JPH07124218A - Massaging device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To give massage like describing a circle with fingertips by rotating a rotating member using a rotation drive means, and bringing the rounded end portion of a pressure member into circular motion about the axis of rotation of the rotating shaft and within a plane perpendicular to the axis. CONSTITUTION:A massaging mechanism 20 comprises an electric motor 21, a decelerator 22 that decelerates the electric motor 21 and transmits rotation of the motor, a rotating shaft 23 rotated by the rotational driving power of the electric motor 21 decelerated, and a spherical pressure member 24 mounted on the end of the rotating shaft 23. The end of the rotating shaft 23 is curved onto a crank and the axis of the pressure member 24 mounted on the end of the shaft 23 is made eccentric with respect to the axis of the root of the rotating shaft 23. As the rotating shaft 23 is rotated by the electric motor 21, the pressure member 24 makes circular motion about the axis of the shaft and within a plane perpendicular to the axis. Then the pressure member 24 massages the neck placed on the recessed portion 12 of a supporting body 11.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a massage device for massaging a predetermined part of a body for the purpose of recovery from fatigue.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A device for massaging a predetermined part of the body (neck, shoulders, waist, etc.) for the purpose of relieving stiffness in the neck and shoulders,
The device has been well known from the past, and has been put to practical use. However, the conventional devices and apparatuses hit, rub, or vibrate a predetermined part of the body. For example, a device that taps on the shoulder, a device that gives vibration using a vibrator, a device that massages by sandwiching a predetermined part of the body with a pair of pieces, or a device that moves while pressing a roller against the body. Apparatuses and the like adapted to knead have been well known.

[0003]

The conventional equipments and devices as described above can bring about some effects such as relief of stiffness and recovery of fatigue. However, as a result of many years of massaging the “vase” of the body with the fingers, the applicant has shown that instead of the above-mentioned massage, if the “vase” is massaged in a circle with the fingertips, the neck and shoulders become stiff. We have empirically discovered that it is extremely effective in relieving stress, recovering from fatigue, and relieving stress.

The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances.
It is an object of the present invention to provide a massage device having a configuration capable of performing a massage similar to a massage that draws a circle with the fingertip.

[0005]

In order to achieve such an object, according to the present invention, a pressing member having a rounded shape at least at its tip and a center of the tip connected to this pressing member. A massage mechanism composed of a rotary member having a rotation center axis eccentric from and a rotation drive means for rotating the rotation member about the rotation center axis, and this massage mechanism can support a predetermined part of the body The massage device is constructed by being installed in a simple support means. For this reason, the support means is provided with a massage opening facing a predetermined portion (for example, a position to be a "pot") in a predetermined portion of the body in a supported state, and the tip end portion of the pressing member is projected from the massage opening. In this way, the massage mechanism is arranged in the support means. In addition,
The massage openings are formed according to the number of positions to be "pots", and when there are a plurality of "pots", a plurality of them are formed and a massage mechanism is attached corresponding to each opening.

In the massage device having the above structure,
When the rotating member is rotated by the rotation driving means, the rounded tip of the pressing member makes a circular motion in a plane perpendicular to the center axis of the rotating member so as to draw a circle about the center axis of rotation. . Thereby, the massage opening is formed so as to face the predetermined portion of the body, that is, the portion where the massage opening in the predetermined portion of the body supported by the supporting means faces (usually, the position of the "pot" of the body). )
Can be massaged by drawing a circle with the tip of the pressing member.

In the massage device having such a structure, a plurality of pressing members are attached to the rotating member, and the rotating members are rotationally driven to cause the plurality of pressing members to move circularly in substantially the same plane. good. further,
In the massage device having such a configuration, a protrusion amount adjusting means for adjusting the protrusion amount of the tip end portion of the pressing member from the massage opening, and a rotation control means for controlling the rotation speed and direction of the rotation shaft by the rotation driving means. It is preferably provided. This makes it possible to adjust the amount of protrusion of the pressing member, the rotation speed, the direction, etc. according to the person to be massaged or the body part to be massaged. Can be done. Further, the pressing member may be attached concentrically with the rotation center axis of the rotating member.

[0008]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT A preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. As an example of a massage device according to the present invention, FIG. 1 shows a neck N of a person M to be massaged.
1 shows a device 10 for massaging the "pot" of the. As shown in FIG. 2, this massage device 10 has a rectangular parallelepiped box-shaped support body 11 having a recess 12 for supporting the neck portion N on the top surface, and the top surface of the support body 11 is covered with the recess 12. A cover 15 made of cloth is attached to.

As shown in FIG. 3, the recess 12 of the support body 11 is provided with massage openings 13 at a plurality of locations (three locations in this example), through which the pressing member 24 is partially formed. A plurality of massage mechanisms 20 are arranged in the support body 11 so as to project. As shown in the enlarged view of FIG. 4, each massage mechanism 20 is
The electric motor 21, the speed reducer 22 that decelerates and transmits the rotation of the electric motor 22, the rotary shaft 23 that is rotated by the rotational drive of the electric motor 21 that is decelerated by the speed reducer 22, and the rotary shaft 23. It is composed of a spherical pressing member 24 attached to the tip.

The rotary shaft 23 is bent in a crank shape on the tip side, and the central axis B of the pressing member 24 attached to the distal end is eccentric by a distance R with respect to the central axis A of the root of the rotary shaft 23. There is. Rotating shaft 2
3 is rotated about the central axis A. Therefore, when the rotating shaft 23 is rotated by being driven by the electric motor 21, the pressing member 24 is rotated about the central axis A, A circular motion with a radius R (motion indicated by arrow Q) is performed in a plane perpendicular to.

As described above, the tip portion of the pressing member 24 projects upward from the massage opening 13, and when the pressing member 24 makes a circular motion with a radius R by being driven by the electric motor 21 in this way, the support body A predetermined portion of the neck portion N of the person M placed on the recess 12 of 11 receives the massage by the circular movement of the pressing member 24 via the cover 15. Here, the massage opening 13 is the neck portion N in a state of being placed in the recess 12.
The pressing member 24 is formed at a position opposite to the portion corresponding to the "pot" of the neck, and the pressing member 24 massages the "pot" of the neck N.

Since the left and right massage openings 13 in FIG. 3 are formed on the inclined surface of the concave portion 12, the pressing member 24 also projects at a right angle to the inclined surface of the opening 13. The rotation shaft 23 is tilted so as to project. Therefore, the outer shapes of the speed reducers 22 are different from each other. This reduction gear 22 not only transmits the rotation of the electric motor 21 to the rotating shaft 23, but also moves the rotating shaft 23 up and down in the axial direction (in the direction of arrow P).
It also has a function of moving and adjusting the amount of protrusion of the pressing member 24 from the opening 13.

The electric motors 21 are driven by electric wires 42.
It is controlled by the controller 30 using the electric power input by inserting the plug 41 at the tip of the plug into an outlet.
As shown in FIG. 5, the controller 30 includes a main switch 31, an operation display lamp 32, and a protrusion amount adjustment button 3.
3a, 33b and rotation pattern setting buttons 35a, 35
b and a rotation speed adjusting knob 37. The main switch 31 is a switch for switching the power on / off, and when this is turned on, the operation display lamp 32 is lit.

The protrusion amount adjusting buttons 33a and 33b are buttons for adjusting the amount of vertical movement (movement in the direction of arrow P in FIG. 4) of the rotary shaft 23 and the pressing member 24 in the axial direction. When the up button 33a is pressed, the pressing members are pressed. The pushing member 24 can be retracted by projecting 24 and pushing the down button 33b. Rotation pattern setting buttons 35a, 35b
Is a button for setting the rotation pattern (direction) of the rotating shaft 23. When the continuous rotation setting button 35a is pressed, the rotating shaft 23 continuously rotates in a predetermined direction, and when the reverse rotation setting button 35b is pressed, the rotating shaft 23 is reversed in a predetermined direction. Rotate. The predetermined reverse rotation is, for example, a right rotation for 30 seconds and 3
This is a rotation in which the left rotation for 0 seconds is alternately repeated. The rotation speed adjustment knob 37 is a knob for adjusting the rotation speed of the rotation shaft 23, and by rotating this with a finger, the rotation speed of the rotation shaft 23 is adjusted, for example, between 1 rotation / second and 5 rotations / second. be able to.

In the above example, the pressing member 24 is composed of a spherical member, but as shown in FIG.
The massage mechanism 20 'may be configured using a cylindrical pressing member 26 having a spherical shape. The rotary shaft 25 of this mechanism has a screw 25a at the tip, which is screwed with the pressing member 24, and is fixed by the fixing nut 27.
4 is fixed. Therefore, if the screwing amount of the pressing member 24 is adjusted while the fixing nut 27 is loosened, the pressing member 26
The amount of protrusion of can be adjusted. Therefore, in this mechanism, it is not necessary to provide means for vertically moving the rotary shaft 25 and the pressing member 26 to adjust the amount of protrusion.

Further, as shown in FIG. 7, the pressing member 29
May be composed of a spherical member, and the rod-shaped rotary shaft 28 may be coupled at a position eccentric from the central axis B of the pressing member 29 by a distance R to form the massage mechanism 20 ″. When 28 is rotationally driven, the pressing member 29 makes a circular motion with a radius R about the axis A of the rotary shaft 28.

Further, as shown in FIG.
A disk portion 31a is formed at the tip of 1 to form a rotating member,
A plurality (three in this example) of pressing members 32 may be attached on the disk portion 31a. The pressing members 32 are all eccentric from the rotation center axis of the rotary shaft 31, and the hemispherical tips thereof are positioned substantially side by side on a plane perpendicular to the rotation center axis. In this mechanism, when the rotary shaft 31 is rotationally driven, the pressing members 32 simultaneously move circularly.

In the above example, in the massage mechanism, the pressing member is attached eccentrically from the center axis of rotation of the rotary shaft, and is configured to perform a circular motion about the center axis of rotation, but as shown in FIG. The pressing members 42 and 46 may be attached concentrically with the rotation center axes of the rotation shafts 41 and 45. In this case, the pressing members 42 and 46 massage the predetermined part of the body while rotating.

Although the present invention has been described above by taking a massage device for massaging a person's neck as an example, the present massage device can be configured to massage other parts of the body, for example, the waist. Is of course. For example, as shown in FIG. 10, a massage chair C
It is also possible to configure a device in which a neck massage device 50 that supports the neck portion N of the person M who sits at and massages this portion and a waist massage device 55 that supports the waist portion W and massages this portion are attached. In this case, the support body of the waist massage device 55 has a recess that matches the shape of the waist.

[0020]

As described above, according to the present invention,
When the rotary shaft is rotated by the rotary drive means, the rounded tip of the pressing member circularly moves in a plane perpendicular to the center axis of the rotary shaft in a circle. Thereby, the massage opening is formed so as to face the predetermined portion of the body, that is, the portion where the massage opening in the predetermined portion of the body supported by the supporting means faces (usually, the position of the "pot" of the body). ) Can be massaged in a circular shape by the tip of the pressing member, and a massage highly effective for relieving stiffness, relieving fatigue, relieving stress, etc. can be performed.

In the massage device having such a structure, the protrusion amount adjusting means for adjusting the protrusion amount of the tip end portion of the pressing member from the massage opening and the rotation speed and direction of the rotary shaft by the rotation driving means are controlled. It is preferable to provide rotation control means. By doing this, according to the person to be massaged, or according to the body part to be massaged, the protrusion amount of the pressing member,
The rotation speed, direction, etc. can be adjusted, and an optimal massage can be performed.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view showing a usage state of a massage device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing the pine surge device.

FIG. 3 is a partial cross-sectional view of this massage device.

FIG. 4 is a front view showing a massage mechanism.

FIG. 5 is a plan view showing a controller of the massage device.

FIG. 6 is a front view showing a part of the massage mechanism according to the second embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a front view showing a part of the massage mechanism according to the third embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a front view showing a part of the massage mechanism according to the fourth embodiment.

FIG. 9 is a front view showing a part of the massage mechanism according to the fifth and sixth embodiments.

FIG. 10 is a front view showing another example of the massage device according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 10, 50, 55 massage device 11 support body 13 opening for massage 20 massage mechanism 23, 25, 28 rotating shaft 24, 26, 29 pressing member

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A pressing member having a rounded shape at least at its tip, a rotating member having the rotation center axis eccentric from the center of the tip connected to the pressing member, and the rotating member. It has a massage mechanism composed of a rotation drive means for rotating about a rotation center axis, and a support means capable of supporting a predetermined part of the body, and this support means includes a predetermined part of the predetermined part of the body in a supported state. A massage opening facing each other is formed, and the tip end portion of the pressing member is projected from the massage opening so that the rotation center axis extends at a right angle to the massage opening surface, and the massage mechanism is A massage device arranged in a support means. 2. The massage device according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of pressing members are connected to the rotating member side by side on substantially the same plane perpendicular to the rotation center axis. 3. A projection amount adjusting means for adjusting a projection amount of the tip end portion of the pressing member from the massage opening, and a rotation control means for controlling a rotation speed and a direction of the rotary shaft by the rotation driving means. The massage device according to claim 1 or 2, characterized by having. 4. A pressing member having a rounded shape at least at its tip, a rotating member having the center of rotation concentric with the center of the tip connected to the pressing member, and this rotating member. It has a massage mechanism composed of a rotation drive means for rotating about a rotation center axis, and a support means capable of supporting a predetermined part of the body, and this support means includes a predetermined part of the predetermined part of the body in a supported state. A massage opening facing each other is formed, and the tip end portion of the pressing member is projected from the massage opening so that the rotation center axis extends at a right angle to the massage opening surface, and the massage mechanism is A massage device arranged in a support means.