JP3414647B2 - Massage equipment - Google Patents

Description

Description: BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a massage device capable of stimulating a local area by pressing. [0002] Conventionally, by rubbing the skin surface or pressing a local part to improve blood circulation and stimulate the skin, metabolism is remarkable, hair growth is promoted, and internal organs are made healthy. It is widely done. In this case, the body part that stimulates such as friction and pressing is a so-called pot, and performs the above-described treatment by applying a constant stimulation to peripheral nerves. [0003] Such treatment is most desirably subjected to rubbing or acupressure from a specialist, but has problems in terms of time, money, etc., and is not always available. Therefore, various types of massage equipment and the like are used as those which can be easily dealt with at home. In simple terms, dry cloth friction and wet cloth friction with hand wiping, towels, and the like have been conventionally performed. [0004] However, dry rubbing and compressing rubbing by hand wiping or toweling are not optimal because they cause strong irritation to the skin surface. Also,
Massage devices that rotate rollers and spheres
Alternatively, a massage device having a large number of protrusions on its surface is made of wood or synthetic resin, and has a drawback that it is too hard to irritate the skin as in the case described above because it is hard. [0005] Therefore, the present invention is intended to appropriately stimulate the acupuncture point without damaging the skin during the stimulating operation on the skin, and to further activate the skin itself. [0006] According to an aspect of the present invention to solve the conventional problems described above, the frame body surface, an inverted elastic deformable dome wall downward while continuously provided, the upper surface of the dome wall A large number of projections are erected on the frame and each projection is relatively hard.
Silicone resin, and the dome wall is relatively soft
And is integrally molded as a whole . Therefore, when a force is applied by pressing the projection at the center of the dome wall against the affected part, the tip of the projection stimulates the affected part, and a massage effect can be obtained. Then, when further force is applied, the dome wall is inverted and deformed, so that a number of projections come into contact with the periphery of the affected part, so that stimulation can be given over a wide range. When the dome wall is completely inverted and deformed, a number of projections are arranged such that their tips come close to each other, and the tips pinch the skin of the affected area. Can be given. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described below. A massage tool 1 according to the present invention is formed integrally with a silicone resin, and therefore can be elastically deformed. It is. The structure is such that, as is apparent from the cross section of FIG. 1 or the perspective view of FIG. 3, a dome wall 3 bulging upward is continuously provided on the inner surface of a frame 2 having a circular ring shape. That can be elastically deformed inverting downward.
You. A large number of protrusions 4 are erected on the upper surface of the dome wall 3. The protrusions 4 have a conical shape with a slightly rounded tip, and the axis of each protrusion 4 is at the center of the frame 2. Along the axis. Therefore, if the tip of the projection 4 at the center of the dome wall 3 is lightly pressed against the affected part, the tip of each projection 4 is slightly deformed, or the center of the dome wall 3 is slightly depressed. Is generated at the tip of the projection 4, so that an appropriate stimulation can be given to the skin. When the dome wall 3 is strongly pressed against the affected part, the dome wall 3 is inverted and deformed. As a result, the projection 4 standing upright on the upper surface has a form in which its tip is concentrated toward the center of the dome wall 3 (see FIG. 2). 3) Since the pressed skin of the affected part is pinched by the tips of the projections 4, it is very close to acupressure and a massage stimulation operation can be performed. The massage device 1 of the present invention is capable of giving a massage stimulus to any part of the body, but the most desirable affected part is the scalp. That is, massage on the scalp is always performed by unknowingly rubbing with a finger or the like for the purpose of stimulating a tired brain and healing a tired eye. It is also known that it is desirable to apply a predetermined stimulus from the viewpoint of hair growth. There is no device that can effectively massage the scalp. That is, in the conventional massage device, since only the predetermined projections are arranged, the stimulation is too strong to press against the scalp, and the finger pressure effect in the form of pinching the scalp could not be expected. For hair growth, it was merely a matter of tapping the scalp with a brush. In this respect, the massage device 1 of the present invention can impart a moderate elastic deformation function to the dome wall 3 and each projection 4, so that a moderate acupressure massage stimulus to the scalp can be achieved by pressing or a knob. It is. According to the present invention, in particular, as the massage tool 1 for scalp stimulation, the projection 4 is required to have sufficient hardness to stimulate the scalp and pinch the scalp, In this case, the softness is required to be such that the reversible elastic deformation is free. As described above, if the dome wall 3 is simply made to be able to reversely elastically deform, the massage device 1 can be formed from a rubber material having such a degree of softness. If the above-mentioned hardness is required for No. 4, it is necessary to integrally mold a partially hardened product. However, molding such products from rubber is technically impossible. Therefore, the massage device 1 of the present invention is integrally formed of silicone resin. That is, if a silicone resin material is used, it is possible to integrally mold a product partially hardened and softened. As a specific molding means, in a molding die, first, a relatively hard silicone resin is caused to flow into the molding die portion of the frame 2 and the projections 4 and compared with the molding die portion of the dome wall 3. The soft silicone resin flows in and is integrally molded as a whole. The silicone resin has high integral compatibility of soft and hard, and it is possible to obtain a product partially hardened by the above-mentioned molding means. As described above, the massage device of the present invention can provide an appropriate pressing stimulus to the affected part by the projection, and can also provide a pinch stimulus by inverting the affected part, thereby providing a massage effect and an acupressure effect. Can be extremely high,
It has many excellent functions and effects, such as easy operation and easy use, simple configuration and low-cost mass production.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a sectional view of a massage device of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view showing a state in which the massage device of the present invention is reversely elastically deformed. FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the massage device of the present invention. [Description of Signs] 1; massage tool, 2; frame, 3; dome wall, 4;

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims 1] A dome wall (3) that can be inverted and elastically deformed downward is continuously provided on the inner surface of the frame (2) , and is provided on the upper surface of the dome wall (3). A large number of projections (4) are erected and the frame
(2) and each projection (4) are made of relatively hard silicone resin,
And the dome wall (3) is made of relatively soft silicone resin.
A massage tool characterized by being integrally molded as a whole .