JPH10234802A - Massaging machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve the action performance of a massaging machine by a method wherein one pair of adjusting shafts is so arranged to individually rotate and makes an oscillation member couple separately slide thorough adjusting members screwed with the respective adjusting shafts, causing massaging elements to individually move for changing the width-wise position of the massaging elements discretely. SOLUTION: As a first adjusting shaft 51a is rotated in a specified direction by a drive part 40, out o adjusting members 3 and 31 forming a pair, the adjusting part 30 moves to the central way of a drive mechanism 5. With the movement of the adjusting member 30, a massaging element 10a moves in a specified direction through an oscillation member 18 and a rod 20 and when the first adjusting shaft 51a is rotated by the drive part 40 in the opposite direction, the massaging element 10a is moved reversely. Likewise, a massaging element 10b can be moved in the desired direction by rotating a second adjusting shaft 51b in the specified direction. With such an arrangement, a person to be treated sets the positions of the massaging elements 10a and 10b and the interval thereof separately as desired thereby enabling improving of the quality of action.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a chair-like or bed-like rubbing machine.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a chair-shaped rubbing machine, a driving mechanism 105 for performing a rubbing operation is accommodated in a backrest portion of the chair. A pair of massagers 110a and 110b are connected to the drive mechanism, and the massager performs a reciprocating motion by driving a motor arranged in the drive mechanism to perform a massaging operation such as a massaging operation or a hitting operation. Have been. Further, in order to perform a massaging operation on a desired part of the patient sitting on the chair, a backrest portion of the chair is provided with an elevating mechanism for elevating and lowering a driving mechanism. In addition, an adjusting mechanism for adjusting an interval between the pair of massagers is provided.

[0003] As an example of the driving mechanism of the above-mentioned rubbing machine,
As shown in FIG. 6, one having the following configuration is conceivable. In the drive mechanism 105, in order to perform a kneading operation,
A pair of swash plate cams 118 and 119 are inserted and mounted on a swing shaft 150 rotated by the first motor 111, and the massagers 110 a and 1 are attached to one end of each swash plate cam via arms 120 and 121.
10b are provided, and the swash plate cams 118 and 119 swing by rotating the swing shaft 150.
The pair of massagers 110a and 110b perform an elliptical motion on the patient sitting on the massager to perform a massage operation. Further, each other end of the pair of swash plate cams is connected to a pair of eccentric cams 12.
4 and 125, and the pair of eccentric cams are mounted on two rotating shafts 126 and 127 orthogonal to the swing shaft 150, respectively. Motors (not shown) for rotating shafts 126 and 127
By rotating the pair of swash plate cams 118, 1
The other end of 19 moves up and down. Thereby, the swash plate cam 1
Massager 110 attached to one end of 18, 119
a and 110b move up and down to perform a beating operation. Then, the screw portions 15 which are arranged in opposite directions to each other and arranged in parallel with the swing shaft 150
7 and 158 are fixed to a pair of adjusting members 130 and 131 which are screwed to a single adjusting shaft 151 formed on the left and right, and the pair of swash plate cams 118 and 119 are fixed.
19 and the eccentric cams 124 and 125
22 and 123, and by rotating the adjustment shaft 151, together with the adjustment members 130 and 131, a pair of swash plate cams 11 are provided.
By sliding 8, 119 on each axis,
The width of the massager was adjusted.

[0004]

However, in the rubbing machine having the above-described structure, the right and left massagers move only symmetrically from the longitudinal center of the rubbing machine as shown in FIG. If the left and right were different or were offset to one side, there was an inconvenience that the body had to be moved in accordance with the position of the massager.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problem, and an object of the present invention is to make it possible to individually change the position of the massaging member in the width direction, thereby improving the operation quality of the grinder. The purpose is to improve.

[0006]

The massaging machine according to the present invention is connected to a pair of massagers for performing a massaging operation on a patient via a pair of connecting members for each of the massagers. A pair of oscillating members, slidably disposed with respect to each oscillating member, an oscillating rotary shaft for performing oscillating operation on each oscillating member, and disposed in parallel to the axial direction of the oscillating rotary shaft; A first adjusting shaft and a second adjusting shaft each having a threaded portion formed on the surface thereof, fixed to each of the swinging members and slid on the swinging rotating shaft, and screwed to the first adjusting shaft and the second adjusting shaft, respectively; And a pair of adjusting members.

In the rubbing machine of the present invention having the above-described structure, by rotating the first adjusting shaft and the second adjusting shaft separately, the adjusting members screwed to the respective adjusting shafts are individually adjusted. The swinging member fixed to each adjusting member moved in the width direction on the upper side, and slidably moved on the swinging rotation axis, and was connected to each swinging member via the connecting member. Since the massagers move in the width direction, the massagers can individually move in accordance with the rotation of the first rotation shaft or the second rotation shaft, respectively. Therefore, it is possible to move only one of the massagers, or to move both massagers in the same direction, so that the massager can be appropriately positioned according to the location in the body where the massage is required. Since it is convenient and therefore can provide an excellent massage treatment effect which has not been achieved in the past, the operation quality can be remarkably improved.

[0008]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be described below with reference to embodiments. 1 to 5 show embodiments of the present invention. FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a drive mechanism 5 of an rubbing machine 1 according to one embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of the rubbing machine 1 of this embodiment, and FIGS.
FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram illustrating the movement of the massager accompanying the rotation of the adjustment shaft.

Hereinafter, an example of the overall structure of the rubbing machine 1 of the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. As shown in FIG.
In the massaging machine 1, a rack 4 is fixed inside the backrest portion 3 of the chair 2, and a pair of pinions 6 provided in a driving mechanism 5 having a configuration described below for performing massaging operation.
a and 6b are engaged with the rack 4. Drive mechanism 5
The rotation of a DC brushless motor (hereinafter referred to as a motor) 7 for raising and lowering a driving mechanism 5 provided in the motor is driven by an operation converting mechanism 8 using a helical gear, a worm gear, or the like. The light is converted from a left-right direction to a direction perpendicular to the paper of FIG. When the rotating shaft 9 is rotated in one of the two directions by the motor 7, the pinions 6a and 6b are rotated, and the pinions 6a and 6b are rotated.
The drive mechanism 5 is driven up and down by the backrest portion 3 of the chair 2 by the engagement of the rack 4 with the rack 4.

The driving mechanism 5 is mounted on the backrest portion 3 of the chair 2, and a pair of massagers 10 a, 10 b provided on the driving mechanism 5 is mounted on the back of the patient leaning on the chair 2.
Is configured to face. Massagers 10a and 10b
The driving mechanism 5 is connected to a motor 11 equipped with a pulse generator via an operation conversion mechanism 12, and the rotation operation of the motor 11 is controlled by the operation conversion mechanism 12.
These are converted into reciprocating motions for the patients a and 10b. A rotating mechanism 13 is provided at the lower end of the backrest 3 of the chair 2, so that the so-called reclining operation of the backrest 3 of the chair 2 becomes possible.

Referring now to FIG. 1, the structure of the drive mechanism 5 of the rubbing machine 1 of the present embodiment will be described. Drive mechanism 5
Has a pair of frames 14 and 15 parallel to each other, and a swinging rotation shaft 50 for kneading operation is rotatably arranged between the frames 14 and 15. Bearings 16 and 17 having a center axis at a position eccentric to the swing rotary shaft 50 are mounted on the swing rotary shaft 50, and a pair of swing members 18 and 19 are fixed to the bearings 16 and 17, respectively. ing. The pair of massagers 10a, 10b are attached as connecting members via arms 20, 21 to the patient on the outer periphery of the swing members 18, 19, respectively. Swing member 18, 1
The other end of each of the pair of rods 22 and 23 is movably attached to the opposite side of the mounting position of the arms 20 and 21 of FIG. It is movably attached to the part.
The bearing bands 24, 25
A pair of rotating shafts 26 and 27 having axes that intersect the zero axis direction are mounted via bearings whose center positions are eccentric with respect to the axes of the rotating shafts 26 and 27. Therefore, the rocking members 18 and 19 are connected to the rotating shafts 26 and 27 via the rods 22 and 23 and the bearing bands 24 and 25.

The rotating shafts 26 and 27 are connected to the frame 14,
15, are rotatably supported by bearings 53, 54 provided on a frame 52 provided between the rotation shafts 15, and the rotation shafts 26, 27 are rotated by rotation of a motor 44 which is a driving source, so that the massagers 10 a, 10 b are rotated. Performs rubbing operation.

On the other hand, the driving mechanism 5 includes the frames 14, 1
A first adjustment shaft 51a and a second adjustment shaft 51b for adjusting the interval between the massagers 10a and 10b are arranged in parallel with the swinging rotation shafts 50 of the massagers 10a and 10b. First adjustment shaft 51a
Has a left end attached to the outside of the frame 14.
Bidirectionally rotatable drive 40 for driving the adjusting shaft
, And the right end is supported by the frame 15 via a bearing 56. On the other hand, the second adjustment shaft 51b is symmetrical to the first adjustment shaft, and the right end thereof is pivotally connected to a bidirectionally rotatable driving unit 41 for driving a second adjustment shaft attached to the outside of the frame 15. The left end is supported by the frame 14 via a bearing 55. And the first adjustment shaft 51a
Each of the second adjustment shaft 51b and the second adjustment shaft 51b has a threaded portion formed on the entire surface thereof. The first adjustment shaft 51a penetrates one end of the adjustment member 30 having an internal thread formed to be screwed into the screw portion, and the adjustment member 31 having no internal thread formed therein.
And reaches the bearing 56 through the through hole 57.
The second adjustment shaft 51b penetrates one end of the adjustment member 31 in which an internal screw screwed to the screw portion is formed. The swing rotation shaft 50 is commonly penetrated through the other ends of the adjustment members 30 and 31, and the adjustment members 30 and 31 are connected to the swing rotation shaft 5.
It is configured to be movable in the circumferential direction and the axial direction with respect to 0. Further, the adjusting member 30 is fixed to the rocking member 18, and the adjusting member 31 is fixed to the rocking member 19, and each adjusting member and the rocking member are integrally formed in the circumferential direction of the rocking rotary shaft 50. It is configured to be displaced and to move in the axial direction of the swing rotation shaft 50.

Therefore, the first adjusting shaft 51 is driven by the driving unit 40.
is rotated in a predetermined direction, the adjustment member 30 moves toward the center of the drive mechanism 5 (to the right in the figure), and accordingly, the swing member 18 fixed to the adjustment member 30 and the swing member The massager 10a attached to the body 18 via the rod 20 moves toward the center. When the first adjustment shaft 51a is rotated in the reverse direction by the driving unit 40, the adjustment member 30 moves in the side direction (the left direction in the drawing) of the drive mechanism 5, and is thereby fixed to the adjustment member 30. The swinging member 18 and the massager 10a attached to the swinging member 18 via the rod 20 move in the lateral direction. As for the second adjustment shaft 51b, the driving unit 41 controls the second adjustment shaft 51b.
Is rotated in a predetermined direction, the adjustment member 31
The swinging member 19 fixed to the adjustment member 31 and the massager 10b attached to the swinging member 19 via the rod 21 move in the center direction (the left direction in the figure). Move in the direction. When the second adjustment shaft 51b is rotated in the reverse direction by the driving unit 41, the adjustment member 3
1 moves to the side of the drive mechanism 5 (to the right in the figure), and accordingly, the swing member 19 fixed to the adjustment member 31 and attached to the swing member 19 via the rod 21. The massager 10b moves in the side direction. In this way, the massagers 10a and 10b are driven by the driving units 40 and 41.
The massager 10 can be moved individually,
The positions of a and 10b can be set arbitrarily and can be adjusted to any interval.

At this time, the pair of bearing bands 24 and 25 related to the hitting operation are arranged so as to be orthogonal to the axial direction of the oscillating rotary shaft 50 for driving the rubbing operation. The members 18 and 19 are oscillating rotary shafts 50.
, The bearing bands 24 and 25 related to the hitting operation need only rotate in the circumferential direction of the rotating shafts 26 and 27 for driving the hitting operation, and do not cause any trouble.

The operation of the rubbing machine 1 according to this embodiment will be described below with reference to FIGS. First, when performing massage, the patient sets the distance between the massagers 10a and 10b,
The adjustment is performed by operating a switch that controls the rotation of the driving units 40 and 41 that drive the first adjustment shaft 51a and the second adjustment shaft 51b. For example, if the part of the body that requires massage is a symmetrical position near the center, the massagers 10a and 10b are set to symmetrical positions as shown in FIG. In addition, when the location requiring massage is different between the left and right, near the center on the right side and near the side on the left side, the first adjustment shaft 51a is rotated by the driving unit 40 and the massager 10a is rotated.
Is moved to the left as shown in FIG. In addition, when the points requiring massage are concentrated on the left side, FIG.
In this state, the second adjustment shaft 51b is rotated by the drive unit 41 to move the massaging element 10b to the left over the center as shown in FIG.

Thereafter, when the rubbing operation is started, the rotation shafts 26 and 27 are rotated in accordance with this control by appropriately controlling the rotation start timing, the rotation direction and the rotation speed of the motor 44. When the rotating shafts 26 and 27 rotate, the bearing bands 24 and 25 respectively
Revolve around 6, 27. Thus, the rods 22 and 23 periodically reciprocate in a direction substantially along the axis, and the swing members 18 and 19 perform a reciprocating angular displacement movement about the swing rotation shaft 50. This allows
The massagers 10a and 10b perform a beating operation on the patient at the set intervals and rotations.

When performing the kneading operation of the massaging operation, the rotating shafts 26 and 27 are stopped, and the swing rotating shaft 50 is driven to rotate. When the swing rotation shaft 50 rotates, the swing members 18 and 19 revolve around the swing rotation shaft 50. However, since the swing members 18 and 19 are connected to the rotation shafts 26 and 27, The massagers 10a and 10b are provided with the swing members 18, 1
9, the distance between the position of attachment to the rods 22 and 23 and the axis of the oscillating rotation shaft 50, and the rods 22 and 2 of the oscillating members 18 and 19
3. A circumferential movement is performed with a moving amount proportional to the ratio of the position of attachment to the mass 3 and the distance between the massagers 10a and 10b. Thereby, the massage operation is performed on the patient.

As described above, in the rubbing machine 1 of the present embodiment, each of the massagers 10a and 10b can be independently moved to an arbitrary position, and various rubbing operations are realized. Thereby, a sufficient treatment effect can be obtained for the patient, and the operation quality of the rubbing machine 1 can be significantly improved.

The present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, but includes a wide range of modifications without departing from the spirit of the present invention.

[0021]

As described above, the rubbing machine according to the present invention is connected to a pair of massagers for performing a rubbing operation on a patient via a pair of connecting members for each of the massagers. A pair of oscillating members, slidably disposed with respect to each of the oscillating members, and a oscillating rotary shaft for causing each oscillating member to perform a oscillating operation, and an oscillating rotary shaft disposed in parallel with the axial direction of the oscillating rotary shaft. A first adjustment shaft and a second adjustment shaft having a threaded portion formed on the surface thereof, and fixedly attached to each swing member and slid on the swing rotation shaft, and a first adjustment shaft and a second adjustment shaft are respectively screwed. And a pair of adjusting members that match each other.
If the adjusting shaft and the second adjusting shaft are individually rotated, the adjusting members screwed to the respective adjusting shafts individually move in the width direction on the adjusting shaft and are fixed to the respective adjusting members accordingly. Each swing member slides on the swing rotation shaft, and at the same time, the massagers connected to each swing member via the connecting member individually move in the width direction.

As described above, since the width adjustment of the left and right massagers can be performed independently, the massager according to the present invention can change the left and right treatment positions or move both the massagers to the right or left. Can be performed at any desired location. This makes it possible to make the movement closer to the human hand's massage sensation, such as alternate tapping between both massagers that is narrower than before, swabbing both massagers together, and at the start of treatment Massage in the
Since the massage can be sharpened, such as during the treatment or at the end of the treatment, a sufficient treatment effect can be obtained.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a drive mechanism 5 of the rubbing machine 1 according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a sectional view of the rubbing machine 1 according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram illustrating the movement of a massager accompanying rotation of an adjustment shaft in the rubbing machine 1 according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram for explaining the movement of the massager accompanying rotation of the adjustment shaft in the rubbing machine 1 according to the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram for explaining the movement of the massager accompanying rotation of the adjustment shaft in the rubbing machine 1 according to the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view of a driving mechanism of a conventional rubbing machine.

FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram for explaining the movement of a massaging roller accompanying rotation of an adjustment shaft in a conventional rubbing machine.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF REFERENCE NUMERALS 1 masturbator 2 chair 3 backrest 4 rack 5 drive mechanism 6a, 6b pinion 7 elevating drive motor 8 operation conversion mechanism 9 rotation axis 10a, 10b massager 11 kneading operation drive motor 12 operation conversion mechanism 13 rotation mechanism 15 Frame 16, 17 Bearing band 18, 19 Oscillating member 20, 21, Connecting member 22, 23 Rod 24, 25 Bearing band 26, 27 Rotating shaft 30, 31, Adjusting member 40, 41 Drive unit 44 Tapping operation drive motor 50 Oscillation Dynamic rotating shaft 51a First adjusting shaft 51b Second adjusting shaft 52 Frame 53,54,55,5
6 Bearing 57 Through hole 58 Second screw part

Claims (1)

[Claims] A pair of massagers for performing a massaging operation on a patient, a pair of swing members connected via a pair of connection members for each massager, and a pair of swing members. A first rotating shaft and a first rotating shaft arranged in parallel to the axial direction of the rotating shaft and having a threaded portion on the surface; A second adjusting shaft, and a pair of adjusting members that are fixed to each swinging member, slide on the swinging rotating shaft, and screw into each of the first adjusting shaft and the second adjusting shaft. Rubbing machine.