JP2978046B2 - Air massager - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an air massage device for performing massage by inflating and deflating an air bag.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As this kind of air massage device,
For example, a chair-type air massage device as shown in FIGS. 22 and 23 has been considered.

In the chair-type air massage apparatus shown in FIG. 22, a backrest 201 is attached to the rear edge of the seat 200 so as to be able to rotate back and forth, and the seat 200 and the backrest 201 are provided.
A plurality of air bladders 203a to 203f are disposed in the air supply / exhaust device 204 and each of the air bladders 203a to 203f.
f are connected by air hoses 205a to 205f.

Further, in this air massage device, each air bag 203a-2
03f is expanded and contracted in order.

[0005]

By the way, in such a configuration, each of the air bladders 203a to 203f is evacuated and contracted immediately after inflation. FIG. 23 shows a change in height of each of the air bladders 203a to 203f over time. As can be seen from FIG. 23, the state in which the air bladders 203a to 203f are supplied with air most and reach the highest point is instantaneous. For this reason, the pressing force due to the inflation of each of the air bags 203a to 203f contracts before effectively acting on the acupoint, so that an effective massage could not be performed.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide an air massage device that can extend the time during which a pressing force acts on an acupoint and perform effective pressing.

[0007]

Means for Solving the Problems To achieve the above object, the invention of claim 1 comprises a plurality of air bladders mounted along a body contact surface of a body of an air massage device, and air bladders attached to these air bladders. Air supply and exhaust device for supplying and exhausting air,
An air massaging device for selectively massaging a human body by inflating and deflating air by selectively supplying / exhausting air to / from one of the plurality of air bags; Is to supply air to the selected air bag for a predetermined time, then stop supplying air for a predetermined time, and then repeat the operation of evacuating and repeat this operation .
Stop time to stop the air supply as the number of times increases
It is characterized by comprising control means for lengthening .

Further, the present invention according to claim 2, et
Attached along the body contact surface of the body of the massage device
Air bags and supply / exhaust air to these air bags
Air massage device with an air supply and exhaust device
A predetermined plurality of air bags among the plurality of air bags in order.
A first pattern that expands and contracts in a
The second pattern of inflating and deflating air bags only
A selection switch for selecting the air supply / exhaust device;
The first pattern was selected by the selection switch.
If the air supply is stopped for a certain period of time,
Exhaust operation is predetermined for a plurality of predetermined air bladders.
In the order specified, and when the second pattern is selected,
After supplying air to the air bag for a certain period of time,
And control means for performing exhaust after .

[0009]

According to the configuration of the first aspect, the control means
The column supplies air to the selected air bag for a certain period of time and then for a certain period of time.
And then repeat the evacuation operation.
In addition, as the number of repetitions increases,
Stopping the air bag
The time of the pressing force acting on the acupoint due to expansion gradually increases
Gradually increase the massage effect and overload the body
Can be avoided.

[0010]

Further, according to the second aspect of the present invention, a predetermined one of the plurality of air bags is operated by operating the selection switch.
Are inflated and deflated in a predetermined order.
Inflate and collect only the first pattern and one specified air bag.
You can select one of the second patterns to shrink
Can be adjusted according to the position and size of the affected area.
Surge can be performed. In addition, the control means
After supplying air to the air bag for a certain time, stop supplying air for a certain time
And then exhaust air, so that the expanded air
The bag maintains the inflated state for a certain period of time. Because of this,
The time of the pressing force acting on the acupoint by the expansion becomes longer,
Massage the affected area more effectively
Wear.

[0012]

[0013]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An air massage device according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings, using an embodiment in which the air massage device is applied to an air mat massage device A. Parts that are the same as or equivalent to those in the conventional example will be described with the same reference numerals.

[First Embodiment] In FIG. 1 and FIG.
Reference numeral 0 denotes a mat body having a human body abutting surface divided into three parts: a neck / shoulder receiving portion 10a for receiving shoulders, etc., a waist receiving portion 10b for receiving waist, etc., and a foot receiving portion 10c for receiving feet, etc. Mat body 1
Numeral 0 denotes an upper layer 1 made of urethane home covered with a surface cloth 11 made of ester brush and a back cloth 12 made of cotton.
4 and a lower layer portion 15.

Further, between the upper layer portion 14 and the lower layer portion 15, strip-shaped air bladders 18a to 18h are arranged. The air bladders 18a and 18b are disposed on the neck / shoulder receiving portion 10a, the air bladders 18c to 18g are disposed on the waist receiving portion 10b, and the air bladder 18h is disposed on the foot receiving portion 10c. Lower layer 1 of footrest 10c
An electric floor zone 18i is provided between the upper layer part 4 and the upper layer part 15. The mat body 10 can be turned upside down and used with the heat-insulating front fabric 11 facing up in cold weather, and with the breathable back fabric 12 up in hot weather. .

A hose connection 17 is provided on one side of the mat body 10, and the hose connection 17 is
9a to 19h are connected to air bladders 18a to 18h. Further, a cord connection part 16 is provided at a position adjacent to the hose connection part 17, and the cord connection part 16 is
Connected to the lead wire connected to i.

One end of the hose 3 composed of a plurality of tubes is detachably connected to the hose connecting portion 17.
The other end of the main body case 2 with the built-in air supply / exhaust device 20
0K is detachably connected. By connecting the hose 3 to the main body case 20K and the hose connection portion 17 of the mat main body 10, each air bag 18a to 1
Air is supplied separately from the air supply / exhaust device 20 at 8h. The air bags 18a to 18h are inflated by the supply of the air, and the inflates cause the air bags 18a to 18h to protrude the upper layer portion 14 upward, thereby performing massage.

An operation panel 21 is provided in front of the main body case 20K of the air supply / exhaust device 20, and the operation panel 21 has a power switch 22 as shown in FIG.
, An operation unit 23, a wake-up setting unit 24, and a display unit 25 for displaying operations, settings, and the like.

The operation unit 23 includes a rolling switch for selecting one of the whole body, the back, and the waist to be massaged.
(Selection switch) 23b and a point switch (selection switch) 23b for selecting one of the air bladders 18a to 18h to massage a part of the body and the air bladder 18a to 18h
A speed switch 23c for increasing or decreasing the time of inflation / deflation of 18h, a timer switch 23d for setting an operation time, an A-course switch 23e for setting an A-course (course used when sleeping), and gradually. A low-load mode switch 23f for increasing the pressing time, an air massage switch 27 for performing air massage, and a potential treatment switch 28 for performing potential treatment. Also,
The operation section 23 is provided with a light receiving section 26 for receiving infrared light emitted from a remote control main body (not shown).

The wake-up setting section 24 is provided with a wake-up setting switch 24a for setting wake-up (B course), a time setting switch 24b for setting wake-up time, and a display section 24g for displaying the current time. . Reference numeral 24b denotes a light emitting diode which lights up when the B course is set.

The display unit 25 includes a light emitting diode 25a that lights up when the air massage switch 27 is pressed, a light emitting diode 25b that emits light when the point switch 23b is pressed, and a light emitting diode that emits light when the potential therapy switch 28 is pressed. 25c and low load mode switch 2
A light-emitting diode 25f that emits light when 3f is pressed, and light-emitting diodes a to h provided corresponding to the air bags 18a to 18h are provided. The light emitting diodes a to h light up in correspondence with the inflated air bladders 18a to 18h, and each time the point switch 23b is pressed, the light emitting diodes a to h light up sequentially. The air bladders 18a to 18h corresponding to h are selected, and only the selected bladders 18a to 18h are inflated / deflated.

The remote control main body (not shown) is provided with switches having the same functions as the switches provided on the operation panel 21, and the same operation as described above can be performed by each switch.

The main body case 20K includes a rotary valve 60
The rotary valve 60 has a rotating body 61 which is rotated by a stepping motor 65 as shown in FIG. 5, and the rotation of the rotating body 61 causes one of the air bladders 18a to 18h to rotate. Is communicated with the filter tank 92 and other air bags are communicated with the outside air. For example, the air bag 18a is
When compressed air is supplied to the air bag 18a, compressed air is supplied to the air bag 18a and the air bag 18a expands, and the other air bags 18b to 18h
Is communicated with the outside air to be in an exhaust state, and the inflated air bag is contracted.

When the rotating body further rotates, the air bag 18b communicates with the filter tank 92, and the air bags 18a, 1
8c to 18h are communicated with the outside air. That is, the rotary valve 60 sequentially switches the air bladders 18a to 18h communicating with the filter tank 92 by the rotation of the rotating body.

The rotary valve 60 has a rotatable rotating body 61 and fixed bodies 62 and 63 which rotatably hold the rotating body 61. The fixed body 62 is attached to a frame plate 64a of a frame 64 provided in the main body case 40a, and a through hole 62a extending vertically (in FIG. 5) is formed at the center of the fixed body 62. .

The through hole 62a is connected to an air compressor 91 via a filter tank 92 for storing compressed air.

A hole 61a is formed in the center of the lower surface (in FIG. 5) of the rotating body 61 so as to face and communicate with the through hole 62a. The hole 61a is provided on the peripheral end of the upper surface of the rotating body 61. The communication hole 61c communicates with the hole 61b. A gear 61 d is formed on the peripheral surface of the rotating body 61, and the gear 61 d meshes with a gear 67 provided on a drive shaft 66 of the stepping motor 65. Thus, the rotating body 61 is moved by the stepping motor 65 to the center axis 6.
Rotated about 1e, the hole 61a of the rotating body 61 and the through-hole 62a of the fixed body 62 are always kept in communication regardless of the rotation of the rotating body 61.

As shown in FIG. 6, a C-shaped circular groove 61f formed along the outer periphery is provided on the upper surface of the rotating body 61, and holes 61b are sandwiched between both ends of the circular groove 61f. It is in the state that it is. Further, a straight groove 61g extending from the center of the arc groove 61f to the center of the rotating body 61 is provided.

The fixed body 63 is fixed to a frame plate 64b (see FIG. 5) of a frame 64. As shown in FIG. 7, a through hole 63a that opens to the atmosphere is provided at the center,
Eight through holes 63 are provided at equal intervals around this through hole 63a.
b to 63i are provided. 63j is a filter provided in the through hole 63a.

The lower opening (in FIG. 5) of the through hole 63a always faces and communicates with the linear groove 61g of the rotating body 61, and one of the lower openings of the through holes 63b to 63i is closed. The hole 61 b of the rotating body 61 faces and communicates with the hole 61 b. At this time, the opening of the other through hole faces and communicates with the arc groove 61f of the rotating body 61. For example, the lower opening of the through hole 63b is the hole 61 of the rotating body 61.
b and communicate with each other through the through holes 63c to 63c.
The lower opening of i faces and communicates with the arc groove 61f.

The fixed body 62 is constantly urged upward (in FIG. 5) by a spring, and the urging maintains the airtightness of the joint surface between the rotating body 61 and the fixed bodies 62 and 63. It is set so that compressed air does not leak from the surface.

(Position Detecting Means C) As shown in FIG. 5, the position detecting means C has an encoder plate 70 attached to the rotating body 61 and an optical sensor 80 for detecting the rotational position of the encoder plate 70.

(A) Encoder plate 70 As shown in FIG. 6, on this encoder plate 70, eight radial lines E1 to E8 extending in the radial direction are set at intervals of 45 degrees. The hole 61b is set at a position on the meridian E1.

The positions from bit b0 to bit b3 are set on each of the meridians E1 to E8 from the inner peripheral side to the outer peripheral side, and a hole 71d is provided at the position of bit b3 of the meridian E1. I have. Hole 7 at bit b1, b3 of meridian E2
2a and 72d are holes 7 at the positions of bits b1 and b3 of the meridian E3.
3b, 73d, holes 74a, 74b, 74d at the positions of bits b0, b1, b3 of meridian E4, holes 75c, 75d at the positions of bits b2, b3 of meridian E5, bits b0, b2, b of meridian E6.
Holes 76a, 76c, 76d at position 3, holes 77b, 77c, 77d at bits b1, b2, b3 of meridian E7, and holes 78a, 78b at bits b0, b1, b2, b3 of meridian E8. ,
78c and 78d are provided respectively.

Reference numeral 91 denotes an air compressor for generating compressed air, and reference numeral 92 denotes a filter tank for purifying and storing the compressed air. The air compressor 91, the filter tank 92, and the like are provided in the main body case 20K. 10
Reference numeral 0 denotes a control circuit (control means) that controls the stepping motor 65, the electric floor belt 25, and the like based on the operation of each switch provided on the operation panel 21.

As shown in FIG. 9, the control circuit 100 includes a microcomputer 101 and interfaces 102 to 102.
The control circuit 100 is also provided in the main body case 20K.

<Control Circuit> The drive of the above-described stepping motor 65 and air compressor 91 is controlled by a control circuit 100 as shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 10, the control circuit 100 includes a microcomputer 101, interfaces 102 to 106, and the like. The control circuit 100 is also provided in the main body case 20K of the air supply / exhaust device 20. The position detection signals from the light receiving diodes 82a to 82d of the optical sensor 80 are transmitted to the control circuit 100 via the interface 105.
The microcomputer 101 drives and controls the stepping motor 65 based on the position detection signal.

The control circuit 100 includes the operation panel 1
When the switches (not shown) provided on the encoder plate 70 and corresponding to the positions E1 to E8 of the encoder plate 70 are operated, the positions E1 to E8 corresponding to the operated switches are changed to the optical sensors 8.
The drive of the stepping motor 95 is controlled until it is detected as 0.

The control circuit 100 includes an operation panel 15
The first pattern is set by operating a switch for performing a predetermined continuous kneading operation provided in the, and the stepping motor 95 is drive-controlled so that the positions E1 to E8 are detected by the optical sensor 80 in a predetermined order. Each air bag a1 to a6
Are sequentially expanded and contracted in accordance with a predetermined order set in advance.

In these operations, when the control circuit 100 receives a signal from the position E1 from the optical sensor 80, the rotating body 6
The first hole 61 b communicates with the through hole 63 b of the fixed body 63, and when the control circuit 100 receives a signal from the position E 2 from the optical sensor 80, the hole 61 b of the rotating body 61 becomes the through hole 6 of the fixed body 63.
3c, when the control circuit 100 receives a signal from the position E3 from the optical sensor 80, the hole 61b of the rotating body 61 communicates with the through hole 63d of the fixed body 63, and the control circuit 100 emits a signal from the position E4. When received from the sensor 80, the rotating body 61
The hole 61b communicates with the through hole 63e of the fixed body 63.

When the control circuit 100 receives the signal from the position E5 from the optical sensor 80, the hole 61b of the rotating body 61 communicates with the through hole 63f of the fixed body 63, and the control circuit 100 transmits the signal from the position E6 to the light. When received from the sensor 80, the hole 61b of the rotating body 61 communicates with the through hole 63g of the fixed body 63,
When the control circuit 100 receives a signal from the position E7 from the optical sensor 80, the hole 61b of the rotating body 61 communicates with the through hole 63h of the fixed body 63, and when the control circuit 100 receives a signal from the position E8 from the optical sensor 80. The hole 61b of the rotating body 61 communicates with the through hole 63i of the fixed body 63.

Next, the operation of the embodiment of the air mat massage device A configured as described above will be described.

First, the operation panel 2 of the air supply / exhaust device 20
1 is turned on. When the A-course switch 23e is pressed, the control circuit 100 operates the compressor 91 to ventilate the compressed air through the filter tank 92. Then, the control circuit 100 controls the stepping motor 65.

By the control of the stepping motor 65, as shown in FIG.
From 8h to the air bladder 18a of the neck / shoulder receiving part 10a are sequentially expanded and contracted.

At this time, after air is supplied to the air bladders 18a to 18h by the air supply / exhaust device 20 for a certain time, the air compressor 91 is stopped for a certain time. The operation of exhausting by switching is repeated.

As described above, the plurality of air bags 18a to 18h
One of them is selected and expanded and contracted,
When the bladder is inflated, the one selected bladder
You will be lifting a part of your body,
The air bag presses the acupoint with a strong force due to inflation. Only
Also, the air supply is stopped for a certain period of time,
To act on the skin for longer and effectively massage
be able to.

Next, when the back is selected by the rolling switch 23a and the air massage switch 27 is pressed,
As shown in FIG. 12, the inflation and deflation of the air bladders 18a to 18c are sequentially repeated to massage the back portion. That is, the first pattern is set and the back
Massage is performed. At this time, the air bladders 18a to 1
Up to 8c, after air is supplied for a certain time by the air supply / exhaust device 20, the air compressor 91 is stopped for a certain time,
After stopping for a certain period of time, the operation of exhausting by switching the rotary valve 60 is further repeated.

When the waist is selected, as shown in FIG. 13, the inflation and deflation of the air bags 18d to 18g are sequentially repeated to massage the waist. That is,
One pattern is set and the waist is massaged
You. At this time, after the air bags 18d to 18g are supplied with air for a certain period of time by the air supply / exhaust device 20, the air compressor 91 is stopped for a certain period of time. Is repeated.

When a point is selected, the second
After a pattern is set and each of the selected air bladders 18a to 18h is supplied with air for a certain period of time by the air supply / exhaust device 20 as shown in FIG.
1 is stopped, and after stopping for a certain period of time, the operation of exhausting by switching the rotary valve 60 is repeated. Either this 2nd pattern or 1st pattern
Select the location according to the position and size of the affected part by selecting
The desired massage can be performed.

Further, when the low load mode is selected,
As shown in FIG. 15, for example, the selected air bladder 18f
Is supplied for a certain time by the air supply / exhaust device 20,
The air compressor 91 is stopped for a certain time, and after the stop for a certain time, the exhaust is further performed by switching the rotary valve 60. In addition, the operation of gradually increasing the supply time is repeated. In this embodiment, it is set to be longer by about one second.

Therefore, if such control is applied to each of the air bladders 18a to 18h, the time during which the pressing force acts on the acupoint gradually increases, so that the massage effect is gradually increased so as not to apply an unreasonable load on the body. The air mat massage device A having a large massage effect can be provided.

When performing a potential treatment, the potential treatment switch 28 is pressed. Then, the control circuit 100 causes the electric floor body 18i to apply a potential of minus several hundred volts. Thereby, the electric potential treatment is performed. The duration of this potential treatment is set to 60 minutes.

[Second Embodiment] FIGS. 16 to 19 show a second embodiment of the air massage apparatus according to the present invention. FIG. 16 shows an example in which the air massage device is applied to a chair type air massage device B. The rotary valve 60 and the like have substantially the same configuration as the air mat massage device A of the first embodiment, and will be described with reference to FIGS.

In FIG. 16, the chair type air massage device B has a massage chair body 30 for massaging the upper part of the user's body from the thighs, and an air supply / exhaust device 40.

<Massage Chair Body 30> The massage chair body 30 includes a seat portion 31, armrest portions 32, 32 integrally provided on both sides of the seat portion 31 and protruding above the seat portion 31, and a seat portion 31. And a backrest portion 33 attached to the rear edge portion so as to be adjustable up and down. The front surface of the backrest portion 33, that is, the human body abutting surface 33a, is curved and inclined to the front on both left and right sides from the center line in the left-right width direction of the seat portion 31 and the backrest portion 33.

Reference numeral 34 in the figure denotes an operation panel provided on one armrest 32.

The seat portion 31 and the backrest portion 33 have a structure in which a frame (not shown) holding a cushion such as sponge rubber is provided, and the main body is covered with a cover (not shown).

(Backrest 33) A cloth-made cloth fixed to the body and provided with an air bag holding pocket is provided between the body contact surface 33a of the body of the backrest 33 and its cover (not shown). A backrest air bag holding sheet (both not shown) is provided.

The airbag sheets for backrest are provided with airbags a1 to a6 arranged in parallel in the longitudinal direction of the human body contact surface 33a.

The air bladder a6 is located at the center of the abdomen of the acupuncture point located at the center of the waist of the human body, and the air bladder a5 is located at the waist of the human body. For bladder and healing, air bladder a4 is for acupuncture point healing and stomach healing of acupoints located on the lower back of the human body.
The air bladder a3 is located at the lower part of the human body at the acupuncture points of Shinyu and Tenso, and the air bladder a2 is located at the shoulder of the human body at the abutment of the acupuncture point. The air bladder a1 corresponds to the apex of the acupoint located at the neck of the human body.

(Seat portion 31) Air bag a8 located at the forefront
Is set to have a larger capacity than the air bag a7 located at the rear, and has a larger bulging height than the air bag a8. The air bladder a8 corresponds to the acupuncture point (mon) located on the thigh of the human body, and the air bladder a7 corresponds to the support of the acupoint located on the buttocks of the human body.

<Air supply / exhaust device 40> In FIG.
The air supply / exhaust device 40 is an air supply / exhaust device that supplies air to the air bags a1 to a8 and exhausts air in the air bags a1 to a8. The air supply / exhaust device 40 includes a seat 31.
It is detachably attached to the rear lower surface.

The air supply / exhaust device 40 has the air distribution means shown in FIG. 3 and the position detecting means C for detecting the rotational position of the air distribution means.

(Air Distribution Means) This air distribution means has a rotary valve 60 and has substantially the same configuration as that of the first embodiment. The rotary valve 60 includes a rotatable rotating body 61 and fixed bodies 62 and 63 that rotatably hold the rotating body 61. The fixed body 62 is attached to a frame plate 64a of a frame 64 provided in the main body case 40a, and a through hole 62a extending vertically (in FIG. 5) is formed at the center of the fixed body 62. .

This through hole 62 a is connected to an air compressor 91 via a filter tank 92.

A hole 61a is formed in the center of the lower surface (in FIG. 5) of the rotating body 61 so as to face and communicate with the through hole 62a. The hole 61a is provided on the peripheral end of the upper surface of the rotating body 61. The communication hole 61c communicates with the hole 61b. A gear 61 d is formed on the peripheral surface of the rotating body 61, and the gear 61 d meshes with a gear 67 provided on a drive shaft 66 of the stepping motor 65. Thus, the rotating body 61 is moved by the stepping motor 65 to the center axis 6.
Rotated about 1e, the hole 61a of the rotating body 61 and the through-hole 62a of the fixed body 62 are always kept in communication regardless of the rotation of the rotating body 61.

As shown in FIG. 4, a C-shaped circular groove 61f formed along the outer periphery is provided on the upper surface of the rotating body 61, and holes 61b are sandwiched between both ends of the circular groove 61f. It is in the state that it is. Further, a straight groove 61g extending from the center of the arc groove 61f to the center of the rotating body 61 is provided.

The fixed body 63 is fixed to a frame plate 64b (see FIG. 5) of a frame 64. As shown in FIG. 5, a through hole 63a that opens to the atmosphere is provided in the center,
Eight through holes 63 are provided at equal intervals around this through hole 63a.
b to 63i are provided. 63j is a filter provided in the through hole 63a.

The lower opening (in FIG. 5) of the through hole 63a always faces and communicates with the linear groove 61g of the rotating body 61, and one of the lower openings of the through holes 63b to 63i is closed. The hole 61 b of the rotating body 61 faces and communicates with the hole 61 b. At this time, the opening of the other through hole faces and communicates with the arc groove 61f of the rotating body 61. For example, the lower opening of the through hole 63b is the hole 61 of the rotating body 61.
b and communicate with each other through the through holes 63c to 63c.
The lower opening of i faces and communicates with the arc groove 61f.

The fixed body 62 is constantly urged upward (in FIG. 5) by a spring, and the urging maintains the air-tightness of the joint surface between the rotating body 61 and the fixed bodies 62 and 63. It is set so that compressed air does not leak from the surface.

(Position Detecting Means C) As shown in FIG. 5, the position detecting means C has an encoder plate 70 attached to the rotating body 61 and an optical sensor 80 for detecting the rotational position of the encoder plate 70.

(A) Encoder plate 70 As shown in FIG. 6, on this encoder plate 70, eight radial lines E1 to E8 extending in the radial direction are set at intervals of 45 degrees. The hole 61b is set at a position on the meridian E1.

The positions from bit b0 to bit b3 are set on each of the meridians E1 to E8 from the inner circumference to the outer circumference, and a hole 71d is provided at the position of bit b3 of the meridian E1. I have. Hole 7 at bit b1, b3 of meridian E2
2a and 72d are holes 7 at the positions of bits b1 and b3 of the meridian E3.
3b, 73d, holes 74a, 74b, 74d at the positions of bits b0, b1, b3 of meridian E4, holes 75c, 75d at the positions of bits b2, b3 of meridian E5, bits b0, b2, b of meridian E6.
Holes 76a, 76c, 76d at position 3, holes 77b, 77c, 77d at bits b1, b2, b3 of meridian E7, and holes 78a, 78b at bits b0, b1, b2, b3 of meridian E8. ,
78c and 78d are provided respectively.

(B) Optical Sensor 80 This optical sensor 80 is disposed in the frame 64 and detects holes 71 to 78 provided in the encoder plate 70 and outputs a 4-bit detection signal. ing.

The light sensor 80 includes light emitting diodes 81a to 81d provided at positions opposite to the bits b0 to b3 set on the encoder plate 70, and light emitted by the light emitting diodes 81a to 81d. 70
And light receiving diodes 82a to 82d that receive light through holes 71d to 78d provided in the light emitting diodes 71a to 78d.

The light receiving / non-light receiving state of the light receiving diodes 82a to 82d differs depending on the rotational position of the rotating body 61.
For example, the hole 61b of the rotating body 61 and the through hole 6 of the fixed body 63
When 3b is in communication, only the light receiving diode 82d receives light, and the hole 71d on the meridian E1 is detected. The relationship between the light receiving / non-light receiving of the light receiving diodes 82a to 82d and the meridians E1 to E8 is shown in the truth table of FIG.

In this truth table, bits b0 to b3 correspond to light receiving diodes 82a to 82d, "1" indicates that light is received, and "0" indicates no light reception. Also, E1 to E8
Correspond to the through holes 63b to 63i.

<Air supply / exhaust device 40 and air bags a1 to a8>
Connection As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the air bladders a1 to a8 communicate with the hoses b1 to b8. The hoses b1 to b8 are connected to the air supply / exhaust device 40 via the connecting members 36 and 37, and are connected to the air supply / exhaust hose c.
1 to c8 are connected in a one-to-one correspondence.

<Control Circuit> The drive of the above-described stepping motor 65 and air compressor 91 is controlled by a control circuit 100 as shown in FIG.
The control circuit 100 includes a microcomputer 101 and interfaces 102 to 106, as shown in FIG.
The control circuit 100 is also provided in the main body case 40a of the air supply / exhaust device 40. The position detection signals from the light receiving diodes 82a to 82d of the optical sensor 80 are transmitted to the control circuit 10 via the interface 105.
The microcomputer 101 controls the driving of the stepping motor 65 based on the position detection signal.

The control circuit 100 includes the operation panel 3
When the switches (not shown) provided on the encoder plate 70 and corresponding to the positions E1 to E8 of the encoder plate 70 are operated, the positions E1 to E8 corresponding to the operated switches are changed to the optical sensors 8.
The drive of the stepping motor 95 is controlled until it is detected as 0.

The control circuit 100 includes an operation panel 15
The stepping motor 95 is driven and controlled so that the positions E1 to E8 are detected in a predetermined order by the optical sensor 80 by operating a switch for performing a predetermined continuous kneading operation provided in each of the air bags a1 to a8. Are sequentially expanded and contracted in accordance with a predetermined order set in advance. That is, the second pattern is set and each air bag a1 is set.
To a8 sequentially bulge in accordance with a predetermined order set in advance.
Shrinking.

In these operations, when the control circuit 100 receives a signal from the position E1 from the optical sensor 80, the rotating body 6
The first hole 61 b communicates with the through hole 63 b of the fixed body 63, and when the control circuit 100 receives a signal from the position E 2 from the optical sensor 80, the hole 61 b of the rotating body 61 becomes the through hole 6 of the fixed body 63.
3c, when the control circuit 100 receives a signal from the position E3 from the optical sensor 80, the hole 61b of the rotating body 61 communicates with the through hole 63d of the fixed body 63, and the control circuit 100 emits a signal from the position E4. When received from the sensor 80, the rotating body 61
The hole 61b communicates with the through hole 63e of the fixed body 63.

When the control circuit 100 receives the signal from the position E5 from the optical sensor 80, the hole 61b of the rotating body 61 communicates with the through hole 63f of the fixed body 63, and the control circuit 100 transmits the signal from the position E6 to the light. When received from the sensor 80, the hole 61b of the rotating body 61 communicates with the through hole 63g of the fixed body 63,
When the control circuit 100 receives a signal from the position E7 from the optical sensor 80, the hole 61b of the rotating body 61 communicates with the through hole 63h of the fixed body 63, and when the control circuit 100 receives a signal from the position E8 from the optical sensor 80. The hole 61b of the rotating body 61 communicates with the through hole 63i of the fixed body 63.

<Operation of Embodiment> In such a configuration, when a switch is operated on the operation panel 34, the control circuit 100 controls the stepping motor 65 of the air supply / exhaust device 40 based on a position signal from the position detection means C. Operation control,
The holes 61b of the rotating body 61 are replaced with the through holes 63b to 6 of the fixed body 63.
3i.

As a result, the air from the air compressor 91 is supplied to the air bags a1 to a8, and the air from the air bags a1 to a8 is exhausted. On this occasion,
Air is supplied to hoses b1 to b connected to air bags a1 to a8.
8 and supply and exhaust via the supply and exhaust hoses c1 to c8.

(A) A series of continuous massaging operations In the above configuration, when the air bags a1 to a8 of the chair-type air massaging apparatus B of the present invention are used in a predetermined order, while sitting on the massage chair main body 30, A massage is started by operating a switch of the operation panel 34 for performing a predetermined continuous kneading operation.

The control circuit 100 operates the compressor 91 to ventilate the compressed air through the filter tank 92. The control circuit 100 controls the stepping motor 65
Control.

At this time, the order of inflation and deflation of each air bag is inflated and contracted in the order of air bags a1 to a8 as shown in FIG.

Under the control of the stepping motor 65, the air bladders a1 to a8 are supplied with air for a certain time by the air supply / exhaust device 40, and then the air compressor 91 is stopped for a certain time. Further, the operation of exhausting by switching the rotary valve 60 is repeated. This stop time is set to about 5 seconds.

Therefore, the time during which the pressing force of the air bladders a1 to a8 acts on the acupoints becomes longer, and massage can be performed effectively.

When the low load mode is selected on the operation panel 34, as shown in FIG. 21, for example, after the selected air bag a6 is supplied with air for a predetermined time by the air supply / exhaust device 20, The air compressor 91 is stopped for a certain time, and after the stop for a certain time, the rotary valve 6 is further stopped.
Exhaust is performed by switching to zero. In addition, the operation of gradually increasing the supply time is repeated. In this embodiment, it is set to be longer by about one second.

Therefore, if such control is applied to each of the air bladders a1 to a8, the time during which the pressing force acts on the acupoint gradually increases, so that the massage effect is gradually increased so as not to apply an unreasonable load on the body. It is possible to provide a chair-type air massage device B having a large massage effect.

In the same manner as in the first embodiment, a rolling switch is provided on the operation panel 34 so that the air bags a1 to a3 are repeatedly inflated and deflated sequentially to massage the back portion as shown in FIG. You may. At this time,
The air bags a1 to a3 are supplied with air for a predetermined time by the air supply / exhaust device 40, and then the air compressor 9
1 is stopped, and after stopping for a certain period of time, the operation of exhausting by switching the rotary valve 60 is repeated.

When the waist is selected, the air bag a4 to a7 may be repeatedly inflated and deflated sequentially to massage the waist as shown in FIG. At this time, the air bags a4 to a7 are supplied with air for a certain time by the air supply / exhaust device 40, and then the air compressor 91
Is stopped, and after stopping for a certain period of time, the operation of exhausting by switching the rotary valve 60 is further repeated.

[0095]

As described above, according to the first aspect of the present invention, the pressing force acting on the acupoint by the inflation of the air bag is reduced.
Time gradually becomes longer, and gradually increases the massage effect
Can prevent the body from being overwhelmed
You.

[0096]

Further , according to the invention of claim 2 , the selection switch
Operation of the switch, predetermined multiple air
The first putter that inflates and contracts the bag in a predetermined order
And inflate / deflate only one specified air bladder
Since you can select one of the second patterns,
Perform the desired massage according to the position and size of the affected area
be able to. Moreover, the control means is provided for a predetermined air bag.
After supplying air for a certain time, stop supplying air for a certain time and then exhaust
The inflated air bag is inflated
Maintain for a certain period of time. For this reason, the inflation of the air bag causes
The time of the pressing force acting on the bob becomes longer,
Massage can be performed more effectively.

[0098]

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an external perspective view showing an entire air mat device which is an air mat device A according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a plan view showing a state where an air bag is arranged on a mat body.

FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view illustrating a configuration of a mat body.

FIG. 4 is a front view showing an arrangement of switches provided on an operation panel.

5A is a sectional view of a rotary valve for distributing air to each air bag shown in FIG. 2, and FIG. 5B is an explanatory view of a rotating body (rotating valve body) of FIG.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram of the encoder plate of FIG.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory view of the fixed body of FIG. 5 (A).

FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram showing logical values of position detection using the encoder plate and the optical sensor of FIG.

FIG. 9 is a circuit diagram for explaining control of the chair-type air massage device shown in FIGS.

FIG. 10 is a more detailed explanatory diagram of the control circuit of FIG. 9;

FIG. 11 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of control of an air bag.

FIG. 12 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of control of an air bag.

FIG. 13 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of control of an air bag.

FIG. 14 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of control of an air bag.

FIG. 15 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of control of an air bag.

FIG. 16 is a perspective view of a chair-type massage apparatus B of a second embodiment according to the present invention.

17 is a schematic view of a hose connection of the chair-type massage device shown in FIG.

FIG. 18 is a circuit diagram for describing control of the chair-type air massage device shown in FIG.

FIG. 19 is a more detailed explanatory diagram of the control circuit of FIG. 18;

FIG. 20 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of control of an air bag.

FIG. 21 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of control of an air bag.

FIG. 22 is a perspective view of a conventional seat-chair type air massage device.

FIG. 23 is an explanatory view showing an example of control of an air bag of a conventional seat-chair type air massage device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 A: Air mat massage device B: Chair type air massage device 10: Mat body 30: Massage chair body 10a to 10c, 31a: Human body contact surface 18a to 18h, a1 to a8: Air bag (of backrest part) 20, 40 ... Air supply and exhaust system

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Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] 1. An air massage device comprising: a plurality of air bags attached along a body contact surface of a main body of an air massage device; and an air supply / exhaust device for supplying / exhausting air to / from these air bags. An air massaging device for selectively massaging a human body by inflating and deflating the air bag by selectively supplying / exhausting air to / from one air bag, wherein the air supply / exhaust device is the selected one. After air is supplied to the air bag for a certain period of time, air supply is stopped for a certain period of time, and then the operation of evacuating is repeated, and the number of repetitions increases.
An air massage device comprising a control means for extending a stop time for stopping the supply of air as the pressure increases . 2. A body contact surface of an air massage device main body.
Multiple bladders mounted along
An air massaging system having an air supply / exhaust device for supplying / exhausting air
A predetermined plurality of air bags among the plurality of air bags.
The first pattern that expands and contracts in the order
The second pattern in which only one air bag is inflated and deflated
The air supply / exhaust device is provided with a selection switch for selecting one of the first and second patterns.
If the airflow is selected, after air supply for a certain time, air supply for a certain time
Stop and then perform the operation to exhaust
Perform in a predetermined order for the bags and select the second pattern
If air is supplied to a predetermined air bag for a certain time,
Control means must be provided to stop air supply and then exhaust.
An air massage device characterized by the above .