JPH09299432A - Finger for therapy of chair type massaging machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a massaging machine which performs massage being close to human hand action for massaging the shoulder and performs effectively finger pressure on the right spot of the back. SOLUTION: This massaging machine can massage the neighborhood of the shoulder of a person 80 receiving therapy by fingers 70 for therapy fitted on the apex of arms 20 projecting from the back of a chair. The finger 70 for therapy has the first finger 72 for therapy and the second finger 73 for therapy which move each other in the up and down directions by a driving part 74 for driving the fingers for therapy and perform approaching and separating actions and the first contacting part 72b being brought into contact with a person 80 receiving therapy is provided on the apex of the upper first finger 72 for therapy and the second contacting part 73b being brought into contact with a person 80 receiving therapy is formed on the apex of the lower second finger 73 for therapy and the rocking and moving face of the first contact part 72b is not overlapped on the rocking and moving face of the second contact part 73b and the contacting area of the first contacting part 72b being brought into contact with the diseased part of the person receiving therapy is formed larger than the contacting area of the second contacting part 73b being brought into contact with the diseased part of the person receiving therapy.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a chair-type massage machine capable of sandwiching and rubbing the vicinity of a user's shoulder, and more specifically, to a treatment finger that contacts an affected part of the user. is there.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art There are known various massage devices for eliminating stiffness by pressing and stimulating a person's shoulder, waist and the like. These devices can be classified by type into chair type, bed type, and handy type.
An electric stimulation type can be mentioned. Among these devices, chair type massage machine (90) as shown in FIG.
Is widespread. This massage machine (90) is equipped with a chair (9
Two arms (93) and (93) are projected from the backrest (92) of 1), and a treatment finger (contact with the affected part of the user is provided at the tip of each arm (93) (93). 94) (94) is equipped. Arm (93) (93)
Are connected to an arm drive unit (not shown) provided inside the backrest (92). The massage operation by this massage machine can be divided into a hitting operation and a rubbing operation. The tapping action is an action in which the treatment fingers (94) (94) move in the vertical direction by the vertical movement of the arms (93) (93) to strike the shoulder or the like of the person to be treated. ) The left and right movements of the (93) cause the treatment fingers (94) and (94) to move in the lateral direction to rub the user's neck or the like.

[0003]

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] In the shoulder-rubbing motion by a human hand, the multi-finger side from the index finger to the little finger and the vicinity of the shoulder are grasped with the thumb. It is an operation of pressing and pressing the acupuncture point near the spine of the user with the thumb, and the massage machine cannot perform such an operation. That is, with the conventional massage machine, it is not possible to obtain a massage sensation that is similar to a manual shoulder massage operation.

An object of the present invention is to provide a massager for performing a massage similar to a manual shoulder massage, which effectively acupressure the acupoints on the back.

[0005]

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention provides a treatment finger (70) attached to the tip of an arm (20) protruding from a backrest (13) of a chair (12). A chair-type massage machine capable of rubbing and sandwiching the vicinity of the shoulder of the user (80), wherein the treatment finger (70) is a treatment finger drive section (74).
It has a first treatment finger (72) and a second treatment finger (73) that move up and down with respect to each other to perform an approaching and separating operation, and a first treatment finger above the first treatment finger (73).
The tip of the treatment finger (72) has a first contact portion (72b) that comes into contact with the person to be treated (80), and the tip of the lower second treatment finger (73) has the person to be treated (80). A second contact portion (73b) for contacting the
The swing transition surface of the first contact portion (72b) and the second contact portion (73b)
The rocking transition surfaces of the first contact portion (72b) and the affected area of the person to be treated (80) have the same contact area with the second contact portion (73b).
The contact area of the person to be treated (80) b) is formed larger than the contact area with the affected area.

Specifically, the first contact portion (72b) is arranged so as to contact the upper part or the upper part of the shoulder of the user (80) and the second contact part (73b). , The spine of the person to be treated (80)
(83) Deploy to stimulate nearby acupoints (84). That is, the first contact portion (72b) is on the multi-finger side when the above-mentioned manual shoulder massage is performed, and the second contact portion (73b) corresponds to the thumb when the above-described manual shoulder massage is performed.

[0007]

[Operation] The treatment finger (70) having the above-mentioned configuration is connected to the first contact portion (72b).
Is applied to the upper part or the upper part of the shoulder (81) of the user (80) and the second contact part (73b) is applied to the acupoint (84) near the spine (83) of the user (80). After that, when the treatment fingers (72) and (73) are swung, since the swing transition surfaces of the contact portions (72b) and (73b) are different, other than the pressing force of the contact portions (72b) and (73b) on the affected area. As shown in FIG. 9, a force F in the torsional direction is also applied to the acupuncture point (8) near the spine (83).
4) can be stimulated more effectively. Further, by changing the contact area of the first and second contact portions (72b) (73b) with the affected area, the first and second contact portions (72b) (73b) are brought into contact with the affected area with the same force. Also, the first contact portion (72b) has a smaller treatment pressure to the affected portion because the contact area with the affected portion is larger than that of the second contact portion (73b), and the second contact portion (73b)
Has a large treatment pressure due to its small surface area,
The acupoint (84) can be effectively suppressed.

[0008]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiments of the present invention will be described. In the chair type massage machine (11) shown in FIG. 1, the arrow F side is the front and the arrow R is the right. The "vertical plane" means a vertical plane parallel to the front-rear direction. Also, FIG.
The hatched portion in represents the upper body of the person to be treated (80).

The chair (12) with the massage device (10) is
As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the seat surface on which the user (80) sits
(16), a backrest (13) formed upward from the rear end of the seat surface (16), and armrests (17) (17) formed upward from the left and right of the seat surface (16) Composed of. The backrest (13) is a back contact (14) with which the back of the user (80) contacts, and the back contact (14).
It is composed of side portions (15) and (15) which are continuous to the left and right of each of the sides and protrude forward of the back contact (14). The back contact (14) is formed to a position slightly lower than the shoulder of the person to be treated (80) when the person to be treated (80) sits down, and the side portions (15) and (15) are It is formed to a position slightly higher than the head of 80).

A casing (18) having an opening in the front and back is fixed to the upper back side of the backrest (13), and one massaging device (10) (10) is accommodated in each of the left and right inside the casing (18). There is. 3 is a perspective view of the massage device (10) on the right side, FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the massage device (10) seen from the opposite side, and FIGS. 5 and 6 are taken along line XX of FIG. Figure 2 shows a plan view of the massaging device (10) section taken along section. Although only the massage device (10) on the right side will be described below, a similar massage device (10) is also provided on the left side. The massage device (10) includes a pair of treatment fingers (72) (73) that come into contact with the shoulder or the like of the user (80) to rub and massage the affected area, and the treatment fingers (7).
2) Arm (20) with (73) at the front end.
Massage operation to the person to be treated (80) includes up and down and forward and backward movements of the arm (20), swinging movements of the treatment fingers (72) and (73) in a vertical plane, and up and down movements of the treatment fingers (72) and (73). It is performed by combining the four movements of the approaching / separating movements in the directions.

First, the arm (20) will be described. The arm (20) has an angle adjusting mechanism (50) that pivotally supports the treatment fingers (72) (73) at the front end and swings in a vertical plane, and a forward-backward moving mechanism (sliding mechanism that slides the arm (20) back and forth ( 30) and an elevating mechanism (40) for vertically sliding the arm (20). [Lifting mechanism] The lifting mechanism (40) includes a screw shaft (45) for vertically moving up and down on a frame body (41) fixed to the casing (18).
It also has two guide shafts (46) (47). Screw shaft (45)
Is arranged between the two guide shafts (46) (47). Both ends of the guide shafts (46) and (47) are fixed to the frame body (41), respectively.
The lower end of the (45) is rotatably supported, the upper end thereof penetrates the frame (41), and the pulley (48) is provided at the penetrating end. An elevating motor (49) is provided in the frame body (41) and is connected to the pulley (48) of the screw shaft (45) via a belt (49a). Frame
The (41) includes a lifting screw shaft (45) and two guide shafts (46) (4
A moving member (60) is provided by penetrating through 7) in parallel with each other. Driving the lifting motor (49) drives the lifting screw shaft (45)
Rotates, and the moving member (60) moves up and down by the screw thrust.

[Back-and-forth moving mechanism] The back-and-forth moving mechanism (30) comprises a frame (3
1) has a screw shaft (34) for longitudinal movement in the front-rear direction and two guide shafts (35) (36) parallel to the screw shaft (34). Guide shaft (35) (3
Both ends of 6) are fixed to the frame (31), and the screw shaft (34)
Has a front end rotatably supported, a rear end penetrating the frame body (31) and a pulley (37) at the penetrating end. In the frame body (31),
A longitudinal movement motor (38) is provided and is connected to the pulley (37) of the screw shaft (34) via a belt (38a). Frame (3
1) The screw shaft (34) for forward and backward movement and two guide shafts (35) (36)
, The moving member (60) is provided by penetrating in parallel with each other, and when the forward-backward moving motor (38) is driven, the forward-backward moving screw shaft (34) rotates, and the moving member (60) is moved by the screw thrust. Moves back and forth.

[Angle Adjustment Mechanism] The frame body (31) is further provided with an angle adjustment mechanism (5) for swinging the treatment fingers (72) (73) in a vertical plane.
0) is deployed. The angle adjusting mechanism (50) includes a frame body (31).
Angle adjustment screw shafts (53) parallel to each other in the front-back direction
And two guide shafts (54) (55). These axes (53) (54)
(55) is arranged in parallel with the shafts (34), (35) and (36) of the forward / backward movement mechanism (30) with the frame body (31) interposed therebetween. A front end of the angle adjusting screw shaft (53) is rotatably supported by the frame body, the other end penetrates the frame body (31), and a pulley (56) is provided at the penetrating end. The frame body (31) further includes an angle adjusting motor (57) connected to the pulley (56) via a belt (57a). Guide shaft (54)
Both ends of (55) are fixed to the frame body (31), respectively. Frame (3
1) The angle adjusting screw shaft (53) and two guide shafts (54)
An angle adjusting member (58) is provided by penetrating (55) in parallel with each other. The angle adjusting member (58) is a treatment finger (70) described later.
It is connected to a part of the wire (59) that performs the angle adjustment operation. The wire (59) passes through pulleys (59a) (59b) axially supported in the front and rear of the frame body (31) to a semi-circular pulley (79) provided on both ends of the treatment finger (70). It is fixed. When the angle adjusting motor (57) is driven, the angle adjusting screw shaft (53) rotates, the angle adjusting member (58) moves back and forth due to the screw thrust, and the wire (59) is pulled to form a semicircle. Swing the pulley (79) in a vertical plane.

Treatment Finger A treatment finger (70) is provided at the front end of the frame body (31) of the arm (20). The treatment finger (70) includes a treatment finger drive section (74) for driving the first and second treatment fingers (72) (73) that move up and down in the vertical direction, and the treatment finger drive section (74). It has a semi-circular pulley (79) fixed to. The semi-circular pulley (79) is pivotally supported on the front end of the frame body (31). A groove for guiding the wire (59) is formed in an arc portion of the semi-circular pulley (79), and ends of the wire (79) connected to the angle adjusting member (58) are provided at both ends of the arc. Each is fixed. When the angle adjusting member (58) is moved rearward, the upper portion of the semi-circular pulley (79) is pulled backward, and the semi-circular pulley (79) swings in the direction in which the treatment finger (70) is directed upward. . Further, when the angle adjusting member (58) is moved forward, the lower part of the semi-circular pulley (79) is pulled backward, and the semi-circular pulley (79) swings in the direction in which the treatment finger (70) is directed downward. Move.
FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view of the treatment finger (70) taken along the line YY of FIG. A treatment finger drive unit (74) that drives a pair of treatment fingers (72) (73) that come into contact with the person to be treated (80) and rubs the affected area between them is a cover that swings integrally with the semicircular pulley (79). 77).

As shown in FIG. 3, the treatment finger (70) has an L-shaped bent treatment finger arm (72a) at the distal end thereof, which is in contact with the affected part of the person to be treated (80) and has a first lateral contact portion ( 72b) has a first treatment finger (72), and a second treatment finger arm (73a) has a second contact portion (73b) at the tip thereof which has a second contact portion (73b) for contacting the affected part of the user (80). It has a treatment finger (73). First contact part (72b)
As shown in FIGS. 3 to 9, the second contact portion is formed to have a large contact area in order to reduce the pressing force to the affected area.
(73b) is formed so that the contact area with the affected area is small in order to enhance the acupressure effect. First contact part (72b)
The swing transition of the second contact portion (73b) is within the range indicated by the chain lines A and B in FIG. 3, respectively, so that they are parallel to each other and do not overlap each other. 72b) is
The second contact part (73b) hits the upper part or the upper part of the shoulder (81) of the user (80), and the second contact part (73b) is an acupoint near the spine (83) of the back (82) of the user (80). It is positioned to hit (84).

Near the other end of each treatment finger arm (72a) (73a),
Each of them is pivotally supported by the cover (77) and has a partial gear (75) at the end.
(75a) is cut. The treatment fingers (72) (73) are driven by the treatment finger drive motor (76) provided on the cover (77). A pinion gear (76b) is fitted on the rotary shaft (76a) of the treatment finger drive motor (76), and the gear (76b) meshes with a worm wheel (76c) pivotally supported by the cover (77). are doing. Worm wheel (76c) has first intermediate gear (78)
Is integrally provided, and the partial gear (75) of the first treatment finger (72) is meshed with the first intermediate gear (78). A second intermediate gear (78a) axially supported by the cover (77) meshes with the first intermediate gear (78), and the second intermediate gear (78a)
The partial gear wheel (75a) of the second treatment finger (73) is meshed therewith. When the treatment finger drive motor (76) is driven, the first and second treatment fingers (72) (73) move toward or away from each other via the gears, and by repeating this operation, the user to be treated It is possible to perform a rubbing and pinching operation of the affected part in (80).

Description of Operation The operation of the massage machine (10) having the above configuration will be described below. When performing a massage, the user (80)
Sitting on (12), the following operation is performed so that the treatment fingers (72) (73) are at desired positions. The operation from is
It is possible to start from any of them, or the same operation may be repeated. The arm (20) is moved forward by the forward / backward movement mechanism (30). The elevating mechanism (40) moves the treatment finger (70) to a desired height. The angle adjusting mechanism (50) adjusts the angle of the treatment finger (70) to a desired angle. The treatment finger drive unit (74) allows the first and second treatment fingers (72).
The first contact part (72b) contacts the upper part or the upper part of the shoulder (81) of the user (80) to the front part so that the second contact part (72) approaches the second part.
The contact portion (73b) is positioned so as to contact the acupoint (84) near the spine (83) of the back (82).

From the above operation, as shown in FIG. 6, the treatment fingers (72) (73) and the arm (20) protrude from the backrest (13), and by the operation, as shown in FIG. 7 and FIG. The shoulder (81) of the person to be treated (80) has the first treatment finger (72) and the acupoint of the back (82).
The second treatment finger (73) is in contact with (84). From this state, in order to perform the operation of kneading and sandwiching the shoulder (81) of the user (80), the first and second treatment fingers are driven by the treatment finger drive section (74).
(72) The approaching and leaving operations of (73) are repeated. First contact part (7
2b) presses the upper part of the shoulder (81) of the user, and the second contact portion (73b) is the acupoint (84) near the spine (83) of the back (82) of the user (80). Press. The pressing force of the second contact portion (73b) is
The finger pressure is stronger than the pressing force of the first contact portion (72b). First contact part (72b) and second contact part
Since the swing transition path of (73b) is different, the person to be treated (80)
As shown in FIG. 9, a force F in the torsional direction is applied to the affected part of the acupuncture site, so that the acupoint (84) can be applied more effectively. Further, in order to perform a kneading operation similar to a manual kneading operation, the forward / backward moving mechanism (30), the elevating mechanism (40), the angle adjusting mechanism (50) and the treatment finger driving section (74) are interlocked. Specifically, the treatment finger drive section (74), the back-and-forth movement mechanism (30), the lifting mechanism
(40) and the angle adjusting mechanism (50) simultaneously move the treatment fingers (72) (73) closer to each other, and at the same time, move the arm (20) forward and downward to squeeze the affected part of the person to be treated (80). , Treatment finger (72) (7
At the same time as the separating operation of 3), the arm 20 is moved backward and upward, and the treatment finger 70 may be moved in a circular motion in the vertical plane. In this case as well, since the force F in the twisting direction is applied to the affected area, the acupressure effect is excellent.

After the massage is completed, the person to be treated (80) is seated on a chair.
When rising from (12), the treatment finger (70) and arm (20) may be in the way, so the treatment finger (70) and arm (20)
Can be accommodated on the backrest (13) side. In this case, first, the treatment finger drive unit (74) causes the first and second
The treatment fingers (72) (73) should be separated from each other by separating the treatment fingers (72) (73) from each other.
Away from the affected area. After that, the following operations from “to” are performed to retract the arm (20) and the treatment fingers (72) and (73) to the backrest side. It should be noted that, similarly to the above, the operation from “to” may be started from any one, or the same operation may be repeated. 'The arm (20) is moved backward by the forward-backward movement mechanism (30). 'The lifting mechanism (40) moves the arm (20) upward. 'The angle adjustment mechanism (50) allows the first and second treatment fingers (7
2) Adjust the angle of the treatment finger (70) so that the tip of (73) is almost parallel to the backrest (13). By performing the above operation, the treatment fingers (72) (73) and the arm (20) are housed in the upper part of the backrest (13).

[0020]

[Effect] As described above, the contact portions (72) of the treatment fingers (72) (73) are
b) By avoiding overlapping the swing transition path of (73b), the contact point (73b) is provided with acupoints near the spine (83) of the user (80).
(84) can be stimulated, and further during the kneading operation,
Not only the affected area of the person to be treated (80) is simply sandwiched, but a force F in the torsional direction can be applied, and the pressing force can be effectively transmitted. Further, the contact area of the contact portion (72b) of the treatment finger (72) that hits the upper part of the shoulder (81) or the upper part from the upper part is increased,
By reducing the contact area of the contact part (73b) of the treatment finger (73) that contacts the back (82), a large pressing force is applied to the acupoint (84) of the back (82), and the shoulder (81) is too large. Since no pressing force is applied, it is possible to perform a massage similar to a manual shoulder massage operation.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a chair-type massage machine on which a user is seated.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a chair-type massage machine.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a massage device.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the massage device of FIG. 3 viewed from the opposite side.

FIG. 5 is a plan view of a massage device in which an arm and a treatment finger are stored on a backrest.

FIG. 6 is a plan view of a massage device in which an arm and a treatment finger are projected from a backrest.

FIG. 7 is an enlarged cross-sectional view of the treatment finger in a state where the first and second treatment fingers are in contact with the affected part of the user.

FIG. 8 is a view of the state where the first and second contact portions are in contact with the shoulder of the user, as viewed from the back side of the user.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a state in which a pressing force in a twisting direction is applied to an affected part of a user.

FIG. 10 is a perspective view of a conventional chair-type massage machine.

[Explanation of symbols]

 (10) Massage device (20) Arm (72) First treatment finger (72b) First contact portion (73) Second treatment finger (73b) Second contact portion (80) Person to be treated

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A chair-type massager in which a treatment finger (70) attached to a tip of an arm (20) protruding from a backrest (13) of a chair (12) can rub and massage the vicinity of the shoulder of a user (80). In the machine, the treatment finger (70) is moved by the treatment finger drive section (74) in the vertical direction to perform the approaching and separating operations.
(72) and a second treatment finger (73), and a tip of the upper first treatment finger (72) is provided with a first contact portion (72b) for contacting the person to be treated (80), and a lower portion. The tip of the second treatment finger (73) has a second contact portion (73b) that comes into contact with the person to be treated (80), and the swing transition surface of the first contact portion (72b) and the second contact portion (73b). Contact part (73b)
The rocking transition surfaces of the first contact portion (72b) and the affected area of the person to be treated (80) have a contact area of the person to be treated (80) of the second contact portion (73b). A treatment finger of a massager, which is formed to be larger than the contact area with the affected part.