JPH09262264A - Massage machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To make it possible to give the massage effects to the user locally or in a larger extent in a manner that the user himself needs not to move aside by applying a massage unit having a pair of pad movable up and down and right and left of the massage machine by a switch control. SOLUTION: A massage unit 2 having a pair of massage pads 10 upper and lower respectively on the edge of levers 9 right and left is applied onto side rails 5 right and left of the backboard frame so that it can go up and down along. The unit 2 is driven up and down by a motor 6 through the interlock of a pinion 7 and a vertical rack 8 and applied so that it slides freely aside along slide rails put parallel to a vertical frame 12 right and left. When sliding aside, it's driven by a motor for side movement through the order and reversal rotation of a nut interlocked to a screw bolt 14 put parallel to the slide rail 13.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a massaging machine, more specifically, a massaging device having a massaging ring, and a massaging machine body having a vertical direction (height direction) and a lateral direction (horizontal direction).
The present invention relates to a massage machine that can be moved to a wide area and can exert a massage action on a wide range of the body.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Various types of massage machines are conventionally known, and a typical example is a chair-type massage machine. As is well known, this type of conventional massage machine is equipped with a massage device section having a kneading ring for performing various kneading operations so that it can move up and down along the backrest surface of the backrest, and a switch for selecting the massage operation. By operating the control unit, the massage device unit can be continuously moved up and down to roll or massage while rolling between the neck region and the waist region, and the massage device unit can be stopped at the desired position. Then, the massage wheel can be made to perform selected massage operations such as kneading, tapping, and acupressure.

[0003]

The conventional massage machine can perform various kneading operations such as kneading motion, tapping motion, or shiatsu pressing motion as to the motion of the kneading ring provided in the massaging device section. Although devised as such, the massage rings are symmetrically arranged on the left and right sides of the massage device so as to act along both sides of the spine of the human body. Therefore, the above-mentioned various kneading movements are set so that the massage is performed at a constant interval position with the spine as the center, that is, the width of the part from the both sides of the neck to the left and right shoulders. Therefore, the action of the massage wheel in the width direction is specified in a limited area on both sides of the spine. In order to expand the lateral massage range, massage machines are also provided that allow the left and right massaging wheels to move laterally in opposite directions, but there is also a limit to the lateral motion range. When the user wants to massage the end of the shoulder, the user is actually moving the body sideways.

Further, in the conventional massage machine in which the left and right massaging wheels laterally move in opposite directions, the left and right massaging wheels are responsible for the massaging action on the left side and the right side of the body, respectively. In addition, only a pair of upper and lower rubbing wheels are used for rubbing. For example, when an intensive massage is required for the left half of the body, the left and right rubbing wheels cannot both be moved to that area.

The present invention has been made for the purpose of improving the above-mentioned problems in the conventional massage machine.

[0006]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION According to the present invention, a massaging device portion having left and right kneading wheels mounted movably in the vertical direction of a massage machine is provided so that both the left and right kneading wheels can move in the same lateral direction. The above-mentioned problems have been solved by the configuration. That is, it is characterized in that the massage device section having left and right kneading wheels is configured to reciprocate in the vertical and lateral directions of the massage machine main body by the operation of the switch control section.

The structure of the kneading wheel, the mechanism of the massage motion of the kneading wheel, the driving means of the kneading wheel, and the like, which are equipped in the above-mentioned massage device section of the present invention, are not particularly limited, and the left and right sides of the massage device section are not limited. It is sufficient that the massage machine is provided with at least one kneading ring, and the massage device section is configured to move up and down.

In the massage machine constructed so that the massage device section can be moved up and down as described above, in order to reciprocate the massage device section in the lateral direction, for example, the width of the frame constituting the massage device section can be set. The screw shaft is arranged in the direction, and the screw shaft is screwed into a proper position of the kneading wheel drive unit to control the rotation of the screw shaft in the forward or reverse direction, or the screw shaft is screwed to the kneading wheel drive unit side. It may be performed by providing a nut body and controlling the rotation of the nut body in the forward and reverse directions.

[0009]

1 is a perspective view of an essential part showing an embodiment of a chair type massage machine according to the present invention, in which 1 is a chair type massage machine main body, 2 is a massage device section, and 3 is a backrest. It is a department.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the massage device portion 2 includes a backrest portion 3 of the massage machine body 1.
Is vertically movably mounted along the left and right side rails 5 and 5 forming the frame of the frame, and is vertically moved by means of a pinion 7 driven by a motor 6 and a rack 8 provided in the vertical direction. It is like this. Lever 9, 9 is provided on the left and right of the massage device unit 2, and arms 11, 11 for supporting the kneading wheels 10, 10 up and down are attached to the end of the lever 9, and the lever 9 is swung by the motor M. Like a conventional device, rubbing, striking,
Alternatively, it is possible to perform a shiatsu massage treatment.

In the present invention, the above-mentioned massage device section 2 is, as shown in FIG. 2, FIG. 3 and FIG.
Left and right frames 1 supporting the massage device section 2
Slide rails 13 and 1 arranged in parallel above and below 2, 12
3 is mounted to be movable laterally. A screw shaft 14 is disposed between the upper and lower slide rails 13 in parallel with the slide rail 13, and the screw shaft 14 has
A nut body 15 having a worm gear structure on the outer periphery provided on the back side of the massage device portion 2 is fitted and screwed into the worm gear portion 17 of the nut body 15 by a lateral movement motor 16 provided in the massage device portion 2. By rotating the meshing worm 18 in the forward or reverse direction and thereby rotating the nut body 15 in the forward or reverse direction, the device portion 2 can be moved laterally as shown in FIG. There is.

The shape and structure for supporting the massage device portion 2 by the screw shaft 14 so as to be movable in the lateral direction are not particularly limited, and may be configured as shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, for example. . That is, the slide rail 13 is formed to be curved along the back surface of the human body, and the massage device section 2 can be laterally moved to the slide rail 13 by the upper and lower holding rollers 30 that are rotatably attached to the back surface of the massage device section 2. The block 31 that is supported by the massage device unit 2 and the screw shaft 14 and is screwed to the screw shaft 14, and the pin shaft 32 protruding from the back surface of the massage device unit 2 passes through the guide groove 33 of the slide rail 13 to block 31. 7 into the hole 34 of FIG.
It is preferable that the pin shaft 32 is slidable in the axial direction as shown in, and that the support shaft 35 on the massage device section 2 side is pivoted in the left-right direction as shown by an arrow B. When the screw shaft 14 is controlled to rotate in the forward or reverse direction, the massage device unit 2 connected via the pin shaft 32 and the block 31 that moves laterally along the guide rod 36 moves laterally along the slide rail 13.

In order to control the lateral movement range of the massage device unit 2, for example, limit switches (not shown) are provided at both ends of the slide rail 13, and when the limit switches at one end are operated, the massage device unit 2 is operated. It is good to let go back.

Although not shown in the drawings, the rotation control of the lateral movement motor 16 is performed from the touch-type control section 37 attached to the massage machine or the massage machine in the same manner as in the conventional case, together with the vertical movement operation and the operation of selecting the type of kneading. It may be selectively controlled by a switch operator attached to the drawn cord.

On the front and rear sides of the upper and lower side frames 12, 12 of the massage device unit 2, four freely rotatable guide rollers 20, 21 which move up and down together with the massage device unit 2 are provided. And 22,23
The upper and lower end portions of the upper and lower frames 19 are fixed to the upper and lower frames 19, and the elastic belt 4 stretched along the back surface of the backrest sheet 24 is provided in the middle portion with the pair of upper and lower guide rollers 20, 21 and 22 and 23, and the middle part of the elastic belt 4 is massaged by the massage device 2
Is configured to make a detour to the rear side. The elastic belt 4 is formed by weaving elastic yarns in the vertical direction and non-elastic yarns in the width direction.

[0016]

As described above, in the massage machine of the present invention, the massage device section 2 provided with the massage wheels 10 on the left and right sides.
However, since it is configured to reciprocate in the vertical and horizontal directions of the massage machine main body by the operation of the switch control section, the massage apparatus section 2 can be moved to the left side or the right side of the body when desired. As shown in FIG. 8, it is possible to move the left and right massaging rings together to the left or right half of the body, and the user can move the body at any position without moving the body sideways. Intensive massage or vice versa can be performed.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a chair type massage machine showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an enlarged perspective view of a massage device section.

FIG. 3 is a plan view showing a part of the lateral movement means of the massage device section.

FIG. 4 is a rear perspective view showing a disassembled part of the lateral movement mechanism of the massage device section.

FIG. 5 is a plan view of another embodiment of the lateral movement means of the massage device section.

FIG. 6 is an exploded perspective view of a main part of a lateral movement unit of the massage device unit shown in FIG.

FIG. 7 is an enlarged plan view showing a main part of a connecting portion between a massage device portion and a screw shaft portion.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a moving position of a massage device unit.

FIG. 9 is a simplified side view showing a state of the elastic belt during a massage action.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 massaging machine body 2 massaging device section 3 backrest 10 kneading ring 12 frame 13 slide rail 14 screw shaft 16 lateral movement motor

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A massage machine, wherein a massage device section having left and right kneading wheels is configured to reciprocate in a vertical direction and a horizontal direction of a massage machine body by an operation of a switch control section. .