JPH06125952A - Massager - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To avoid massaging in a massage inhibiting band so as to provide a massager of high safety and comfortableness by providing a means to store data for specifying the massage inhibiting band where massaging should be avoided and a means to avoid massaging in the massage inhibiting band. CONSTITUTION:A lift unit 1 has a pair of arms 20 incorporated therein having a pair of therapeutic elements 2 rotatably supported to their ends and is raised and lowered by a vertical motor 5 disposed at the lower end of a backrest 4. The position of the shoulder is detected by using a load sensor 100 to detect a load F applied to the therapeutic elements 2, detecting when the load F detected exceeds a reference load Ft that the therapeutic elements 2 arrive at the height of the shoulder, and storing the position of the shoulder as shoulder position data Y1 in memory. The range of a massage inhibiting band H is determined from the height of a person to be treated which is estimated from the shoulder position. If the shoulder position data Y1 is situated between upper and lower positions Ya, Yb, it is judged as being at the standard and the inhibiting band data for persons with standard height is employed.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention moves a treatment element up and down, left and right to position it at a treatment site, and moves the treatment element forward, backward, left and right, and up and down to perform tapping, scissors, acupressure, stretching of the back muscles, etc. The present invention relates to a chair-type or bed-type massage machine.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, based on a preset program, a shoulder position of a person to be treated is detected at the beginning when a series of massage operations are automatically performed by combining a plurality of types such as beating, firching, and stretching of the back muscles. There is disclosed a massager that shifts the treatment range from the shoulder position to the waist position up and down based on the seat height of the user to be determined from the position to massage the treatment range according to the seat height of each user (Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2000-242242). Sho 63-25756
No. 7).

[0003]

By the way, in general,
Since vibration and pressure on the kidney may cause hematuria and proteinuria, massage around the back of the kidney should be avoided, especially for people with a weak kidney fixation.

However, in the conventional massage machine as described above, since the massage area is simply shifted according to the sitting height of the user, means for avoiding the massage in the massage prohibited zone in which the massage is desired to be avoided. Was not provided.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a massage machine having high safety by avoiding a massage in a massage prohibited zone which should be avoided.

[0006] Further, by determining the physique of the person to be treated and determining the range of the massage prohibition zone according to the physique of each person to be treated, and avoiding the massage in the massage prohibition zone, a massage having high safety and comfort The purpose is to provide a machine.

[0007]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a massage machine in which a treatment element is moved up and down, left and right to position a treatment area, and the treatment element is operated to massage the treatment area. It is characterized in that it is provided with a means for storing data defining a range of the massage-prohibited zone where the massage should be avoided and a means for avoiding the massage in the massage-prohibited zone.

A massager according to a second aspect of the present invention is a massager in which a rotatable massager is moved up and down, left and right to be positioned, and the massager is operated to massage the treatment site. A means for storing data defining the range of the prohibited zone for each physical constitution of the user, and a means for detecting the position of a body part whose position corresponds to the physical constitution of the user to determine the physical constitution of the user. A means for determining the range of the massage-prohibited zone of the user based on the data defining the physique of the user and the range of the massage-prohibited zone corresponding to the physique, and the range of the massage-prohibited zone determined by the means And means for avoiding the massage in.

[0009]

The massage machine according to the first aspect of the present invention avoids the massage in the massage prohibited zone based on the pre-stored range defining data of the massage prohibited zone.

A massager according to a second aspect of the present invention is a load applied to a treatment element, a current value of a motor for moving the treatment element up and down,
Based on the presence or absence of rotation of the massager, the position of the body part corresponding to the physique of the user such as the shoulder position is detected to determine the physique of the user, and it is stored in advance according to the physique of the user. The range of the massage-prohibited band is determined based on the specified data of the massage-prohibited band, and the massage of the massage-prohibited band is avoided according to the physique of each user.

[0011]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings showing its embodiments. FIG. 1 is a side sectional view of a chair type massage machine according to the present invention. In the figure, 1 is a pair of treatment elements at the tip thereof.
A pair of arms 20 and 20 for rotatably supporting the two are incorporated, and is a lifting unit that is lifted and lowered by a vertical motor 5 arranged at the lower end of the backrest 4, the vertical motor 5, and a treatment element to be described later. The width motor 34 for position adjustment of the left and right (width direction of the backrest 4) position 2, the pressing motor 10 for position adjustment of the front and rear (direction perpendicular to the backrest 4), and the tapping motor 28 for tapping massage are drive-controlled.

The lifting unit 1 is installed on a pair of curved guide rails 3 along the back curve of the human body, and two main guide rollers 9a, 9 arranged on the front side of the guide rails 3.
a and a single auxiliary guide roller 9b arranged on the back side of the guide rail 3 moves up and down along the guide rail 3. Further, the lifting unit 1 is locked to a chain belt 7 that transmits the driving force of the vertical motor 5 by a locking tool 8.

A lifting unit 1 is provided on the side surface of the guide rail 3.
2 using a microswitch that regulates the range of vertical movement of the
The limit switches 45, 45 are arranged one above the other. Further, in the vicinity of the upper or lower sprocket 6 around which the chain belt 7 is wound, the vertical position of the lifting unit 1, that is, the vertical position of the treatment element 2 is detected by detecting the rotation speed of the sprocket 6. A position detector (not shown) is arranged.

FIG. 2 is a front view of the lifting unit 1 viewed from the side of the backrest 4, FIG. 3 is a bottom view thereof, and FIGS. 4, 5 and 6 are IV-IV line sectional views and VV line sectional views of FIG. 2, respectively. FIG. 6 is a sectional view taken along line VI-VI. First, a portion related to the adjustment of the pressing force of the massagers 2, 2 to the massage portion will be described.

In the figure, 10 is a treatment element 2 in which the front and rear tilt angles of the arm 20 are changed in order to adjust the pressing force applied to the massage portion.
Of the pressing motor for moving the
Is reduced by the speed reducer 11, further reduced from the belt 12 via a worm gear and a worm wheel (not shown), and transmitted to the shaft 15. The shaft 15 rotatably supports one end of each of the three plates 16, 16 and 16, and
The other ends of 6, 16 and 16 are rotatably supported by a crank shaft 17 which is an eccentric member.

The crankshaft 17 rotatably supports one end of the link 19, and the other end of the link 19 rotatably supports the base end of the arm 20. One end of the connector 38 is rotatably and slidably fitted to the main shaft 21, and the other end is screwed to the screw shaft 37. Connector 38
A holding member 39 fixed to the grips the arm 20 near the base end. The main shaft 21 is erected and fixed on the left and right frames of the lifting unit 1. Further, load sensors 100, 100 are provided near the boundary between the arm 20 and the holding member 39.

As shown in FIG. 4, the movable range of the treatment element 2 in the front-rear direction is an actuator 25 fixed to the shaft 15.
And two limit switches 24, 24 using micro switches arranged on the movement locus of the actuator 25. The front-back position of the treatment element 2, that is, the pressing position is, for example, a photo sensor that indicates the rotational speed of a blade-type rotary plate arranged at the end of a worm gear (not shown) that transmits the rotation of the pressing motor 10 from the belt 12 to the shaft 15. It is detected by, for example.

The pressing force of the treatment element 2 having such a structure is adjusted as follows. When the pressure motor 10 rotates forward and backward, the rotation of the pressure motor 10 is reduced by the speed reducer 11, and the belt
The plate 16, the crankshaft 17, and the link 19 are transmitted via 12 to the shaft 15. As a result, the amount of forward protrusion of the treatment elements 2, 2 changes as shown in FIGS. 5 (a) and 5 (b), and the strength of the pressing force is adjusted. Note that FIG. 5A shows a state where the treatment element 2 projects forward and the pressing force is strong, and FIG. 5B shows a state where the treatment element 2 retracts backward and the pressing force is weak.

Next, the part related to the hitting massage will be described. In the figure, 28 is a tapping motor for tapping massage, and the rotation of the tapping motor 28 is caused by rotation of belts 29, 3
It is transmitted to the crankshaft 17 via 2 to rotate the crankshaft 17. As shown in FIG. 3, the crankshaft 17 is eccentric in both halves of the crankshaft 17 with respect to the rotation axis L, and each half is connected to the base end of the arm 20 via links 19 and 19. ing.

The tapping massage with such a configuration is as follows. Crankshaft by tapping motor 28
When 17 is rotated, as shown in FIGS. 6 (a) and 6 (b), the connecting portion between the crankshaft 17 and the link 19 rotates about the rotation axis L with the eccentric amount as a radius. The rotation is transmitted to the treatment element 2 via the link 19 and the arm 20, and the treatment element 2 rotates about the main shaft 21 as a rotation axis.

When the treatment element 2 is rotated, the protrusion amount is as shown in FIG. 6 (a).
The tapping operation is performed by changing from the minimum shown in to the maximum shown in FIG. At this time, the pair of massaging elements 2, 2 connected to the crankshaft 17 whose both halves are eccentric in the opposite direction have one projection amount from the maximum to the minimum and the other projection amount from the maximum to the minimum. When is from the minimum to the maximum, the other is from the maximum to the minimum, and so-called tapping massage is performed.

Next, a portion related to the adjustment of the left-right distance between the treatment elements 2, 2 will be described. In the figure, 34 is a width motor for adjusting the left-right interval between the treatment elements 2, 2. The rotation of the width motor 34 is decelerated and transmitted to the pair of screw shafts 37, 37 having male threads cut in opposite directions in the left and right half portions thereof. The screw shafts 37, 37 are respectively screwed with one end of a female threaded connector 38, 38.
The other end of the connector 38 is rotatably and slidably supported by the main shaft 21.

Below one screw shaft 37, one connector is provided.
With the switch piece protruding from the connecting end of 38 to screw shaft 37
Two limit switches 40, 40 using micro switches that are turned on / off are arranged, and a magnet 42 and a magnet reed switch 41 for detecting left and right positions are arranged at the end of one screw shaft 37.

The adjustment of the left-right distance between the treatment elements 2 and 2 having such a configuration is as follows. Positive and negative of the pair of screw shafts 37, 37
When the connectors 38, 38 are moved left and right by the reverse rotation, the arm 20 gripped by the holding member 39 fixed to the connectors 38, 38.
Moves and the treatment elements 2, 2 move left and right. The left and right movement ranges of the treatment elements 2, 2 are restricted by the limit switches 40, 40, and the left and right positions thereof are detected by the magnet 42 and the magnet reed switch 41.

In the vicinity of the vertical motor 5, the pressing motor 10, the tapping motor 28, and the width motor 34, for example, a blade type rotary plate attached to the shaft of each motor,
Rotational speed detecting means including a photosensor for detecting the number of rotations of the blade-shaped rotating plate is provided.

The control operation of the massage machine according to the present invention having the above configuration will be described with reference to the block diagram of the control system shown in FIG. The one-chip microcomputer 101 is
When pulse signals are input from the detectors 43, 41, 27 that detect the vertical position, the horizontal position, and the front-back position of 2, the current positions of the treatment elements 2, 2 are calculated and the signals are sent to the motor control circuit 103. The vertical motor 5, the width motor 34, and the pressing motor 10 are driven and controlled.

The one-chip microcomputer 101 is a treatment element.
2, 2 upper, lower, width, and push limit switches 45, 40, 24
Each time an ON signal is input from the motor control circuit 103, a signal is supplied to the vertical motor 5, the width motor 34, and the pressing motor 10.
Turn it OFF to regulate the vertical, horizontal, and front-back movement range of the treatment element.

Further, the one-chip microcomputer 101 counts the pulse signals from the speed detection units 46, 47, 48, 49 of the motors 5, 34, 10 to calculate the rotation speed of the motors 5, 34, 10. In addition, when moving the massaging elements 2, 2 in a plurality of axial directions such as up and down, left and right, and front and back in one massage such as acupressure, massage, etc., the zero cross detection unit 102
The drive timing and rotation speed of each motor 5, 34, 10 are controlled by the phase angle control based on the zero-cross signal from to adjust the operation timing of the treatment element in a plurality of axial directions.

Further, the load sensor 100,100 sends an electric signal corresponding to the load to the treatment elements 2,2 to the amplifier circuit, and when the amplified signal is inputted from the amplifier circuit to the one-chip microcomputer 101, the one-chip microcomputer 101 , Calculates the load on the massaging elements 2, 2 such as the load of the user.

The one-chip microcomputer 101, the zero-cross detector 102, the motor control circuit 103, and the amplifier circuit of the load sensor 100 are mounted on the same control board 71. Command signals such as various massage modes, positions, speeds, and strengths of massagers selectively selected and set by the user on the operating device 72 are transmitted to the one-chip microcomputer 101.

FIG. 8 is a layout diagram of the operating device 72. In the figure, 72a indicates various massage modes set by the user,
It is a monitor screen that schematically displays the position, moving speed, massage strength, etc. of the treatment element, and is a “storage” of the treatment element 2.
Massage "stop""motion" selection switch 72b, fir (on the whole body), fir (on the shoulders), fir (on the waist), tap,
Action selection switch 72c (selecting the mode by switching the LED on the left side sequentially each time the switch is pressed) for selecting various massage modes of shiatsu, stretching the back and tapping the back muscles, "upper body course" and "neck" in the automatic course・ Selection switch 72d to select "Shoulder course" or "Waist course"
, A body trace mode selection switch 72e that detects the shoulder position of the user to determine the physique, a switch group 72f that sets the vertical and horizontal positions of the pressing force of the treatment element 2 (front and rear positions), and the treatment element A setting switch 72g for setting the moving speed of 2 in several steps and an ON / OFF switch 72h for automatic course shortening are provided.

Next, an example of a shoulder position detecting method in the massage machine according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. As shown in FIG. 9 (a), when the treatment element 2 at the origin (A), which is the upper limit of the movement range of the treatment element 2, reaches the shoulder height (C) while the inclination of the arm 20 remains the same, The load of the user is applied to the treatment element 2. However, no load is applied to the treatment element 2 at the middle neck position (B).

FIG. 9B shows the relationship between the descent time of the treatment element 2 from the origin (A), that is, the position of the treatment element 2 and the load detected by the load sensors 100 mounted on the arm 20 at each position. It is a graph which shows. In the present embodiment, the moving time data of the treatment element 2 from the origin (A) to the shoulder height (C) exceeding the reference load Ft is set as the position data corresponding to the shoulder height (C). That is, the smaller the position data of the treatment element 2, the shorter the movement time of the treatment element 2 and the higher the shoulder height (C).

Next, the procedure for detecting the shoulder position by the massage machine according to the present invention will be described with reference to the flowcharts shown in FIGS. The person to be treated has the selection switch 72e of the operation device 72
When the shoulder position detection mode (body trace) is selected by, the shoulder position detection command signal from the operation unit 72 is sent to the control board 71.
It is sent to the one-chip microcomputer 101 of.

Upon receiving the shoulder position detection command signal, the one-chip microcomputer 101 turns ON the push motor 10 which is the longitudinal adjustment motor to the pull side (S1), and determines whether or not the pull side limit switch 24 is turned ON. While the treatment elements 2, 2 are retracted (S2), the pull-side limit switch 24 is turned on, and when the treatment element 2 reaches the pull-side limit, the pressing motor 10 is turned off (S3).

Next, the width motor 34, which is a left-right adjustment motor,
To the outside (S4), and while judging whether or not the outer limit switch 40 is turned on, spread the treatment elements 2 and 2 to the left and right (S5) .The outer limit switch 40 is turned on and the treatment element 2, When 2 reaches the left and right outer limits, the width motor 34 is turned off (S6).

Next, a vertical motor 5 which is a vertical adjustment motor.
To the upper limit (S7), and while determining whether the upper limit switch 45 is turned on, raise the treatment elements 2 and 2 to the upper limit (S7).
8), When the upper limit switch 45 turns ON, the vertical motor 5
Is turned off (S9). By the above operation, the treatment elements 2, 2 are set at the origin (A).

When the treatment elements 2, 2 are set at the origin (A), the one-chip microcomputer 101 clears the vertical position counter CT1 (CT1 ← 0) (S10) and pushes the push motor 10 which is the front-back adjustment motor to the push side. Is turned on (S11), and while pushing the limit switch 24 on the push side, the treatment elements 2 and 2 are pushed forward (S12) while the limit switch 24 on the push side is turned on and the treatment element 2 is at the frontmost position. When pushed out, push motor 10 is turned off
Yes (S13).

Then, the vertical motor 5 is turned on downward (S14).
, The presence or absence of the pulse signal input from the vertical position detection unit 43 is detected (S15), and the vertical position counter is incremented by "1" each time the pulse signal is input from the vertical position detection unit 43 (CT1 ← CT1 + 1), The current position of the treatment element 2 is calculated (S16).

At the same time, the load F applied to the treatment element 2 is detected by the load sensor 100, and the preset reference load Ft is set.
It is determined whether the detected load F is greater than or equal to the reference load Ft by comparing with (S17), and when the detected load F is greater than or equal to the reference load Ft, the vertical motor 5 is turned off (S18).

The one-chip microcomputer 101 determines that the treatment element 2 has reached the shoulder height (C) at this point, and the value CT1 of the vertical position counter at this point is used as shoulder position data Y1.
Is stored in the memory as (Y1 ← CT1) (S19).

The method of detecting the shoulder position is as follows:
Not only the method based on the detection of the load on the treatment element 2 by 0,
A means for detecting the current value of the vertical motor 5 is provided, and the treatment element 2
The shoulder position may be detected based on the change in the current value of the vertical motor 5 by utilizing the fact that the load of the vertical motor 5 increases due to the contact with the shoulder.

As a method of detecting the shoulder position, a means for detecting the presence or absence of rotation of the treatment element 2 which is rotatably supported is provided, and the treatment element 2 which does not rotate contacts the shoulder while not contacting the human body. The shoulder position may be detected based on the presence or absence of rotation of the treatment element 2 which starts rotating.

FIG. 12 shows the relationship between shoulder position data Y1 and physique.
FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating a method of defining the massage prohibited zone H on the back of the kidney as a rectangular area. If the heights are the same, the built-in positions are almost the same regardless of whether the body is thin or obese, so that the range of the prohibited band H can be determined from the height estimated from the shoulder position of the user.

The shoulder position data Y1 obtained from the time data of the up / down position counter CT1 indicates that the smaller the value, the higher the shoulder position. Therefore, between the vertical positions Ya and Yb (Ya <Y1 <
Yb) is set to "standard", and if Y1 ≤ Ya, "high", Y1
When ≧ Yb, it is determined as “low”.

Further, the massaging prohibited zone H is defined by a rectangular area defined by a combination of the values of the vertical position counter CT1 (Yn to Ym) and the values of the lateral position counter CT2 (Xn to Xm) whose origin is near the spine. The range defining data corresponding to the height is preset in the lookup table. In addition, except the shoulder position detection mode of the user, the prohibited band data of the standard physique is used.

Next, the procedure for determining the massage prohibited zone by the massage machine according to the present invention will be described based on the flowchart shown in FIG. Shoulder position data Y1 is read from memory (S21), and it is determined whether Y1 is Ya or less (S22).
, Y1 is less than or equal to Ya, the height of the user is judged to be “high” (S23), and the prohibited band data for people with high height is used.
(S24).

When Y1 exceeds Ya as a result of the determination in step S22, it is determined whether Y1 is Yb or more (S25).
, Y1 is Yb or more, the height of the user is judged to be “low” (S26), and the prohibited band data for people with short height is used.
(S27). As a result of the judgments in steps S22 and S25, Y1 becomes Ya.
If it is between Yb, the height of the user is judged as "standard" (S2
8) Use the forbidden band data for people with standard height (S2
9).

In the present embodiment, the height determination criterion is the shoulder position. However, the height position is not limited to the shoulder position, and any other position may be used as long as the upper and lower positions change according to the height. May be.

Although the height is classified into three levels in this embodiment, the number of classification levels is not limited to this.

Furthermore, the massage prohibited zone is not limited to the back of the kidney, which is generally regarded as dangerous, and may be set to any range in which the user wants to avoid massage.

Further, in the present embodiment, the massage prohibited zone is defined as a rectangular area, but the shape is not limited to a rectangle.

Further, although the chair type massage machine has been described in the present embodiment, the same effect as that of the present embodiment can be obtained not only in the chair type but also in the bed type massager.

In this embodiment, the motors for moving the treatment element 2 back and forth, left and right, and up and down have been described. However, the configuration is such that one treatment element moves the treatment element 2 in a plurality of axial directions. It may be present, and the same effect as this embodiment can be obtained.

[0055]

INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY As described above, the massage machine according to the present invention has an excellent effect that it is highly safe because it avoids a massage in a prohibited zone where massage should be avoided.

Furthermore, the massage machine according to the present invention is excellent in safety and comfort because it determines the range of the massage prohibited zone according to the physique of the individual user and avoids the massage in the massage prohibited zone. Produce an effect.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side sectional view of a massage machine according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front view of the main part of the massage machine according to the present invention viewed from the backrest side.

FIG. 3 is a bottom view of essential parts of the massage machine according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a sectional view taken along line IV-IV in FIG.

5 is a sectional view taken along line VV of FIG.

6 is a sectional view taken along line VI-VI of FIG.

FIG. 7 is a block diagram of a control system of the massage machine according to the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a layout diagram of an operating device of the massage machine according to the present invention.

FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram of an example of a shoulder position detecting method in the massage machine according to the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure for detecting a shoulder position of the massage machine according to the present invention.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure for detecting a shoulder position by the massage machine according to the present invention.

FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating a method of defining the range of the massage prohibited zone of the massage machine according to the present invention.

FIG. 13 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure for determining a prohibited zone by the massage machine according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Lifting unit 2 Treatment element 3 Guide rail 4 Backrest 5 Vertical motor 10 Pushing motor 20 Arm 24 Treatment element pushing limit switch 27 Treatment element pushing position detector 28 Tapping motor 34 Width motor 40 Treatment element width limit switch 41 Treatment element width position detection Part 43 Treatment element vertical position detection unit 45 Treatment element vertical limit switch 46,47,48,49 Speed detection unit 72 Actuator 100 Load sensor 101 One-chip microcomputer 102 Zero-cross detection unit 103 Motor control circuit

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[Procedure amendment]

[Submission date] June 10, 1993

[Procedure Amendment 1]

[Document name to be amended] Statement

[Name of item to be corrected] 0015

[Correction method] Change

[Correction content]

In the figure, 10 is a treatment element 2 in which the front and rear tilt angles of the arm 20 are changed in order to adjust the pressing force applied to the massage portion.
Of the pressing motor for moving the
Is reduced by the speed reducer 11, further reduced from the belt 12 via a worm gear and a worm wheel (not shown), and transmitted to the shaft 15. The shaft 15 fixes one end of each of the three plates 16, 16, 16 and the other end of each of the plates 16, 16, 16 is rotatably supported by a crank shaft 17 which is an eccentric member.

[Procedure Amendment 2]

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[Correction method] Change

[Correction content]

The crankshaft 17 rotatably supports one end of the link 19, and the other end of the link 19 rotatably supports the base end of the arm 20. One end of the coupling element 38 is fitted freely 慴 dynamic to the main shaft 21, the other end is screwed to the screw shaft 37. Spindle 21 of connector 38
The inner ring is fixed to one side of the ring-shaped end fitted to
The holding member 30 is attached to the outer ring rotatably fitted to the inner ring.
There is secured, hold members 39 grip the base end side of the arm 20. The main shaft 21 is erected and fixed on the left and right frames of the lifting unit 1. Further, load sensors 100, 100 are provided near the boundary between the arm 20 and the holding member 39.

[Procedure 3]

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[Correction method] Change

[Correction content]

When the treatment element 2 is rotated, the protrusion amount is as shown in FIG. 6 (a).
The tapping operation is performed by changing from the minimum shown in to the maximum shown in FIG. At this time, the pair of massaging elements 2, 2 connected to the crankshaft 17 whose both halves are eccentric in the opposite directions have the smallest amount of protrusion of the other when the amount of protrusion of one is from the maximum to the minimum.
At the maximum , when one is from the minimum to the maximum, the other is from the maximum to the minimum, and a so-called tapping massage is performed.

[Procedure amendment 4]

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[Correction method] Change

[Correction content]

Next, a portion related to the adjustment of the left-right distance between the treatment elements 2, 2 will be described. In the figure, 34 is a width motor for adjusting the left-right interval between the treatment elements 2, 2. The rotation of the width motor 34 is decelerated and transmitted to the pair of screw shafts 37, 37 having male threads cut in opposite directions in the left and right half portions thereof. The screw shafts 37, 37 are respectively screwed with one end of a female threaded connector 38, 38.
The other end of the coupling element 38 is supported freely 慴 dynamic to the main shaft 21.

[Procedure Amendment 5]

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[Correction method] Change

[Correction content]

The adjustment of the left-right distance between the treatment elements 2 and 2 having such a configuration is as follows. Positive and negative of the pair of screw shafts 37, 37
By the reverse rotation, the coupling element 38, 38 is moved to the left and right, the treatment element 2, 2 is moved to the left and right arms 20 held by the hold member 39 is moved. The left and right movement ranges of the treatment elements 2, 2 are restricted by the limit switches 40, 40, and the left and right positions thereof are detected by the magnet 42 and the magnet reed switch 41.

[Procedure correction 6]

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[Correction method] Change

[Correction content]

Furthermore, the rotational speed of the one-chip microcomputer 101 the motors 5, 34, 10, 28 each motor 5 by counting the pulse signal from the speed detector 46, 47, 48, 49 of 34, 10, 28 Is calculated. Further, when moving the massaging elements 2, 2 in a plurality of axial directions such as up / down, left / right, and front / rear in one massage such as acupressure and massage, the phase angle control based on the zero-cross signal from the zero-cross detector 102. The drive and rotation speeds of the motors 5, 34, 10 are controlled by to adjust the operation timing of the treatment element in the plurality of axial directions.

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A massager for moving a treatment element up and down, left and right to position the treatment portion, and moving the treatment element to massage the treatment portion. A massage machine comprising: a memorizing means and a means for avoiding a massage in a massage prohibited zone. 2. In a massager for moving a rotatable massager up and down, left and right to position and massaging a massaged part by operating the massager, data defining a range of a massage prohibited zone in which massage should be avoided. A means for storing the physical constitution of the user, a means for detecting the position of a body part whose position corresponds to the physical constitution of the user, and determining the physical constitution of the user, and the physical constitution of the user and A means for determining the range of the massage-prohibited zone of the user based on the data defining the range of the massage-prohibited zone corresponding to the physique, and means for avoiding massage in the range of the massage-prohibited zone determined by the means A massage machine characterized by that. 3. The massage machine according to claim 2, wherein a shoulder position corresponding to the physique of the user is detected, and the physique of the user is determined based on the shoulder position. 4. A means for detecting a load applied to the treatment element, and based on the load applied to the treatment element, detects the position of the body part of the treatment object, which serves as a reference for physique determination of the treatment object. Massage machine described. 5. A treatment for detecting a current value of a motor for moving a treatment element in a height direction of the treatment subject, the treatment being a reference for determining a physical constitution of the treatment subject based on the current value of the motor. The massage machine according to claim 2, which detects the position of the body part of the person. 6. A method for detecting the presence or absence of rotation of a treatment element, wherein the position of a body part of the treatment subject serving as a reference for determining the physical constitution of the treatment subject is detected based on the presence or absence of rotation of the treatment element. Item 2. A massage machine according to item 2.