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JP4542500B2
JP4542500B2 JP2005342501A JP2005342501A JP4542500B2 JP 4542500 B2 JP4542500 B2 JP 4542500B2 JP 2005342501 A JP2005342501 A JP 2005342501A JP 2005342501 A JP2005342501 A JP 2005342501A JP 4542500 B2 JP4542500 B2 JP 4542500B2
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本発明は、椅子型のマッサージ機に関するものである。   The present invention relates to a chair-type massage machine.

現在、人体の膝及び足首の伸縮開放運動を効果的に行なうことができるマッサージ機が望まれている。   Currently, there is a demand for a massage machine that can effectively perform stretching and releasing movements of the human knee and ankle.

なお、空気袋の膨張圧縮により下腿部のマッサージを行う椅子型のマッサージ機は特許文献1等により提案されている。
特開2000−140053号公報
A chair-type massage machine that massages the lower leg by inflating and compressing an air bag is proposed in Patent Document 1 and the like.
JP 2000-140053 A

本発明は上記の従来の問題点に鑑みて発明したものであって、人体の膝及び足首の伸縮開放運動を行なうことができるマッサージ機を提供することを課題とするものである。   The present invention has been invented in view of the above-described conventional problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a massage machine that can perform stretching and releasing movements of the human knee and ankle.

上記課題を解決するために本発明に係るマッサージ機は、座部8と、背もたれ部9と、足のせ台4と、該足のせ台4を起倒するための機構を有する椅子型のマッサージ機であって、足のせ台4は、表面側に人体の両下腿部をそれぞれ独立してのせて支持することができる一対の足入れ凹部11と、足入れ凹部11の下端部に設けられて人体の足底部をのせるための足底のせ部12とを備え、上記足底のせ部12のつま先側に膨張収縮する空気袋1bを設け、座部8に座り且つ両足底のせ部12にそれぞれ人体の足底部をのせることで両足入れ凹部11にそれぞれ人体の両下腿部をのせて支持した状態で足のせ台4を起倒して膝の伸縮開放運動を行う際に、同時に足底のせ部12にのせた足底部と両足入れ凹部11に載せて支持した下腿部とのなす角度を鋭角にした状態でストレッチが行えるように足底のせ部12のつま先に対応した位置の空気袋1bを膨張させることを特徴とするもので、図2(a)(b)のように人体の膝及び足首の伸縮開放運動を効果的に行なうことができる。 In order to solve the above problems, a massage machine according to the present invention is a chair-type massage machine having a seat portion 8, a backrest portion 9, a footrest 4, and a mechanism for raising and lowering the footrest 4. The footrest 4 is provided at a pair of foot recesses 11 capable of independently supporting the lower leg portions of the human body on the surface side, and at the lower end of the foot recess 11. A footrest portion 12 for placing the sole portion of the human body, an air bag 1b that expands and contracts on the toe side of the footrest portion 12, and sits on the seat portion 8 and on both footrest portions 12 respectively. When the footrest 4 is tilted and the knees are extended and retracted while the human body's lower legs are placed on and supported by the both foot recesses 11 by placing the soles of the human body, put on the foot bottom and legs holding cavity 11 placed on section 12 of the support the lower leg Inflating the bladder 1b 1 at positions corresponding to the toe of the sole placed portion 12 to allow stretch in a state where the angle formed was sharp with those characterized, as in FIG. 2 (a) (b) In addition, it is possible to effectively extend and retract the human knee and ankle.

本発明は、人体の膝及び足首の伸縮開放運動を行なうことができる。   The present invention can perform stretching and stretching movements of the human knee and ankle.

以下、本発明を添付図面に示す実施形態に基づいて説明する。   Hereinafter, the present invention will be described based on embodiments shown in the accompanying drawings.

椅子型のマッサージ機2は図1に示すように、フレーム体10に座部8、背もたれ部9、足のせ台4を設けて構成してあり、背もたれ部9、座部8、足のせ台4にはそれぞれマッサージ手段が設けてあり、少なくとも足のせ台4に設けたマッサージ手段は膨張収縮させる空気袋1により構成してある。背もたれ部9、座部8に設けるマッサージ手段(添付図面においては図示を省略している)は膨張収縮させる空気袋により構成してもよく、あるいはローラ等の他の手段により構成してもよいものである。   As shown in FIG. 1, the chair-type massage machine 2 is configured by providing a frame body 10 with a seat 8, a backrest 9, and a footrest 4. The backrest 9, the seat 8, and the footrest 4 Each has a massage means, and at least the massage means provided on the footrest 4 is constituted by an air bag 1 that is inflated and contracted. Massage means (not shown in the attached drawings) provided on the backrest 9 and the seat 8 may be constituted by an inflating and shrinking air bag, or may be constituted by other means such as a roller. It is.

足のせ台4は表面側に人体の両下腿部3をそれぞれ独立して入れることができる一対の足入れ凹部11が設けてあり、この一対の足入れ凹部11は仕切り部13を介して仕切ってある。各足入れ凹部11の下端部(先端部)は足底のせ部12となっている。そして利用者が座部8に座って足のせ台4に人体の両下腿部3をのせるのであるが、この場合、人体の両下腿部3のふくらはぎ部5を一対の足入れ凹部11にそれぞれ独立して入れるとともに人体の両足底部6をそれぞれ両足底のせ部12にのせることで、足のせ台4に両下腿部3をのせて支持するようになっている。   The footrest 4 is provided with a pair of foot recesses 11 on the surface side where both the lower leg portions 3 of the human body can be inserted independently, and the pair of foot recesses 11 are partitioned through a partition portion 13. It is. The lower end (front end) of each foot recess 11 is a footrest 12. Then, the user sits on the seat portion 8 and puts both lower leg portions 3 of the human body on the footrest 4. In this case, the calf portions 5 of both lower leg portions 3 of the human body are paired with a pair of foot insertion recesses 11. In addition, each of the foot portions 6 of the human body is placed on the foot rest portions 12 of the human body, so that the lower leg portions 3 are placed on and supported by the foot rests 4.

各足入れ凹部11の両側壁にはそれぞれふくらはぎ部5を圧迫するための空気袋1aが設けてあり、各足底のせ部12には人体の足底部6を圧迫するための空気袋1bが設けてある。ここで、足底のせ部12に設けた人体の足底部6を圧迫するための空気袋1bとしては図2(a)(b)に示すように足のせ台4を起倒する際に足のせ台4のつま先に対応した位置で膨張する空気袋1bがある。また、図2の実施形態では足底部6の上記足先に対応した位置から踵に対応した位置にかけて複数の空気袋1b、1b、1bが設けある。 An air bag 1a for compressing the calf portion 5 is provided on each side wall of each foot pocket recess 11, and an air bag 1b for pressing the foot sole portion 6 of the human body is provided on each footrest portion 12. It is. Here, as the air bag 1b for compressing the foot sole portion 6 of the human body provided on the foot rest portion 12, as shown in FIGS. 2 (a) and 2 (b), the foot rest is raised when the foot rest 4 is tilted. There is an air bag 1b 1 that expands at a position corresponding to the toe of the base 4. In the embodiment of FIG. 2, a plurality of air bags 1b 1 , 1b 2 , 1b 3 are provided from a position corresponding to the above-mentioned foot tip of the sole 6 to a position corresponding to the heel.

上記空気袋1a、1bはチューブ16を介して給排気手段15に接続してあって、給排気手段15により空気袋1a、1bを膨張させたり、あるいは収縮させたりするようになっている。ここで、空気袋1a、空気袋1bはそれぞれ給排気手段15により独立して膨張収縮されるように制御され、これにより空気袋1aのみを膨張収縮して人体のふくらはぎ部5のマッサージをしたり、あるいは、空気袋1bのみを膨張収縮して人体の足底部6のみをマッサージしていわゆる青竹踏みと同じような刺激を足底部6に与えたり、あるいは、空気袋1a、空気袋1bの両方を膨張収縮してふくらはぎ部5と足底部6の両方をマッサージしたり、あるいは、上記のように空気袋1a、空気袋1bの両方を膨張収縮してふくらはぎ部5と足底部6の両方をマッサージする際に、空気袋1aと空気袋1bの膨張のタイミングをずらすことで、例えば、空気袋1bを膨張したのち、空気袋1bの膨張を維持しながら空気袋1aを膨張させることで、足底部6を圧迫したのちにふくらはぎ部5を圧迫するということができて、静脈の血流を人体の末梢部分である足底部6からふくらはぎ部5を通して心臓の方に流すようなマッサージができるものである。   The air bags 1a and 1b are connected to the air supply / exhaust means 15 through the tube 16, and the air bags 1a and 1b are inflated or contracted by the air supply / exhaust means 15. Here, the air bag 1a and the air bag 1b are controlled to be inflated and shrunk independently by the air supply / exhaust means 15, respectively, whereby only the air bag 1a is inflated and shrunk to massage the calf portion 5 of the human body. Alternatively, only the air bag 1b is inflated and contracted to massage only the sole 6 of the human body and give the sole 6 the same stimulus as the so-called bamboo bamboo tread, or both the air bag 1a and the air bag 1b Inflate and contract to massage both calf part 5 and sole 6 or, as described above, inflate and contract both air bag 1a and air bag 1b to massage both calf part 5 and sole 6 At this time, by shifting the inflation timing of the air bag 1a and the air bag 1b, for example, after the air bag 1b is inflated, the air bag 1a can be inflated while maintaining the inflation of the air bag 1b. Then, after pressing the sole 6, the calf 5 can be compressed, and a massage that flows the blood flow of the vein from the sole 6, which is the peripheral part of the human body, to the heart through the calf 5. It can be done.

本発明においては、足のせ台4を起倒する機構が設けてある。この足のせ台4を起倒する機構は、足のせ台4の骨組みを構成する足のせフレーム部20をフレーム体10の前端上部に軸21により回動自在に取付けてある。更にフレーム部20はフレーム体10に対して起倒手段22により軸21を回動中心として回動することで起倒自在となっている。   In the present invention, a mechanism for raising and lowering the footrest 4 is provided. In the mechanism for raising and lowering the footrest 4, a footrest frame portion 20 constituting a framework of the footrest 4 is attached to the upper part of the front end of the frame body 10 so as to be rotatable by a shaft 21. Further, the frame portion 20 can be tilted up and down by rotating around the shaft 21 with respect to the frame body 10 by the tilting means 22.

起倒手段22は図3に示すように、一端部がフレーム体10に回動自在に取付けられた雄ねじ棒23と、一端部が足のせフレーム部20に回動自在に取付けられた筒体24と、筒体24の他端部に設けられたモータ25と、モータ25の出力軸に取付けたウォームギア26と、ウォームギア26に噛み合うウォームホイール27と、ウォームホイール27に設けた内側が雌ねじとなった螺合筒28とで構成してあり、螺合筒28が筒体24の他端部内に配置され、更に螺合筒28にねじ棒23が螺合して構成してあり、モータ25を駆動することで、ねじ棒23の螺合筒28への螺合深さが変わり、これにより足のせフレーム部20(つまり足のせ台4)を軸21を回動中心として図2(a)状態と図2(b)の状態との間で回動するようになっている。   As shown in FIG. 3, the raising / lowering means 22 has a male screw rod 23 having one end portion rotatably attached to the frame body 10 and a cylinder body 24 having one end portion rotatably attached to the footrest frame portion 20. A motor 25 provided at the other end of the cylindrical body 24, a worm gear 26 attached to the output shaft of the motor 25, a worm wheel 27 meshing with the worm gear 26, and an inner side provided in the worm wheel 27 are internal threads. The screw cylinder 28 is arranged in the other end portion of the cylinder 24, and the screw rod 23 is screwed to the screw cylinder 28 to drive the motor 25. As a result, the screwing depth of the screw rod 23 to the screwing cylinder 28 is changed, so that the footrest frame portion 20 (that is, the footrest 4) is turned to the state shown in FIG. Rotate between the state of FIG. 2 (b) You have me.

そして、本実施形態においては、人体のふくらはぎ部5を圧迫するための空気袋1a乃至足底部6を圧迫するための空気袋1bの膨張収縮に合わせて足のせ台4を起倒させるように制御されるのであるが、例えば、足のせ台4の空気袋1a乃至空気袋1bを膨張させた状態の信号(電気的信号)を受けてモータ25を駆動して図4(a)(b)のように足のせフレーム部20を回動して図2(a)(b)のように人体の膝及び足首の伸縮開放運動を効果的に行うものである。この場合、足のせ台4の空気袋1a乃至空気袋1bを膨張させた状態でモータ25の正転・逆転を繰り返すようにしてもよく、繰り返した場合には人体の膝及び足首の伸縮開放運動を繰り返して行えるものである。   And in this embodiment, it controls so that the footrest 4 may be tilted according to the expansion / contraction of the air bag 1a for compressing the calf part 5 of a human body thru | or the air bag 1b for compressing the sole part 6. For example, the motor 25 is driven by receiving a signal (electrical signal) in a state where the air bag 1a to the air bag 1b of the footrest 4 is inflated to drive the motor 25 shown in FIGS. 4 (a) and 4 (b). In this way, the foot frame portion 20 is rotated so as to effectively extend and retract the knees and ankles of the human body as shown in FIGS. In this case, the forward / reverse rotation of the motor 25 may be repeated while the air bag 1a to air bag 1b of the footrest 4 is inflated. Can be repeated.

ところで、添付図面の実施形態のように、各足底のせ部12につま先側から踵側にかけて複数の空気袋1b、1b、1b……を設けたものにおいては、複数の空気袋1bを給排気手段15によりそれぞれ独立して膨張収縮して人体の足底部6の好みの位置のマッサージを行なうことができるようになっている。ここで、図5に示すように、空気袋1b、1b、1bを一端側から他端側に向けて順次膨張収縮を行うように給排気手段15による給排気を制御すると足首の伸縮運動が可能となるものである。 By the way, in the case where a plurality of air bags 1b 1 , 1b 2 , 1b 3 ... Are provided on each footrest portion 12 from the toe side to the heel side as in the embodiment of the accompanying drawings, a plurality of air bags 1b. These are expanded and contracted independently by the air supply / exhaust means 15 so that the massage at the desired position of the sole 6 of the human body can be performed. Here, as shown in FIG. 5, when the air supply / exhaust means 15 is controlled so that the air bags 1b 1 , 1b 2 , 1b 3 are sequentially expanded and contracted from one end side to the other end side, the ankles expand and contract. Exercise is possible.

また、図6、図7に示すように椅子型のマッサージ機2の両肘置き部7の内側にそれぞれ位置規制用空気袋1cを設けてもよい。位置規制用空気袋1cは給排気手段15により膨張したり収縮したりするようになっている。しかして本実施形態においては椅子型のマッサージ機2に座り始めにおいては位置規制用空気袋1cを収縮させて利用者が容易に椅子型のマッサージ機2に座り、その後、位置規制用空気袋1cを膨張させて座部8に座った人体の腰部分を両側から位置規制用空気袋1cにより押し付け、これにより人体のずれを矯正して人体を正しい位置に位置規制した状態でマッサージを開始するものである。これによりマッサージ機能部分に対して使用者の身体がずれがないように位置規制して効果的なマッサージができるものである。   Moreover, as shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, the position regulating air bags 1 c may be provided inside the both elbow rests 7 of the chair type massage machine 2. The position regulating air bag 1c is expanded and contracted by the air supply / exhaust means 15. Therefore, in the present embodiment, at the beginning of sitting on the chair type massage machine 2, the position regulating air bag 1c is contracted so that the user can easily sit on the chair type massage machine 2, and then the position regulating air bag 1c. The body part of the human body sitting on the seat 8 is pressed from both sides by the position regulating air bag 1c, thereby correcting the displacement of the human body and starting the massage in a state where the human body is positioned at the correct position. It is. Thus, effective massage can be performed by restricting the position of the user's body with respect to the massage function portion so that there is no deviation.

本発明の一実施形態の全体斜視図である。1 is an overall perspective view of an embodiment of the present invention. (a)(b)は足のせ台を起倒させて膝及び足首の伸縮運動を行っている例を示す説明図である。(A) (b) is explanatory drawing which shows the example which raises and lowers a footrest and is performing the expansion-contraction exercise | movement of a knee and an ankle. (a)は同上の足のせ台の起倒手段を示す斜視図であり、(b)は分解斜視図である。(A) is a perspective view which shows the raising / lowering means of a footrest same as the above, (b) is an exploded perspective view. (a)(b)は同上の起倒手段により足のせフレーム部を起倒している状態を説明するための側面図である。(A) (b) is a side view for demonstrating the state which is raising the leg frame part by the raising means same as the above. (a)乃至(c)は同上の足首の伸縮運動を行っている例を示す説明図である。(A) thru | or (c) is explanatory drawing which shows the example which is performing the expansion-contraction motion of an ankle same as the above. 同上の他の実施形態を示す全体斜視図である。It is a whole perspective view which shows other embodiment same as the above. 同上の使用状態を示す全体正面図である。It is a whole front view which shows the use condition same as the above.

1b 空気袋
3 下腿部
4 足のせ台
12 足底のせ部
1b Air bag 3 Lower leg 4 Foot rest 12 Foot rest

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座部と、背もたれ部と、足のせ台と、該足のせ台を起倒するための機構を有する椅子型のマッサージ機であって、足のせ台は、表面側に人体の両下腿部をそれぞれ独立してのせて支持することができる一対の足入れ凹部と、足入れ凹部の下端部に設けられて人体の足底部をのせるための足底のせ部とを備え、上記足底のせ部のつま先側に膨張収縮する空気袋を設け、座部に座り且つ両足底のせ部にそれぞれ人体の足底部をのせることで両足入れ凹部にそれぞれ人体の両下腿部をのせて支持した状態で足のせ台を起倒して膝の伸縮開放運動を行う際に、同時に足底のせ部にのせた足底部と両足入れ凹部に載せて支持した下腿部とのなす角度を鋭角にした状態でストレッチが行えるように足底のせ部のつま先に対応した位置の空気袋を膨張させることを特徴とするマッサージ機。 A chair-type massage machine having a seat, a backrest, a footrest, and a mechanism for raising and lowering the footrest, the footrest having both lower leg portions of the human body on the surface side A pair of footrest recesses that can be placed independently and supported, and a footrest portion provided on a lower end portion of the footrest recess for placing the foot sole portion of the human body, the footrest rest portion With the air bag inflating and shrinking on the toe side of the toe, sitting on the seat and placing the soles of the human body on the soles of both feet, respectively, and supporting the both lower leg parts of the human body in the recesses for putting in both feet When performing the knee expansion and contraction movement by raising and lowering the footrest , stretch with the angle between the sole placed on the sole and the lower leg supported by placing on both foot insertion recesses at an acute angle Inflating the air bag at a position corresponding to the toe of the footrest part Massage machine, wherein the door.
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