JP3412093B2 - Cap body for finger grooming machine and finger grooming machine equipped with the same - Google Patents

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a cap body for a massaging machine, which is capable of massaging fingers and toes, and a finger provided with the cap body.
Massaging machine .

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In the therapy such as massage, massage, and acupressure (the definitions are different, but for convenience of explanation, they are collectively referred to as massage) and the like, in addition to each part of the body,
Peripheral blood vessels and nerves are distributed, and stimulation is also given to the limbs, which are the extremities of the extremities, which are said to have many acupuncture points in Oriental medicine. As a result, blood flow and lymph flow in the whole body are promoted or improved, which has a favorable effect on the body. At this time, methods of stimulating the finger include pressure, friction, pulling, twisting, and the like, and conventionally, a masseur performed each of these methods.

[0003]

However, the conventional method as described above has the following problems. That is, in massage therapy, one massager usually performs a long-term operation from the head and the trunk to the limbs of the patient, in addition to the affected part of the patient's body where discomfort occurs. Therefore, the physical burden on the masseuse is large,
Due to time constraints and the like, the actual condition is that the limbs of the limbs have not been sufficiently treated compared to the treatment of the affected area and the trunk.

[0004]

Means for Solving the Problems The means of the present invention taken to solve the above problems are as follows. According to the first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a cap body for a massaging machine for fingers, which includes an outer pad.
The outer pipe is filled with gas or liquid.
A little tight as long as it does not hurt your finger
A holding body that is a hollow body that can hold the fingers is attached
The holder is flexible and can be held by the fingers.
It has an insertion part, and the finger part is steamed on the peripheral wall part of the cap body.
At the same time, check the skin color and check the blood circulation in the fingers.
Ventilation window for recognition is provided through the outer pipe and the holding body
With a cap body for a massaging machine for fingers,
is there.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a finger massaging machine for massaging the fingers of a hand or a foot, the cap being capable of holding each finger and being replaceable , and a cap body.
And a drive means for driving the cap body so that the fingers held by the cap body can be stimulated .
The cap body has an outer pipe.
Filling the body or liquid to the extent that fingers are not hurt
With a hollow body that can hold your fingers a little tight
A holder is attached and the holder is flexible and
Equipped with an insertion part that can be held on the peripheral wall of the cap body
Keep your fingers dry and at the same time check your skin color
Ventilation window to check the blood circulation in the area
A massaging machine for fingers, which is characterized by being provided so as to penetrate therethrough .

It is preferable to hold the finger portion by the cap body slightly tightly as long as the finger is not damaged.
The present invention is not limited to this, and may be held gently.
As the holding means, various means such as one using an urging body such as a spring and one utilizing the deforming force of the hollow body by filling gas or liquid are used, and the holding means is not limited to one means. . As a structure for attaching and detaching the cap body, for example, known means such as screwing or screwing is used, but it is not particularly limited. The position and direction of the cap body is adjustable.
A structure that allows the cap body to be comfortably attached to each finger having different directions and lengths. For example, each cap body forms a fan shape and can be moved, and the entrance and exit can be adjusted in the axial direction. However, it is not particularly limited.

The type of stimulus applied to the finger portion through the cap body by the drive means is, for example, pressure, twist, friction, pulling, etc., but may be one of these or a combination of two or more. Good. The structure of the driving means uses a motor or the like, uses a biasing body such as a spring,
Various means such as one utilizing the deforming force of the hollow body due to filling with gas or liquid are used and are not limited. Examples of the heating means include a structure that directly heats the placing part of the limb or the cap body by an electric heater or the like, or indirectly heats by using gas or liquid as a medium. The structure is not particularly limited as long as the whole can be heated appropriately.

[0008]

[Operation] In advance, a cap body that fits the length and thickness of each finger of the limb to be massaged is attached. Adjust the orientation and position of the cap body to match the orientation and position of each finger. Each finger is held by the cap body.
The cap body is driven via the drive means, and each of the held finger portions is stimulated by various methods such as pressing, twisting, rubbing, and pulling.

[0009]

The present invention will be described in more detail based on the embodiments shown in the drawings. 1 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of a massaging machine for fingers according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a schematic sectional view showing a stored state,
FIG. 3 is an explanatory view showing the structures of the cap body and the driving means,
FIG. 4 is a vertical sectional view showing the structure of the cap body, and FIG. 5 is a horizontal sectional view showing the structure of the cap body. Reference numeral M is a massaging machine for fingers, which is provided with a case 1. The case 1 includes a container 10, a slide body 11, a cover body 12, and a lid body 13 (illustrated in FIG. 2 and not shown in FIG. 1).

The container 10 has a rectangular opening 14 on one side.
With a bottom plate 15 (shown in FIG. 2) having an opening 1
4 and the base plate 150 is attached to the back side thereof. A control unit C that electrically controls each drive unit and the like, which will be described later, is housed behind the opening 14 of the container 10. A slide groove 18 for slidably mounting a drive device 3 to be described later is formed over substantially the entire width near the opening 14 side of the upper plate of the container 10.

The slide body 11 is provided in the opening 14.
Is slidably accommodated. The slide body 11 is a hollow body, and a heater H which is a heating means is attached inside. The upper surface of the slide body 11 is formed horizontally, and fixing bands 16 and 16 are attached to both sides of one end of the slide body 11. Fasteners 16 are provided on the fixing bands 16 and 16.
Nos. 0 and 161 are provided, and these can be adhered to fix the hand or foot to the slide body 11. Reference numeral 17 is a cushion for adjusting the height of the hand or foot. It should be noted that the slide body 11 may be formed to have a longer length, and other fixing means such as a holding portion for fixing the heel portion may be provided in addition to the fixing bands 16 and 16 in order to massage the toes. Instead of the cushion 17, an acupressure protrusion may be provided.

A cover body 12 is attached to the top of the housing body 10 so as to be openable and closable by attaching a hinge to the rear end side. The cover body 12 is formed in a size capable of covering substantially the entire surface of the container 10. The hinged side of the cover body 12 is partially cut out for passing an air tube T1 which will be described later, and a lower portion is opened at the opposite end to open the front plate 120.
Is provided. A lid 13 is removably attached to the upper part of the slide body 11 with the cover body 12 closed and the slide body 11 housed to the back.

On the upper surface of the container 10, a cap body 5,
A driving device 3 which is a driving means is attached. Five drive devices 3 and five cap bodies 5 are provided,
Since each of them has almost the same structure, only one of them will be described, and the description of the structures of the other drive device 3 and the cap body 5 will be omitted. The drive device 3 has a bearing base 30, and the bearing base 30 is slidably mounted on the slide groove 18 via an engagement pin 31 and rotatable about the engagement pin 31. The engagement between the engagement pin 31 and the slide groove 18 is slightly tight to the extent that the position of the bearing base 30 can be adjusted.

A bearing hole 32 is provided in the bearing base 30 so as to penetrate therethrough in the horizontal direction, and a rotation shaft tube 33 is rotatable in the bearing hole 32 in the circumferential direction without moving in the axial direction. It is installed. A guide groove 34 is formed in the longitudinal direction on the upper peripheral surface of the rotary shaft tube 33. Further, a hollow portion (not shown) is provided inside the bearing base 30 so as to correspond to the guide groove 34, and the drive motor M1 is housed in the hollow portion. The drive disk 3 is attached to the rotary shaft of the drive motor M1.
5 is attached, and a drive pin 350 is provided on the lower surface thereof. The drive pin 350 is slidably inserted in the guide groove 34. According to this structure, when the drive disk 35 is rotated by the operation of the drive motor M1, the rotary shaft tube 33 reciprocally rotates in the circumferential direction with a constant stroke.

The adjustment shaft 3 is inserted into the shaft hole 330 of the rotary shaft tube 33.
6 is slidably inserted. The adjusting shaft 36 is tubular and is closed on the rear end side and is open on the front end side.
A small diameter portion 37 is provided on the opening side tip portion, and a cap body 5 described later is attached to the small diameter portion 37. Then, one end side of the air tube T2 is connected near the end on the closed side, and air is introduced into the adjustment shaft 36. The other end of the air tube T2 is connected to an air tube T1 from a compressor (not shown) via a connection adapter A. An adjustment groove 38 having a required length is provided on the peripheral wall of the adjustment shaft 36. Further, the pin groove 3 is formed on the inner peripheral wall of the shaft hole 330.
9 is provided, and the fixing position of the adjusting shaft 36 can be adjusted by mounting the fixing pin P between the adjusting groove 38 and the pin groove 39.

The cap body 5 is attached to the small diameter portion 37 at the tip of the adjusting shaft 36. The cap body 5 has an outer pipe 50 whose front side has a large diameter. Outer pipe 50
In the small diameter base part, screw holes 51, 5 are provided at two locations facing each other.
A fixing screw 52 for fixing the cap body 5 to the adjusting shaft 36 is screwed into the screw holes 51, 51. A holding body 53, which is a hollow body having a rear opening, is attached to the inside of the front portion of the outer pipe 50 with the inside communicating with the inside of the adjusting shaft 36. The holder 53 is made of a synthetic resin having flexibility and sufficient strength, and includes an insertion portion 54 that can be held by a finger. In addition, ventilation windows 55, 55 are provided on the peripheral wall portion of the cap body 5 so as to prevent the fingers from getting stuffy in two places facing each other vertically and at the same time to check the skin color to confirm blood circulation in the fingers. It is provided.

Then, from the air tube T2 to the adjusting shaft 36
When air is introduced into the inside, the holding body 53 swells, and the deforming force presses the finger. Although the ventilation windows 55 are provided at two places in this embodiment, the invention is not limited to this.
It may be provided at one place or at three or more places, or may have a structure in which no place is provided. Also, the holder 5
The inner wall of 3 has a structure that directly touches the finger portion, but a cylindrical holding member having flexibility is attached to the inner wall of the holding body 53.
You can also make it feel better.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory view showing a usage state. Figure 1
With reference to FIGS. 6 to 6, the method of use and the operation of the present embodiment will be described taking the case where the fingers of the hand are massaged as an example. The lid body 13 is removed, and the slide body 11 is pulled out. The position and direction of the drive device 3 are adjusted, the position of the cap body 5 is adjusted to a position that fits each finger of the hand, and the adjustment shaft 36 is fixed to the rotary shaft tube 33. Each finger is inserted into each cap body 5, and the fixing band 16 is closed to fix the hand. A power switch (not shown) is turned on, and the control unit C controls the heater H,
The drive device 3 and the cap body 5 are operated. With the heater H, conduction heat is transferred to the skin of the hand which is in contact with the upper plate of the slide body 11 to heat the entire hand, and at the same time, the cap body 5 is warmed using air as a medium to heat the finger portion. Air is sucked into and discharged from the holding body 53 of the cap body 5 at a constant cycle, and expansion and contraction are alternately repeated to press and loosen the finger portion. At the same time, the adjustment shaft 36 reciprocally rotates in the circumferential direction, and the cap body 5 fixed to the adjustment shaft 36 also reciprocally rotates to twist the finger portion. As a result, pressure is applied to each finger,
Massage by twisting. The treatment of the toes may be performed according to the above procedure.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory view showing another structure of the cap body and the driving device. The drive device 3a and the cap body 5a of the present embodiment move and twist the compression position,
The fingers are massaged. The drive device 3a is the adjustment shaft 3
A base 40 fixed to 6a is provided. The adjustment shaft 36a is different from the adjustment shaft 36 in that the air tube T2
Is not connected. A guide hole 41 is provided horizontally through the base 40. A slide shaft 42 having a rack gear G1 in its insertion portion is slidably inserted into the guide hole 41. A stopper 420 is provided at the rear end of the slide shaft 42, and a pressing member 44 is attached to the front end. The pressing member 44 has a pressing portion formed in a C-shaped cross section, and has a structure in which the pressing member 44 is fitted and tightened in a cap body 5a described later.

A drive motor M2 is built in the base 40. A reduction gear 45 increases the driving force of the drive motor M2, and causes the slide shaft 42 to reciprocate with a required stroke through a pinion gear G2 that meshes with the rack gear G1. The drive motor M2 is rotated by the control unit C in the forward and reverse directions. Like the cap body 5, the cap body 5a is detachably attached to the front end of the adjusting shaft 36a. Cap body 5a
Has an outer pipe 50a formed of a flexible material. Grooves 5 are formed in the upper and lower portions of the outer pipe 50a in the longitudinal direction.
1, 52 are provided. Further, a flexible holding cylinder 53 is attached to the inner wall portion of the outer pipe 50a, the portion corresponding to the upper groove portion 51 being cut out. According to the above structure,
While the compression member 44 is moved by the operation of the drive motor M2, the outer pipe 50a is tightened to bend inward, and the holding cylinder 5
The finger portion held by 3 can be pressed while changing the pressing position. In FIG. 7, the same or equivalent parts as those shown in FIG. 3 are designated by the same reference numerals.

The operation of the cap body 5a and the drive device 3a will be described with reference to FIG. The adjustment shaft 36a is reciprocally rotated in the circumferential direction by the operation of the drive motor M1, and the adjustment shaft 36a is rotated.
Similarly, the cap body 5a fixed to the same is reciprocally rotated to twist the finger portion. Further, the drive motor M2 rotates forward and backward, and the compression member 44 at the tip of the slide shaft 42 slides with a required stroke while tightening the outer pipe 50a. As a result, the compression member 44 bends the outer pipe 50a inward, and the holding cylinder 53
The finger held by is pressed while changing the pressing position. The present invention is not limited to the illustrated embodiments, and various modifications can be made within the scope of the claims.

[0022]

The present invention having the above-mentioned structure has the following effects. According to the present invention, a cap body adapted to the length and thickness of each finger portion is attached, and the direction and position of the cap body are adjusted so as to conform to the direction and position of each finger portion,
Each finger can be held by the cap body. Then, by driving the cap body via the driving means, each of the held fingers can be stimulated by various methods such as pressing, twisting, rubbing, and pulling. In other words, since the finger part that is being operated in massage therapy can be mechanically stimulated, and long-term operation is also possible,
If the massaging is used for a required time after massaging the affected part of the body, the physical load of the massaging is reduced and the effect of massaging therapy is further enhanced.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of a finger massaging machine according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic cross-sectional view showing a stored state.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory view showing the structures of a cap body and a driving means.

FIG. 4 is a vertical sectional view showing a structure of a cap body.

FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view showing the structure of a cap body.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing a usage state.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory view showing another structure of the cap body and the driving means.

[Explanation of symbols]

Massaging machine for M finger 3 drive 5 cap body

Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] 1. A cap body for a massaging machine , comprising an outer pipe (50), and a gas or gas inside the outer pipe (50).
Or to the extent that it does not hurt your finger by filling the liquid
It is a hollow body that can hold fingers that are slightly tight.
The retainer (53) is attached and the retainer (53) is flexible.
It is equipped with an insertion part (54) that can hold the thumb
On the peripheral wall of the body (5), keep your fingers from getting damp and at the same time
Ventilation window (55) to check skin color and check for blood circulation in fingers
Is provided through the outer pipe (50) and the holder (53).
Wherein the cap body for finger massage machine. 2. A finger massaging machine for massaging a finger part of a hand or a foot, which is capable of holding each finger part and having a replaceable cap body and a position of a cap body. and means for direction can be adjusted, as can be irritating to the fingers that are held by the cap member comprises a driving means for driving the cap member, the cap member (5) is the outer pipe (50 ) Of the outer pipe (50)
Pain your fingers inside by filling with gas or liquid
It is possible to hold the finger part that is slightly tight,
The holder (53), which is a hollow body that can be
3) is equipped with an insertion part (54) that is flexible and can be held by the fingers.
, Keep the fingers from getting wet on the peripheral wall of the cap body (5).
And at the same time check the skin color to check the blood circulation in the fingers
A ventilation window (55) is installed through the outer pipe (50) and the holder (53).
A finger massager characterized by being worn.