JPH10295754A - Massaging machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reduce a bad influence to a prohibited zone and to obtain massage effect on the prohibited zone, by setting action parameters of a programmable massaging machine to make the intensity of massaging lowered in order of the shoulder part, the back part, and the waist part. SOLUTION: Action parameters to orderly perform an automatic course of massage of neck, shoulder, upper half body, and waist are programmed and stored in ROM inside a microcomputer 80. For instance, an automatic course button separated in neck, shoulder, upper half body, waist courses is selected to operate in automatic course action. Thereby an instruction signal is inputted into a microcomputer 80 via an operation part I/F circuit 87 of a control circuit 37 to start massaging. Programming is executed so that the massaging speeds are to be shoulder > back > waist and the speed is raised as approaching the prohibited zone and the massaging intensity is reduced. Thus massaging effect is improved.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a massager of a program type in which a treatment element executes an operation based on an operation parameter of each step in a step-by-step manner.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, based on a preset program, a treatment range from a shoulder position to a waist position of a user is shifted up and down by combining several types of operations such as tapping, kneading, and back stretching. A massage machine for performing a massage has been proposed (Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 3-221241). The above massage machine
The massage intensity is varied according to the treatment site and at the start, middle, and end of the massage to improve the comfort of the massage.

[0003]

By the way, generally,
Vibration or compression on the kidneys may cause hematuria and proteinuria, so massage around the back of the kidneys should be avoided or weakened, especially for those with a weak kidney fixation. high. Hereinafter, the treatment area of the upper body of the user is divided into three parts, a shoulder, a back, and a waist, and the waist, which is a part where the massage is avoided or weakened, is also referred to as a forbidden band.

[0004] In the above-mentioned conventional massage machines, there is no one that controls the massage operation to the forbidden zone separately from other treatment sites. The present invention has been made in order to solve such a problem, and the massage operation to the forbidden zone is weakened compared to other treatment sites, and the adverse effect of the massage on the forbidden zone is possible. Another object of the present invention is to provide a massage machine which can be reduced in size and can obtain a massage effect on a forbidden zone.

[0005]

According to the present invention, there is provided a massager of a program type in which an operation based on an operation parameter of each step is performed on a treatment element in the order of steps, wherein one of operation parameters is treatment intensity, and If the treatment site is divided into three parts, a shoulder, a back, and a waist, the treatment intensity of the treatment element is set to be weaker in the order of the shoulder, the back, and the waist. To change the treatment intensity, you need to change
The operation can be performed with a small number of operations, a long operation time, or a combination thereof.

[0006]

[Function and Effect] The conventional massage effect based on the operation parameters can be obtained on the shoulder and the back. The treatment intensity for the waist, which is a massage prohibition zone, is weaker than that for the back and shoulders. Of course, the treatment intensity is weaker in the order of the shoulder, back, and waist, that is, as the treatment gets closer to the waist, it is prohibited. The adverse effect of the massage on the band can be reduced as much as possible, and the massage is not applied to the forbidden band at all, so that some massage effect can be obtained.

[0007]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a chair-type massage machine (1).
An example applied to (0) will be described. However, the present invention is not limited to a chair type, but can be applied to, for example, a bed-type massage machine and further to a nursing bed. In the embodiment, when the user sits on the chair (12) in FIG. 1, the ventral side is the front, the back side is the rear, the right hand side is the right, and the left hand side is the left.

[0008] Chair structure described massage machine (10) (12), as shown in FIG. 1, a seat which sit in treated person (13), is upwardly formed from the rear end of the seat portion (13) A backrest (14), and armrests (15) formed upward on both left and right sides of the seat (13). The seat portion (13), the back contact portion (14), and the armrest portion (15) are each formed by connecting a metal pipe, a frame, a plate, or the like inside, and the outer periphery is formed of a patch cloth (16) or a cushion ( Surrounded by 17).

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the back contact portion (14) has an upper frame (20) and a lower frame (2) at an upper portion and a lower portion, respectively.
The upper and lower frames (20) and (21) are provided with a pair of guide rails (22) and (22) extending in parallel in the vertical direction at both ends. The upper ends of the guide rails (22) and (22) are the upper frame (20)
And is connected by a headrest frame (27) having a headrest (26) at the tip of which the head of the user touches. The lower portions of the guide rails (22) are pivotally supported by a frame forming the seat (13). Further, the lower frame (21) is connected to a known reclining mechanism (24),
Is swingable with respect to the seat (13).

The guide rails (22) and (22) have a U-shaped cross section and are arranged so that the grooves face each other. A massage unit (28) is arranged along the guide rails (22) and (22). It is mounted to be able to move up and down. In addition, upper and lower frames (20) (2
In (1), a screw shaft (30) is pivotally supported in parallel with the guide rails (22) and (22). As shown in FIG. 2, a pulley (31) is fitted to a lower end of the screw shaft (30), and is connected to a pulley (33) and a belt (34) of an elevating motor (32) provided in a lower frame (21). The screw shaft (30) rotates forward or backward by the driving of the elevating motor (32). The screw shaft (30) penetrates the upper frame (20), and an encoder (35) for measuring the rotation speed of the screw shaft (30) is provided at the upper end. The encoder (35) is connected to a control circuit described later.

As shown in FIG. 3, the massage unit (28) includes rollers (40) (4) fitted in grooves of the guide rails (22) and (22).
(0) (40) (40) a pair of side plates (41) (41) pivotally supported vertically, and an upper support rod (43) connecting the upper and lower ends of the side plates (41) (41), respectively. A lower support rod (44) is provided. The lower support rod (44) includes an elevating member (45) provided with a screw hole that meshes with the screw shaft (30), and when the screw shaft (30) is rotated by driving the elevating motor (32). The massage unit (28) moves up and down along the guide rails (22) and (22) by the screw thrust. The movement limit of the massage unit (28) in the elevating direction is, as shown in FIG. 2, one guide rail (22).
Are detected by limit switches (47) and (48) provided above and below, respectively. The limit switch (47) (48), when the massage unit (28) reaches the upper or lower movement limit, hits the upper support rod (43) or the lower support rod (44),
It detects that the rising or lowering of the massage unit (28) has reached the limit and sends it to the control circuit (37).

A gear box (50) is provided substantially at the center of the upper and lower support rods (43) and (44). The gearbox (50) has a kneading shaft (51) that penetrates in the left-right direction and rotates at low speed, and a kneading shaft (5).
A hitting shaft (52) that rotates at a high speed through the gear box (50) in the left-right direction below 1). A massage shaft (53) for driving these two shafts (51) (52) protrudes from the bottom surface of the gear box (50). A pulley (54) is fitted to the lower end of the massage shaft (53), and the pulley (54)
Is the massage motor (55) attached to the lower support rod (44)
The pulley (56) is connected via a belt (57), and the rotation of the massage motor (55) causes the massage shaft (53) to rotate forward or backward. The description of the internal structure of the gearbox (50) is omitted, but its operation is performed by the massage shaft (5).
When 3) is rotated forward, only the massaging shaft (51) is rotated at a low speed in the direction of arrow A in FIG. 3, and the striking shaft (52) does not rotate with the clutch disengaged, while the massage shaft (53) When is rotated in the reverse direction, the kneading shaft (51) does not rotate with the clutch disengaged, and only the hitting shaft (52) rotates at a high speed in the direction of arrow B in FIG. A pulley (54) provided on the massage shaft (53) is provided with an encoder (not shown), and detects the rotation speed of the massage shaft (53). The encoder is electrically connected to a control circuit (37) described later.

The massaging shaft (51) is a shaft located above the gearbox (50), and both ends (51a) of the shaft protruding from the gearbox (50) are bent in the same direction. As shown in FIG. 5, at one end of the kneading shaft (51), on the opposite side to the bending direction of the end,
A projecting piece (61) having a magnet (60) therein is formed.
Also, on the wall of the gearbox (50), three reed switches (63) (64) are opposed to the rotation transition path of the magnet (60).
A substrate (66) comprising (65) is provided. One reed switch is provided above, behind, and below the kneading shaft.
These reed switches (63), (64), (65) are electrically connected to the control circuit (37). When the upper reed switch (63) detects the magnet (60), the distance between the rubbing balls (70) (70) facing left and right, which will be described later, is the longest, and the lower reed switch (65) is When 60) is detected, the distance between the kneading balls facing left and right is the closest. Further, since the kneading shaft (51) rotates in the direction of arrow A in FIG. 3, when the rear reed switch (64) detects the magnet (60), the kneading balls shift from the separated state to the approaching state. Means that the distance between the opposing kneading balls is between the approach and the separation.

The hitting shaft (52) is a shaft located below the gear box (50), and both ends (52a) of the shaft protruding from the gear box (50) are, as shown in FIG. Each of them is eccentric by the distance H from the axis of (52). The eccentric direction of the end is
They are symmetrical with each other, that is, they are shifted by 180 °.

The treatment elements (71) and (71) are arranged on the left and right sides of the gear box (50) as shown in FIGS. Treatment child (71)
A pair of kneading balls (70) attached inwardly to the upper and lower ends of a plate-like arm (72) whose center is bent in a U-shape, respectively.
It is. The arm (72) is a plate-shaped lever (7
3) pivoted. The base end of the lever (73) is rotatably supported by the end of the kneading shaft (51). End (51a) of kneading shaft (51)
Is bent as described above, so that the lever (73) is attached in an inclined state with respect to the massaging shaft (51), and the massaging shaft (51)
When is rotated, the lever (73) swings right and left due to the inclination of the end (51a). A connecting rod (75) is attached to a lower end of the lever (73) via a ball joint (74), and the connecting rod (75) is a hitting shaft.
It is pivotally connected to an eccentric member (76) provided at the end of (52).

Each arm (72) is provided with pins (77) and (78) for restricting the swing angle of the arm (72) with respect to the lever (73) so as to project upward and downward, respectively. The arm (72) is connected to the lower pin
At a position lower than (78), it is connected to the lever (73) by a spring (79). The spring (79) always urges the lower part of the arm (72) in the lever direction. Therefore, with no load,
By the biasing force of the spring (79), the lower pin (78) moves the lever (73).
Is in contact with When the massage is started and the massage ball (70) is pressed against the user, the massage ball (70) swings within the swing range of the lever (73) against the urging force of the spring (79). It is possible to move.

Each operation of the massage machine (10) is performed by a command from a remote control type operation unit (86) shown in FIG. The operation unit (86) is connected to the massage unit (2
8) Elevator button (86a) to adjust the height to "up" or "down"
(86b), a kneading button (86c) for starting a kneading operation, a hitting button (86d) for starting a hitting operation, and a width for adjusting the interval between the kneading balls to one of “wide”, “medium”, and “narrow”. Adjustment button row (86e), kneading operation, hitting operation speed is `` speed '',
A row of speed adjustment buttons (8
6f) to execute a pre-programmed action
Automatic course buttons (86g) (86h) for shoulder, upper body, and waist
(86i), a reclining button (86j) for operating the reclining mechanism, a stop button (86k) for stopping each operation, and the like. The instruction signal input to the operation unit by the user pressing the button is transmitted to the control circuit (37). The button for starting operation 1 according to the present invention, which will be described later, is the “upper body” automatic course button (86h).

A circuit as a control means for controlling the operation of the massage machine (10) will be described. FIG. 6 shows a control circuit (37) mainly composed of a microcomputer. Control circuit (37)
Are deployed in place on the massage machine (10). Microcomputer (8
0) includes a massage motor drive circuit (82) for controlling the driving of the massage motor (55), and a pulley (5) of the massage shaft (53).
Output value of encoder (58) deployed in 4) and kneading shaft (51)
A massage detection circuit (83) that receives output values from the reed switches (63), (64), and (65) for detecting the rotation angle is connected. The massage motor drive circuit (82) includes a PWM circuit (not shown), performs pulse width modulation, adjusts a driving average voltage supplied to the massage motor (55), and controls the rotation speed of the massage motor (55). Can be controlled. The massage detection circuit (83) detects whether the massage motor (55) is rotating at a predetermined rotation speed by detecting the encoder pulse, and if the rotation is out of the predetermined rotation speed, the massage motor drive circuit (82) ) To adjust the supply voltage. Also, output values from the reed switches (63), (64), (65) are received, and the interval between the kneading balls (70), (70) facing left and right is determined.

The microcomputer (80) includes an elevating motor drive circuit (84) for controlling the driving of the elevating motor (32), an output value of an encoder (35) for detecting the number of rotations of the screw shaft (30), and a massager. A vertical position detection circuit (8) that receives output values from upper and lower limit switches (47) and (48) that detect the upper and lower limits of the unit (28)
5) is connected. The rotation speed of the screw shaft (30) from the state where the upper limit switch (47) detects the massage unit (28) is calculated as the integrated value of the encoder pulse,
The sum is calculated at (85), and the current position of the massage unit (28) is measured. Note that the current position of the massage unit (28) can be measured based on both the lower limit switch (48) or the upper and lower limit switches (47) and (48).

An operation unit I / F circuit (87) for receiving an operation signal from the operation unit (86) is connected to the microcomputer (80). As described above, the microcomputer (80) has a large number of operation buttons, and command signals from these buttons are transmitted to the microcomputer (80) via the operation unit I / F circuit (87), and various controls are performed. Done. In the microcomputer, operation parameters for sequentially executing the course-specific massage of the “neck / shoulder”, “upper body”, and “hip” of the automatic course are programmed in the ROM in the order of steps.

Further, the control circuit (37) is provided with a reclining control circuit (89) for controlling the reclining mechanism (24) and swinging the backrest (14). Note that the reclining control circuit (89) is well-known and will not be described.

[0022] Operation First, an explanation will be given of the basic operation of the massage machine (10). When the power of the massage machine (10) is turned on, the initial position of the massage unit (28) is confirmed. This is because the amount of movement of the massage unit (28) is determined by integrating or subtracting the number of pulses of the encoder (35) provided on the screw shaft (30). In the present invention, the initial position of the massage unit (28) is set as the upper movement limit position where the massage unit (28) and the upper limit switch (47) contact. Therefore, the massage unit (28) moves upward until it is detected by the upper limit switch (47). When the upper limit switch (47) detects the massage unit (28), the integrated value of the encoder pulse of the screw shaft (30) is reset. From this state, each operation of the massage machine (10) can be performed.

When the user presses one of the "up" and "down" buttons, the command signal is sent to the control circuit (37) and the operation unit I /
The signal is input to the microcomputer (80) via the F circuit (87), and is output to the elevating motor drive circuit (84) as an UP signal or a DOWN signal. Upon receiving the signal, the lifting motor (32) rotates in a predetermined direction. When the massage unit (28) is performing a descending operation, the number of rotations of the screw shaft (30) by the elevating motor (32) is counted as an integrated value of the encoder pulse, and the massage unit (28) is moved upward. During operation, the number of encoder pulses is subtracted from the integrated value. From the integrated value of the encoder pulse, the current position of the massage unit (28) can be determined. The massage unit (28) performs a raising or lowering operation until it is detected by any of the upper and lower limit switches (47) and (48), and can be stopped at an arbitrary position.

[Kneading operation] The user presses the kneading button (86c).
When the is pressed, the command signal is sent to the control circuit (37) in the same way, and is input to the microcomputer (80) via the operation unit I / F circuit (87), and is sent to the massage motor drive circuit (82) as an MSG signal. Is output. Upon receiving the MSG signal, the massage motor drive circuit (82) rotates the massage motor (55) so that the massage shaft (53) rotates forward, and moves only the massage shaft (51) in the direction of arrow A in FIG. Drive in rotation. Since the lever (73) is pivotally supported by being inclined with respect to the rotation center of the massaging shaft (51),
When the kneading shaft (51) is rotated, the kneading balls (70) are reciprocated substantially parallel to the left and right directions where the opposing kneading balls (70) and (70) approach and separate as shown by an arrow C in FIG. The massage is given to the user. At this time lever (73)
The lower end of the eccentric member (7) is connected via a ball joint (74) and a connecting rod (75).
Since it freely pivots to 6), there is no hindrance to the tilting movement of the lever (73). When the massaging shaft (51) rotates, the reed switches (63) (64) (65) provided on the gear box (50)
The magnets (60) are sequentially detected. When each reed switch detects the magnet (60), a detection signal is transmitted to the massage detection circuit (83). Top reed switch (63)
When the magnet detects the magnet (60), the left and right massage balls (70) (70)
A signal indicating that the interval between each other is the widest (WID
(E signal) is transmitted to the massage detection circuit (83), when the rear reed switch (64) detects the magnet (60), a signal indicating that the interval between the kneading balls (70) (70) is intermediate ( M
IDDLE signal), the lower reed switch (65) is magnet (6
When detecting (0), a signal (NARROW signal) indicating that the interval between the kneading balls (70) and (70) is in the narrowest state is sequentially transmitted to the massage detecting circuit (83).

Without performing the kneading operation, the left and right kneading balls (70) (7
0) It is also possible to change the interval between each other, that is, to perform only the width adjustment. In this case, press the width adjustment button on the operation unit to
When any of the massage ball intervals `` wide '', `` medium '', or `` narrow '' is selected, an MSG signal is transmitted to the massage motor drive circuit (82), and the massage motor (55) rotates only the massage shaft (51). Let it. By the rotation of the kneading shaft (51), the interval of the kneading balls (70) and (70) changes, and the signal indicating the kneading ball interval is reed switch in order.
Detected from (63), (64) and (65). A predetermined signal (WIDE signal, MIDDLE signal, NARRO
When any of the W signals is detected, the massage motor drive circuit (82) stops driving the massage motor (55),
Stop moving the kneading balls (70) (70). Thereby, the interval between the left and right kneading balls becomes a desired interval of the user. In this state, rolling massage can be performed by raising and lowering the massage unit (28), and by performing a beating operation,
The beating massage can be performed at the massage ball interval desired by the user.

[Hit operation] The user hits the hit button (86d).
Is pressed, a command signal is sent to the control circuit (37), and the operation unit I /
The signal is input to the microcomputer (80) via the F circuit (87) and output to the massage motor drive circuit (82) as a TAP signal.
Upon receiving the TAP signal, the massage motor drive circuit (82) drives the massage motor (55) so that the massage shaft (53) rotates in the reverse direction, and rotates only the hitting shaft (52) in the direction of arrow B in FIG. Drive. The eccentric member (76) is pivotally supported eccentrically with respect to the rotation center of the hitting shaft (52), and the base end of the lever (73) is pivotally supported by the non-rotating kneading shaft (51).
When (52) is rotated, the kneading balls (70) and (70) turn into the arrow D in FIG.
As shown by, a reciprocating motion is performed substantially in the vertical direction, and the user is hit and massaged. In addition, massage axis (53)
When makes one rotation, the hitting shaft (52) also makes one rotation, and one hit operation is performed. That is, the pulley (5
The number of encoder pulses from the encoder (58) arranged in 4) is set to be equal to the number of taps.

In the above-described kneading operation and hitting operation, the operating speed of the kneading balls can be adjusted by changing the rotation speed of the massage motor (55). The operation speed can be adjusted by selecting “Speed” or “Speed” from the speed adjustment button row (86f) on the operation unit (86).
When one of the buttons of “medium” and “slow” is selected, the driving average voltage to the massage motor (55) is adjusted and applied by the PWM circuit (not shown) of the massage motor drive circuit (82). Done. When the rotation speed of the massage motor (55) is adjusted to a desired speed, the speed of the kneading balls (70) (70) operated by the motor (55) changes. Massage balls (70)
Whether or not (70) is adjusted to the desired speed can be determined by measuring the pulse interval of the encoder from the encoder (58) provided on the pulley (54) of the massage shaft (53).

[Automatic course operation] The user is "neck / shoulder"
Automatic course buttons for each of the upper body and waist courses (86g)
When any one of the buttons (86h) and (86i) is pressed, a command signal is sent to the control circuit (37) and input to the microcomputer (80) via the operation unit I / F circuit (87). Then, the operation parameters of the corresponding first steps in the courses of “neck / shoulder”, “upper body” and “waist” are read from the ROM in the microcomputer (80), and based on the operation parameters, the elevation motor drive circuit (8
According to 4), the lifting and lowering operation of the massage unit and the kneading and tapping operation are performed by the massage motor drive circuit (82). When the operation of the first step is completed, the operation parameters of the second step are read and executed. Thereafter, the steps are executed in the order of steps, and when the operation of the last step is completed, the course ends.

[Operation 1] The massage operation of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 7 to 10
The part to be treated of the user is divided vertically from the shoulder to the waist by nine lines (a) to (nu) in the vertical direction, and is divided into six in the horizontal direction, and the upper part of the treatment element (71) (71) on the divided part The trajectory of the kneading balls (70) and (70) is shown. The lower line (a) is the height position of the lower limit (48), and the upper line X is the height position of the upper limit (47). The spacing between adjacent lines is about 5 cm. line
The waist is defined between (a) and (e), the back is defined between lines (e) and (g), and the shoulder is defined between lines (g) and (nu).

First, the "upper body" course button (86
Pressing h) performs a warm-up operation. In the embodiment, this is performed by using the operation parameters of Steps 1 to 36. However, since this is not directly related to the present invention, the description of the operation is omitted. The present invention will be described with respect to a case where the present invention is executed with changing the speed in the rolling tapping massage shown in the following steps 32 to 43, that is, in the operation parameter for performing the tapping massage while moving the treatment element up and down. Instead, it can be implemented by changing the number of hits and the hitting time.

In step 32, the massage unit (28) is moved to the line X at the upper end. When the movement is completed, the parameters in step 33 are read out, and a tapping massage, that is, a rolling tapping massage is performed at a high speed while moving the massage unit from the upper end to the line (h).
When the movement to the line (h) is completed, the parameters of step 34 are read out and the massage unit (28) is
Tapping massage, that is, rolling tapping massage is performed at high speed while reciprocating between (h) and line (i).

When the reciprocating operation is completed for 2.5 reciprocations, the parameters of step 35 are read out, and the width adjustment for changing the interval between the left and right kneading balls to "wide" is performed. When the width adjustment is completed, the rolling and tapping massage of the massage unit (28) between the line (h) and the line (h) is reciprocated three times at high speed according to the parameters of step S36.

Next, the distance between the kneading balls is adjusted to “narrow” by the parameters of step 37. According to the parameters of the next step 38, the rolling and tapping massage is performed at high speed for 3.5 reciprocations between the line (i) and the line (g).
As described above, a rolling tapping massage of the shoulder is performed in steps 32-38.

Next, according to the parameters of step 39,
Rolling tap massage is performed at high speed between the line (g) and the line (e) for 2.5 round trips. Then step 40
The distance between the kneading balls is adjusted to “medium” by the parameter of (1). Next, according to the parameters of step 41, rolling beating massage is performed at a medium speed between the line (e) and the line (f).
It is performed round-trip. In steps 39-41, a rolling beating massage of the back is performed.

Next, the distance between the kneading balls is adjusted to "narrow" by the parameters of step 42. Next, rolling tapping massage is performed between the line (e) and the lower end at low speed for 2.5 reciprocations according to the parameters of step 43, and rolling tapping massage of the waist is performed. The following table shows steps 32 to 43 of the above operation 1.

[0036]

[Table 1]

As in steps 32 to 43, the massage speed is programmed to be shoulder>back> waist, and the closer the so-called forbidden zone, the slower the speed and the better the massage. Thereafter, the “upper body” massage of the automatic course is performed in step 44
After performing the subsequent cool-down massage and executing the final step, the massage unit (28) stops at the upper end, which is the storage position, and the width of the upper massage ball (70) is programmed to be in the "wide" state and stopped. And the course ends. The present invention is not limited to the rolling tapping massage described above, but also includes a massager and a massager that does not perform a kneading and beating operation at the time of elevating movement of the treatment element, kneading at the lifting / lowering stop position of the treatment element, and performing a beating. it can.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a sectional view of a massage machine.

FIG. 2 is a front view of a back contact portion of the massage machine from which a patch has been removed.

FIG. 3 is a front view of the massage unit.

FIG. 4 is a left sectional view of the massage unit taken along line XX of FIG. 3;

FIG. 5 is a right sectional view of the massage unit taken along line YY in FIG. 3;

FIG. 6 is a block diagram of a control circuit.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a trajectory of a treatment element up to an operation 1;

FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of the first half of the trajectory of a treatment element for shoulder massage.

FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of the latter half of the trajectory of a massager for a shoulder massage;

FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a locus of a treatment element for back and waist massage.

FIG. 11 is a front view of an operation unit.

[Explanation of symbols]

 (10) Massage machine (28) Massage unit (32) Elevating motor (37) Control circuit (51) Kneading shaft (55) Massage motor (70) Kneading ball

Continuation of front page (72) Inventor Takeya Matsushita 2-5-5 Keihanhondori, Moriguchi-shi, Osaka Inside Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Kazuhiro Matsuoka 2-5-5-1 Keihanhondori, Moriguchi-shi, Osaka No. Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A programmed massage machine in which a treatment element performs an operation based on an operation parameter of each step in a step order, wherein one of operation parameters is a treatment intensity, and a treatment part of the user is defined as a shoulder part. , Back, waist 3
The massage machine is designed so that the treatment intensity of the treatment child is weakened in the order of shoulder, back, and waist. 2. The treatment intensity is an operation speed, and the operation speed of the treatment element is set to be fastest when the treatment element corresponds to the shoulder, and set to the slowest when the treatment element corresponds to the waist. The massage machine according to claim 1, wherein 3. The treatment intensity is the number of movements. The number of movements of the treatment element is set to be the largest when the treatment element corresponds to the shoulder, and set to the least when the treatment element corresponds to the waist. The massage machine according to claim 1, wherein The treatment intensity is the operation time, and the operation time of the treatment element is set to be longest when the treatment element corresponds to the shoulder, and set to be shortest when the treatment element corresponds to the waist. The massage machine according to claim 1, wherein 5. The massaging machine according to claim 1, wherein said massaging machine is used for tapping massage.