JP5529712B2 - Massage equipment - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to an air bag used for massage.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, an air bag device that can perform massage by changing the area of a pressing range is known. (For example, see Patent Document 1)

  Such an air bag device includes an outer air bag that performs massage by expansion and contraction, and an inner air bag that is disposed in the outer air bag and is smaller than the outer air bag and performs massage by expansion and contraction, The kneading balls are provided on the side surface of the inner air bag that faces the side surface of the outer air bag that is the human body contact surface side.

  According to this air bag device, massage is performed by pressing the upper and shoulders of the back over a wide range by the expansion and contraction of the outer air bag, and the acupressure effect by the kneading balls is obtained by the expansion of the inner air bag. Two types of massages can be performed on the part, and since the pressing range by the kneading balls is narrow, massage can be performed by changing the area of the pressing range.

JP 2004-202091 A

  However, in such an air bag device, two types of massage can be performed on the same part by the outer air bag and the inner air bag, and the kneading balls have a narrow pressing range. Although the massage can be performed by changing the area, since the inner air bag is included in the outer air bag, it is expected that the air bag will be enlarged and the production process will be expensive. Further, the central portion of the treatment surface of the air bag is most inflated and becomes a substantially mountain shape, so that the treatment surface is near the top of the mountain shape and the treatment range is narrow.

  Therefore, the present invention has been made to solve such problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a massage apparatus that can take a wide range of treatment and can easily and inexpensively perform massages with different body sensations. To do.

The present invention provides a massage apparatus having an air bag for performing massage by inflating and contracting, wherein the air bag has an outer edge portion and an inner edge portion, and has an inflating portion surrounded by the outer edge portion and the inner edge portion. And a treatment element is provided inside the inner edge of the air bag.
By adopting such a configuration, since the inflatable portion is configured in an annular shape, the treatment range can be made wider than a conventional massage air bag, and the experience can be different from that of a conventional massage air bag. it can. In addition, it is possible to perform different treatments by the treatment at the inflated portion of the air bag and the treatment with the treatment element.

Moreover, it is preferable to have the raising / lowering body which raises / lowers the said treatment element.
By comprising in this way, the contact condition to the body of a treatment element can be changed.

Moreover, it is preferable that the said expansion | swelling part is comprised so that it may contact | abut to a body in a position higher than the said treatment element when it expand | swells.
By comprising in this way, the contact condition to the body of a treatment element can be changed.

Further, it is preferable that the air bag and the elevating body are configured to operate independently.
By comprising in this way, the treatment in the expansion | swelling part of an air bag and the treatment with a treatment element can be selected.

Moreover, it is preferable that the treatment range is maximized when the air bag and the lifting body are operated.
With this configuration, when only the lifting body is operated, the treatment range is minimized, and when only the inflated portion of the air bag is operated, the treatment range is wider than when only the lifting body is operated, and the air When the inflatable portion of the bag and the lifting / lowering body are operated, the treatment range is maximized, so that the treatment range can be selected in stages.

  Moreover, it is preferable that the said massage apparatus is provided in the position corresponding to a user's treatment part. By comprising in this way, a to-be-treated part can be massaged.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, the treatment range can be taken, and the massage apparatus which can perform the massage from which a bodily sensation differs easily and cheaply can be provided.

It is a perspective view of the chair type massage machine concerning one embodiment provided with the massage device of the present invention. It is a functional block diagram of the massage machine concerning one embodiment provided with the massage device of the present invention. It is a disassembled perspective view of the massage apparatus of this invention. It is a perspective view of the massage device of the present invention. It is sectional drawing of the massage apparatus of this invention. It is sectional drawing when the massage apparatus of this invention expand | swells and shrink | contracts. It is a figure when it has contact | abutted to the massage apparatus human body of this invention. It is a perspective view which shows the other Example of the massage apparatus of this invention.

Hereinafter, the whole structure of the chair type massage machine 1 provided with the massage apparatus 30a, 30b, 31a, 31b which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention is demonstrated based on drawing. FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a chair type massage machine according to an embodiment including the massage device of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram of a massage machine according to an embodiment including the massage device of the present invention.
As shown in FIG. 1, this chair type massage machine 1 is mainly composed of a seat portion 2 on which a user is seated, a backrest portion 3 provided behind the seat portion 2 to support the upper body of the user, and a seat portion 2. It is formed in a chair shape by a footrest 4 which is provided in the front part and supports a user's leg part (swelling part) and / or foot part (toe side from the ankle).
In the following description, the concept of direction is defined as follows. That is, in the “left-right direction”, “left side” is “left” and “right side” is “right” as viewed from the user seated on the seat 2. In the backrest 3, the width direction of the backrest 3 is “left-right direction”, the side toward the center of the backrest 3 is “inside”, and the side toward the outside is “outside”. The thickness direction of the backrest portion 3 is “front-rear direction”, the face side is “front”, and the back head side is “rear”. The direction from the waist of the backrest 3 toward the head is the “vertical direction”, the head side is “up”, and the waist side is “down”. In the footrest 4, the longitudinal direction of the legs supported by the footrest 4 in the suspended state is the vertical direction, the knee side is “up”, and the toe side is “down”.

  As shown in FIG. 2, a treatment having a pair of left and right kneading balls 10 a that are paired up and down to give mechanical stimulation such as a kneading operation and a hitting operation to the rear surface of the user's torso, as shown in FIG. A unit 10 is provided. These upper and lower kneading balls 10a are provided on a dog-shaped arm 10b. The treatment unit 10 can be moved up and down along a pair of left and right guide rails (not shown) provided in the backrest 3 and extending in the up and down direction. The treatment unit 10 can be moved back and forth in the front-rear direction by an advancing / retreating mechanism (not shown) provided in the backrest 3. The kneading operation, the tapping operation, the elevating operation, and the advancing / retreating operation are performed by driving by the kneading drive unit 11, the tapping drive unit 12, the elevating drive unit 13, and the advancing / retreating drive unit 14 each composed of an electric motor or an air bag (FIG. 2). reference).

  As shown in FIG. 2, the backrest part 3 can be reclined with respect to the rear part of the seat part 2 around the horizontal axis by an actuator 8a made of an electric motor, a fluid pressure cylinder, an air bag or the like. It can be stopped at an arbitrary position between the standing state shown in FIG. Further, as shown in FIG. 2, the footrest 4 is, like the backrest portion 3, with respect to the front portion of the seat portion 2 around the horizontal axis by an actuator 8 b made of an electric motor, a fluid pressure cylinder, an air cell or the like. It can be rotated up and down, and can be stopped at any position between the suspended state shown in FIG. 1 and the substantially horizontal state rotated upward.

  As shown in FIG. 2, below the seat portion 2, a backrest treatment portion (left) 30 a, a backrest treatment portion (right) 30 b made of an air bag, which will be described later, provided on the backrest portion 3 and the seat portion 2, The air supply / exhaust device 20 having a pump 20a and a valve 20b for supplying and exhausting air to and from the seat treatment unit (left) 31a and the seat treatment unit (right) 31b, the treatment unit 10, the actuators 8a and 8b, A CPU 21 that controls the driving of the air supply / exhaust device 20, a memory (RAM), and a control unit 21 including a microcomputer having a storage unit (ROM) are provided. The control unit 21 is electrically connected to an operation unit 22 operated by a user. Based on an input signal input from the operation unit 22, the control unit 10, the actuators 8a and 8b, and the air supply / exhaust device 20 are connected. An output signal for drive control is output. In addition, the control part 21 is comprised so that operation | movement (expansion / contraction) of each air bag mentioned later can be controlled independently.

[Composition of air bag]
Hereinafter, the structure of massage apparatus 30a, 30b, 31a, 31b which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention is demonstrated based on drawing.
FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view of the massage device of the present invention. FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the massage device of the present invention.

  Hereinafter, the configuration of the massage devices 31a and 31b as seat treatment units provided in the seat 2 will be described as a representative. Since the configuration of the massage devices 30a and 30b as the backrest treatment unit provided in the backrest 3 is the same as that of the seat treatment unit, the description thereof is omitted. As shown in FIG.3 and FIG.4, in this embodiment, massage apparatus 31a, 31b is comprised by the 1st air bags 41a and 41c and the 2nd air bags 41b and 41d as a raising / lowering body. The massage devices 31a and 31b may be configured only by the first air bags 41a and 41c.

  The first air bags 41a and 41c can be deformed by the inflow and outflow of fluid, have outer edge portions 52a and 52c and inner edge portions 51a and 51c, and are surrounded by the outer edge portions 52a and 52c and the inner edge portions 51a and 51c. Inflated portions 56a and 56c. At the ends of the first air bags 41a, 41c on the inner side in the left-right direction, there are attachment portions 54a, 54c for the supply and discharge pipe members and fixing portions 53a, 53c for attachment to the seat portion 2. Although not shown, these are connected to the air supply / exhaust device 20 by a pipe member, and are configured so that the height and hardness of the air bag can be individually adjusted.

  The outer edge portions 52a and 52c of the first air bags 41a and 41c are the outer ends of the air bags formed by overlapping or welding or pressing the sheet-like elastic members, and are formed so as not to leak air. And is configured to restrict inflation of the air bag. Further, the inner edge portions 51a and 51c of the air bag are inner ends formed at the substantially center of the air bag formed by overlapping or welding or pressing the sheet-like elastic members so as to regulate the expansion of the air bag. Is formed. Openings 50a and 50c that open in the vertical direction are formed in the air bag by the inner edge portions 51a and 51c. The openings 50a and 50c are configured such that a treatment element 60 and an air bag can be positioned. Further, when the treatment element 60 or the air bag that operates in the openings 50a and 50c is cushioned, the inner edge portions 51a and 51c are worn, and thus a protective member for protecting the inner edge portions 51a and 51c may be provided.

  The second air bags 41b and 41d can be deformed by the inflow and outflow of fluid, have a treatment element 60 on the upper surface thereof, and are configured as a lifting body that raises and lowers the treatment element 60. At the ends of the second air bags 41b and 41d on the inner side in the left-right direction, there are mounting portions 54b and 54d for supplying and discharging pipe members and fixing portions 53b and 53d for mounting to the seat portion 2. Although not shown, these are connected to the air supply / exhaust device 20 by a pipe member, and are configured so that the height and hardness of the air bag can be individually adjusted. In the embodiment, an air bag is taken as an example of the lifting body, but an elastic body or a mechanical lifting body may be used as long as the treatment element can be lifted and lowered.

  The 2nd air bags 41b and 41d have the treatment element 60 in the position corresponding to the opening parts 50a and 50c of the 1st air bags 41a and 41c. The 2nd air bags 41b and 41d are comprised so that the treatment element 60 may be raised / lowered by expanding. The treatment element 60 is formed of an elastic body harder than the air bag and has a semicircular shape. Further, the treatment element 60 may be a vibration or the like.

  The first air bags 41a, 41c and the second air bags 41b, 41d are configured to overlap in the vertical direction, and the second air bags 41b, 41d are behind the first air bags 41a, 41c. The treatment elements 60 of the second air bags 41b and 41d are installed at positions corresponding to the openings 50a and 50c of the first air bags 41a and 41c, and from the openings 50a and 50c of the first air bags 41a and 41c. It is configured so that it can be treated.

Moreover, the first air bladders 41a and 41c are inflated substantially annularly to form uniform treatment surfaces 55a and 55c. Since the first air bags 41a and 41c have inner edge portions 51a and 51c, the height when expanded is lower than that of air bags of the same size, but the treatment area can be widened uniformly. Can be pressed.
On the other hand, the second air bladders 41b and 41d are expanded in a substantially trapezoidal shape when viewed from the side, and form protruding treatment surfaces 55b and 55d. Since the second air bags 41b and 41d do not have an inner edge portion, the second air bags 41b and 41d protrude and expand in a substantially trapezoidal shape in a side view, and the top and the periphery serve as treatment surfaces. For this reason, since it can expand | swell higher than the 1st air bags 41a and 41c, a strong press can be treated in a narrow range.

Hereinafter, it demonstrates based on sectional drawing of the massage apparatus which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view of the massage device 31a of the present invention. FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view when the massage device 31a of the present invention expands and contracts. Fig.6 (a) is sectional drawing which shows the state which the 1st air bag 41a and the 2nd air bag 41b contracted. FIG. 6B is a cross-sectional view showing a state in which the first air bag 41a is inflated and the second air bag 41b is contracted. FIG. 6C is a cross-sectional view showing a state in which the first air bag 41a is contracted and the second air bag 41b is inflated. FIG. 6D is a cross-sectional view showing a state where the first air bag 41a and the second air bag 41b are inflated.
FIG. 7 is a view when the massage devices 31a and 31b of the present invention are in contact with the human body.

As shown in FIG. 5, the first air bladder 41a is located above the second air bladder 41b, and the treatment element 60 is located inside the inner edge portion 51a of the first air bladder 41a.
As shown in FIG. 6B, when the first air bladder 41a is inflated, the treatment element 60 of the second air bladder 41b is positioned below the treatment surface 55a of the first air bladder 41a. In this case, the first air bladder 41a comes into contact with the treatment portion 9 to perform massage.
Further, as shown in FIG. 7, when the first air bag 41a contracts and the second air bag 41b expands during the treatment, the treatment element 60 of the second air bag 41b is attached to the first air bag 41a. It comes to be located above the treatment surface 55a. This is because the contracted first air bag 41 a comes into contact with the human body 9 and becomes flat, and the treatment element 60 comes into contact with the treatment portion 9. In this case, the treatment element 60 of the second air bag 41b comes into contact with the treatment portion 9 and performs massage. In this way, it is possible to perform a massage with a different experience.
Moreover, the treatment range can be adjusted. As shown in FIG. 6C, the first air bag 41a is contracted and the second air bag 41b is inflated, as shown in FIG. 6B. As shown in FIG. 6D, the first air bag 41a and the second air bag 41b are inflated as shown in FIG. 6D. The third stage, the first stage state treatment range is narrow, the second stage state is wider than the first stage treatment range, and the third stage state is wider than the second stage treatment range. It is configured. Thereby, the treatment range can be adjusted stepwise.

Hereinafter, the structure which changed into the other form in the massage apparatus 30a, 30b, 31a, 31b which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention is demonstrated based on drawing. FIG. 8 is a diagram of the massage device 32b deformed to another form. Fig.8 (a) is a figure which shows the state which the massage apparatus 32b contracted. FIG.8 (b) is a figure which shows the state which the massage apparatus 32b expanded. In addition, in the form demonstrated below, about the structure which is common in the massage apparatus 31b mentioned above, the same code | symbol is attached | subjected and the description is abbreviate | omitted.
Specifically, the size of the elevating body (second air bag 41d) is different, and the elevating body (second air bag 42d) is disposed inside the inner edge portion 51c of the first air bag 41c, It is comprised so that it may raise / lower from the inside of a part. The lifting body (second air bag 42d) and the first air bag 41c are inflated and contracted by the air supply / exhaust device 20 described above, and the control unit 21 controls the first air bag 41c and the lifting body (second air bag 42d). ) Are capable of operating (expanding and contracting) independently of each other. This configuration facilitates finger pressure from within the opening.

  The present invention can be applied to the massage machine 1 that can perform massage using an air bag.

30a Back treatment unit (left), massage device 30b Back treatment unit (right), massage device 31a Seat treatment unit (left), massage device 31b Seat treatment unit (right), massage device 32b Massage devices 40a, 40c First air bag 40b, 40d Second air bag (elevating body)
41a, 41c 1st air bag 41b, 41d 2nd air bag (elevating body)
42d Second air bag (elevating body)
50a, 50c, openings 51a, 51b, 51c, 51d inner edges 52a, 52b, 52c, 52d outer edges 53a, 53b, 53c, 53d fixing parts 54a, 54b, 54c, 54d mounting parts 55a, 55b, 55c, 55d Surface 56a, 56b Expansion part 60 Treatment element

Claims (6)

In a massage device having an air bag that performs massage by expanding and contracting,
The air bag has an outer edge and an inner edge,
It has an inflatable part surrounded by an outer edge part and an inner edge part ,
A massage device comprising a treatment element inside the inner edge of the air bag. The massage apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising a lifting body that lifts and lowers the treatment element. The inflatable portion is massaging device according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that in contact with the body at a position higher than the massaging head when inflated. The massage apparatus according to claim 2 or 3 , wherein the air bag and the lifting body are independently operated. The massage apparatus according to any one of claims 2 to 4 , wherein a treatment range is maximized when the air bag and the elevating body are operated. A chair-type massage apparatus, wherein the massage apparatus according to any one of claims 2 to 5 is provided at a position corresponding to a user's treatment area.

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