JP4988946B1 - Fingerwheel exercise aid - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide a device that can perform finger turning exercise in a relaxed state without applying force.
As a finger rotation exercise assisting device, a housing 10 and a rotating unit 20 having a rotating surface on an outer periphery, the rotating surface being attached to the housing 10 so as to be rotatable around a central axis of the rotating surface. A first finger insertion comprising a rotating part 20 to be held and a cylindrical body 30 fixed to the rotating part 20 in parallel to the central axis and having an opening on at least one side along the central axis On the opposite side of the cylinder 30 and the first finger insertion cylinder 30 across the central axis, the cylindrical body 30 is fixed to the rotating unit 20 in parallel with the central axis, and at least the other side along the rotational axis The second finger insertion cylinder 30 having an opening at the top and a rotation driving means 40 provided on the housing 10 for rotating the rotating unit 20.
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Description

  The present invention relates to a device for assisting a finger rotation motion in which fingers facing left and right hands face each other and rotate at positions shifted from each other.

  The finger turning motion is generally known as a motion in which the fingers of the left and right hands are brought into contact with each other, and a pair of fingers are separated from each other and rotated so as not to contact each other. As an instrument for assisting the fingers to be rotated by this finger rotation movement so as not to contact each other, an instrument in which cylinders are arranged in parallel is shown in FIGS. 2 and 3 of Patent Document 1 and Patent Document 2 below. When left and right rotating fingers are inserted into these holes and rotated, the fingers can be easily rotated without touching each other by the instrument.

Japanese Patent No. 3392277 Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 7-31036

By the way, it is said that finger rotation exercise is expected to have an effect of stimulating the brain and improving the motor system and autonomic nervous system by voluntarily rotating the finger using the muscle. It is difficult to relax and exercise to rotate. The inventor of this application conceived that a new effect could be obtained by having the finger passively turned and rotating the finger in a relaxed state with the finger removed. It is difficult for an assistant to turn the finger-pushing exercise with full power, and it is difficult to realize it using the above-described invention.
In view of such circumstances, it is an object of the present invention to provide a device that can be used in a relaxed state without applying a finger turning exercise.

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention has the following configuration.
The invention according to claim 1 is a rotating part having a casing and a rotating surface on an outer periphery, wherein the rotating surface is held by the casing so as to be rotatable about a central axis of the rotating surface. And a first finger insertion cylinder comprising a cylinder having an opening on at least one side along the central axis, wherein the first finger insertion cylinder is fixed to the rotating part in parallel with the central axis. A second finger insertion having a cylindrical body fixed to the rotating portion parallel to the central axis on the opposite side of the central axis of the finger insertion cylinder and having an opening on at least the other side along the rotational axis Rotation driving means provided in the casing for rotating the cylinder and the rotating portion, and driven by a motor capable of rotation control, and at least normal rotation and inversion for each of two or more fingers. The motor rotates with a rotation pattern including one or more of each Rotation driving means having control means for program-controlling the motor and controlling the program to stop the rotation for a predetermined time after the rotation for one finger is finished and before the rotation for the next finger is started. And a fingerwheel exercise assisting device.
According to a second aspect of the present invention, the first finger insertion cylinder and the second finger insertion cylinder are fixed to the rotation portion so as to be rotatable around a rotation axis along the longitudinal direction. Is.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the finger rotation assisting device, in a state where any one of the fingers other than the left and right thumbs is inserted into each of the first finger insertion tube and the second finger insertion tube, For each hand, a handle that can be gripped by a thumb and a finger other than the thumb that is not inserted is provided in the housing.
According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the finger turning exercise assisting device, the rotation driving means is driven by a motor capable of rotation control, and a changeover switch for switching between normal rotation and reverse rotation of the motor is provided. It is provided in the housing.
According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the finger assisting device, the rotation driving means is driven by a motor capable of rotation control, and further a speed adjustment switch for changing a rotation speed of the motor output shaft. Is provided in the housing. In addition, the rotation control of the motor includes the case where the rotation speed is controlled by a transmission in addition to the electric rotation of the motor.

With the configuration as described above, the present invention has the following effects.
According to the first aspect of the present invention, one finger of one hand is put into the first finger insertion cylinder, the finger opposite to the other hand is put into the second insertion cylinder, and the rotating part is rotated to rotate each finger. Since it can be automatically rotated in a state of being shifted, it is possible to perform a finger turning exercise in a relaxed state without applying force to the finger.
In addition, because the rotation of the finger is performed by a predetermined program, when the number and direction of the finger rotation are determined, the finger rotation exercise is performed in a mentally relaxed state as compared with the case of counting by itself. be able to.
According to the second aspect of the present invention, the first insertion cylinder and the second insertion cylinder can be rotated even when the rotating portion is rotated with the finger inserted by fixing the first insertion cylinder and the second insertion cylinder to be rotatable. Since the same posture is maintained, the fingers inserted into the inner wall of the first insertion cylinder and the inner wall of the second insertion cylinder are not rubbed and anxious.
The invention according to claim 3 can stabilize the position of the finger that is not rotated by having a handle that can be held by a finger other than the thumb and the finger to be rotated.
According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, since the rotation direction of the rotating part can be changed, the user can change the rotation direction of the finger as desired.
According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, since the rotation speed of the rotation unit can be changed, the user can rotate the finger at a favorite rotation speed.

It is a perspective view of the finger rotation exercise assistance device concerning an embodiment. It is the sectional view on the AA line of FIG. FIG. 3 is a sectional view taken along line B-B in FIG. 2. It is a side view which shows the use condition of the finger rotation exercise assistance device which concerns on embodiment.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a finger rotation exercise assisting device X according to the present embodiment, FIG. 2 is a sectional view taken along line AA in FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 is a sectional view taken along line BB in FIG. The finger rotation exercise assisting device X includes a housing 10, a rotation unit 20, a finger insertion cylinder 30, a rotation drive unit 40, and a control unit 50.

  The casing 10 is a plastic molded product, and has a shape in which a vertically long box with an upper arch shape projects upward from the center of a horizontally long rectangular box, and the upper box is circular. Are provided so as to face each other. Inside the housing 10, a horizontally long rectangular box is partitioned in the horizontal direction, and most of the control unit 50 is stored on the lower side. A push switch 12 serving as a power switch is provided on the lower outer surface. The housing 10 is molded and assembled from several parts, but the method of disassembling the parts is arbitrary, and the description thereof is omitted here.

The rotating portion 20 has a drum shape and has a double shallow groove 22 having a V-shaped cross section on the outer peripheral surface. The grooves 22 and 22 form a rotating surface obtained by rotating a V-shaped line around the central axis of the drum-shaped rotating unit 20. A groove having a U-shaped cross section is formed between the grooves 22 and 22. The outer peripheral surface of the transmission pulley 21 is formed on the rotating surface formed by the bottom surface of the U-shaped groove. Each V-shaped groove 22 rides on two lower portions of the rotating portion 20 so as to fit into rollers 23 and 23 that are rotatably supported inside the housing 10 as shown in FIG. Thus, the rotating part 20 is supported so as to be rotatable around the central axis of the grooves 22 and 22 forming the rotating surface. Two rollers 23 are provided on the same axis so as to fit in each V-shaped groove 22 at each of two locations. The outer diameter of the rotating part 20 is formed to be larger than the inner diameter of the circular hole 11 provided in the casing 10, so that the rotating part 20 cannot be removed from the casing 10.
In addition, a cylindrical hole is formed in one of the circular surfaces of the rotating unit 20 at a position shifted from the central axis of the rotating unit 20 in parallel to the central axis, and the cylindrical hole is also formed in the other circular surface. However, they are formed so as to be in alternate positions with respect to the hole on one side across the central axis. A small-diameter hole is provided on the bottom surface of each hole, and a hole into which a bearing to be described later from the back surface to the small-diameter hole is fitted.

  The finger insertion cylinder 30 is a bottomed cylindrical body, and has an outer diameter that can be rotatably fitted in a hole provided in a circular surface of the rotating unit 20. The opening side of the finger insertion cylinder 30 expands so as to increase in diameter, and a small cylindrical part having a screw hole formed in the center is provided at the center of the outer side of the bottom surface. The finger insertion cylinder 30 is inserted into a hole provided in the circular surface of the rotating portion 20, the cylindrical portion of the bottom surface passes through a small diameter hole provided in the bottom surface of the inserted hole, and a bearing 31 is fitted on the back surface side. The bearing 31 is fixed by screws and washers. Thereby, the finger insertion cylinder 30 is fixed so as to be rotatable around the rotation axis along the longitudinal direction. The finger insertion cylinders 30 are alternately fixed to the rotating unit 20 with openings facing opposite to each other on both circular surfaces of the rotating unit 20.

  The rotation drive unit 40 is fixed to the output shaft of the transmission pulley 21 provided in the rotation unit 20, the motor 41 provided on the lateral partition in the housing 10, and the motor 41 provided in parallel to the transmission pulley 21. The pulley 42 is composed of a timing belt 43 suspended between the transmission pulley 21 and the driving pulley 42. With such a configuration, the rotating unit 20 rotates with a downward force applied by the timing belt 43, while being supported from below by the rollers 23, 23, the rotating unit 20 includes the timing belt 43 and the roller 23. , 23 and can be rotated in a stable state.

  The control unit 50 includes a microcomputer including a CPU, RAM, ROM, clock, and the like (not shown), a battery box that supplies power, a rotary encoder (not shown) provided in the motor 41, and a push switch 12 provided outside the housing 10. The A program for controlling the operation of the motor is recorded in the ROM of the microcomputer, and a signal based on the rotary encoder is counted to calculate the number of rotations of the rotating unit 20 to perform a predetermined operation. Specifically, when the push switch 12 is pressed, the rotating unit 20 is rotated several times in one direction after a few seconds, and then rotated in the opposite direction by the same amount, and stopped for a few seconds. After repeating this operation a total of four times, the power is turned off.

Next, the usage method of the fingerwheel exercise assisting device X having the above configuration will be described. As shown in FIG. 4, the user P lies on his back and places the exercise assisting device X on the abdomen so that the rotating unit 20 side faces the toes. In this state, the position is adjusted so that the elbow is in contact with the floor surface, the thumbs of both hands are placed on the bottom surface of the housing 10, and the remaining fingers are placed on the top surface of the horizontally long rectangular parallelepiped box of the housing 10. Hold it lightly against. That is, the upper surface and the lower surface of the horizontally long rectangular parallelepiped box of the housing 10 form a handle 13 for hooking a finger. From this state, for example, the index finger of both hands is inserted into each finger insertion cylinder 30, and the push switch 12 is pushed with the thumb to start the operation. At this time, the force of fingers and arms is removed to keep it relaxed. When the push switch 12 is pressed, the rotating unit 20 rotates several times in one direction and several times in the reverse direction according to the program. Thereby, the finger-pushing movement of the index finger is passively performed. Thereafter, the rotation stops for a certain period of time, and during this time, the finger is replaced with, for example, the middle finger and the same operation is performed. When the rotation of all the fingers from the index finger is completed, the power is automatically turned off and the operation is completed.
In this way, once the push switch 12 is pressed, the finger-turning assisting device X can automatically perform finger-pushing movements even in a relaxed state after removing the force, and a predetermined number of rotations and switching between rotation directions can be performed. Since it is automatically performed by the program, it is not necessary to count the number of rotations, and it is possible to realize the exercise by turning the finger in a mentally relaxed state.

In the above embodiment, the rotating unit 20 is configured to be stabilized by being sandwiched between the lower rollers 23 and 23 and the upper timing belt 43. However, the rotating unit 20 is connected from below with a gear. In the case of rotating, by providing the rollers at two upper positions, it is possible to hold the rollers up and down and stabilize the position.
In the above embodiment, the rotation operation of the rotating unit 20 is controlled by a program. However, a switch for performing a normal inversion operation of the motor 41, a speed adjustment switch for changing the rotation speed of the rotating unit 20, and the like are provided. Alternatively, or in the middle of the program, the user may be able to input operation instructions as appropriate.

X finger turning exercise assisting device 10 housing 12 push switch 13 handle 20 rotating part
21 Transmission pulley 22 Groove 23 Roller 30 Finger insertion cylinder 40 Rotation drive part 41 Motor 42 Drive pulley 43 Timing belt 50 Control part

Claims (5)

A housing,
A rotating part having a rotating surface on an outer periphery, the rotating part being held by the casing so as to be rotatable around a central axis of the rotating surface;
A first finger insertion cylinder formed of a cylinder having an opening on at least one side along the central axis, the cylinder fixed to the rotating portion in parallel to the central axis;
On the opposite side of the first finger insertion cylinder across the central axis, the cylindrical body is fixed to the rotating portion in parallel with the central axis, and has an opening at least on the other side along the central axis. A two-finger insertion tube,
Rotation driving means driven by a rotation-controllable motor provided in the casing for rotating the rotating part, and including at least forward rotation and inversion at least once for each of two or more fingers The motor is programmed and controlled so that the motor rotates according to the pattern, and the program is controlled to stop the rotation for a predetermined time after the rotation of the first finger is finished and before the rotation of the next finger is started. A finger movement assisting device having a rotation driving means having a control means. The finger rotation exercise assisting device according to claim 1 , wherein the first finger insertion cylinder and the second insertion cylinder are fixed to the rotation portion so as to be rotatable around a rotation axis along a longitudinal direction. Fingers other than the thumb and the uninserted thumb with respect to each of the left and right hands in a state in which any finger other than the left and right thumbs is inserted into each of the first finger insertion cylinder and the second finger insertion cylinder finger turning motion assist device according to claim 1 or 2 handle that can be gripped is provided in the housing between. The said rotation drive means is driven by the motor which can be rotationally controlled, Furthermore, the changeover switch which switches the normal rotation and inversion of the said motor is provided in the said housing | casing in any one of Claim 1 to 3 The finger-pushing exercise assist device described. The rotation driving means be one that is driven by the rotation controllable motor, further, any speed adjustment switch for changing the rotational speed of the motor output shaft 4 claims 1 provided in the casing 1 The finger-rotation exercise assisting device according to item.

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