JPH06335499A - Air massage apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide an air massage apparatus which properly drowse a user and sufficiently improves the circulation of the venous blood. CONSTITUTION:In this massage machine equipped with a mat 10 which has a neck/shoulders holder as well as a waist holder and a leg holder, air bags which are attached to above neck/shoulders holder, a waist holder and a leg holder respectively, and an air exhauster/supplier 20 to let those air bags expand or shrink, a control circuit 100 that controls the air exhauster/supplier 20 to gradually lengthen the interval for air bags to expand and shrink is installed.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The present invention provides a plurality of air bags on a mat body having a neck / shoulder receiving portion, a waist receiving portion, and a foot receiving portion.
The present invention relates to an air massage device for inflating and deflating these air bags.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as an air massage device,
It is known that the mat body is divided into three parts, a neck / shoulder receiving part, a waist receiving part and a foot receiving part, and a plurality of air bags are arranged at the neck / shoulder receiving part, the waist receiving part and the foot receiving part. ing. Massage is performed by supplying air to these air bags by an air supply / exhaust device to expand the air bags, or by exhausting the air bags to contract the air bags.

[0003]

However, in such an air massage device, the air bag is inflated / expanded.
The time of contraction was constant. Further, the air bag is simply inflated and deflated in order from the shoulder portion to the foot portion and further from the foot portion to the shoulder portion.

Therefore, a sufficient effect cannot be obtained depending on the purpose of use. For example, when sleeping while using a massage of an air massage device, there is a problem that drowsiness cannot be sufficiently drawn out because the expansion and contraction time is constant.

Further, since the air bag is simply inflated and deflated in order, there is a problem that it is not possible to sufficiently promote blood circulation in the vein.

[0006] The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object thereof is to provide an air massage device which can sufficiently induce drowsiness and also promote blood circulation in veins sufficiently. Especially.

[0007]

To achieve the above object, the present invention provides a mat body having a neck / shoulder receiving portion, a waist receiving portion, and a foot receiving portion, the neck / shoulder receiving portion, and a waist receiving portion. In an air massager equipped with a plurality of air bags arranged in the foot support and an air supply / exhaust device for inflating / deflating these air bags, the air supply / exhaust device is controlled to inflate the air bag. It is characterized in that a control means for delaying the contraction time with the passage of time is provided.

Further, a mat main body having a neck / shoulder receiving portion, a waist receiving portion and a foot receiving portion, and a plurality of air bags arranged in the neck / shoulder receiving portion, the waist receiving portion and the foot receiving portion, In an air massage device including an air supply / exhaust device for inflating / deflating these air bags to perform a massage, control means for repeating the pattern of controlling the air supply / exhaust device to move a massage portion from a foot to a shoulder Is provided.

Further, a mat body having a neck / shoulder receiving portion, a waist receiving portion and a foot receiving portion, and a plurality of air bags arranged at the neck / shoulder receiving portion, the waist receiving portion and the foot receiving portion, In an air massage device having an air supply / exhaust device for inflating / deflating these air bags to perform massage, a massage range for repeatedly massaging a predetermined range is controlled from the foot to the shoulder by controlling the air supply / exhaust device. The first pattern of moving and the second pattern of sequentially moving the massage part that massages one place from the foot part to the shoulder part are alternately combined, and the time to inflate and contract according to the passage of time. It is characterized in that a control means for increasing the length is provided.

[0010]

According to the present invention, with the above construction, the control means controls the air supply / exhaust device to prolong the time during which the air bag is inflated and deflated.

Further, the control means repeats the pattern of controlling the air supply / exhaust device to move the massage part from the foot to the shoulder.

Further, the control device controls the air supply / exhaust device,
There is a first pattern in which a massage range for repeatedly massaging a predetermined range is moved from the foot to the shoulder, and a second pattern in which a massage area for massaging one place is sequentially moved from the foot to the shoulder. While alternately combining, the time to expand and contract will be lengthened as time passes.

[0013]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT An embodiment of an air massage device according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

In FIGS. 1 and 2, reference numeral 10 denotes a mat body divided into three parts, a neck / shoulder receiving portion 10a for receiving shoulders and the like, a waist receiving portion 10b for receiving waist and the like, and a foot receiving portion 10c for receiving legs and the like. Is. The mat body 10 has an upper layer portion 14 and a lower layer portion 15 made of a urethane home covered with a front cloth 11 made of ester brushing and a back cloth 11 made of cotton.

Between the upper layer 14 and the lower layer 15, strip-shaped air bags 18a-18h are arranged. The air bags 18a and 18b are arranged in the neck / shoulder receiving portion 10a, the air bags 18c to 18g are arranged in the waist receiving portion 10b, and the air bag 18h is arranged in the foot receiving portion 10c. Lower layer portion 1 of foot receiving portion 10c
An electric floor band 18i is provided between the upper layer portion 4 and the upper layer portion 4. The mat body 10 can be used by turning it over, and in the cold season, the heat-insulating front fabric is used up and in the hot season, the breathable back fabric is used up.

A hose connecting portion 17 is provided on one side of the mat body 10, and the hose connecting portion 17 is connected to the tube 1.
It is connected to the air bags 18a to 18h by 9a to 19h. Further, the cord connecting portion 16 is provided adjacent to the hose connecting portion 17, and the cord connecting portion 16 is connected to the electric floor strip 18
Connected to the lead wire connected to i.

One end of the hose 3 composed of a plurality of tubes is detachably connected to the hose connecting portion 17, and the hose 3
The other end portion of the above is detachably connected to a main body case 20K having a built-in air supply / exhaust device 20 (see FIG. 5). By connecting the hose 3 to the main body case 20K and the hose connecting portion 17 of the mat main body 10, air is supplied to the air bags 18a to 18h separately by the air supply / exhaust device 20. The air bags 18a to 18h expand due to the supply of the air, and the expansion causes the air bags 18a to 18h to project the upper layer portion 14 upward, thereby performing massage.

An operation panel 21 is provided in front of a main body case 20K of the air supply / exhaust device 20, and the operation panel 21 has a power switch 22, an operation section 23, and an alarm setting as shown in FIG. A unit 24 and a display unit 25 that displays operations and settings are provided.

The operating unit 23 has a rolling switch 2 for selecting the whole body, back, or waist to be massaged.
3a and a point switch 23b for selecting one of the air bags 18a-18h to massage a part of the body
, A speed switch 23c for speeding up or slowing down the time of inflation / deflation of the air bags 18a-18h, a timer switch 23d for setting an operating time, and an A course (a course used when sleeping) A set. A course switch 23e, an air massage switch 27 for performing air massage, and a potential treatment switch 28 for performing potential treatment are provided. Further, the operation unit 23 is provided with a light receiving unit 26 that receives infrared light emitted from a remote controller main body (not shown).

The wake-up setting section 24 is provided with a wake-up setting switch 24a for setting a wake-up (B course), a time setting switch 24b for setting a wake-up time, and a display section 24g for displaying the current time. . Reference numeral 24b is a light emitting diode which lights up when the B course is set.

The display unit 25 has a light emitting diode 25a that lights up when the air massage switch 27 is pressed, a light emitting diode 25b that emits light when the point switch 23b is pressed, and a light emitting diode that emits light when the potential therapy switch 28 is pressed. 25c and light emitting diodes a to h provided corresponding to the air bags 18a to 18h are provided. The light emitting diodes a to h are inflated air bags 1
In addition to lighting corresponding to 8a to 18h, each time the point switch 23b is pressed, the light emitting diodes a to h are sequentially lit, and the air bags 18a to 18h corresponding to the lit light emitting diodes a to h are selected. , That selected air bag 1
Only 8a to 18h are expanded and contracted.

The remote controller main body (not shown) is provided with a switch having the same function as the switch provided on the operation panel 21, and the same operation as described above can be performed by each switch.

The main body case 20K includes a rotary valve 60.
The rotary valve 60 has a rotating body (not shown) that is rotated by a stepping motor 65 as shown in FIG. 5, and the rotation of this rotating body causes one of the air bags 18a-18h to rotate. One of the filter tanks 92
To communicate with the outside air as well as to communicate with the outside air. For example, the air bag 18a is the filter tank 9
When it is communicated with the air bag 18, compressed air is supplied to the air bag 18a, the air bag 18a expands, and the other air bags 18b to 18b.
The h is communicated with the outside air and becomes an exhaust state, and the inflated air bag is contracted.

When the rotary body further rotates, the air bag 18b communicates with the filter tank 92, and the air bags 18a, 1b
8c to 18h are communicated with the outside air. That is, the rotary valve 60 sequentially switches the air bags 18a to 18h communicating with the filter tank 92 by the rotation of the rotating body.

Further, the rotary valve 60 has a structure in which all the air bags 18a to 18h communicate with the outside air when the rotating body is in an intermediate position where the air bags 18a to 18h and the filter tank 92 are not communicated with each other. In this rotary valve 60, which air bag 18a to 18h is connected to the filter tank 9
A sensor 80 is provided to detect whether it is in communication with the device 2.

Reference numeral 91 is an air compressor for generating compressed air, and 92 is a filter tank for purifying and storing the compressed air. The air compressor 91, the filter tank 92, etc. are provided in the main body case 20K. 10
Reference numeral 0 denotes a control circuit (control means) that controls the stepping motor 65, the electric belt 25, and the like based on the operation of each switch provided on the operation panel 21.

As shown in FIG. 7, the control circuit 100 includes a microcomputer 101 and interfaces 102 to 102.
The control circuit 100 is also provided in the main body case 20K.

Next, the operation of the embodiment of the air massager configured as described above will be described.

First, the power switch 22 provided on the operation panel 21 of the air supply / exhaust device 20 is turned on. Then, when the A course switch 23e is pressed, the control circuit 100 operates the compressor 91 to store compressed air in the filter tank 92. Then, the control circuit 100 controls the stepping motor 65.

By controlling the stepping motor 65, as shown in FIG. 7, during the period Ta, the air bag 18 of the foot receiving portion 10c is inflated.
From h to the air bag 18a of the neck / shoulder receiving part 10a is inflated in sequence.
It will be contracted. Then, the air bag 18h of the foot receiving portion 10c is inflated and deflated three times, and then inflated and deflated to the air bag 18d of the waist receiving portion 10b.

Then, in the period Tb, the air bag 18d is inflated.
When it is deflated, it is inflated and deflated sequentially from the air bag 18d to the air bag 18g in the opposite direction.
To the air bag 18a of the neck / shoulder receiving portion 10a are sequentially inflated and deflated. Then, from the air bag 18a to the neck / shoulder receiving portion 1
The air bag 18c of 0b is sequentially inflated and deflated, and further the air bag 18c of the waist receiving portion 10b to the air bag 18a of the neck / shoulder receiving portion 10a is inflated and deflated.

That is, in the period Ta, the entire body is massaged, and in the period Tb, the waist region is repeatedly massaged and then the shoulder region is repeatedly massaged. That is, in the period Tb, the massage of the first pattern is performed in which the massage range in which the predetermined range is repeatedly massaged is moved from the foot to the shoulder.

Next, from the air bags 18h of the foot receiving portion 10c to 3
The inflation / deflation is repeated step by step, and the inflation / deflation is sequentially performed three times up to the air bag 18a of the neck / shoulder receiving portion 10a.
In the period Tc here, the massage area for massaging one area is sequentially moved from the foot area to the shoulder area.
A pattern massage is performed.

After that, the inflation / deflation of the air bag 18h of the foot receiving portion 10c is repeated three times. Then, in the period Td, the first
The same massage as the pattern is given. The expansion / contraction time in the period Td is longer than the expansion / contraction time in the period Tb. Next, in the period Te, the same massage as the second pattern is performed. The expansion / contraction time of the period Te is longer than the expansion / contraction time of the period Tc. Thereafter, the air bag 18a of the neck / shoulder receiving portion 10a to the air bag 18h of the foot receiving portion 10c are inflated and contracted in sequence, and the process ends here.

In this way, the inflation and deflation time of the air bags 18a to 18h becomes longer with the passage of time, so that drowsiness can be sufficiently drawn out and it is very convenient to sleep while massaging. Will be things. Furthermore, since the massage performed from the foot to the shoulder is repeatedly performed, it is possible to sufficiently promote the blood circulation in the vein. In the final period Tf, the massage is performed slowly from the shoulder to the foot, so that a sedative effect can be obtained.

Further, since the massage of the first pattern and the massage of the second pattern are alternately performed, the massage is not monotonous, and therefore the massage effect can be enhanced.

Next, when the back is selected by the rolling switch 23a and the air massage switch 27 is pressed, inflation and deflation of the air bags 18a to 18c are sequentially repeated to massage the back portion. When the waist is selected, inflation and deflation of the air bags 18d to 18g are sequentially repeated to massage the waist.
When the whole body is selected, the air bags 18a to 18h are repeatedly inflated and deflated one after another to massage the whole body.
In both cases, the air bag is inflated and deflated from the foot.

When performing potential treatment, the potential treatment switch 28 is pressed. Then, the control circuit 100 applies a potential of minus several hundreds of volts to the electric floor 18i. Thereby, electric potential treatment is performed. The time for this electric potential treatment is set to 60 minutes.

[0039]

As described above, according to the present invention, the inflation and deflation time of the air bag increases with the passage of time, so that drowsiness can be sufficiently drawn out while massaging. It will be very convenient for you to sleep. Furthermore, since the massage performed from the foot to the shoulder is repeatedly performed, it is possible to sufficiently promote the blood circulation in the vein. Further, since the massage of the first pattern and the massage of the second pattern are alternately performed, the massage is not a monotonous massage, and thus the massage effect can be enhanced.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an external perspective view showing the entire air mat device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a plan view showing a state in which an air bag is arranged on a mat body. ,

FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view showing a configuration of a mat body.

FIG. 4 is a front view showing the arrangement of switches provided on the operation panel.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram schematically showing a configuration of an air massage device.

FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a control system of the air massage device.

FIG. 7 is a time chart diagram showing the operation of inflation / deflation of the air bladder.

[Explanation of symbols]

 10 mat body 10a neck / shoulder receiving part 10b waist receiving part 10C foot receiving part 18a-18h air bag 20 air supply / exhaust device 100 control circuit

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A mat body having a neck / shoulder receiving portion, a waist receiving portion, and a foot receiving portion, and a plurality of air bags arranged in the neck / shoulder receiving portion, the waist receiving portion, and the foot receiving portion, In an air massage device equipped with an air supply / exhaust device for inflating / deflating these air bags, a control means for controlling the air supply / exhaust device to lengthen the time for the air bag to inflate / deflate with time An air massage device characterized by being provided. 2. A mat body having a neck / shoulder receiving portion, a waist receiving portion and a foot receiving portion, and a plurality of air bags arranged on the neck / shoulder receiving portion, the waist receiving portion and the foot receiving portion, In an air massager equipped with an air supply / exhaust device for inflating / deflating these air bags for massage, a control means for repeating the pattern of controlling the air supply / exhaust device to move a massage part from a foot to a shoulder An air massage device characterized by being provided with. 3. A mat body having a neck / shoulder receiving portion, a waist receiving portion and a foot receiving portion, and a plurality of air bags arranged in the neck / shoulder receiving portion, the waist receiving portion and the foot receiving portion, In an air massager equipped with an air supply / exhaust device for inflating / deflating these air bags to perform a massage, by controlling the air supply / exhaust device, a massage range for repeatedly massaging a predetermined range from a foot to a shoulder is provided. The first pattern of moving and the second pattern of sequentially moving the massage part that massages one place from the foot part to the shoulder part are alternately combined, and the time to inflate and contract according to the passage of time. An air massage device characterized by having a control means for making it longer.