JP3416429B2 - Rubbing massage machine - Google Patents

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a massage machine.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, generally speaking of massage machines, a fir ball incorporated in a chair, a bed or the like can be moved linearly or arcuately in a plane movement or withdrawal operation, or an operation such as vibration in a single or combined manner. Most of them are made to do. In addition, as a peculiar massage machine, it is actually fair 7-56009
Japanese Patent Laid-Open Publication No. 2003-242242 describes a device having a large number of rotating brushes for brushing the back.

In the massage machine described in this publication, the rotating brush is placed on one surface side of the erected base with the bristle tips directed toward the back, and the entire base is elevated according to the height of the user. It can be moved up and down to adjust the height. Further, this massage machine is capable of ejecting soapy water, shower, etc. from between the rotating brushes, and it is premised that the user is naked when using the massage machine.

[0004]

It is no exaggeration to say that none of the various massage machines in the prior art focused on the rubbing operation. In the case of brushing with a rotating brush like the massage machine described in the above publication, each rotating brush is only rotating unidirectionally on a specific part of the back, and the rotation direction is tentatively alternated. Even if it is switched to, it should be said that it is fundamentally different from the rubbing operation because the brushing position itself does not move.

To use this massage machine,
The user has to be naked and lean against the front side of the base (brush tip side of the rotating brush), which is not suitable for the elderly and bedridden sick people. The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, it is possible to perform a rubbing operation that was not in the concept as a conventional massage machine, for example, a rubbing that can be used even for the elderly and bedridden sick The purpose is to provide a massage machine.

[0006]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention takes the following technical means. That is, the rubbing massage machine according to the present invention has a structure in which the rubbing means is provided on a support table in the form of a chair, a bed, or the like. This rubbing means imitates the action of a person rubbing his / her skin with his / her palm, and mechanically performs this operation.The touching section corresponding to the palm is applied to the body by an appropriate moving mechanism section. It is designed to be moved along.

Here, the rubbing operation will be described in more detail. The body fluid flowing through blood vessels, capillaries, lymphatic vessels, etc. is given an appropriate stimulus on the skin surface, including the effect of promoting the flow. To relieve pain and fever, or to relieve stiffness. The touching part is not limited to directly touching or indirectly touching the body, and thus the user may be naked or wear clothes. Further, the support base may have a structure in which the pressure-sensitive portion is appropriately covered with a soft member to the extent that the presence of the pressure-sensitive portion is not erased.

The support base is not limited to a chair or bed type, but in any case, since it has a structure capable of supporting the body, it can be easily used by an elderly person or a bedridden sick person. Become. When moving the tactile section in the body height direction, if the tactile section is moved up and down according to the bending degree of the body line, the contact degree of the tactile section with the body can be kept constant. Become. Therefore, in order to make this possible, it is sufficient to have an elevating mechanism section for the pressure contact section as the rubbing means.

The elevating mechanism section can be used so that the elevating and lowering degree of the pressure-contacting section is different for each body part, and the abutting degree can be strengthened or weakened. As a result, a massage effect similar to shiatsu can be obtained.
Further, the lifting mechanism can be operated even when the pressure-contacting part is moved in the left-right direction of the body. The moving mechanism part includes a wide-width moving base that reciprocates the pressure-contacting part along the body height direction, and a small-width moving base that reciprocates the touching part within a range shorter than the wide-width moving base. It is possible to have a configuration having and. With this, it is possible to realize a complicated movement in which the tactile portion is moved to a wide range of the body by the reciprocating movement of the wide moving stand while the small tugging movement is given to the tactile portion by the reciprocating movement of the small moving stand.

In this case, if a swivel mechanism is provided for turning the small-width movable base with respect to the wide-width movable base, the movement of the small-width movable base is made orthogonal or oblique to the movement of the wide-width movable base. Even complex movements can be realized. That is, it is possible to reciprocate the wide movable table along the left-right direction while reciprocating the wide movable table along the body height direction. Of course, it is also possible to independently reciprocate only the small width moving table in the height direction or the left-right direction without operating the wide moving table.

Although the number of the small width moving bases is not limited at all, it is assumed that the small width moving bases are provided in pairs on both the left and right sides of the body (of course, each of the small width moving bases is provided with a pressure-sensitive portion or a lifting mechanism). By providing a section), the tactile section can be finely moved according to the roundness of the body in the left-right direction. From this, it becomes possible to match the movement of the pressure-sensitive portion to the complicated directionality of blood vessels, lymphatic vessels, etc., which differ for each part of the body,
The effect of promoting the flow of body fluid can be obtained more effectively.

If the pressure contact portion is composed of a rotating brush,
This is preferable because it can soften the touch sensation and can give a fine stimulus by the hair tips. If the support base has a structure that uses a bed sheet stretched in the body height direction as a means for supporting the body, not only can the body be gently supported, but also the means for supporting the body and the moving contact portion may interfere with each other. There is an advantage that the structure for avoiding can be simplified. That is, at the position where the pressure-sensitive portion is provided, the depression is provided so as to wrap the bed cloth under the pressure-sensitive portion. The depressed portion is set in a state in which it can freely move relative to the pressure-contacting portion by a free roller or the like when the pressure-contacting portion is moved in the height direction. Therefore, the pressure-contacting part rolls up a predetermined portion of the bed by moving and sequentially forms this as a recessed part, and discharges the recessed part up to that time to the wake side of the movement and releases it from the recessed part, That is, the structure is such that it returns to the tension state.

In such a structure, since the body is supported at all parts of the mattress except the depressed part corresponding to the pressure-contact part, there is also an advantage of being stable.

[0014]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. 1 to 3 show a first embodiment of a rubbing massage machine 1 according to the present invention. Figure 1
As shown in FIG. 1, the rubbing massage machine 1 has a bed-type support base 2 that can recline and a rubbing means 3 provided on the support base 2. As shown in FIG. 2, the rubbing means 3 includes a pressure-contacting portion 6 constituted by a rotating brush 5 rotatable about a horizontal axis, and the pressure-contacting portion 6 in the height direction of a user who rides on the support 2. It has a moving mechanism part 7 for moving along and a lifting mechanism part 8 for allowing the pressure contact part 6 to move up and down at an arbitrary position.

In FIG. 1, the pressure-sensitive portion 6 is shown at two positions on the support base 2 on the head-supporting side and the leg-supporting side. This is an easy-to-understand representation of movement, and in actuality, the number of the pressure-contact portions 6 provided is only one. The rotating brush 5 includes a main body cylinder portion 9 having a horizontally long cylindrical shape, a brush portion 10 made of horsehair or the like that is planted on the outer peripheral surface of the main body cylinder portion 9, and a rotary drive provided inside the main body cylinder portion 9. And a part 11. The rotation drive unit 11 includes a motor 13, a planetary speed reducer 14 directly connected to the motor 13, the motor 13 and the planetary speed reducer 14.
And a shaft end holder 18 rotatably connected to a rotary shaft 16 protruding from the planetary reduction gear 14 via a bearing 17.

A fixed shaft 20 is integrally projectingly provided at an end of the fixed case 15 on the motor 13 side, and the fixed shaft 20 has a shaft end holder 21 corresponding to the shaft end holder 18. Are non-rotatably connected. In the main body tube portion 9,
The shaft fitting plates 23 and 24 are provided on both sides of the storage space of the rotary drive unit 11.
Is provided. Among these, the rotary shaft 1 of the rotary drive unit 11 is inserted into the shaft fitting plate 23 on the side where the rotary shaft 16 is inserted.
6 is provided with a connection hole for enabling integral rotation through serrations or keys.

The shaft fitting plate 24 on the side of the rotary drive unit 11 through which the fixed shaft 20 is inserted is provided with a bearing unit 25 for holding a relatively rotatable relationship with the fixed shaft 20. . Therefore, the rotary brush 5 holds the shaft end holders 18 and 21 at both ends in a non-rotatable state, and when the motor 13 is operated, the fixed case including the motor 13 and the planetary speed reducer 14 is held. 15 does not rotate as a whole, but only the rotary shaft 16 rotates. Along with this, the rotary shaft 16 together with the main body tubular portion 9 and the brush portion 1
0 will rotate.

The elevating mechanism section 8 includes a column 28 for holding the shaft end holders 18, 21 of the rotating brush 5 so as to be vertically movable,
A slide tool 30 connected to the shaft end holders 18 and 21 by a link 29, and the left and right slide tools 30 can be moved toward and away from each other along a guide rail 31 provided in the width direction of the support base 2. And a screw feed section 32 for The screw feed portion 32 allows a screw shaft 34 having opposite ends to have a reverse screw relationship with each other by a motor 35 attached to an intermediate side portion of the guide rail 31 and the like. A nut member 36 that is screwed in is connected to the left and right slide tools 30.

The structure for holding the shaft end holders 18 and 21 of the rotary brush 5 in a vertically movable manner with respect to the column 28 is not shown, but for example, a vertically elongated hole is formed in the column 28, The shaft connecting the shaft end holders 18 and 21 and the link 29 is inserted into the vertically elongated hole to make it impossible to escape, or the column 28 is provided with a guide rail function so that the shaft end holders 18 and 21 have guide rollers. It may be provided. The moving mechanism section 7 is freely movable along a pair of left and right guide rails 39 provided along the longitudinal direction of the support base 2, that is, the height direction of the user who rides on the support base 2. And a traveling drive unit (not shown) for the movable table 40.

The guide rail 39 is mainly formed of a round pipe material. However, in the present embodiment, since the support base 2 is capable of reclining, the round pipe materials are connected to each other by a universal joint (not shown) in the portion that needs to be bent in the vertical direction by the reclining operation. There is. This universal joint has a bellows-like structure that is flexible against bending, which is commonly used as a flexible neck portion of a desk lighting stand, a flexible discharge pipe for water supply, and the like.

The movable table 40 is constructed so as to be able to hold the guide rail 31 of the elevating mechanism section 8 by being framed in the shape of a flat frame using a square pipe or the like. On both left and right side surfaces of the moving base 40, traveling wheels 42 are provided so that the guide rails 39 are vertically sandwiched. A winding drive device such as a chain can be used as the traveling drive unit for the movable table 40. In addition,
When a winding drive device is used, although not shown, the chain or the like is fixed at its both ends near the longitudinal ends of the support base 2, and the chain is moved by a sprocket rotating mechanism provided on the moving base 40. The structure may be a shackle, or the chain is endlessly installed over the entire length of the support base 2 in the longitudinal direction with the movable base 40 sandwiched in between.
One of the sprockets used for the installation may be rotationally driven.

On the upper surface of the support base 2, a bed cloth 43 is stretched over the entire length in the longitudinal direction. As is clear from FIG. 3 in which the bedsheet 43 is extracted and shown, a depression 44 is provided at a midway portion in the longitudinal direction in such a manner as to wrap around the pressure contact portion 6, that is, below the rotary brush 5. Has been. The depression 44 is provided with two free rollers 45 at the front and rear of the rotary brush 5 with respect to the moving base 40 of the moving mechanism 7, and the bed cloth 43 is wound around these free rollers 45. It is formed by that.

Therefore, when the pressure contact portion 6 moves together with the movable table 40, the depression 44 also moves in the same direction. In addition, in this support base 2, small air bags (not shown) which are not so thick may be lined up on a part or the whole of the upper part of the bed 43. As a mechanism and power for reclining the support base 2, a conventionally known one such as an electric system, a fluid pressure cylinder system, a manual system may be used. Also, both sides of the support base 2 can be used as a hand rest during reclining or massage,
Railing 46 to assist with getting on and off the bus
It is preferable to provide (see FIG. 1).

The rubbing massager 1 of the first embodiment
Then, the moving range (reciprocating stroke), moving area (massage part), moving speed, etc. of the moving table 40 by the moving mechanism section 7 can be adjusted stepwise or arbitrarily, and the height of the touching section 6 by the lifting mechanism section 8 can be adjusted. The adjustment, the lifting pattern, the lifting speed, etc. can be adjusted stepwise or arbitrarily, and the rotary brush 5 by the pressure contact portion 6 can be adjusted.
A desired massage pattern can be selected by adjusting the rotation speed of the stepwise or arbitrarily, or by setting the rotation direction of the rotary brush 5 and its forward / reverse switching pattern as desired.

Therefore, for example, with the basic height being the upper surface of the rotating brush 5, that is, the state in which the pressure-contacting portion 6 slightly projects from the depression 44, the rotating brush 5 is alternately rotated forward and backward at a predetermined cycle, and this touching is performed. While the pressure portion 6 is moved over the entire height of the user, it is possible to further enhance the degree of protrusion of the touch portion 6 in the occipital region, the rear surface of the thigh, or the region from the calf to the ankle. Further, it is also possible to reciprocate the touching portion 6 in small steps at a specific part of the body.

4 to 8 show a second embodiment of the rubbing massage machine 1 according to the present invention. As shown in FIG. 4, in this second embodiment, the support base 2 is a flat bed type. The major difference of the second embodiment from the first embodiment is that the rubbing means 3 is provided with two left and right touching portions 6, and secondly, these touching portions 6 are provided. Each of them is provided with a swivel mechanism section 48, and thirdly, the moving table of the moving mechanism section 7 is divided into a wide-width moving stand 50 and a narrow-width moving stand 51.

As shown in FIG. 6, the pressure-contacting portion 6 is composed of the rotating brush 5 having the rotation driving portion 11 built therein.
This point is the same as in the first embodiment. Left and right pressure parts 6
Are arranged so as to correspond to both sides centering on the spine of the user who rides on the support base 2. In addition,
An elevating mechanism section 8 for elevating and lowering the pressure-contacting section 6 holds a gripping frame 53 of the rotary brush 5 so that the gripping frame 53 is swingable, and a lower frame 54 provided on the gripping frame 53 is provided in a longitudinal direction with a shaft feeding device. It is structured to be moved up and down by 55.

The shaft feeding device 55 has a structure in which a moving shaft 56 such as a screw shaft or a rack shaft is moved forward and backward by a motor 57. A fluid pressure cylinder or the like can be used as the shaft feeding device 55. In the moving mechanism unit 7, the wide moving stand 50 is configured by using a square pipe or the like so as to form a box-shaped frame having a size that fits inside the support stand 2. This wide moving stand 50
By the sliding guide means 61 formed between the lower longitudinal rail 59 and the corresponding longitudinal rail 60 of the supporting base 2, the longitudinal direction of the supporting base 2, that is, the height of the user. It is held movably along the direction.

For driving the wide movable table 50, a winding driving device (not shown) such as a chain may be used as in the case of the movable table 40 in the first embodiment. On the other hand, the small-width moving table 51 in the moving mechanism unit 7 is the wide-width moving table 50.
The grip frame 53 of the rotating brush 5 provided inside the box
Is provided with a support body 63 for swingably holding. Further, the shaft feeding device 55 of the lifting mechanism section 8 described above is installed. This small-width moving base 51 is a wide-width moving base 50.
On the other hand, although it is possible to reciprocate within a range shorter than that, the mechanism for making it possible is that the wide movable base 50
And the turntable 65 of the turning mechanism portion 48 provided for the box bottom portion 64.

That is, the turntable 65 is framed in a flat frame shape using a square pipe or the like. Then, the small-width movable table 51 has a sliding guide means 6 formed between its lower surface and the upper surface of the turntable 65.
It is movably held by 6 and can be driven by a shaft feeding device 67 provided on the upper surface of the turntable 65. The shaft feeding device 67 has a structure in which a moving shaft 68 such as a screw shaft or a rack shaft is moved forward and backward by a motor 69. In addition, this shaft feeding device 6
It is also possible to use a fluid pressure cylinder or the like as 7.

The turning mechanism section 48 has the turntable 65 and drive means 72 for turning the turntable 65. At the bottom of the turntable 65, the wide movable stand 5
It has a swivel shaft 73 that penetrates the box bottom 64 of 0 and is rotatably held with respect to the box bottom 64. In the present embodiment, the driving means 72 is of a manual type having a handle 75, and the tip end portion of the handle shaft 76 and the lower end portion of the turning shaft 73 are connected by a worm gear portion 77.

The other structure is substantially the same as that of the first embodiment. With the rubbing massage machine 1 of the second embodiment having such a configuration, all of the various massage operations described in the first embodiment can be executed. Then, after that, the massage operation as shown in FIGS. 7 and 8 can also be executed. In FIG. 7, the pressure-sensitive portion 6
While reciprocating by the wide moving base 50 (see the white arrow L), further reciprocating by the narrow moving base 51 (arrow M).
(See) is also done at the same time.

In this case, the reciprocating movement (M) by the small-width movable table 51 may be independently performed while the wide-width movable table 50 is stopped at a predetermined position. In FIG. 8, the turning mechanism unit 4
The pressure-sensitive portion 6 is turned sideways by operating 8, and in this state, the pressure-sensitive portion 6 is caused to reciprocate by the wide movable base 50 (see the white arrow L), and further reciprocated by the narrow movable base 51. (See arrow N) is also performed at the same time.
At this time, the reciprocating direction of the small-width moving table 51 is orthogonal or oblique to the reciprocating direction of the wide-moving table 50.

In this case, the reciprocating movement (N) by the small-width movable table 51 may be performed independently while the wide-width movable table 50 is stopped at a predetermined position. By the way, the present invention is not limited to the above embodiment. For example, the support base 2 is not limited to the configuration that supports the whole body of the user, and may support only a part thereof. Therefore, it can be made into a chair shape or other shapes. The rotary brush 5 that constitutes the pressure-contacting portion 6 can be provided so that its rotation axis faces the user.

Further, the pressure-contacting portion 6 may be constituted by a rotatable brush 5, a rotatable roller, a ball or the like, an air bag, or a firball-shaped one made of rubber or the like. You can It is also possible to provide a plurality of touching parts 6 in the height direction of the user. Bedsheet 43
In addition to woven fabric, can be formed of leather, synthetic leather, resin sheet, or the like. Turning mechanism 48
Is not limited to being a manual type, and may be an electric type or a fluid pressure operated type.

A drive source such as a motor used as an operating unit of each unit can be replaced by a fluid pressure cylinder or the like, and various mechanisms such as a link mechanism, a cam mechanism, a winding transmission mechanism, a feed screw mechanism and the like are conventionally known. Can be replaced with various types.

[0037]

As is apparent from the above description, the rubbing massage machine according to the present invention is capable of performing a rubbing operation, which is not in the concept of the conventional massage machine. For example, since it can be used for the elderly and bedridden sick people, it can also be used for preventing floor displacement.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side view showing a first embodiment of a rubbing massage machine according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an enlarged cross-sectional view taken along the line AA of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a stretched state of the spread sheet in the first embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing a second embodiment of the rubbing massage machine according to the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a partially crushed side view showing an enlarged view of the second embodiment.

6 is an enlarged cross-sectional view taken along the line BB of FIG.

FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram showing an operation example of the second embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram showing another operation example in the second embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 rubbing massage machine 2 support 3 rubbing means 5 rotating brushes 6 Touch part 7 Moving mechanism 8 Lifting mechanism 43 Bedsheet 44 Depression 48 Swivel mechanism section 50 wide mobile platform 51 narrow moving platform

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Claims (4)

(57) [Claims] 1. A support base (2) for supporting a body, and a rubbing means (3) provided on the support base (2), wherein the rubbing means (3) includes a touch portion (6) and And a moving mechanism part (7) for moving the tactile part (6) along the body in a manner similar to a rubbing motion, wherein the rubbing means (3) raises and lowers the tactile part (6) at an arbitrary position. A lifting mechanism part (8) for enabling the movement is provided , and the moving mechanism part (7) of the rubbing means (3) is a pressure contact part.
Wide movement to reciprocate (6) along the body height direction
The platform (50) and the wide width with respect to the wide movable base (50)
Reciprocating motion of the pressure contact part (6) within a range shorter than the moving table (50)
And a small width moving table (51) for allowing the wide moving table (50) of the moving mechanism section (7) to have a small width.
The turning mechanism part (48) for turning the moving table (51)
A rubbing massage machine characterized by being provided . 2. A support base (2) for supporting a body, and a rubbing means (3) provided on the support base (2), the rubbing means (3) including the pressure-contacting portion (6) and And a moving mechanism part (7) for moving the tactile part (6) along the body in a manner similar to a rubbing motion, wherein the rubbing means (3) raises and lowers the tactile part (6) at an arbitrary position. possible elevator mechanism (8) is provided with, bedsheets said support base (2) is stretched in the height direction of the body
(43), and the bed sheet (43) has a pressure-contacting portion.
At the position corresponding to (6), it goes around to the lower side.
Has a recessed part (44), and the recessed part (44) touches.
Can move in the same direction as the pressure part (6) moves in the height direction
Massager rubbing, characterized in that it is made with. 3. A narrow moving base (5) of the moving mechanism section (7).
The rubbing massage machine according to claim 1 or 2, wherein 1) is provided as a pair on the left and right sides of the body. 4. The pressure contact portion (6) of the rubbing means (3).
The rubbing massage machine according to any one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that it is constituted by a rotating brush (5).