JPH08694A - Massager - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To facilitate raising-up of the body by arranging a lever on a side surface of a massager body so as to freely rotate a seat back part by releasing a lock, and forming operational direction of the lever outward in the width direction of the massager body. CONSTITUTION:In a massager which is provided with a seat part to support a hip part of the body and a seat back part to support the back of the body and whose seat back part is constituted so as to be longitudinally freely rotatable to the seat part, support stand covers 19 are respectively arranged on outside surfaces of left and right support stands, and a lever 20 to rotate and operate the seat back part is arranged on one support stand cover 19. An end part of a wire guide 63 is downward moved by L1 by towing operation of this operation lever 20, and a push rod 46c is pushed by a push-moving piece 65a through a wire 62, and a lock of a gas spring 46 is released. The seat back part is backward pushed in this condition, and the gas spring 46 is shortened, and the seat back part is backward rotated.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a massaging machine for stimulating the body by generating vibrations to perform massage.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a massage machine has a seat-like body for supporting the buttocks of the body and a backrest for supporting the back of the body, and has a body like a chair, most of which is a backrest. It is a so-called reclining seat in which a portion is formed so as to be rotatable back and forth. The rotation operation of the backrest portion is formed so as to be performed by a lever provided on the upper surface of the seat portion or the like, and the lever is operated in the front-back direction or upward. A wire is connected to the lever, and an operation fitting is connected to the tip of the wire. This operation fitting is formed so as to be rotatable, and when the operation fitting is rotated, the push lock of the gas spring supporting the backrest can be pushed to unlock the backrest. ing.

The gas spring is formed by inserting and removing a piston rod in a cylinder so that the movement of the piston rod can be controlled by a push lock. The gas spring can be shortened by pressing the push lock and compressing the gas in the cylinder to insert the piston rod into the cylinder. The lock can be released and the piston rod can be pushed out by the force of the compressed gas to push the piston rod to extend from the cylinder. The gas spring fixes the cylinder to the seat and connects the piston rod to the lower part of the backrest.

In order to make the body lie down by tilting the backrest backward with this massage machine, the lever is operated in the front-back direction or upward to pull the wire to rotate the operating fitting, and this rotation causes the gas to move. Push the spring push-lock to unlock the piston rod, and push the backrest backward with your back to shorten the length of the gas spring and rotate the backrest backward. In order to raise the backrest and raise the body, the lever is operated back and forth or upward to pull the wire to rotate the operating fitting and To push the gas spring push lock to unlock the piston and wake the body forward from the backrest. The gas spring extended by the force of compressed gas in the cylinder I, were capable of rotating the backrest forward by the extension of the gas spring.

[0005]

However, in the above-mentioned massage machine, since the lever for freely rotating the backrest portion is operated back and forth or upward, when the backrest portion is erected. Since the direction of operating the lever is the same as the direction of raising the body, there is a problem in that the body cannot be supported by the hand operating the lever and it is difficult to raise the body.

Further, in the above-mentioned massage machine, since the wire is pulled by the operation of the lever to rotate the operation fitting, a space for moving the wire must be provided outside the massage machine. By providing this space, members such as armrests cannot be mounted in the space, and there is a problem that the mounting position of the members such as armrests is restricted.

The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a massage machine that easily raises the body. Another object of the present invention is to provide a massage machine that can prevent the mounting positions of members such as armrests from being restricted.

[0008]

A massager A according to the present invention comprises a massager main body 1 having a seat portion 1a for supporting the buttocks of the body and a backrest portion 1b for supporting the back of the body. In the massage machine in which the backrest portion 1b is rotatable back and forth, the massager main body 1 is provided with a lever 20 that unlocks the backrest portion 1b so as to be rotatable.
It is characterized in that it is provided on the side surface and the operating direction of the lever 20 is formed outward in the width direction of the massage machine main body 1.

In the present invention, the lever base 60 for supporting the lever 20 is provided on the massage machine main body 1, and the wire 6
2 and a wire guide 63 covering the wire 62 to form a wire block 64. One end of the wire 62 is connected to the lever base 60, one end of the wire guide 63 is fixed to the lever 20, and the other end of the wire 62 is operated. The other end of the wire guide 63 is connected to the metal fitting 65, the other end of the wire guide 63 is attached to the fixing metal fitting 66, the operating metal fitting 65 is rotatably attached to the fixing metal fitting 66, and the rotation of the operating metal fitting 65 unlocks the rotation of the backrest 1b. It can be possible.

[0010]

Since the lever 20 that unlocks the backrest 1b to be rotatable is provided on the side surface of the massage machine body 1 and the operating direction of the lever 20 is formed outward in the width direction of the massage machine body 1, The direction to raise the body and lever 2
Since the direction in which 0 is operated is different, the lever 20 can be operated by hand and at the same time the body can be supported by the hand.

A lever base 60 for supporting the lever 20
Is provided in the massaging machine body 1, a wire block 64 is formed by the wire 62 and a wire guide 63 that covers the wire 62, one end of the wire 62 is connected to the lever base 60, and one end of the wire guide 63 is connected to the lever 20.
The other end of the wire 62 is connected to the operation fitting 65, the other end of the wire guide 63 is attached to the fixing fitting 66, the operation fitting 65 is rotatably attached to the fixing fitting 66, and the operation fitting 65 is rotated. Since the rotation lock of the backrest portion 1b can be released, the lever 20 is operated to move the wire guide 63 to the operation fitting 65 side in the space where the wire block 64 is disposed, so that the operation fitting 65 is moved. It can be rotated.

[0012]

EXAMPLES The present invention will be described in detail below with reference to examples. 2 and 3 show an example of the massage machine A of the present embodiment, which has a seat 1a for supporting the buttocks of the body and a backrest 1b for supporting the back of the body, and is like a chair. The massage machine main body 1 having a different shape is configured, and a foot massage unit 2 for massaging the foot is provided on the front side of the massage machine main body 1.

The seat portion 1a has a ground plate 70 as shown in FIG.
A pair of support bases 71 are provided on the upper surface of the
One end of the underframe 72 is connected to the upper part of the underframe 72, and a reinforcing material 73 is installed at a substantially central portion of the underframe 72, and a plurality of δ springs 12 are arranged between the underframes 72. The δ spring 12 is for preventing the body from sinking when sitting on the seat portion 1a. Further, each underframe 72 is provided with a male hook 74, and a female hook 75 provided on the engaging pieces 13a formed on both sides of the seat cushion 13 is attached to the male hook 7.
The seat cushion 13 formed by having urethane or cotton inside is attached to the underframe 72. In this way, the seat cushion 13 is attached to the male and female hooks 7.
Since it is attached at 4, 75, the seat cushion 13 can be easily attached and detached, and even if the seat cushion 13 is damaged or soiled, it can be immediately replaced and washed. be able to. In addition, the conventional seat cushion is completely fixed to the underframe with screws or tucker needles and cannot be removed,
It wasn't easy to put on and take off, so a dirt prevention cover was needed to prevent the seat cushion from getting dirty.
In this embodiment, such a cover is not needed.

The backrest 1b has a back frame 76 formed of a pipe or the like in a substantially square shape on the front, and a back frame 7
A massage device 77 equipped with a massage ball 88 that is vertically movably attached to massage the back by vibration.
And a backrest portion cover 15 for covering the back frame 76 and the chaff 88. The back frame 76 is provided with mounting pieces 78 projecting forward on both sides of the lower portion thereof, and a connecting portion 79 is projectingly provided at the lower portion of the back frame 76.

By attaching a mounting piece 78 of the backrest portion 1b to the upper end of the support base 71 by a hinge pin 80 or the like, the backrest portion 1b is formed so as to be rotatable forward and backward with respect to the seat portion 1a. A foot massage section 2 called an ottoman is provided on the front side of the seat section 1a. The foot massage part 2 is provided with a reinforcing frame member 3b on the U-shaped frame member 3a and a connecting frame member 3c installed between the U-shaped frame member 3a and the reinforcing frame member 3b, and a flat surface such as a pipe. It is composed of a frame body 3 formed in a substantially square shape, a vibrating body 5 attached to the frame body 3 via a spring 4, a foot massage section cushion 21 covering the frame body 3, the spring 4 and the vibrating body 5. The foot massager cushion 21 is formed continuously with the lower end of the seat cushion 13 and has a bag portion 21 on its back surface.
a is formed so that the frame 3 and the like can be stored in the bag portion 21a.

The rear end of the frame 3 is pivotally attached to the front end of the seat portion 1a, and the foot massage portion 2 is formed so as to be vertically rotatable on the front side of the seat portion 1a. This vertical rotation of the foot massage part 2 can be operated by the operation lever 9 and the link 10. The operating lever 9 includes a connecting portion 9b and a lever portion 9a.
To L-shape, and the connecting portion 9b is connected to the reinforcing member 7
The lever portion 9 is pivotally supported on a pivot piece 73a provided on the lower surface of the seat 3, and is attached to the side surface of the seat portion 1a so as to be rotatable forward and backward so as to project upward. The link 10 is a pair of ring members 10a.
Is formed by rotatably pivoting at a pivot portion 10b, and one end of the link 10 has a connecting portion 9b of the operating lever 9.
The other end is connected to the back side of the connecting frame member 3c of the frame body 3, respectively. Then, by rotating the operation lever 9 forward, the link 10 can be contracted so that the foot massage part 2 can be brought into a vertical state, and by rotating the operation lever 9 backward, the link 10 can be extended to expand the foot massage part. 2 can be horizontal.

An arm 16 is provided on the side surface of the seat portion 1a. The arm 16 includes a leg 17 that is grounded to the floor and a leg 17
An elbow rest 18 having a convex upper surface protruding from the front end of the elbow rest and an elbow rest 8 attached to the upper surface of the elbow rest 18
It is formed from 1 etc. Then, the pair of fixing pieces 83 provided inside the leg portion 17 are fixed to the ground plate 7 with the fixing screws 84 or the like.
0 and the side end of the leg plate 85 disposed below the seat portion 1a, respectively, and the joint portion 86 projecting from the inner surface of the elbow rest 18 is inserted into the underframe 72. The arm 16 can be attached to the seat portion 1a. Although illustration of the arm 16 on one side is omitted in FIG. 4, the arm 16 is provided on both sides of the seat portion 1a.

A support base cover 19 is provided on the outer surface of each of the support bases 71, one of which is the support base cover 1.
A lever 20 for rotating the backrest portion 1b is provided at 9. This lever 20 has wire 62 and wire 6
One end of a wire block 64 formed by a wire guide 63 that covers 2 is connected, and the other end of the wire block 64 is connected to a gas spring 46 disposed below the seat portion 1a.

As shown in FIG. 5, in the cylinder 46a of the gas spring 46, a piston 56 and a free piston 53, which are slidably formed in contact with the inner circumference of the cylinder 46a, are provided with a space therebetween. Piston 5
6, a piston rod 46b that extends from the cylinder 46a and is inserted / removably inserted is extended, and the piston rod 46b and the piston 56 penetrate both through the end of the piston rod 46b and the tip of the piston 56. A through hole 59 that opens is provided.

A push rod 46c is slidably disposed in the through hole 59, and the push rod 4c
The tip of 6c is projected outward from the opening at the outer end of the piston rod 46b. Piston 56 of through hole 59
A passage 59a into which the spool valve 51 is slidably inserted is provided near the opening on the side of the spool valve 51.
The opening of the passage 59a is formed so as to be openable and closable by the movement of. A passage 57 is connected to the passage 59a via an orifice hole 55, and the end of the passage 57 is opened to the rear surface of the piston 56.

Gas 52 such as nitrogen gas is filled between the tip of the cylinder 46a and the free piston 53, and oil 51 is filled between the tip of the free piston 53 and the piston 56. Piston 5
Oil 50 between the rear surface of 6 and the rear surface of cylinder 46a.
Is filled. Such a gas spring 46 operates as follows. First, in the state of FIG.
Since the opening of 9a is closed by the spool valve 54, the oils 50, 51 cannot move back and forth through the flow path 57 and the passage 59a, thus the piston 56 cannot move in the cylinder 46a, Piston rod 46
b is locked. Next, by pushing the push rod 46c, the spool valve 51 moves and the opening of the passage 59a is opened. In this state, as shown in FIG. 5B, the oils 50 and 51 can come and go through the passage 59a and the passage 57, and the piston rod 46b.
Oil 51 is pressed against oil 50 by applying force to
Oil 51 and oil 5
By moving to the 0 side, the piston 56 is pushed and moves to the tip side of the cylinder 46a, and the lock of the piston rod 46b can be released. When the push rod 46c is stopped, the gas 52
Force pushes the spool valve 51 back and closes the opening of the passage 59a again, preventing the oils 50, 51 from moving back and forth through the flow passage 57 and the passage 59a, so that the piston 56 moves in the cylinder 46a. However, the piston rod 46b is locked.

In the present embodiment, the gas spring 46 rotatably connects the end of the cylinder 46a to the connecting portion 79 provided at the lower end of the backrest 1b with the pin 87, and the end of the piston rod 46b of the seat 1a. It is rotatably fixed to the reinforcing member 73. FIG. 1 shows a connection structure of the lever 20 and the gas spring 46. The support base cover 1
A lever base 60 having an L-shaped cross-section is fixedly provided in the inside of 9 from a vertical piece 60a and a horizontal piece 60b. A lever support piece 60c protruding downward is provided on a lateral piece 60b of the lever base 60. The lever 20 has a handle portion 20a.
The connecting piece 20b having a substantially L-shaped cross section is provided on the back surface of the connecting piece 20
The pivoting portion 20c is extended to the upper end of b and the connecting piece 20b is provided.
A wire guide mounting piece 20d is provided at a substantially central portion of the above. The opening 9 provided in the support base cover 19
The connection piece 20b of the lever 20 is inserted into the support base cover 19 from 2 and the lever support piece 60c of the lever base 60 is pivotally attached to the lever support piece 60c by the support pin 91 to attach it to the lever base 60. The lever 20 is attached in a direction parallel to the width direction of the massage machine body 1 and rotatably outward from the massage machine body 1. The gas spring 4
Instead of 6, an ordinary winding spring may be used.

The piston rod 46b of the gas spring 46 is attached to the reinforcing member 73 via the fixing metal fitting 66. The fixing member 66 is formed by providing a pair of projecting pieces 66b on one surface of the board 66a and projecting a wire guide connecting piece 66c on one end of the board 66a. One of the projecting pieces 66b has a metal fitting insertion port 93.
And a metal fitting rotating opening 94 having a diameter larger than that of the metal fitting insertion opening 93 is provided on the other side. The protruding portion 66b of the fixing metal fitting 66 is provided on the reinforcing piece 73 so as to project therefrom.
It is rotatably attached to a by a bolt nut 95.

An end portion of a piston rod 46b is fixed to the surface of the base plate 66a of the fixing metal fitting 66, and a push rod 46c that unlocks the gas spring 46 to allow expansion and contraction penetrates the base plate 66a and the rear surface. It is projected to. Further, the fixing fitting 66 is provided with an operating fitting 65.
The operation fitting 65 is formed by providing a projection piece 65b on the back surface of the pushing piece 65a, and the projection piece 6 is provided on the base side of the operation fitting 65.
A recess 65c is provided in 5b. And fixing metal fittings 6
By inserting the base of the operation fitting 65 into the fitting insertion opening 93 of 6 and locking the concave portion 65c to the opening edge of the fitting insertion opening 93, and projecting the tip of the operation fitting 65 from the fitting rotation opening 94, The operation fitting 65 is rotatably attached to the fixing fitting 66, and the pushing piece 65a of the operation fitting 65 is brought into contact with the push rod 46c of the gas spring 46. The operation fitting 65 has a fitting rotation opening 9 centered on the recess 65c.
The push rod 46c can be pushed when it is turned toward the gas spring 46.

A wire block 64 formed by slidably inserting a wire 62 into a tubular wire guide 63 is disposed between the lever 20 and the operating fitting 65. The end of the wire 62 on the lever 20 side is a through hole 96 provided in the wire guide mounting piece 20d of the lever 20.
Through the through hole 97 provided at the tip of the horizontal piece 60b of the lever base 60, and is fixedly locked by the fixture 98 on the upper surface of the horizontal piece 60b. Further, the end of the wire 62 on the side of the operation fitting 65 is passed through the through hole 99 provided in the wire guide connecting piece 66c of the fixing fitting 66, and the operation fitting 65 is further inserted.
Through the through hole 100 provided at the tip of the pushing piece 65a, the back side of the pushing piece 65a is locked and fixed by the fixture 98.
Further, the end of the wire guide 63 on the lever 20 side is fixed to the back surface of the wire guide mounting piece 20 d of the lever 20, and the end of the wire guide 63 on the operation fitting 65 side is a wire guide connecting piece of the fixing fitting 66. It is attached to the surface of 66c.

In the massage machine A formed as described above, when the backrest portion 1b is to be rotated back and forth, the operation lever 20 is moved substantially horizontally so as to be in the state shown by the imaginary line in FIG. By pulling and rotating the wire guide 63 upward, the end of the wire guide 63 on the lever 20 side is moved downward, and this movement of the wire guide 63 causes the wire 6 to move.
The end of the second operation fitting 65 side is pulled up to the gas spring 46 side, and the operation fitting 65 is rotated by this pulling up of the wire 62, and the push rod 4 is pushed by the pushing piece 65a.
Press 6c. That is, when the operation lever 20 is pulled and rotated, the end portion of the wire guide 63 on the lever 20 side moves downward by L ₁ , and this movement causes the wire 6 to move.
The end of the second operation fitting 65 side is L toward the gas spring 46 side.
It has been relatively raised by ₂ and the wire 6
2 by this lifting, the fulcrum ratio x / y of the operating fitting 65
The push rod 46c can be pushed by the pushing piece 65a by an amount e corresponding to the length of a minute. Then, the push rod 46c is pushed in this way to unlock the gas spring 46, and the backrest portion 1b is secured to the body. The backrest 1b can be turned rearward by pressing the back of the user's back and pushing it backwards, and the backrest 1b can be swung backwards, and the backrest 1b should not be weighed against the gas. By expanding the gas spring 46 with the expansion force of 52, the backrest 1b can be rotated forward.

As described above, in the massage machine A according to the present embodiment, the lever 20 is rotated substantially laterally upward to rotate the backrest portion 1.
Since b is rotated forward, it is possible to raise the body while holding the support base cover 19 to which the lever 20 is attached with the hand operating the lever 20 while supporting the body with this hand. Further, the lever 20 and the operation fitting 65 are connected by the wire block 64, and the operation fitting 65 is rotated by moving the wire guide 63 downward so that the gas spring 46 can be expanded and contracted. The gas spring 46 can be unlocked to extend and contract by simply moving the wire guide 63 within the space for arranging the wire block 64 at the outside of the massager like a conventional wire operation device. There is no need to provide a space for the wire to move.

[0028]

As described above, according to the present invention, a lever that unlocks the backrest to be rotatable is provided on the side surface of the massaging machine body, and the operating direction of the lever is outward in the width direction of the massaging machine body. Since it is formed in a different way, the direction in which the body is raised and the direction in which the lever is operated are different, and the lever can be operated by hand, and at the same time the body can be supported by the hand, which makes it easier for the body to wake up. .

Further, a lever base for supporting the lever is provided on the body of the massage machine, a wire block is formed by the wire and a wire guide for covering the wire, one end of the wire is connected to the lever base, and one end of the wire guide is connected to the lever. , Connect the other end of the wire to the operating fitting, and attach the other end of the wire guide to the fixing fitting.
Since the operating bracket is rotatably attached to the fixing bracket and the rotation of the backrest can be unlocked by rotating the operating bracket, operate the lever to move the wire guide within the space where the wire block is placed. The operation fitting can be rotated by moving it to the operation fitting side, and there is no need to provide a space for moving the wire outside the massage machine unlike the conventional wire operation equipment. Can be free from restrictions.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a sectional view showing a part of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of the above.

FIG. 3A is a right side view, FIG. 3B is a left side view,
(C) is a rear view, (d) is a plan view, and (e) is a front view.

FIG. 4 is an exploded perspective view of the above.

5A is a sectional view showing a locked state of the same gas spring, FIG. 5B is a sectional view showing a unlocked state, and FIG. 5C is a sectional view showing another locked state.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 massaging machine body 1a seat portion 1b backrest portion 20 lever 60 lever base 62 wire 63 wire guide 64 wire block 65 operation fitting 66 fixing fitting A massager

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A massage machine in which a massaging machine body is provided with a seat portion for supporting the buttocks of the body and a backrest portion for supporting the back of the body, and the backrest portion is formed to be rotatable back and forth. A massaging machine characterized in that a lever for unlocking the backrest is provided on a side surface of the massaging machine body and an operating direction of the lever is formed outward in a width direction of the massaging machine body. 2. A lever base for supporting a lever is provided on a body of a massage machine, a wire block is formed by a wire and a wire guide for covering the wire, and one end of the wire is connected to the lever base and one end of the wire guide is connected. Stick to the lever, connect the other end of the wire to the operating fitting, attach the other end of the wire guide to the fixing fitting, rotatably attach the operating fitting to the fixing fitting, and rotate the operating fitting to rotate the backrest. The massage machine according to claim 1, wherein the lock of the massage machine can be released.