft 381a, respectively. Each treatment element 311a is attached to each of these moving bodies 382a. The screw shaft 381a is provided with screw grooves that are symmetrical on both the left and right sides.

  Therefore, when the screw shaft 381a is rotated by a motor (not shown), the movable bodies 382a and 382a screwed to the left and right are mutually connected and separated, and the pair of left and right treatment elements 311a and 311a are also connected thereto. Accordingly, the mutual width interval can be changed and adjusted.

  For example, in parallel with the operation of moving the pair of left and right treatment elements 311a and 311a downward from the neck contact reference position f1 to the shoulder contact position f2 that contacts the shoulder of the user, When the width of each of the pair of left and right treatment elements 311a and 311a is changed while the treatment element 311a is moved rearward while maintaining a predetermined relationship proportional to the amount of movement, "squeezing" can be performed. .

  Or, conversely, while moving the pair of left and right treatment elements 311a and 311a up and down and rearward from the shoulder contact position f2 to the neck contact reference position f1, the respective widths of the pair of left and right treatment elements 311a and 311a When the interval is changed, “squeeze-up” can be performed.

  Further, along the “meridian” of the user as shown in FIG. 9, the mutual distance between the pair of left and right treatment elements 311 a and 311 a can be changed so that massage by the treatment element 311 a is performed.

  For this purpose, the meridian for each height is stored in the storage means 42a of the control unit 41a so that the pair of left and right treatment elements 311a and 311a can be massaged while moving based on the stored data. May be. The height of the user can be determined from the detected data of the shoulder contact position f2.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 4, the massage machine 1a of the present invention includes a massaging drive unit 310a having a motor for massaging the user and a motor for performing tapping massage. 9 and the neck drive reference portion f1 as shown in FIG. 9 while performing massage operation on the user with the massage drive unit 310a and / or the drive unit 310b. It is assumed that the movement operation of each treatment element 311a at the shoulder contact position f2 is controlled to be executed.

  Furthermore, even if the control unit 41a controls the movement operation of each treatment element 311a from the neck contact reference position f1 to the shoulder contact position f2 as shown in FIG. Good.

  FIG. 8 shows an embodiment in which a “shouldering” massage is performed by moving the pair of left and right treatment elements 311a and 311a downward and rearward from the shoulder contact position f2. The movement operation of each treatment element 311a at a position moved from the shoulder contact position f2 by a predetermined distance is basically the same as the movement operation from the neck contact reference position f1 to the shoulder contact position f2. Therefore, explanation is omitted.

  In addition, although the present Example demonstrates as an example what is called a chair type massage machine which supports a to-be-treated person's body by the said backrest part 11a, it is not restricted to this, A to-be-treated person's body is carried out by a bed. A supporting bed type massage machine may be used.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1a Massage machine 11a Backrest part 111a Guide rail 12a Seat part 121a Seating detection means 13a Footrest part 14a Armrest part 2a Reclining mechanism 3a Massage mechanism 31a Therapeutic drive part 310a Itching drive part 310b The tapping drive part 311a Therapeutic element 312a inside Casing 313a Arc-shaped rack 32a External casing 33a Elevating drive unit 331a Elevating gear box portion 34a Guide shaft 341a Rotating wheel 35a Elevating shaft 351a Elevating pinion gear 352a Elevating drive amount detecting means 36a Forward / reverse driving unit 361a Advance / retreat gear box unit 37a advance / retreat shaft 371a advance / retreat pinion gear 372a advance / retreat drive amount detection means 38a width interval change mechanism 381a screw shaft 382a moving body 4a remote control 41a control section 411a body shape detection section 42a storage means f1 Part abutment reference position f2 shoulder abutting position

Claims (5)

  A massage mechanism having a pair of left and right treatment elements is provided in the backrest part, and the massage mechanism includes a forward / backward drive unit for moving the massage mechanism itself in the front-rear direction with respect to the backrest part, and a vertical direction of the backrest part. And a lift drive unit for raising and lowering the massage mechanism along the head, and a position that comes into contact with the neck of the user when the treatment element protrudes forward is a neck contact reference position, and the reference A control unit that controls the massage mechanism so as to move the treatment element backward in parallel with the operation of moving the treatment element downward from a position to a shoulder contact position that contacts the shoulder of the user; This is a massage machine.   The massage mechanism includes a body shape detection unit for detecting the body shape of the user, and the body shape of the shoulder contact position is calculated from the neck contact reference position of the user calculated by the body shape detection unit. The massage machine according to claim 1, wherein the massager is controlled to move.   The control unit is configured to control the movement of the treatment element from the neck contact reference position to the shoulder contact position of the user while changing the width interval between the pair of left and right treatment elements. A massage machine according to claim 1 or claim 2.   The massage mechanism includes a massage driving unit that massages the user and a tapping drive unit that performs tapping massage. The massage driving unit and the tapping drive unit provide the user with the massage driving unit. 4. The control device according to claim 1, wherein a movement operation of the treatment element at a shoulder contact position is performed from a neck contact reference position of a user while performing a massage operation. 5. The massage machine described in.   5. The control according to claim 1, wherein the movement operation of the treatment element from the neck contact reference position of the user to the shoulder contact position is continuously executed in a plurality of cycles. Massage machine.

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