KR101669858B1 - Massage Chair with open/close-type Arm Air Massage Structure - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a massage chair having an opening and closing type arm air massaging part. According to the present invention, an arm massaging part arranged at an armrest part on both sides of a massage chair is formed as an opening and closing type, and prevents an arm from being pushed out when a pressure is applied for a massaging function, thereby simplifying the composition of an exterior of the massage chair and allowing substantial performance of massaging an arm. The massage chair comprises: a chair body; a mechanical back massaging means; an air pressure type arm massaging means; and a control part. The air pressure type arm massaging means includes: an air compressor (180); a valve device (170); a plurality of air bags (160); and an arm massaging part (100) having a support means including a support piece (140) and a stopping wall (150). The arm massaging part (100) is installed inside an arm rest (110) of the massage chair, and forms a space part by an opening and closing plate (120) opened and closed by a hinge part (130) arranged at a lower end.

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a massage chair having open /

The present invention relates to a massage chair having an opening and closing type arm air massage unit. More particularly, the present invention relates to a massage massage chair having an arm massage unit provided on both armrests of a massage chair, And a massage-type massage chair having an open-air massage unit for performing an arm massage function more faithfully while the arm is not pushed during a pressure action.

Generally, massage machines, which are used to solve muscle fatigue and stress in home or office, are developed in various forms and widely used in real life.

Massage is a kind of medical assistive therapy that uses hands or a special instrument to help the body circulate, relax, tug, knock, or move by bending, pushing, tapping or moving. Relax or improve blood circulation to relieve fatigue or relieve pain.

Massage by a masseur directly provided by a man's work requires expert knowledge and a lot of labor. Therefore, it is difficult to obtain sufficient effect due to time, place, and cost in providing massage, and as a solution, A massager having a built-in mechanical element is disclosed and used.

A massage chair that allows the user to comfortably sit and receive a massage includes a massage device for directly massage the user's body and a control mechanism for controlling the motion of the massage device.

After the massage roller is mounted on the elevating rail, the massaging device is mounted on the supporting table which is rotated around the rotation axis by massage or moving the massage roller vertically along the user's body by the rotation of the driving motor, A mechanical part for rotating and massage a certain part by rotation of the body part; It consists of a pneumatic device part for intermittently inflating the airbag by using air pressure to arms, hips, legs and feet.

Korean Patent Laid-Open Publication No. 10-2012-0088634 (published on Aug. 8, 2012) discloses a massage chair equipped with a massage airbag that simultaneously applies pressure to the entire area of the hand and arm. .

The above-mentioned prior art structure comprises a massage chair; A controller for controlling driving of the massage chair according to a preset program; An air computer unit for generating air under the control of the control unit; A massager air bag connected to the air computer unit and supplied with air generated from the air computer unit, the massager air bag having a first surface contacting a user's arm and a second surface being a surface opposite to the first surface; A hand gripping part formed to connect the first face to a part of a ring-shaped inner face connected to one end of the soldering press portion; And an air inlet provided on the second surface of the soldering press portion so that air generated in the air compressor can be injected into the massage airbag.

However, since the conventional arm massage device is implemented as a separate device regardless of the chair, the user must sit on a separate chair and receive an arm massage, and the arm massage device formed on both sides of the chair is provided with an arm massage device. It is not good and the utilization of space is also very low.

As a conventional technique for solving such a problem, Korean Patent Registration No. 10-1400466 (registered date: May 21, 2014) is disclosed. FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a conventional massage massage chair FIG.

The armchair unit 10 includes an armrest unit 10, a storage unit 20, an arm massage unit 30, and a storage driving unit 40. The armrest unit 10 is installed on both sides of the seat The armrest portion 20 is formed inside the armrest portion 10 so that a storage space of a predetermined length is formed, The arm 30 is housed in the storage compartment 20 by the folding drive so that the arm 30 can be housed in the housing 20 so that the arm 30 can not be seen. (30) is unfolded and moved upward, and is opened to the outside of the storage unit (20), so that the arm and the hand can be massaged according to the arm massage command of the input device.

The storage drive unit 40 is installed at a lower end portion of the storage unit 20 and is driven to fold the arm massage unit 30 into the storage unit 20 according to an arm massage reception instruction of the input device, And the arm massage unit 30 is driven to unfold the arm massage unit 30 to the outside of the storage unit 20 in accordance with the arm massage opening command of the input device.

However, the above-mentioned prior art is inconvenient to use because the storage part is formed horizontally in the massage chair armrest, and when the air pressure is applied to the air bag, the massage part of the arm is pushed outward and the massage effect is lowered.

In addition, since the open space for receiving the arm is formed in the armrest portion of the massage chair, the space portion is always exposed even when the arm massage function is not used, which is not good for appearance. .

KR 10-2012-0088634 A 2012.08.08. KR 10-1400466 B1 2014.05.21.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the problems of the prior art, and an object of the present invention is to improve the structure of an arm massage part of a massage chair so that the massage can be conveniently used, And a massage chair having an open air massage part.

In addition, the present invention has an opening-and-closing type arm air massaging unit which is designed to expand the quality of a product by designing the appearance of the massage chair so that the arm massage unit is closed when the arm massage unit is used only when the arm massage function is performed, To provide a massage chair.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, a massage chair having an openable arm air massage unit of the present invention includes a chair body including a seat, a backrest, and an armrest; A mechanical massage device installed inside the backrest of the chair body and having a massage function for tapping or rubbing while lifting and lowering; A pneumatic arm-massage means which is massaged by an airbag which expands due to the pneumatic generation of the air compressor and the generated pneumatic pressure; And a control unit for controlling the driving of the mechanical massage unit and the pneumatic massage unit according to the set program, wherein the pneumatic arm massage unit comprises: an air compressor for compressing air by driving the motor to generate compressed air; A valve device for intermittently and sequentially distributing the compressed air generated by the air compressor in accordance with a command from the control unit; A plurality of airbags intermittently and sequentially expanding by compressed air supplied by the valve device; An arm massage unit installed inside the armrest of the massage chair so that the plurality of airbags are inserted and supported and forming a space part by an opening / closing plate opened / closed by a hinge unit provided at the lower end; .

The arm massage unit according to the present invention is characterized in that the arm massage unit is provided with support means for restricting a spreading angle of the opening / closing plate so as to have a supporting force against the inflating force of a plurality of airbags inserted into the arm massage unit.

In the present invention, the supporting means may include: a supporting piece integrally formed with the opening / closing plate pivoting about a hinge axis, the supporting piece being formed to protrude; And a stopping wall is provided at a predetermined angle so as to restrict the rotation of the support member.

According to the present invention, when the arm massage function is not used, the arm massage part is opened only when necessary, and when the arm massage function is not used, the open / close board is folded to close the arm storage part so that the space part is not exposed to the outside, There is an effect to be able to.

According to the present invention, the arm accommodating portion is formed in a downward direction from the upper side, so that it is convenient to use, and when the air pressure is applied to the airbag, the massage portion of the arm is safely supported without being pushed, thereby maximizing the massage effect.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a massage chair equipped with an arm massage device according to the prior art. FIG.
2 is a partial perspective view of a massage chair having an openable arm air massage part according to the present invention;
FIG. 3 is a sectional view showing an arm massage unit of a massage chair having an open-type arm air massage unit according to the present invention in a closed state.
FIG. 4 is an open state sectional view showing an arm massage part of a massage chair having an openable arm air massage part according to the present invention, and an enlarged view of the main part.
5 is a control system diagram of a massage chair having an openable arm air massage unit according to the present invention.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 2 is a partial perspective view of a massage chair having an openable arm air massage part according to the present invention, FIG. 3 is a sectional view showing an arm massage part of a massage chair having an openable arm air massage part according to the present invention, FIG. 4 is an enlarged sectional view and an enlarged view showing an arm massage part of a massage chair having an openable arm air massage part according to the present invention, FIG. 5 is a view showing a control system of a massage chair having an openable arm air massage part according to the present invention to be.

The present invention relates to an arm massage device added to a massage chair, wherein the massage chair to which the present invention is applied includes a chair body including a seat and a backrest (30) and an armrest (110); A mechanical massage device installed inside the backrest of the chair body and having a massage function for tapping or rubbing while lifting and lowering; Pneumatic arm-massage means for massaging by the air pressure generation of the air compressor (180) and the airbag which is inflated by the generated pneumatic pressure; And a control unit 200 for controlling the driving of the mechanical massage unit and the pneumatic massage unit according to the set program.

The pneumatic arm-massage means comprises an air compressor (180) for generating compressed air and supplying the compressed air, and a valve device (170) for distributing the compressed air in a proper position and supplying the compressed air. And an arm massage unit 100 including a plurality of air bags 160 that individually inflate by the compressed air distributed and supplied by the massage unit 170 to have a massage function.

The air compressor 180 operates the motor by a command from the control unit or a pressure switch of the air compressor 180 to generate compressed air. A pressure sensing control switch is installed inside the air compressor 180 to maintain a proper air pressure. When the pressure is less than the pressure, the motor is energized to compress and supplement the air.

The valve device 170 distributes the compressed air generated by the air compressor 180 to a plurality of airbags 160 intermittently and sequentially in accordance with a command from the control unit, A massaging function such as kneading is performed by a plurality of airbags 160 that expand and contract by intermittently and sequentially by compressed air.

That is, an air compressor 180, which is driven in accordance with a signal commanded by the control unit or a signal from a self-contained pressure switch, compresses the air and the compressed air formed by the air compressor 180, The compressed air is supplied and blocked by the distributing valve device 170. Accordingly, as shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the plurality of individually divided airbags 160 are intermittently and sequentially expanded and contracted, Function.

The massage function of the airbag 160, which is divided into a plurality of spaces, partially compresses or massages the massage part, so that a more effective massage function is achieved.

3 to 4, the arm massage unit 100 is provided inside the armrest 110 of the massage chair. The arm massage unit 100 includes an opening / closing plate 120 opened / closed by a hinge 130 provided at the lower end, And a space portion is formed by the armrest 110. [

The air massage unit 100 is provided with a plurality of air bags 160 inserted into the inner surface of the space and each air bag 160 is individually supplied with compressed air by the valve unit 170 So that a pneumatic massage can be performed by providing a separate supply pipe so that a kneading massage function can be performed.

The opening and closing plate 120 forming the arm massage unit 100 is operated to open and close about the lower hinge unit 130. In the present invention, The function of the hinge unit 130 is very important.

That is, since the hinge unit 130 allows the opening / closing plate 120 to operate only within a certain interval, the opening / closing plate 120 is firmly supported so as not to be opened when the airbag 160 is inflated The pressure of the airbag 160 can press the arm so that the massage function is performed.

Therefore, the hinge portion 130 of the arm massage unit 100 is provided with supporting means for restricting the opening angle of the opening / closing plate 120 so as to have a supporting force against the inflating force of the plurality of airbags 160 inserted therein Respectively.

The supporting means includes a supporting piece 140 integrally protruding from one side of the opening and closing plate 120 which rotates about a hinge axis 131 and a stopping wall 140 for blocking the rotation of the supporting piece 140 150).

Therefore, when the opening and closing plate 120 is opened to use the arm massage unit 100, the supporting piece 140 integrally formed with the opening and closing plate 120, which rotates about the hinge unit 130, (150) so that it is no longer possible to pivot so that a support function is provided.

When the arm massage unit 100 is not used, the opening / closing plate 120 is closed and the arm massage unit is used only when the arm massage unit is used, so that the armrest portion of the massage chair can be more beautifully designed.

In addition, when the arm is inserted into the arm massage unit 100, since the massage is performed in a state where the arm is inserted from the upper side to the lower side, there is no phenomenon that the arm is pushed out even when the pressure of the airbag 160 is applied. .

While the present invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to exemplary embodiments thereof, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed exemplary embodiments, but, on the contrary, It will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes in form and details may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims.

100: Arm massage
110: armrest 120: opening / closing plate
130: hinge part 131: hinge shaft
140: Support piece 150: Stop part
160: air bag 170: valve device
180: Air Compressor 190: Leg Massage
200:
210: massage module drive motor 220: massage module transfer motor
300: Backrest

Claims (3)

A chair body including a seat and a backrest and an armrest; A mechanical massage device installed inside the backrest of the chair body and having a massage function for tapping or rubbing while lifting and lowering; A pneumatic arm-massage means which is massaged by an airbag which expands due to the pneumatic generation of the air compressor and the generated pneumatic pressure; And a control unit for controlling the driving of the mechanical massage unit and the pneumatic massage unit according to the set program,
Wherein the pneumatic arm-
An air compressor 180 for compressing air by driving the motor to generate compressed air;
A valve device (170) for intermittently and sequentially distributing the compressed air generated by the air compressor (180) in accordance with a command from the control unit;
A plurality of air bags (160) intermittently and sequentially expanding by the compressed air supplied by the valve device (170);
The arm 120 is installed inside the armrest 110 of the massage chair so that the airbags 160 are inserted and supported by the arm 120. The arm 120 is formed by a hinge part 130, A massage unit 100;
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The arm massage unit (100)
And a support means for restricting a spreading angle of the opening / closing plate (120) so as to have a supporting force against the inflating force of the plurality of airbags (160)
Wherein the support means comprises:
A supporting piece 140 integrally formed with the opening / closing plate 120 rotating about the hinge shaft 131 and formed to protrude;
And a stop wall (150) for blocking the rotation of the support arm (140) at a predetermined angle so as to be in contact with the support arm (140).
The method according to claim 1,
The air compressor (180)
Wherein the controller is operated by a command from the control unit or a pressure switch of the control unit to generate compressed air.
The method according to claim 1,
In each of the plurality of airbags 160 provided in the arm massage unit 100,
And a separate supply pipe is provided to allow compressed air to be injected or discharged individually by the valve device 170 so that pneumatic pressure acts on the massage chair.

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