JPH10155852A - Rubbing massage machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To perform a rubbing operation by providing a rubbing means for mechanically performing the operation as if a person rubs the skin with hands on a supporting base in the form of a chair or the like. SOLUTION: This rubbing massage machine 1 is constituted of the supporting base 2 of a reclinable bed type and the rubbing means 3. The rubbing means 3 is constituted of a contact pressure part 6 constituted of a rotary brush 5 rotated around a horizontal shaft, a moving mechanism part for moving the contact pressure part 6 along the body height direction of a user on the supporting base 2 and the elevating and lowering mechanism of the contact pressure part 6. For the rotary brush 5, a brush part composed of horse hair or the like is attached to a main body cylinder part in a horizontally long cylindrical shape and it is rotated by a rotation driving part provided inside the main body cylindrical part. A moving range is adjusted in the moving mechanism part and the height, elevating and lowering pattern and elevating and lowering speed of the contact pressure part 6 are adjusted in the elevating and lowering mechanism part stepwise or optionally, respectively. Also, the rotation speed of the rotary brush 5 is adjusted and rubbing massage is performed by a desired massage pattern.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a massage machine.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, speaking of a massage machine, a fir ball incorporated in a chair or a bed is used for a single or multiple movements such as linear or circular plane movement, retreating, or vibration. In most cases, this is done. In addition, as a unique massage machine,
Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open Publication No. H11-157210 discloses a device having a large number of rotating brushes for brushing the back.

[0003] In the massage machine described in this publication, the rotating brush is placed on one surface of an upright base with the bristle pointed toward the back, and the entire base is placed in a height corresponding to the height of the user. It can be moved up and down for adjustment. In addition, this massage machine is capable of ejecting soapy water, showers, and the like from between the rotating brushes, and it is assumed that the user uses the massager naked.

[0004]

It is not an exaggeration to say that no conventional massage machine has focused on the rubbing operation. In addition, in the case of brushing with a rotating brush as in the massager described in the above-mentioned publication, each rotating brush only rotates a specific portion of the back in one direction, and the rotating direction is temporarily changed between forward and reverse. Even if the brushing position is changed to the above, it should be said that the brushing position itself does not move, so that it is fundamentally different from the rubbing operation.

In order to use this massage machine,
After the user becomes naked, the user must lean on the front side of the base (the end of the rotating brush), and there is a drawback that it cannot be used for the elderly or bedridden patients. The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and can perform a rubbing operation that was not in the concept of a conventional massage machine, and can be used for, for example, an elderly person or a bedridden sick person. It aims to provide a massage machine.

[0006]

According to the present invention, the following technical measures have been taken in order to achieve the above object. That is, the rubbing massage machine according to the present invention has a configuration in which rubbing means is provided on a support base in the form of a chair or a bed. This rubbing means simulates the action of a person touching the skin with the palm and mechanically performs this operation.The touching part corresponding to the palm is applied to the body by an appropriate moving mechanism. It is designed to move along.

Here, the rubbing operation will be described in more detail. The body fluid flowing through blood vessels, capillaries, lymphatic vessels, etc. is given an appropriate stimulation to the skin surface, including an effect of promoting the flow. To relieve pain and fever and to relieve stiffness. Whether the touching portion touches the body directly or indirectly is not limited, and therefore, the user may be naked or dressed. Further, a structure may be employed in which the contact pressure portion is appropriately covered with a soft member to the extent that the presence of the contact pressure portion is not erased in the support base.

[0008] The support table is not limited to a chair or a bed, but in any case, it has a structure capable of supporting the body, so that it can be easily used by elderly people or bedridden patients. Become. When moving the touching part in the height direction of the body, if the touching part is raised and lowered according to the degree of bending of the body line, the degree of contact of the touching part with the body can be kept constant. Become. Therefore, in order to make this possible, it is only necessary to provide an elevating mechanism for the contact pressure unit as the rubbing means.

[0009] The elevating mechanism can be used to increase or decrease the abutment degree by using a different elevating degree of the contact pressure part for each body part. Thereby, a massage effect similar to acupressure can be obtained.
The elevating mechanism can also be operated when the touching portion is moved in the left-right direction of the body. The moving mechanism section includes a wide moving table for reciprocating the touching section along the height direction of the body, and a small moving table for reciprocating the touching section in a range shorter than the wide moving table with respect to the wide moving table. And a configuration having the following. In this case, it is possible to realize a complicated movement in which the contact pressure section is moved to a wide range of the body by the reciprocating movement of the wide moving table, while the small-sized moving table reciprocates to give the touching section a small rubbing action.

In this case, if a turning mechanism is provided to make the small-sized movable table swingable with respect to the wide-sized movable base, the movement of the small-sized movable base is made orthogonal or oblique to the movement of the wide-sized movable base. Even complex movements can be realized. That is, it is possible to reciprocate the small-width movable table in the left-right direction while reciprocating the wide-sized movable table in the height direction of the body. Of course, it is also possible to make only the small-width movable table reciprocate independently in the height direction or the left-right direction without operating the wide-range movable table.

Although the number of small-sized moving tables is not limited at all, they are provided as a pair on both the left and right sides of the body. Section), it is possible to realize a fine movement of the contact pressure section according to the roundness of the body in the left-right direction. For this reason, the movement of the touching part can be adjusted to complicated directions such as blood vessels and lymph vessels that differ for each part of the body,
The effect of promoting body fluid flow can be more effectively obtained.

When the contact pressure portion is constituted by a rotating brush,
This is suitable because it can alleviate the contact sensation and can provide fine stimulation by the hair tips. If the support base is structured to use a bedsheet stretched in the height direction of the body as a means to support the body, not only can it support the body gently, but also the interference between the means for supporting the body and the moving touching part There is an advantage that the structure for avoiding the above can be simplified.

That is, at the position where the contact portion is provided,
A depression is provided so that the laying cloth is wrapped under the contact portion. When the contact pressure portion is moved in the height direction, the depression portion is set in a state where it can be freely moved relative to the contact pressure portion by a free roller or the like. Therefore, the contact portion, while rolling around a predetermined portion of the bedsheet by moving, sequentially forming this as a depression, and releasing the depression from the depression while discharging the previous depression toward the downstream side of the movement, That is, the structure is such that the tension is restored.

In such a structure, since the body is supported at all portions of the bedsheet except for the depression corresponding to the contact portion, there is an advantage that the structure is stable.

[0015]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. 1 to 3 show a first embodiment of a massage massage machine 1 according to the present invention. FIG.
As shown in FIG. 1, the massage massager 1 has a bed-type support base 2 that can be reclined, and a rubbing means 3 provided on the support base 2.

As shown in FIG. 2, the rubbing means 3 comprises a contact portion 6 constituted by a rotating brush 5 rotatable about a horizontal axis, and a contact portion 6 for the user who rides the contact portion 6 on the support base 2. It has a moving mechanism section 7 for moving along the height direction, and an elevating mechanism section 8 for allowing the contact pressure section 6 to be able to move up and down at an arbitrary position. In FIG. 1, the contact pressure portions 6 are shown at two positions on the support base 2, that is, the head support side and the leg support side. The contact pressure portions 6 are moved by the moving mechanism 7. In fact, the number of the contact pressure portions 6 is 1
There are only pieces.

The rotary brush 5 is provided inside the main body tubular portion 9, a brush portion 10 made of a horse hair or the like planted on the outer peripheral surface of the main body tubular portion 9 having a horizontally long cylindrical shape. And a rotation drive unit 11. The rotation drive unit 11 includes a motor 13 and the planetary reduction gear 1 directly connected to the motor 13.
4, a fixed case 15 for housing the motor 13 and the planetary reducer 14, and a shaft end holder 18 rotatably connected to a rotating shaft 16 protruding from the planetary reducer 14 via a bearing 17. ing.

A fixed shaft 20 is integrally protruded from an end of the fixed case 15 on the side of the motor 13. The fixed shaft 20 has a shaft end holder 21 corresponding to the shaft end holder 18. Are non-rotatably connected. In the main body tube part 9,
The shaft fitting plates 23 and 24 are provided on both sides of the storage space of the rotation drive unit 11.
Is provided. Of these, the shaft fitting plate 23 on the side of the rotation driving unit 11 through which the rotation shaft 16 is inserted is provided with the rotation shaft 1.
6 is provided with a connecting hole for enabling the unit 6 to rotate integrally via a serration, a key or the like.

The shaft fitting plate 24 on the side of the rotary drive unit 11 through which the fixed shaft 20 is inserted is provided with a bearing 25 for maintaining a relatively rotatable relationship with the fixed shaft 20. . Therefore, the rotating brush 5 holds the shaft end holders 18 and 21 at both ends in a non-rotatable state, and when the motor 13 is operated, the fixed case including the motor 13 and the planetary reducer 14 is provided. 15 does not rotate, but only the rotating shaft 16 rotates. Accordingly, the main body cylinder 9 and the brush 1 are rotated together with the rotating shaft 16.
0 will rotate.

The elevating mechanism 8 includes a column 28 for holding the shaft end holders 18 and 21 of the rotating brush 5 so as to be vertically movable.
A slide tool 30 connected to the shaft end holders 18 and 21 by a link 29, and the left and right slide tools 30 can be moved toward and away from each other along a guide rail 31 provided in the width direction of the support base 2. And a screw feed portion 32.

The screw feed section 32 allows a screw shaft 34 having opposite ends to be in a reverse screw relationship to be rotatable by a motor 35 attached to an intermediate side portion of the guide rail 31 and the like. The nut members 36 screwed to both ends of the slide member 30 are connected to the left and right slide members 30. A structure for holding the shaft end holders 18 and 21 of the rotary brush 5 to be vertically movable with respect to the column 28 is omitted, but, for example, a vertically long hole is formed in the column 28 to hold the shaft end. The shaft connecting the tools 18 and 21 and the link 29 is inserted into this vertically long hole to make it impossible to escape,
Alternatively, the pillar 28 may be provided with a guide rail function so that the shaft end holders 18 and 21 are provided with guide rollers.

The moving mechanism section 7 includes a pair of left and right guide rails 39 erected along the longitudinal direction of the support table 2, that is, the height direction of the user riding on the support table 2, and along the guide rails 39. Mobile table 40 that can be moved freely
And a traveling drive unit (not shown) for the moving table 40. The guide rail 39 is mainly formed of a round pipe material. However, in the present embodiment, the support 2
Is reclamable, so that the round pipe members are connected to each other by a universal joint (not shown) in a portion that needs to be bent up and down by this reclining operation.

This universal joint has a bellows-like structure that is flexible to bending, such as is commonly used as a flexible neck portion of a desk lighting stand, a flexible discharge pipe for water supply, and the like. . The movable table 40 is configured to be able to hold the guide rail 31 of the elevating mechanism 8 by forming a flat frame using a square pipe or the like. On both left and right side surfaces of the movable table 40, traveling wheels 42 are provided so as to sandwich the guide rail 39 up and down.

As the traveling drive unit for the moving table 40, a winding drive device such as a chain can be used. In the case of using the wrapping drive, although not shown, the chain and the like are fixed at both ends in the longitudinal direction of the support base 2 near both ends in the longitudinal direction of the support base 2, and are driven by a sprocket rotation mechanism provided on the movable base 40. The chain may be passed over the chain, or the chain may be mounted endlessly over the entire length of the support base 2 with the movable base 40 interposed therebetween, and one of the sprockets used for the mounting may be driven to rotate. You may make it do.

A bed 43 is stretched over the support 2 over its entire length in the longitudinal direction. As is apparent from FIG. 3, which shows the mattress 43 extracted therefrom, a depression portion 44 is provided in the middle portion in the longitudinal direction so as to wrap around the contact pressure portion 6, that is, below the rotating brush 5. Have been. The depressed portion 44 is provided with two upper and lower free rollers 45 at the front and rear of the rotating brush 5 with respect to the moving table 40 of the moving mechanism section 7, and the cloth 43 is hung over these free rollers 45. It is formed by things.

Therefore, when the contact pressure unit 6 moves together with the movable table 40, the depression 44 also moves in the same direction. In this case, a small airbag (not shown) that is not very thick may be laid on a part or the whole of the upper part of the padding 43 on the support base 2. A conventionally known mechanism such as an electric system, a hydraulic cylinder system, or a manual system may be used as a mechanism and power for reclining the support base 2. In addition, both sides of the support table 2 can be used for hand placement during reclining or during massage,
46 to assist in getting on and off the vehicle
(See FIG. 1).

The massage massage machine 1 of the first embodiment
Then, the moving range (reciprocating stroke), moving area (massage site), moving speed, and the like of the moving table 40 by the moving mechanism unit 7 are adjusted stepwise or arbitrarily, and the height of the touching unit 6 by the lifting mechanism unit 8 is adjusted. Adjustment, elevating pattern, elevating speed, etc., can be adjusted stepwise or arbitrarily;
It is preferable that the desired massage pattern can be selected by adjusting the rotation speed of the brush in a stepwise or arbitrarily manner, or by setting the rotation direction of the rotating brush 5 and the forward / reverse switching pattern as desired.

Therefore, for example, with the upper surface of the rotating brush 5, that is, the state in which the contact portion 6 slightly protrudes from the recessed portion 44 as a basic height, the rotating brush 5 is rotated alternately in a normal and reverse direction at a predetermined cycle. While moving the pressure portion 6 over the entire height of the user, the degree of protrusion of the touch pressure portion 6 can be further increased in the region from the back of the head, the back of the thigh, or the calf to the ankle.

Further, at a specific part of the body,
Can be reciprocated little by little. FIG.
FIG. 8 to FIG. 8 show a second example of the massage massage machine 1 according to the present invention.
1 shows an embodiment. As shown in FIG. 4, in the second embodiment, the support 2 is of a flat bed type.

The second embodiment differs greatly from the first embodiment in that firstly, two contacting portions 6 are provided on the rubbing means 3 on the left and right. Thirdly, the turning mechanism 48 is provided in each of the sections 6. Third, the moving table of the moving mechanism 7 is
The point is that it is divided into a wide-width movable table 50 and a small-width movable table 51.

As shown in FIG. 6, the contact pressure section 6 is constituted by a rotary brush 5 having a built-in rotation drive section 11.
This is the same as in the first embodiment. Left and right contact parts 6
Are arranged so as to correspond to both sides of the spine of the user who rides on the support 2. In addition,
An elevating mechanism unit 8 that raises and lowers the contact pressure unit 6 holds a gripping frame 53 of the rotating brush 5 so as to be swingable, and a lower frame 54 provided on the gripping frame 53 is provided in a vertical direction in a shaft feeder. 55 to move up and down.

The shaft feeder 55 has a structure in which a moving shaft 56 such as a screw shaft or a rack shaft is moved forward and backward by a motor 57. Note that a fluid pressure cylinder or the like can be used as the shaft feeder 55. In the moving mechanism 7, the wide moving table 50 is configured by using a square pipe or the like to form a frame so as to have a box shape large enough to fit inside the supporting table 2. This wide moving table 50 is
The sliding guide means 61 formed between the lower longitudinal bar 59 and the corresponding longitudinal bar 60 of the support 2 causes the longitudinal direction of the support 2, that is, the height of the user. It is held movably along the direction.

The wide moving table 50 may be driven by a winding drive (not shown) such as a chain as in the case of the moving table 40 in the first embodiment. On the other hand, the small width moving table 51 in the moving mechanism unit 7 is
The grip frame 53 of the rotating brush 5 is provided inside the box of
Has a support body 63 for swingably holding. Further, the shaft feeder 55 of the elevating mechanism 8 described above is provided.

The small-sized moving table 51 can reciprocate with respect to the wide-sized moving table 50 within a shorter range than that of the wide-sized moving table 50. 64 and a turntable 65 of the turning mechanism 48 provided for the rotation mechanism 64. That is, the turntable 65 is framed in a flat frame shape using a square pipe or the like. And the small-sized moving table 51
Is movably held by sliding guide means 66 formed between its lower surface and the upper surface of the turntable 65, and is driven by a shaft feeder 67 provided on the upper surface of the turntable 65. It is possible.

The shaft feeder 67 has a structure in which a motor 69 moves a moving shaft 68 such as a screw shaft or a rack shaft. Note that a fluid pressure cylinder or the like can be used as the shaft feeder 67. The turning mechanism 48 has the turntable 65 and a driving means 72 for turning the turntable 65. The turntable 65 is
At its lower part, there is provided a pivot shaft 73 which penetrates through the box bottom 64 of the wide moving table 50 and is rotatably held with respect to the box bottom 64.

In the present embodiment, the driving means 72 is of a manual type having a handle 75, and the tip of the handle shaft 76 and the lower end of the turning shaft 73 are connected to the worm gear 77.
Connected by For other configurations, refer to
This is substantially the same as the embodiment. The second having such a configuration
In the massage massage machine 1 of the embodiment, all of the various massage operations described in the first embodiment can be executed. Then, a massage operation as shown in FIGS. 7 and 8 can also be executed.

In FIG. 7, the reciprocating motion (see the arrow L) by the wide moving table 50 and the reciprocating motion (see the arrow M) by the small moving table 51 are simultaneously performed by the contact pressure unit 6. I try to make it. In this case, in this case, the small-width moving table 51
Reciprocation (M) may be performed independently in a state where the wide moving table 50 is stopped at a predetermined position.

In FIG. 8, the contact portion 6 is turned sideways by operating the turning mechanism portion 48, and in this state, the contact portion 6 is caused to reciprocate (see the white arrow L) by the wide moving table 50. Meanwhile, reciprocation by the narrow moving table 51 (see arrow N)
Is also performed at the same time. At this time, the reciprocating direction of the narrow moving table 51 is orthogonal or oblique to the reciprocating direction of the wide moving table 50.

In this case, the reciprocating motion (N) by the small-width moving table 51 may be performed independently with the wide-width moving table 50 stopped at a predetermined position. Incidentally, the present invention is not limited to the above embodiment. For example, the support base 2 is not limited to a configuration that supports the whole body of the user, and may support only a part thereof. Therefore, it can be made into a chair shape or another shape.

The rotating brush 5 constituting the contact pressure portion 6 can be provided so that its rotating shaft is directed to the user. The contact pressure portion 6 may be formed of a rotatable roller, a ball, or the like, an air bag, or a fir-ball-shaped member formed of rubber or the like, instead of the rotary brush 5.

It is also possible to provide a plurality of touching portions 6 in the height direction of the user. The padding 43 can be formed of leather, synthetic leather, a resin sheet, or the like, in addition to the woven cloth. The turning mechanism 48 is not limited to a manual type, but may be an electric type or a hydraulic pressure type.

A drive source such as a motor used as an operation part of each part can be replaced with a fluid pressure cylinder or the like, and various mechanisms are also conventionally known such as a link mechanism, a cam mechanism, a wrapping transmission mechanism, a feed screw mechanism and the like. Can be replaced with various kinds of

[0043]

As is apparent from the above description, the rubbing massage machine according to the present invention is capable of performing a rubbing operation which was not in the concept of a conventional massage machine. For example, since it can be used for elderly people, bedridden sick people, etc., it can also be used for preventing floor displacement.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side view showing a first embodiment of a massage massage machine according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an enlarged sectional view taken along line AA of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a spread state of the bedsheet in the first embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing a second embodiment of a massage massage machine according to the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a partially broken side view showing the second embodiment in an enlarged manner.

FIG. 6 is an enlarged sectional view taken along line BB of FIG. 5;

FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram illustrating an operation example of the second embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram showing another operation example in the second embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Rubbing massage machine 2 Support base 3 Rubbing means 5 Rotary brush 6 Touching part 7 Moving mechanism part 8 Elevating mechanism part 43 Mattress 44 Depressed part 48 Rotating mechanism part 50 Wide moving table 51 Small width moving table

Claims (7)

[Claims] 1. A support (2) for supporting a body, and a rubbing means (3) provided on the support (2), wherein the rubbing means (3) includes a contact portion (6) and a A moving mechanism unit (7) for moving the contact pressure unit (6) in a manner similar to a rubbing operation along the body; 2. A rubbing device according to claim 1, wherein said rubbing means is provided with an elevating mechanism for allowing said contacting portion to be raised and lowered at an arbitrary position. Massage machine. 3. A wide moving table (50) for reciprocating the touching section (6) along the body height direction, and a moving mechanism section (7) of the rubbing means (3); 50)
3. A small-width moving table (51) for reciprocating the contact portion (6) within a range shorter than the wide-width moving table (50). Rubbing massage machine. 4. The wide moving table (5) of the moving mechanism (7).
4. The massage machine according to claim 3, wherein the swivel mechanism (48) is provided at (0) so as to enable the small-width movable table (51) to swivel. 5. The small-width moving table (5) of the moving mechanism (7).
The massager according to claim 3 or 4, wherein 1) is provided as a pair on both right and left sides of the body. 6. A contact pressure portion (6) of said rubbing means (3).
The massager according to any one of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that the massager is constituted by a rotating brush (5). 7. The support (2) has a bed (43) stretched in the height direction of the body, and the bed (43).
Has a recessed portion (44) which is formed so as to wrap downward at a position corresponding to the contacting portion (6), so that the recessed portion (44) can move the contacting portion (6) in the height direction. The massage massage machine according to claim 1, wherein the massage device is movable in the same direction.