JP6208938B2 - Massage machine - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a massage machine.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a foot-operated massage chair having a pair of pedals provided with a small protrusion group that stimulates acupoints on the soles is known. In this massage chair, when the user puts his / her foot on the pedal and steps on the pedal himself / herself, the pair of pedals can alternately advance and retract and tilt to stimulate the acupuncture points on the sole (see, for example, Patent Document 1). .

JP 2001-104426 A

  However, since the massage chair of the above-mentioned patent document 1 has a structure in which the user himself steps and receives massage, he cannot relax and receive massage. Moreover, when it is desired to change the location to be stimulated, the position where the foot is placed must be changed, which is troublesome.

  Then, this invention is made | formed in order to eliminate the problem mentioned above, and it aims at providing the massage machine which can perform a massage massage extensively in the relaxed state.

Conflicting invention, a body support portion that supports the treatment site of the left and right pair, and right and left pair of massage members acting on the treatment site of the right and left pair, a massaging member of the right and left pair along the treatment site a moving mechanism for moving in a direction, have a, a driving unit for driving the moving mechanism, massaging member of the right and left pair, a roller, to the treatment site of the right and left pair and having a support for supporting the rollers It is characterized by being provided for each .
By adopting such a configuration, the pair of left and right massage members are driven to move with respect to the pair of left and right treatment parts supported by the body support part, so that it is not necessary to apply human power and is in a relaxed state. Can receive a massage. In addition, since the pair of left and right massage members move in opposite directions along the treated portion in a state where the friction generated between the treated portion and the massage member is reduced , a good massage can be performed.

Moreover, it is preferable that the said moving mechanism has a guide member which guides the movement of the said left-right paired massage member to a predetermined direction.
By setting it as such a structure, a massage member can be moved stably.

Moreover, it is preferable that the said moving mechanism has a link member which connects the said left-right paired massage member, and rock | fluctuates by the said drive part by using a rocking | fluctuation shaft as a fulcrum .
By setting it as such a structure, a pair of massage member can be moved to the opposite direction by rocking | fluctuating a link member. Moreover, when it has the said guide member, the rocking | fluctuation motion of a link member can be converted into the movement to the predetermined direction of a massage member.

Moreover, it is preferable that the said drive part has an air cell which pushes right and left of the said link member .
With such a configuration, a space for arranging the drive unit can be reduced.

Moreover, it is preferable to have a holding means for holding the treatment portion on the body support portion.
By setting it as such a structure, it can prevent that a to-be-treated part moves with the movement of a massage member, and can make a massage member act favorably.

Moreover, it is preferable to have an urging means for urging the pair of left and right massage members to be in a neutral position when the drive unit is stopped.
By setting it as such a structure, the discomfort by the position shift of the paired massage member at the time of non-massage can be eliminated.

The left and right pairs of massage members are preferably provided corresponding to the left and right soles of the user, respectively, and are movable along the longitudinal direction of the foot.
By adopting such a configuration, it is possible to perform a massage on the left and right soles.

  According to the present invention, massage can be performed over a wide range in a relaxed state.

It is a perspective view showing a massage machine concerning one embodiment of the present invention. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of a massage machine. It is a perspective view which shows a leg | foot support part. It is a perspective view which shows the leg | foot support part which abbreviate | omitted a member partially. It is a top view which shows the leg | foot support part which abbreviate | omitted a member partially. It is a disassembled perspective view which shows the leg | foot support part which abbreviate | omitted a member partially. It is a perspective view which shows a massage member and a slide rail. 10 is a plan view showing a drive unit according to Modification Example 1. 12 is a plan view showing a drive unit according to Modification 2. FIG.

[Overall configuration of massage machine]
Hereinafter, the whole structure of the massage machine 1 which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention is demonstrated. FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a massage machine 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the massage machine 1. FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing the foot support 51. FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing the foot support 51 with some members omitted. FIG. 5 is a plan view showing the foot support 51 with some members omitted. FIG. 6 is an exploded perspective view showing the foot support 51 with some members omitted. FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing the massage member 9 and the slide rail 33.

  4 to 6, in consideration of visibility, a driving unit 18, a rear wall 51 d of the foot support unit 51, a bracket 51 e, and a closing unit 35 are omitted as appropriate. Moreover, the concept of the direction used in the following description shall correspond with the concept of the direction when it sees from the user who seated on the seat part 3 of the standing-up massage machine 1 shown in FIG. 1, and in other cases suitably Shall be explained.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the massage machine 1 of the present invention mainly includes a seat portion 3 on which a user sits, a backrest portion 4 on which a user can recline provided at the rear portion of the seat portion 3, and a seat A footrest 5 for supporting a user's lower limb provided on the front portion of the portion 3 so as to be pivotable up and down; an armrest portion 6 on which the user is placed on the left and right sides of the seat portion 3 and on which the arm portion is placed; , And a leg frame 7 that supports the chair body 2 and is installed on the floor surface. These seat part 3, the backrest part 4, the footrest 5, and the armrest part 6 function as a body support part which supports a treatment part.

[Structure of the seat]
The seat portion 3 includes a hard seat receiving portion (not shown) made of metal or the like, and a soft cushion portion made of urethane or the like that is provided on the upper portion of the seat receiving portion and supports the user's buttocks and thighs ( (Not shown). Moreover, the seat surface 3a of the seat part 3 is formed in an upwardly inclined shape, and the center of gravity of the seated user has a rear component. And the seat surface 3a of the seat part 3 is provided with the seat part air cell a1 which makes a pair on the right and left side that presses the user's buttocks and / or thighs.

[Configuration of backrest]
The backrest portion 4 is configured to be reclined in the front-rear direction with respect to the seat portion 3 by a first-acting first actuator 10 (see FIG. 2) that is provided below the seat portion 3 and expands and contracts in the front-rear direction. It is preferable to be able to stop at an arbitrary position between a state substantially horizontal with respect to the floor surface and a state of standing substantially perpendicular to the seating surface 3a of the seat portion 3. The backrest 4 includes a backrest main body 40 having an opening 40a that opens in the front-rear direction, and a back pad (not shown) made of elastic leather or the like disposed in front of the backrest main body 40. Z)). The backrest 4 is provided with a massage unit 8 that moves up and down along the height direction at the center of the left and right to massage the back of the user. The massage unit 8 moves up and down along a guide rail 41 provided on the backrest main body 40 by driving a lifting motor 42 (see FIG. 2). The guide rails 41 extend in the vertical direction in pairs on the left and right. In addition, the massage unit 8 drives the massage motor 43 (see FIG. 2) to move the plurality of treatment elements 8a in the left-right direction, or to move the plurality of treatment elements 8a in the front-rear direction. To make a tapping action.

[Configuration of armrest]
The armrest portion 6 is provided on both sides of the seat portion 3, and the side panel 60 that covers the lower portion of the seat portion 3 from the outside and the upper portion of the side panel 60 is provided integrally with the user's forearm portion. A forearm support portion 61 for supporting, and an upper arm support portion 62 for supporting the upper arm portion. The upper arm support portion 62 is connected to the side surface of the backrest portion 4 via a rotation shaft (not shown) whose axial direction is the left-right direction at the upper end portion. The side panel 60 is movably attached to the leg frame 7 via a guide mechanism (not shown) on the side of the seat portion 3. Accordingly, the armrest portion 6 can move in the front-rear direction while changing the angle in the vertical direction following the reclining of the backrest portion 4. Further, the forearm support portion 61 is provided with a plurality of arm cell air cells a2.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the forearm support portion 61 extends in the front-rear direction on the side of the seat portion 3, and includes a bottom wall 61 a on which the user's forearm portion is placed, and an outer end portion of the bottom wall 61 a. The side wall 61b is erected and faces the outer surface of the forearm portion, and the upper wall 61c faces the bottom wall 61a, and is formed in a substantially U-shape when viewed from the front. The bottom wall 61a and the top wall 61c are provided with an arm portion air cell a2 that presses the forearm portion from above and below. In the present embodiment, a plurality of arm part air cells a2 are provided in the length direction of the arm part.

[Composition of footrest]
The footrest 5 is configured to be vertically rotatable with respect to the seat portion 3 by a linearly acting second actuator 11 (see FIG. 2) provided below the seat portion 3 and extending and contracting in the front-rear direction. It is now possible to stop at any position between the drooping state in which the knee is bent and the lower limb is placed, and the rising state in which the knee is stretched and the lower limb is placed (a state that is substantially horizontal to the floor). It is preferable. Furthermore, it is preferable that the footrest 5 is configured to be extendable / contractable along the longitudinal direction of the leg portion of the user with respect to the seat portion 3 by an expansion / contraction mechanism (not shown).

  As shown in FIGS. 1 and 3, the footrest 5 includes a leg support 50 that supports a user's leg, and a foot support 51 that is provided on the toe side of the leg support 50 and supports the user's foot. And a concave groove is formed so that the left and right lower limbs can be distributed and supported by the support portions 50 and 51. The leg support part 50 is provided between a pair of outer walls 50b and 50b, and a bottom wall 50a facing the back surface of the leg part, an outer wall 50b paired on the left and right sides facing the outer side surface of the leg part, and an inner side surface of the leg part. Is formed by an intermediate wall 50c facing each other. The foot support 51 is provided between a pair of outer walls 51b and 51b, and a bottom wall 51a that faces the back of the foot, an outer wall 51b that forms a pair on the left and right that faces an outer side of the foot, and an inner side of the foot that faces the pair. Intermediate wall 51c, and a rear wall 51d facing the rear surface (heel portion) of the foot.

  The footrest 5 is provided with a plurality of air cells a3 and a4. Specifically, the leg air cell a3 is provided on the bottom wall 50a, the outer wall 50b, and the intermediate wall 50c of the leg support portion 50, and the foot air cell a4 is provided on the outer wall 51b and the intermediate wall 51c of the foot support portion 51. It has been. As shown in FIG. 3, a plurality of foot air cells a4 are provided in the front-rear direction (longitudinal direction of the foot), and are positioned so as to correspond to the instep and heel of the foot. And each air cell a4 can hold | maintain the instep and the heel from the right and left, respectively, and can hold | maintain it to the foot support part 51 which is a body support part.

  Moreover, although mentioned later for details, the massage member 9 which moves to the front-back direction is provided in the bottom wall 51a of the leg support part 51. As shown in FIG. The foot air cell a4 functions as a holding unit that holds the treatment portion (foot portion) on the body support portion (foot support portion 51) so that the treatment portion does not move as the massage member 9 moves. . The foot air cell a4 corresponding to the instep of the foot may be configured such that the lower side is expanded and the upper side is expanded. In this case, the instep of the foot is pressed from above, and the foot can be held between the foot air cell a4 and the bottom wall 51a, and the foot can be pressed against the massage member 9.

  As described above, the foot support portion 51 is provided with the massage member 9 that acts on the sole that is the treatment portion. Hereinafter, the massage member 9 will be described in detail. As shown in FIGS. 3 to 6, the massage members 9 are paired on the left and right so as to correspond to the left and right soles, respectively, and are provided on the upper portion of the bottom wall 51 a. And as shown in FIG. 7, the massage member 9 is comprised by the roller 20 which gives irritation | stimulation to a sole, and the support stand 21 which supports the roller 20. As shown in FIG. The support base 21 is formed in a plate shape, and supports the roller 20 by a rotating shaft 22 whose axial direction is the left-right direction. A plurality of rollers 20 are provided in the front-rear direction, and have protrusions 20a in the circumferential direction. The pair of massage members 9 is configured to be movable in opposite directions along the soles by a moving mechanism 17 described later.

  As shown in FIGS. 3 to 6, the foot support 51 includes a moving mechanism 17 that moves the massage member 9 described above in opposite directions along the treatment portion, a drive unit 18 that drives the moving mechanism 17, Is provided. Hereinafter, the moving mechanism 17 and the drive unit 18 will be described in detail. The moving mechanism 17 includes a link member 23 that couples the paired massage members 9 to operate in synchronization, and a guide member 24 that guides the movement of the massage members 9 in a predetermined direction. The drive unit 18 has an air cell 30 that expands and contracts by air supply and exhaust, and is paired on the left and right to push the left and right of the link member 23.

  The link member 23 includes a first link portion 26 whose center in the left-right direction is pivotally supported by the foot support portion 51 by a first shaft (oscillating shaft) 25 having the vertical direction as an axial direction, and the vertical direction as an axial direction. It has the 2nd link part and 28 pivotally supported by the massage member 9 with the 2nd axis | shaft 27. As shown in FIG. The 1st link part 26 is a member long in the left-right direction, and has the contact surface 26a with which an air cell contacts on the front surface. The first link portion 26 and the rear wall 51d are pivotally supported by a bracket 51e extending rearward from the upper portion. One end (front) of the second link portion 28 is pivotally supported on the support base 21 by the second shaft 27, and the other end (rear) is the left and right ends of the first link portion 26 by the third shaft 29 having the vertical direction as the axial direction. It is pivotally supported by the department.

  As shown in FIG. 7, the guide member 24 is slidable in the front-rear direction by being attached to the groove portions 32 formed on both side surfaces of the support base 21 and the foot support portion 51 along the moving direction of the massage member 9. And a slide rail 33 to be supported. The slide rail 33 includes a slide surface 33 a that slides with the bottom surface of the support base 21 in contact, and an engagement portion 33 b that protrudes toward the support base 21 and engages with the groove portion 32.

  As shown in FIG. 5, the air cells 30 constituting the drive unit 18 are provided in a pair on the left and right between the rear wall 51 d of the foot support unit 51 and the first link unit 26. The air cell 30 contacts the contact surface 26a (see FIG. 4) of the first link portion 26 during expansion, and drives the moving mechanism 17 by pushing the end portion in the left-right direction of the first link portion 26. . The left air cell 30L that pushes the left side of the first link part 26 and the right air cell 30R that pushes the right side of the first link part 26 are controlled to expand and contract alternately. The left air cell 30L and the right air cell 30R are formed in a bellows shape, and are configured to be stretchable along the moving direction of the massage member 9 (the front-rear direction in the present embodiment).

  As shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, the foot support portion 51 is provided with a housing portion 34 for housing the moving mechanism 17 and the drive unit 18 at the rear portion thereof. The accommodating portion 34 includes a rear portion of the bottom wall 51a, a rear portion of the side wall 51b, a rear wall 51d, and a closing portion that closes a space from above and behind the base wall 51a and the rear wall 51d. 35 is a space formed by The closing portion 35 has a rear surface portion 35d that faces the rear wall 51d, and an upper surface portion 35a that faces the bottom wall 51a.

  Moreover, it is preferable that the footrest 5 has urging means 38 that urges the pair of massage members 9 to be in the neutral position when the drive unit 18 is stopped. The neutral position is, for example, a position where the pair of massage members 9 are symmetrical. That is, when the massage member 9 is provided on the foot support portion 51, the front and rear positions of the pair of massage members 9 are substantially coincident. In the present embodiment, the urging means 38 is configured by a tension spring provided between the foot support portion 51 and the first link portion 26, and the urging means 38 is included in the housing portion 34. The side wall 51b and the left and right ends of the first link portion 26 are connected. The biasing means 38 is set to a tension that does not hinder the swinging of the first link portion 26 when the driving portion 18 is driven. The urging means 38 is not limited to the above-described form. For example, a torsion spring (torsion spring) wound around the first shaft 25 and having one end in contact with the contact surface 26a of the first link portion 26 may be used.

[Configuration of control unit]
As shown in FIG. 2, each of the air cells a1 to a4, 30L, and 30R described above is connected to an air supply / exhaust device 12 including a pump 13 and a valve 14 through a flexible hollow air tube. The air supply / exhaust device 12 is accommodated below the seat 3 and is driven according to instructions from the control unit 15 accommodated below the seat 3 to supply and exhaust air to the air cells a1 to a4, 30L, and 30R. Can be performed independently of each other. And the air supply / exhaust device 12 drives according to the instruction | indication from the control part 15, and each part of a user can be massaged when the air cells a1-a4, 30L, and 30R expand / contract. Each of the air cells a1 to a4, 30L, and 30R is connected to the air supply / exhaust device 12 as an independent system and is independently controlled by the control unit 15. In particular, the pair of air cells 30L and 30R constituting the drive unit 18 are controlled so as to always expand and contract alternately.

  The air supply / exhaust device 12 operates according to a program set in advance according to an instruction from the control unit 15, and is input to the control unit 15 when a user operates a remote controller 16 connected to the control unit 15. It can also operate based on the received signal. Similarly, the operations of the massage unit 8 and the first and second actuators 10 and 11 are operated according to a program set in advance according to instructions from the control unit 15, and the user operates the remote controller 16. The operation can also be performed based on a signal input to the control unit 15.

  Moreover, the control part 15 has memory (not shown), and massages a user with the massage unit 8, the massage member 9, and the air cells a1-a4 according to a predetermined course in this memory. Multiple massage programs are stored. The remote controller 16 has a power button 16a and a plurality of course buttons 16b to 16e corresponding to each massage program, and the corresponding massage program is executed by operating the course buttons 16b to 16e. It has become.

Hereinafter, the massage operation in the footrest 5 will be described.
The control unit 15 drives the air supply / exhaust device 12 to supply air to the foot air cell a4. Then, the foot (the sole) is pressed against the massage member 9. Subsequently, the drive unit 18 is driven in a state where the expansion of the leg air cell a4 is maintained. That is, the air supply / exhaust device 12 is driven to supply and exhaust air alternately to the left air cell 30L and the right air cell 30R. Then, since the massage member 9 moves back and forth with the roller 20 sufficiently in contact with the sole, a good massage can be performed over a wide area of the sole. After the massage is finished, the air in the left air cell 30L and the right air cell 30R is exhausted. Then, the pair of massage members 9 are stopped at the neutral position by the action of the biasing means 38.

  When the massage member 9 is moved, the air supply / exhaust device 12 may be controlled so that the foot air cell a4 repeatedly expands and contracts. In this case, the pressure massage by the foot air cell a4 and the sand massage by the massage member 9 can be simultaneously performed on the foot.

[Modification of drive unit]
Hereinafter, other modifications of the drive unit will be described. FIG. 8 is a plan view showing the drive unit 70 according to the first modification. FIG. 9 is a plan view showing the drive unit 80 according to the second modification. In addition, since structures other than the drive parts 70 and 80 are the same as embodiment mentioned above, the same code | symbol is attached | subjected and the description is abbreviate | omitted.

  As shown in FIG. 8, the driving unit 70 according to the first modification differs from the configuration of the driving unit 18 described above in that the left air cell 31L and the right air cell 31R have the left and right inner sides as a base 31a and the left and right outer sides are rearward. It is the point comprised so that it may expand | deploy and expand. By configuring in this way, each air cell 31L, 31R expands with the vicinity of the first shaft 25 as the base portion 31a, so that the first link portion 26 can be efficiently swung around the first shaft 25.

  As shown in FIG. 9, in the drive unit 80 according to the modified example 2, the difference from the configuration of the drive unit 18 described above is that there is a pair on the left and right between the rear surface portion 35d of the closing portion 35 and the first link portion 26. An air cell 36 is provided. That is, a plurality of air cells 30 and 36 that are paired on the left and right sides are arranged side by side in the moving direction of the massage member 9 so as to sandwich the first link portion 26. The front left air cell 30L and the rear right air cell 36R are controlled to expand and contract synchronously, and the front right air cell 30L and the rear left air cell 36R are controlled to expand and contract synchronously. By setting it as such a structure, the driving force which moves the massage member 9 can be enlarged.

  In this embodiment, although the form which arrange | positions this massage member 9 in the foot support part 51 of the footrest 5 was demonstrated, the arrangement | positioning location is not limited to the foot support part 51. FIG. That is, the seat 3, the backrest 4, the leg support 50, and the armrest 6 can be arranged. For example, when the pair of massage portions 9 and 9 are arranged on the armrest portion 6, they may be provided on the upper portion of the bottom wall 61a of the forearm support portion 61, corresponding to the left arm and the right arm, and provided on the upper wall 61c. The air cell a2 thus provided functions as a holding means. In this case, the moving mechanism 17 and the drive unit 18 are preferably arranged inside the backrest 4 or behind the backrest 4. In addition, a motor may be employed as the drive unit that drives the moving mechanism 17 instead of the air cell.

  INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY The present invention can be applied to a massage machine that can perform massage massage over a wide range in a relaxed state.

1 Massage machine 3 Seat (body support part)
4 Backrest (body support)
5 Footrest (body support part)
6 Armrest part (body support part)
9 Massage member 17 Movement mechanism 18 Drive unit 20 Roller 21 Support base 23 Link member 24 Guide member 25 First shaft (oscillation shaft)
30 air cell 31 air cell 36 air cell 38 urging means 70 driving unit 80 driving unit a4 foot air cell (holding unit)

Claims (7)

A body support part for supporting the left and right paired treatment parts;
A pair of left and right massage members acting on the pair of left and right treated portions;
A moving mechanism for moving the pair of left and right massage members in opposite directions along the treatment area;
A drive unit for driving the moving mechanism,
The pair of left and right massage members has a roller and a support base for supporting the roller, and is provided for each of the pair of left and right treated portions. The massage machine according to claim 1, wherein the moving mechanism includes a guide member that guides the movement of the pair of left and right massage members in a predetermined direction. 3. The massage machine according to claim 1, wherein the moving mechanism includes a link member that connects the pair of left and right massage members and swings around a swing shaft by the drive unit. 4. . The massage machine according to claim 3 , wherein the drive unit includes an air cell that pushes right and left of the link member. The massage according to any one of claims 1 to 4, further comprising holding means for holding a treatment portion on the body support portion. The massage according to any one of claims 1 to 5, further comprising biasing means for biasing the pair of left and right massage members to be in a neutral position when the driving unit is stopped. Machine. The pair of left and right massage members are provided corresponding to the left and right soles of the user, respectively, and are movable along the longitudinal direction of the foot. The massage machine according to any one of the above.

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