TW201524487A - Foot sole massage device - Google Patents

Abstract

A foot sole massage device typically comprises a base, two driving assemblies disposed at left and right sides of the base and capable of being rotated about an axis relative to left and right axial directions, and two driven assemblies disposed at left and right sides of the base. Each driving assembly has an inclined cylindrical part. Each driven assembly has a circular ring part coaxially pivoted to the cylindrical part of the driving assembly, a massage part connected to the front or rear of the circular ring part, and a support part slidably propped up the base. When the driving assemblies are actuated to rotate about the axis, the massage parts of the driven assemblies can be repeatedly left-right moved and tilted to locally rub and massage a user's foot sole. In addition, a rotating assembly can be further provided to synchronously rotate with the driving assemblies to have a circular movement, thus to forward-backward rub and massage other regions of the user's foot sole.

Description

Foot massage device

The invention relates to a massage device, in particular to a massage device capable of performing a scraping massage on a human sole.

A foot massage device (such as a foot massage machine or a foot massage module in a massage chair, a leg massage machine, or a foot massage machine) that is commonly used on the market for scraping massage on the soles of the feet, usually on the left, Two or three rollers arranged one behind the other are arranged on the right side, the axes of the rollers correspond to the left and right axial directions, and a plurality of protrusions or small rollers are arranged on the circumference. When the rollers are driven by the motor, the pedals can be stepped on. The plurality of parts of the sole of the user on the sole are respectively subjected to a front and rear scraping massage. Wherein, since the rotating shafts of the two adjacent rollers are transmitted by the directly meshing gears, the two adjacent rollers rotate in opposite directions, in other words, when one of the rollers scrapes the sole from the back, it is placed side by side. Or the other roller on the rear side scrapes the sole from the back.

Another common structure is that a plurality of circular turntables are arranged on the tread surface, the axes of the turntables are longitudinal, and the top surface is provided with a plurality of protrusions. When the turntables are driven by the motor, they can be stepped on them. The plurality of parts of the user's sole are respectively subjected to a scribing massage. Among them, by controlling the rotation of the drive motor, the rotation of all the turntables can be changed while the massage is in progress.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION A primary object of the present invention is to provide a foot massage apparatus which can perform a scraping massage action different from the prior art on the sole of a user.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a foot massage device capable of performing different forms of scraping massage on different parts of the user's sole with a simple and low-cost structure. Work.

In order to achieve the foregoing objective, the foot massage apparatus provided by the present invention mainly has a body, a motor, an urging component and a driven main component, and the urging component can be driven by the motor to correspond to the left and right axes with respect to the base body. Rotating toward the axis, and the urging assembly has a cylindrical portion, the center line of the cylindrical portion being inclined by a predetermined angle with respect to the aforementioned axis, for example, an angle between 5 and 30 degrees; the aforementioned driven assembly has a circular portion, a massage And a support portion, the annular portion is coaxially sleeved on the cylindrical portion of the urging assembly, and the massage portion is disposed in front of or behind the annular portion, and has at least one for scraping massage of the sole of the user. The protrusion is provided below the massage portion, and slidably abuts against a support surface of the base body, so that the massage portion can be displaced to the left and right with respect to the seat body and tilted to the left and right. Thereby, when the motor-driven urging assembly rotates according to the aforementioned axis, the annular portion of the driven assembly periodically changes its skew state with the cylindrical portion of the urging assembly, but does not rotate with the urging assembly. The massage portion that is opposite to the front or the rear of the annular portion is repeatedly displaced to the left and right and tilted to the left and right, and a unique scratch massage can be performed on the sole of the user.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the foot massage apparatus has left and right massage units each configured by the above-described urging assembly and the driven assembly, whereby the massage portions of the left and right follower components can be respectively The user's left foot and right foot sole perform the aforementioned scraping massage. Optionally, the center line of the cylindrical portion of the left and right second urging assemblies is bilaterally symmetrical with respect to the inclination of the aforementioned axis, so that when the two urging assemblies rotate synchronously, the massage portions of the left and right second driven components are It will be relatively close to the inside of the user's feet and relatively far to the outside of the feet. Optionally, the massage part is used for scraping the central area in the front-rear direction of the user's sole, and the inner part of the massage part corresponding to the inner side of the sole is higher than the outer side of the corresponding sole to fit the arch shape of the human sole.

According to an embodiment of the invention, the foot massage device further has at least one rotating component that can rotate synchronously with the urging assembly, and each of the rotating components has a plurality of protrusions surrounding the axis, thereby simultaneously facing the sole of the user. The other parts are subjected to a front and rear scraping massage. Preferably, the base body is pivotally disposed with a rotating shaft corresponding to the axis, the urging assembly and the rotating component are disposed on the rotating shaft, and the left and right sides of the cylindrical portion of the urging assembly are respectively provided with the foregoing rotation. The component, whereby, for example, it can be arranged to massage the front end of the user's sole with the aforementioned rotating component Or the rear end region, and the central component in the front-rear direction of the user's sole is massaged by the aforementioned driven component.

10‧‧‧foot massage machine

20‧‧‧Chassis

21‧‧‧ body

22‧‧‧ Cover

23‧‧‧ openings

24‧‧‧ button

25‧‧‧ feet

26‧‧‧Support surface

30L‧‧‧left massage unit

30R‧‧‧ right massage unit

40‧‧‧ drive unit

41‧‧‧Motor

42‧‧‧ worm

43‧‧‧ worm gear

50‧‧‧ shaft

60‧‧‧Rotating components

61‧‧‧Roller

62‧‧‧ shaft tube

63‧‧‧Massage Department

64‧‧‧Protrusions

70‧‧‧force components

71‧‧‧Cylinder

72‧‧‧Ring ribs

80‧‧‧ driven components

81‧‧‧ base

82‧‧‧Extension

83‧‧‧The Ministry of the Circle

84‧‧‧Massage Department

85‧‧‧Protrusions

86‧‧‧Support

A‧‧‧ axis

C‧‧‧ center line

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a foot massage device in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the left side massage unit in the foot massage device according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view showing the combination of the rotating assembly and the urging assembly in the aforementioned left side massage unit.

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the driven assembly in the aforementioned left side massage unit.

5A, 5B, 5C, and 5D are each a plan view of the left side massage unit, respectively showing the state of the four time points in one cycle of the massage unit during operation, and collectively indicating the continuous dynamics of the operation of the massage unit.

The 6A, 6B, 6C, and 6D drawings are each a front view of the left side massage unit, and correspond to the state of the 5A, 5B, 5C, and 5D drawings, respectively.

The structure, actions and effects of a preferred embodiment of the present invention are described in detail below with reference to the drawings. Please refer to FIG. 1 . The foot massage device of the preferred embodiment is applied to a foot massage machine (10) capable of simultaneously massaging a user's feet, and mainly comprises a casing (20) respectively disposed in the casing ( 20) a left massage unit (30L) and a right massage unit (30R) on the left and right sides, a drive unit (40) disposed in the center of the casing (20), and a casing (20) An electronic control unit (not labeled) on the inside front end. The casing (20) is composed of a body (21) on the bottom side and a cover (22) on the top side. The internal space is used to mount the massage unit (30L) (30R) and drive. The unit (40), the electronic control system, etc., and can accommodate the user's foot to be massaged. The rear half of the top surface of the casing (20) forms an opening (23) for the user's foot to extend in to step on the massage unit (30L) (30R). A plurality of buttons (24) connected to the electronic control system are arranged in front of the opening (23) for opening and closing the power source and selecting or setting a massage program. The foot massage machine (10) can be placed on the floor by a plurality of feet (25) at the bottom of the casing (20).

According to the prior art of the foot massage machine, the driving unit (40) is usually surrounded and covered by a box-shaped casing, and the massage unit (30L) (30R) is additionally made of soft cloth or plastic. The skin is covered on the top to prevent the user from being pinched and the device is dusted. In addition, a foam layer or an air bag for covering the periphery of the user's foot and the top surface of the front end is provided inside the casing (20); However, the aforementioned casing, soft cloth or foam layer and the like are omitted in Fig. 1 to present the main structure of the preferred embodiment. In addition, if the airbag is provided, it is usually controlled by an air pump to inflate and deflate, thereby applying a squeeze massage to the foot, and lifting the foot massage effect by binding the foot, but this part is related to the creative focus of the present invention. Nothing, so there is not much to explain.

A front end of the base body (21) (ie, the bottom of the casing (20)) is pivoted with a rotating shaft (50), and the axis of the rotating shaft (50) corresponds to the left and right axial directions of the foot massaging machine (10), that is, corresponding to The user is in the left-right direction in the use state, and the length extends from the left side to the right side of the seat body (21), and the both ends and the middle section are respectively supported by bearings (not labeled). The driving unit (40) is configured to drive the rotation of the rotating shaft (50), and includes a motor (41), a worm (42) and a worm wheel (42), wherein the motor (41) is fixed on the base body (21). The operating state is controlled by the electronic control unit; the worm (42) is integrally coupled to the mandrel of the motor (41), the axial direction substantially corresponds to the front and rear axial directions of the foot massage machine (10), and the front end is slightly higher than the rear end; the worm wheel (43) The coaxial fixing is at an approximately central position of the aforementioned rotating shaft (50), and the top side of the worm wheel (43) is meshed with the bottom side of the worm (42). Thereby, when the motor (41) is operated, the rotating shaft (50) is rotated in situ on the seat body (21) according to its own axis at a lower rotational speed (larger torque).

The left side massage unit (30L) and the right side massage unit (30R) are arranged on the left and right sides of the driving unit (40) in a bilaterally symmetrical manner. Please refer to Figures 2 to 4 (take the left massage unit (30L) as an example). Each massage unit includes a two-rotation assembly (60), an urging assembly (70), and a driven assembly (80). Each rotating assembly (60) has a cylindrical drum (61) and a shaft tube (62) at the center of the drum (61), and is coaxially sleeved on the rotating shaft (50) by the aforementioned shaft tube (62) ( Note: The center line A in Figure 2 represents the axis of the shaft (50), and is fixed to the shaft (50) by a radial bolt (not shown) or other suitable means so that it can rotate with the shaft (50). In other words, the rotating assembly (60) can be driven by the aforementioned motor (41) to rotate on the aforementioned seat body (21) in accordance with an axis (A) corresponding to the left and right axial directions. The circumference of the drum (61) coaxially surrounds the aforementioned axis (A), and a first massage portion (63) is formed on the circumferential surface, and the first massage portion (63) is used for scraping the sole of the user's sole. The protrusions (64) are formed. In the embodiment, the protrusions (64) are a plurality of protrusions which are spread out on the circumferential surface of the drum (61) and are integrally convex outward, but in the other aspect of the invention In the embodiment, it is also possible to pivot a small roller or a ball or the like on the circumference of the drum as (all or part of) the aforementioned protrusion to reduce the friction with the sole of the foot. Resistance, this is prior art. The two rotating assemblies (60) of each massage unit (30L) (30R) are separated by a predetermined distance and correspond to the front end region of the user's sole.

The urging assembly (70) of each massage unit (30L) (30R) is interposed between the two rotating components (60), and is also fixed on the rotating shaft (50), and can rotate with the rotating shaft (50), in other words, the moving component (70) and the rotating assembly (60) can be driven by the aforementioned motor (41) to rotate synchronously according to the aforementioned axis (A). Each of the urging assemblies (70) has a cylindrical portion (71). As shown in FIG. 5A, the center line (C) of the cylindrical portion (71) is inclined by a predetermined angle with respect to the axis (A) of the rotating shaft (50). Preferably, the predetermined angle (that is, the angle between the aforementioned center line (C) and the aforementioned axis (A)) is between 5 and 45 degrees, for example, in the present embodiment, the center line (C) and the axis (A) The angle is about 10 degrees.

The driven assembly (80) of each massage unit (30L) (30R) has a block-shaped base portion (81), an extension portion (82) extending forward from the base portion (81), and a front end portion coupled to the front end of the extension portion (82). An annular portion (83), a massage portion (84) provided on the top side of the base portion (81), and a support portion (86) provided on the bottom side of the base portion (81). The inner circumferential surface of the annular portion (81) is a cylindrical surface having an inner diameter slightly larger than the outer diameter of the cylindrical portion (71) of the urging assembly (70), and coaxially sleeved on the corresponding cylindrical portion (71). It can rotate relative to the cylindrical portion (71). Preferably, the annular portion (83) of the driven assembly (80) is not axially displaceable along the cylindrical portion (71) of the urging assembly (70), for example, in the present embodiment, the cylindrical portion (71) is provided There is an annular rib (72) that abuts against the side of the annular portion (83). The base portion (81) and the massage portion (84) that are oppositely connected behind the annular portion (83) correspond to an intermediate portion in the front-rear direction of the user's sole, and the massage portion (84) is used for the sole of the user. a projection (85) for performing a scraping massage. In the present embodiment, the protrusions (85) are a plurality of protrusions integrally protruding upward from the top surface of the base portion (61), but in the present invention In other embodiments, it is also possible to pivot a plurality of small rollers or balls or the like on the top surface of the base portion (61) as (all or part of) the aforementioned protrusions. The support portion (86) has a circular arc shape protruding downward, and is slidably supported by a bottom portion of the circular arc shape on a horizontal support surface (26) preset at a corresponding portion of the base body (21) to make the base portion (81) The massage unit (84) is vertically displaceable with respect to the seat body (21) and tilted left and right.

With the above configuration, when the driving unit (40) drives the rotating shaft (50) to rotate, the rotating assembly (60) and the urging assembly (70) are synchronously rotated according to the aforementioned axis (A) corresponding to the left and right axial directions. In this way, not only the massage portion (63) of the two rotating components (60) of each massage unit (30L) (30R) can perform the rubbing massage in the front-rear direction on the front end region of the user's sole, and at the same time, because of the urging assembly (70) The cylindrical portion (71) will be periodically - for example, according to 5A/6A, 5B/6B, 5C/6C, The sequence of the 5D/6D diagram, the 5A/6A diagram... changes its tilt state, forcing the annular portion (83) of the driven assembly (80) to change its tilt state correspondingly, so that it is connected to the ring portion ( 83) The rear base portion (81) and the massage portion (84) are repeatedly displaced to the left and right and tilted to the left and right, and the massage portion (84) can perform a special scratch massage on the central region of the user's sole. Specifically, taking the left massage unit (30L) as an example, at the time points shown in FIGS. 5A and 6A, the center line (C) of the cylindrical portion (71) of the urging assembly (70) is substantially positioned as described above. The horizontal plane of the axis (A), but the right end (inner end) is forwarder than the left end (outer end), so the top surface of the base (81) of the driven assembly (80) is substantially horizontal and the whole displacement to the right side of the active range (ie The inner side of the left foot); about a quarter of a cycle, that is, at the time points shown in Figs. 5B and 6B, the center line (C) of the cylindrical portion (71) is substantially at the lead passing through the aforementioned axis (A). On the vertical surface, but the right end (inner end) is slightly higher than the left end (outer end), so the base (81) is also inclined so that the inside of the top surface is slightly higher than the outer side, and the whole is displaced to the left side (ie, the outer side of the left foot) to the activity. The approximate intermediate position of the range; and after about a quarter of a cycle, that is, at the time points shown in Figs. 5C and 6C, the center line (C) of the cylindrical portion (71) is again substantially at the aforementioned horizontal plane, but the left end (outer end) is more forward than the right end (inner end), so the top surface of the base (81) is again substantially horizontal, and the whole displacement to the left side of the active range (ie, outside the left foot) After about a quarter cycle, that is, at the time points shown in the 5D and 6D diagrams, the center line (C) of the cylindrical portion (71) is again substantially on the aforementioned vertical plane, but the left end (outer side) The end is slightly higher than the right end (inner end), so the base (81) is also inclined so that the outer side of the top surface is slightly higher than the inner side, and the whole is displaced to the right side (ie, the inner side of the left foot) to the approximate middle position of the active range; . Thereby, the massage portion (84) provided on the top surface of the base (81) can repeatedly and laterally displace the central region of the user's sole and scratch the massage from left to right.

In the present embodiment, the center line (C) of the cylindrical portion (71) of the massage unit (30L) (30R) on the left and right sides is symmetrical with respect to the inclination of the aforementioned axis (A), for example, in the first The left side massage unit (30L) shown in FIG. 5A is in a plan view, and the center line (C) extends from the left rear side to the right front side, so at the same time and at the same viewing angle, the center line of the right side massage unit (30R) (C) ) will extend from the right rear to the left front with the corresponding slope. Thereby, when the urging assembly (70) on the left and right sides rotates synchronously with the rotating shaft (50), the massage portion (84) of the left and right two-side driven components (80) will repeatedly go to the user. The inner side of the feet is relatively close, and is further away from the outer side of the feet, and the inclination of the massage parts (84) on the left and right sides is also bilaterally symmetrical.

In addition, the corresponding user's sole of the massage portion (84) of each of the aforementioned driven components (80) The inner portion is higher than the portion corresponding to the outer side of the user's sole to fit the shape of the arch of the human sole, specifically, the left massage unit (30L) as shown in FIGS. 2 and 6A, and the massage portion (84). The protrusion (85) on the far right side (ie, inside the left foot) is higher than the protrusion (85) in the middle, and the protrusion (85) in the middle is higher than the left side. The protrusion (85) of the outer side of the left foot. Of course, even if the massage portion of the driven component of the present invention has only a single protrusion, the user's sole can be partially subjected to a scraping massage in the left-right direction and the strong time.

It is obvious that the rotation speed of the massage portion (63) of the rotating component (60) can be controlled by controlling the rotation speed of the motor (41) of the driving unit (40), and the massage portion of the driven component (80). The rate of displacement. Furthermore, by changing the direction of rotation of the mandrel (ie, the worm (42)) of the motor (41), it can be determined whether the massage portion (63) of the rotating assembly (60) is scraped from the back or from the back to the front. And the massage part (84) that determines the driven component (80) is 5A/6A, 5B/6B, 5C/6C, 5D/6D, 5A/ as exemplified above. The sequential cyclic action of 6AFig.... or in the reverse order, ie, the 5D/6D map, the 5C/6C map, the 5B/6B map, the 5A/6A map, the 5D/6D map, etc. action. In the sequence of operations exemplified above, the motor (41) drives the rotation of the rotating shaft (50), the rotating assembly (60), and the urging assembly (70), corresponding to the base of the rear end of the driven assembly (80) ( 81) (and the massage portion (84), the support portion (86)) rotates downward with respect to the annular portion (83) of the front end, so that the rear end of the driven assembly (80) does not float upward. The tendency to start.

Finally, it should be added that although the preferred embodiment is applied to a foot massage machine that can massage both feet of a user at the same time, the present invention can also be applied to other types of massage devices, such as massage. Foot massage module for chair, leg massage machine and foot massage machine. When the present invention is applied to a foot massage module of a massage chair, a leg massage machine, or the like, or other forms of foot or foot massage machine, the seat may be a base or skeleton of various appropriate shapes, and the user's foot The top or front top of the part is not necessarily covered by the cover. Furthermore, the invention does not exclude the practice of having only a single massage unit, i.e., only a single sole of the user can be massaged at the same time. By appropriately adjusting the position of the front massage unit on the massage device, or changing the front and rear direction, the massage part of the rotating component and the driven component can be used to massage different parts of the user's sole, for example, by changing the aforementioned rotating component. A back-and-forth scratching massage is applied to the rear end region of the sole, and the left-hand side is subjected to a scraping massage to the front end region of the sole of the foot. However, the foot massage device provided by the present invention may not have the aforementioned rotation. The component, that is, the massage portion of the aforementioned driven component is applied to the sole of the user's sole, which is different from the previous conventional scrubbing massage.

26‧‧‧Support surface

30L‧‧‧left massage unit

60‧‧‧Rotating components

61‧‧‧Roller

62‧‧‧ shaft tube

63‧‧‧Massage Department

64‧‧‧Protrusions

70‧‧‧force components

71‧‧‧Cylinder

72‧‧‧Ring ribs

80‧‧‧ driven components

81‧‧‧ base

82‧‧‧Extension

83‧‧‧The Ministry of the Circle

84‧‧‧Massage Department

85‧‧‧Protrusions

86‧‧‧Support

A‧‧‧ axis

Claims (10)

A foot massage device comprising: a body having a support surface; an urging assembly rotatable relative to the seat body according to an axis corresponding to the left and right axes; the urging assembly having a cylindrical portion, the cylindrical portion The center line is inclined at a predetermined angle with respect to the axis; a motor is disposed on the seat body to drive the urging assembly to rotate according to the axis; a driven component has a ring portion, a massage portion and a support portion; The annular portion is coaxially sleeved on the cylindrical portion of the urging assembly; the massage portion is disposed in front of or behind the annular portion, and has at least one protrusion for scraping and massaging the sole of the user; the support The portion is provided below the massage portion, and slidably abuts against the support surface of the seat body, so that the massage portion can be displaced to the left and right and to the left and right with respect to the seat body. The foot massage device of claim 1, wherein the foot massage device comprises two of the foregoing urging assemblies juxtaposed side by side, and two of the foregoing driven components respectively engaged with the two urging assemblies; At the same time, the two urging assemblies are driven to rotate according to the aforementioned axis; the massage portions of the two driven components are located in front of or behind the two urging assemblies. The plantar amine device according to claim 2, wherein the center line of the cylindrical portion of the two urging assemblies is bilaterally symmetrical with respect to the inclination of the axis. The foot massage device according to claim 2, wherein the massage portion of each of the driven components corresponds to a central region in the front-rear direction of the user's sole, and the portion of each of the massage portions corresponding to the inner side of the user's sole It is higher than the part of the outer side of the user's sole. The foot massage device of claim 2, wherein the foot massage device further comprises a rotating shaft, wherein the rotating shaft is pivotally mounted on the seat body according to the axis, and can be driven by the motor; each of the foregoing urging components Each of the left and right sides of the cylindrical portion has a rotating component, and the rotating component rotates along with the rotating shaft, and each has a massage portion surrounding the axis, and the massage portion has a plurality of scraping massages for the sole of the user. Protrusions. The foot massage device of claim 5, wherein the massage portion of the rotating component corresponds to a front end or a rear end region of the user's sole; the massage portion of the driven component corresponds to a front and rear direction of the user's sole. Central area. The foot massage device according to claim 1, wherein: the driven assembly further has a base portion, and an extension portion connecting the base portion and the annular portion; the massage portion and the support portion of the driven component are respectively It is provided on the top side and the bottom side of the base. The foot massage device according to claim 1, wherein the support portion of the driven member has a circular arc shape that protrudes downward. The reflexology device according to claim 1, wherein the rotation direction of the motor to drive the pressing member corresponds to a direction in which the massage portion of the driven member rotates downward relative to the annular portion. A foot massage device comprising: a body having a supporting surface; a rotating shaft pivotally disposed on the seat body, the axis corresponding to the left and right axial directions; a motor disposed on the seat body to drive the rotating shaft; The two left rotating components and the two right rotating components are disposed on the rotating shaft and rotate with the rotating shaft; each of the rotating components has a first massage portion surrounding the axis, and the first massage portion of the two left rotating components and the foregoing two The first massage part of the right rotating component is used for respectively scraping and massaging the first part of the user's left foot and the right foot sole; a left urging component and a right urging component are arranged on the rotating shaft, and The rotating shaft has a cylindrical portion, the cylindrical portion of the left urging assembly is interposed between the two left rotating components, and the cylindrical portion of the right urging assembly is interposed between the two right rotating components; The center line of the cylindrical portion is inclined by a predetermined angle with respect to the aforementioned axis; a left driven component and a right driven component each have a circular portion, a second massage portion and a supporting portion; The annular portions of the driven assembly are respectively coaxially sleeved on the cylindrical portions of the left and right urging assemblies; the second massage portion of each of the driven components is disposed in front of or behind the annular portion, and the left and right sides are The second massage part of the movable component is located in front of or behind the first massage part, and the second massage part of the left driven component and the second massage part of the right driven component are respectively used for the user's left a second portion of the foot and the sole of the right foot is subjected to a scraping massage; a support portion of each of the driven members is disposed below the massage portion, and slidably abuts against a support surface of the seat body, so that the massage portion can The left and right sides are tilted relative to the seat body.