JPH04279176A - Health wear - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To enable the lowering of production costs by bonding a bond magnet on the surface of a cloth composing a clothing utilizing stickiness of a bonding material of the bond magnet to rationalize a process of mounting of the magnet on the clothing and a member material. CONSTITUTION:Magnets M are bonded on the internal surface of a supporter 1 made from an expandable cloth at parts corresponding to meridian points of a human body when the supporter 1 is put on an elbow, knee or the like. In other words, bond magnets M are bonded on the surface of a cloth 2 composing the supporter 1 and the surface is almost covered with a cloth piece 3. To adhere the bond magnets M to the cloth 2 composing a clothing such as the supporter 1, the bond magnets M are heated up to a proper temperature by a high frequency or ultrasonic wave or the like, or a rubber bonding material or a resin bonding material making up the magnets M are melted not fully but to such an extent of making the surface thereof sticky under a certain temperature in stead of heating the magnets M themselves and pressed on the surface of the cloth 2.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

0001

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to health clothing, and more particularly to health clothing with a magnet that stimulates acupuncture points on the human body through the magnetic force and acupressure of a magnet to reduce stiffness and pain.

0002

[Prior Art] Conventionally, magnets have been used in various types of health clothing, such as elbow and knee supporters, waist supporters, corsets, and inner wear such as running shirts, short-sleeve shirts, and long-sleeve shirts. Various types of health clothing have been proposed in which magnets are sometimes attached to areas that correspond to pressure points on the human body, and the action of these magnets stimulates the pressure points to alleviate stiff shoulders, neck and back stiffness, pain, etc.

However, in the conventional health clothing using magnets as described above, for example, as shown in FIG. The patch 11 is covered with a patch 11 consisting of
The periphery 12 of the magnet was attached to the cloth piece 10 by heat welding or the like, and then the cloth piece 10 was attached 14 to the surface of clothing 13 such as a supporter or innerwear with the magnet M facing inside. Conventionally, when attaching a magnet to clothing 13, the manufacturing process is complicated, such as first attaching magnet M to a piece of cloth 10 using patch 11 or the like, and then attaching this piece of cloth 10 to the clothing. Not only was it time-consuming, but it also required a large number of parts, which led to an increase in costs.

0004

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] In view of the above points, the present invention provides health clothing in which magnets are attached to clothing such as supporters and innerwear, by streamlining the process of attaching magnets to these clothing and the number of members. It is an object of the present invention to provide health clothing and a manufacturing method thereof that can reduce manufacturing costs.

[0005]

[Means for Solving the Problems] In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the health clothing according to the present invention is made by directly adhering a magnet to the surface of the cloth constituting the clothing. Specifically, first, the magnet is bonded to the cloth surface via an adhesive, and the magnet is bonded to the cloth surface using the adhesiveness of the bonding material of the bonded magnet. It is. Further, as described above, a piece of cloth is adhered to the outer surface of the magnet adhered to the cloth to cover the magnet. The magnets to which pieces of cloth are adhered can be produced in large quantities by cutting or stamping a flat magnet with cloth adhered to the surface into a plurality of magnets of a predetermined size. When manufacturing health clothing using the bonded magnet, the rubber bonding material or plastic bonding material of the bonded magnet is heated to an extent that the bonded magnet's rubber binding material or plastic binding material is not completely melted, but is at least sticky, and then pressed onto the cloth surface. This allows the bonded magnet to adhere to the cloth surface.

[0006]

[Function] Since the health clothing according to the present invention as described above has a magnet directly attached to the clothing, there is no need for the conventional process of attaching the magnet to a piece of cloth, etc. Members such as patches can also be omitted. Furthermore, in the case described above, if a bonded magnet is used as the magnet and is adhered to clothing using the adhesiveness of its bonding material, no special adhesive is required.

[0007]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be described in more detail below based on embodiments shown in the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 shows an example of the health clothing according to the present invention applied to a supporter, in which the supporter 1 is worn on the elbow, knee, etc. on the inner surface of the supporter 1 made of stretchable cloth. By adhering the magnet M to the part of the human body that corresponds to the acupuncture point, the acupuncture point is stimulated by the magnet's magnetic force and acupressure action, thereby reducing pain and the like.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory cross-sectional view of a main part of the adhesive portion of the magnet M in the supporter 1, and FIG. 3 is a plan view thereof. The illustrated example shows the cloth 2 that constitutes the supporter 1.
A bonded magnet M is adhered to the surface of the magnet, and the surface is substantially covered with a piece of cloth 3.

[0010] The bonded magnet is a magnet made by mixing and molding permanent magnet powder obtained by crushing a magnetic material such as barium ferrite or strontium ferrite with a bonding material such as rubber or plastic. Bonded magnets are classified into rubber magnets, plastic magnets, etc. depending on the type of bonding material, and further divided into those whose bonding material is thermosetting and thermoplastic. Examples of the rubber-based bonding materials include natural rubber, neoprene rubber, nitrile rubber, butyl rubber, and examples of the plastic bonding materials include:
Examples of thermoplastics include nylon resin, polypropylene resin, polyethylene resin, ethyne/vinyl acetate copolymer, polyphenyl oxide, etc., and examples of thermosetting resins include phenol resin, epoxy resin, unsaturated polyester resin, etc. There is. As the bonded magnet used in the present invention, it is preferable to use a thermoplastic bonding material among the above-mentioned materials. Furthermore, since it is used as an inner layer, it is preferable to use a relatively soft material.

[0011] Then, in order to adhere the bonded magnet M using the thermoplastic bonding material to the cloth 2 constituting clothing such as the supporter 1, the bonded magnet M is heated by appropriate means such as high frequency or ultrasonic waves. The rubber bonding material or plastic bonding material constituting the magnet M is not completely melted by heating to a certain temperature or without heating, but is melted to a temperature at least such that its surface becomes sticky, and in that state, the cloth is By press-contacting the two surfaces, the magnet M is adhered to the surface of the cloth 2 by the adhesiveness of these binding materials. If the surface of the magnet M is further covered with a piece of cloth 3 as in the illustrated embodiment, the cloth is laminated and adhered to the surface of the magnet formed into a large flat plate in advance, and then cut. Alternatively, by punching or the like, it is possible to mass-produce the magnets M having the cloth pieces 3 adhered to the surface at one time.

[0012] When the bonded magnet M is heated and bonded to the cloth 2 using the adhesiveness of the bonding material as described above, the bonded magnet M is heated excessively and the bonding material is completely melted. If this happens, not only will the shape of the magnet M collapse when it is pressed against the cloth 2, but the orientation of the magnetic powder, which has been oriented in advance and fixed by the binding material, will be destroyed and the magnetism of the magnet M will be reduced. Therefore, it is necessary to adjust the heating to such an extent that the bonding material is not completely melted thereby, and at least to the extent that its surface is sticky and can be bonded to the cloth 2. Further, in the above case, when the bonding material 1 is melted and bonded by heating, the cloth 2 must not be melted or burnt by the heat. From this point of view, when bonding by melting the bonding material, it is necessary to melt the bonding material to the extent that it can be bonded without using heating such as ultrasonic waves, which may have an adverse effect on the fabric 2. It is preferable to use a method that does not.

As described above, if the bonded magnet M is bonded to the cloth 2 constituting the clothing such as the supporter 1 by utilizing the adhesiveness of the bonding material, a special adhesive for bonding the magnet M to the cloth 2 can be used. Moreover, there is no need for excess adhesive to protrude and stain the cloth 2 during bonding. Furthermore, by adhering the piece of cloth 3 to the surface of the magnet M, it is possible to prevent the magnet M from coming into direct contact with the human body, and it is also possible to make the magnet M more aesthetically pleasing. Furthermore, in this case,
If the piece of cloth 3 is adhered to the magnet M by utilizing the adhesiveness of the bonding material of the bonded magnet as described above, no special adhesive is required.

[0014] The case where the bonded magnet is bonded to the supporter 1 etc. using the adhesiveness of the bonding material has been described above, but it is also possible to use a sintered magnet as the magnet M. When used, the magnet M may be adhered to the surface of the cloth 2 with a suitable adhesive 4 as shown in FIG. Further, a thermoplastic resin patch or the like is used as an adhesive, this patch and a magnet M are placed on the cloth 2, and the synthetic resin patch as the adhesive 4 is melted using appropriate heating means such as high frequency heating. The magnet M may be adhered to the cloth 2 by doing so. Moreover, it goes without saying that not only the case of a sintered magnet but also the above-mentioned bonded magnet can be adhered to the cloth 2 via a separate adhesive 4 in this way.

[0015] In the above embodiments, supports for elbows and knees were explained, but in addition to the above-mentioned supports, health clothing according to the present invention can be used for waist supporters, corsets, and other running shirts, short-sleeved shirts, and long-sleeved shirts. It can be used for all types of clothing, including socks. Furthermore, it is possible to use it not only for clothing but also for bedding such as futons and blankets.

[0016]

As described above, according to the health clothing of the present invention, the magnets are directly adhered to the cloth constituting the clothing. Furthermore, it does not require the troublesome effort of attaching this piece of cloth to clothing, and it is not only easy to manufacture, but also the number of parts can be rationalized and manufacturing costs can be reduced. Furthermore, when bonded magnets are used as magnets and bonded to clothing using the adhesive properties of the bonding material, there is no need for special adhesives for bonding, and excess adhesive is easily squeezed out. There is no possibility of contaminating the product.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a partially cutaway perspective view of a supporter showing one embodiment of the present invention.

[Figure 2] Longitudinal cross-sectional view of the magnet adhesive part

[Figure 3] Plan view of magnet adhesive part

[Fig. 4] Vertical cross-sectional view showing another example of the magnet adhesive part

[Figure 5
】Longitudinal cross-sectional view showing the conventional magnet installation state

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Supporter 2 Cloth 3 Piece of cloth 4 Adhesive material M magnet

Claims (6)

[Claims] Claims: 1. Health clothing comprising a magnet adhered to the surface of cloth constituting the clothing. 2. The health clothing according to claim 1, wherein the magnet is bonded to the cloth surface via an adhesive. 3. Health clothing according to claim 1, wherein a bonded magnet is used as the magnet, and the adhesiveness of the bonding material of the bonded magnet is used to adhere to the cloth surface. 4. The health clothing according to claim 1, wherein the health clothing comprises a magnet whose surface is coated with a piece of cloth adhered to the magnet. 5. The method for manufacturing health clothing according to claim 4, wherein the magnet is a flat magnet with a cloth adhered to the surface thereof cut or stamped into a plurality of magnets of a predetermined size. 6. When manufacturing the health clothing according to claim 3, the rubber binding material or plastic binding material of the bonded magnet is not completely melted, but is melted to the extent that at least its surface becomes sticky, and is pressed onto the cloth surface. A method of manufacturing health clothing in which bonded magnets are adhered to the surface of cloth.