WO2016082411A1

WO2016082411A1 - Method for protecting massager core, and massager

Info

Publication number: WO2016082411A1
Application number: PCT/CN2015/075838
Authority: WO
Inventors: 邹剑寒; 张文丰; 茅熙凡
Original assignee: 邹剑寒
Priority date: 2014-11-28
Filing date: 2015-04-03
Publication date: 2016-06-02
Also published as: CN104398372B; CN104398372A

Abstract

A method for protecting a massager core, and a massager. The method comprises the following steps: step 1, start a motor (25) to run to drive a massager core (2) to move on a rack (1), and a timer in a main control circuit (4) accumulates a running time t of the motor (25); and step 2, when the running time t reaches a preset value t₀, the main control circuit (4) reads a core position signal of a position detection device, and the main control circuit (4) determines, according to the core position signal, whether to cut off the motor (25), so as to prevent a damage to a transmission device (26). The massager comprises the massager core (2), the rack (1), and the main control circuit (4). The massager also comprises a locking device used for limiting the slide of the massager core (2) on the rack (1) during transportation. An unlocking detection device used for detecting whether the locking device is unlocked is disposed between the rack (1) and the massager core (2). The massager can protect the massager core.

Description

Massage movement protection method and massager

Technical field

The invention relates to the field of massage appliances, in particular to a massage movement protection method and a massager.

Background technique

The massager has entered the popular family and is accepted by everyone. There are a wide variety of massagers, and there are small hand-held massagers, medium-sized massage pads and large massage chairs. In the massage cushion or the massage chair, many of them have massage on the back, and the structure is provided with an independent massage movement. In general, the massage movement includes a motor, a transmission device and a walking device matched with the massage frame. The massage movement performs walking massage on the massage stand or back frame. When the massage movement is walking on the massage frame or the back frame, it is mainly divided into gear and rack type and screw drive type. Among them, because of the simple production process of the rack and pinion, the assembly is easy and the cost is low, and the massage is the most widely used. The transmission mainly includes a worm gear and a gear set. For example, the patent number is 200820145250.4, and the publication date is May 20, 2009. The disclosed solution is a massager having different massage modes on the front and the back, and a massager having different massage modes on the front and the back, involving one. A massage device, in particular, relates to a massager having different massage modes on the front and back sides. A massager with different massage methods on the front and back is provided. The casing, the movement, the rack, the front massage head assembly and the back massage head assembly are arranged on the outer casing, the rack is fixed in the outer casing, the rack is connected with the movement, the front massage head assembly and the back massage head The components are respectively disposed on the front and back of the housing. The above massage movement can only walk in a straight line, and the back of the person is S-curved, so some people change the back massager to an S-shaped guide rail, such as a patented massage cushion, patent number 200820048229.2, the publication date is 2009- 07-01, the solution is: a massage cushion characterized by a backrest bottom plate, an S-shaped rack, a massage mechanism and a backrest mask, an S-shaped rack is arranged on the backrest bottom plate, and a massage mechanism is arranged inside the S-shaped rack .

In the existing massager, the rack is generally laid on the back frame, and the massage movement is provided with a running gear and a transmission structure composed of a worm and a gear set, and the worm has a self-locking function. During transportation, the massage movement slips due to collision or bumps and the frame, because the self-locking of the worm makes the transmission structure of the massage movement damaged.

Summary of the invention

The technical problem to be solved by the present invention is to overcome the defects of the prior art described above and to provide a massage movement protection method and a massager thereof, which can effectively prevent damage caused by slipping of the massage movement during transportation, and can also prevent Damage caused by the user forgetting to unlock the movement lock.

In order to solve the above technical problems, the present invention adopts the following technical solutions.

A massage device comprises a massage movement, a frame and a main control circuit. The massage movement comprises a walking device, a motor and a transmission device, and the motor drives the movement device through the transmission device to cause the massage movement to walk on the frame, the massage Machine also includes machine The core locking device and the unlocking detecting device, the movement locking device fixes the massage movement to the frame during transportation, and the unlocking detecting device detects the position of the massage movement to determine whether the movement locking device is unlocked during use, and the unlocking detection device includes detection The module and the feedback part, the detection module and the main control circuit are electrically connected.

As a further improvement, the movement locking device is a bolt fastening structure, and the massage movement is fastened to the frame by bolts.

As a further improvement, the detecting module is disposed on the frame, the feedback portion is disposed on the massage movement, the detecting module includes a signal processing unit and two detecting electrodes, the feedback portion is a metal pole piece, and the detecting electrode is a coil spring.

As a further improvement, the detecting module comprises an infrared distance detector, the feedback part reflects infrared rays to the infrared distance detector, the detecting module is arranged on the frame, and the feedback part is arranged on the massage movement.

As a further improvement, the main control circuit includes an alarm for reminding the user that the movement locking device is not unlocked, and the main control circuit determines whether to activate the alarm according to the signal of the unlock detection device.

In order to ensure the safety of the massage device, the massage device can safely detect the massage movement when the massage device is turned on, thereby protecting the massage movement from slipping with the frame and causing damage to the massage device. The technical solution of the present invention is as follows:

A method for protecting a massage movement, which is applied to the massager of the present invention, comprises the following steps:

Step 1: Start the motor running to drive the massage movement to walk on the frame, and the timer in the main control circuit accumulates the running time of the motor t;

Step 2: When the running time t reaches the preset value t ₀ , the main control circuit picks up the signal of the unlocking detecting device to determine whether the displacement of the massage movement is greater than the preset distance L ₀ , and the displacement of the massage movement is not greater than the preset distance L ₀ . The main control circuit shuts down the motor to prevent damage to the transmission.

As a further improvement, the preset distance L ₀ is equal to the preloading length of the coil spring.

As a further improvement, after the massage cycle is completed, the massage movement returns to the initial position under the driving of the walking device, and the massage movement is stopped until the coil spring generates a pre-compression length.

As a further improvement, the coil spring has a preload length of at least 10 mm.

The present invention has the following technical effects due to the adoption of the above technical solutions.

The invention provides a massage locking device on the massage device, so that the massage device is fixed on the frame during the transportation process, thereby effectively preventing the massage movement and the frame from sliding relative to each other and damaging the massage movement, thereby reducing Product repair rate due to collision or bumps in the product.

At the same time, the invention also provides an unlocking detecting device on the massager, and when the device is turned on, the unlocking detecting device detects the massage machine. Whether the core is unlocked, the main control circuit closes the motor of the massage movement according to the unlocked signal detected by the unlocking detecting device, thereby preventing the motor from being activated when the massage movement is unlocked, thereby damaging the transmission mechanism of the massage movement, and reducing the use of the massager by the customer. The massage movement was damaged by forgetting to unlock the massage movement.

In the invention, the unlocking detecting device comprises a detecting module with a coil spring as a detecting electrode, so that when the massage movement moves relative to the frame, the feedback portion has a certain compression length after contacting the coil spring, so that the massage movement stops. The process has a buffering time to reduce the collision of the massage movement with the frame.

DRAWINGS

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the inside of a massager.

Figure 2 is a perspective view of the rack.

Figure 3 is a perspective view of the back of the massage movement.

Figure 4 is a perspective view of the inside of the massage movement.

Figure 5 is an electric control diagram of a massager.

Figure 6 is a diagram showing the process of detecting the activation of the massager.

Main reference mark:

1. Rack; 2. Massage movement; 4. Main control circuit; 5. Rack; 11. Fixing hole; 12. Guide rail; 13. Limit groove; 14. Assembly cavity; 21. Keyhole; Groove; 23. Walking gear; 24. Mounting portion; 25. Motor; 31. Metal sheet; 32.

detailed description

The invention will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

As shown in FIG. 1, FIG. 2 and FIG. 3, a massager includes a main control circuit 4, an unlocking detecting device, a movement locking device, a frame 1 and a massage movement 2 provided on the frame 1. An assembly chamber 14 is provided in the middle of the frame 1. The rack 14 has a rack 5 on the left side and a limiting slot 13 on the right side, and a fixing hole 11 is arranged in the lower portion. The massage movement 2 comprises a running device, a motor 25 and a transmission 26, and the motor 25 drives the movement of the movement through the transmission 26 to cause the massage movement 2 to walk on the frame 1. The unlock detecting device includes a detecting module and a feedback portion, and the detecting module is connected to the main control circuit 4. The detecting module is disposed on the frame 1 , and the feedback portion is disposed on the massage movement 2 . In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the detecting module includes a signal processing unit and two detecting electrodes, the feedback portion is a metal pole piece 31, and the detecting electrode is a coil spring 32. A detection module is disposed at the bottom and the top of the assembly cavity 14 of the rack 1, and the detection module is connected to the main control circuit 4. Correspondingly, at the bottom and the top of the massage movement 2, metal sheets 31 are provided which cooperate with the two coil springs 32 on the assembly chamber 14. When the metal sheets 31 are in contact with the coil springs 32, the unlocking detecting device is generated. When the signal is closed, the main control circuit 4 detects the closing signal of the unlock detecting device; when the metal piece 31 is not in contact with the coil spring 32, the main control circuit 4 detects that the unlock detecting device is an open signal. The main control circuit 4 is arranged at the bottom of the massager and close to the coil spring 32. The massage movement 2 is mounted in the assembly cavity 14 of the frame 1.

In the present invention, the unlock detecting device is for detecting the positional relationship of the massage movement 2 with respect to the bottom of the frame 1, thereby judging whether the massage movement is unlocked. When the metal piece 31 on the bottom of the massage movement 2 is in contact with the coil spring 32, the unlocking detecting device issues a closing signal to the main control circuit 4; when the metal piece 31 on the bottom of the massage movement 2 does not contact the coil spring 32, The unlock detection device sends a disconnection signal to the main control circuit 4. In the prior art, there are many devices for detecting the relative position of an object, such as an infrared distance detecting device, a laser distance detecting device, and the like. In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the detecting module includes an infrared distance detector for detecting the moving distance of the massage movement 2 relative to the frame 1, and transmitting the distance signal to the main control circuit 4. The infrared distance detector is disposed at the bottom of the assembly cavity 14 of the frame 1. The feedback portion is disposed on the massage movement 2, corresponding to the infrared detector at the bottom of the assembly cavity, and the feedback portion reflects infrared rays to the infrared distance detector. By setting the massage movement unlocking detection device on the massager, the position information of the massage movement 2 relative to the frame 1 can be monitored, and in cooperation with the main control circuit 4 and the unlock detection device, the massage movement 2 can be ensured without being unlocked. It can automatically stop running to protect the massage movement 2. The unlocking detection device is many in the prior art, and will not be repeated here. The replacement application of the above unlocking detecting device belongs to the conventional means of those skilled in the art and belongs to the protection scope of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 3, the opposite side of the massage movement 2 is provided with a guide groove 22 that cooperates with the guide rail 12 of the frame 1. In the middle of the massage movement 2, a locking hole 21 is provided. The locking hole 21 cooperates with the fixing hole 11 of the frame 1, and the massage movement 2 is fixed to the machine through a fixing hole 11 and a locking hole 21 through a locking rod. In the frame 1, in the embodiment, the lock bar is a bolt, and a preferred embodiment of the movement locking device is a bolt structure. In this way, the massage movement 2 and the frame 1 are relatively fixed, so that the traveling device of the massage movement 2 is fixed relative to the frame 1. In the embodiment, the traveling device is the traveling gear 23, that is, the traveling gear 23 of the massage movement. It is fixed relative to the rack 5 on the frame 1 and does not slip, so that the transmission of the massage movement 2 is not damaged. In the present embodiment, a preferred embodiment is the transmission of the massage movement 2 26 includes a worm and gear assembly. A mounting portion 24 of the metal piece 31 is provided on the top and bottom of the massage movement 2, respectively. When the metal piece 31 is in contact with the coil spring 32, the unlocking device generates a closing signal and transmits the closing signal to the main control circuit 4, and the main control circuit 4 issues an relevant execution command according to the set program.

As shown in FIG. 4, the massage movement 2 has a motor 25, a transmission 26 and a traveling gear 23, and the traveling gear 23 cooperates with the rack 5. The massage movement 2 further includes a massage motor and a massage member, and the massage motor drives the massage member to perform a massage action on the human body, and the massage member can perform a tapping, kneading, vibration and the like on the human body. In the prior art, the massage method and the massage realize a variety of structures, and those skilled in the art can make selection and function combinations as needed.

In the massager of the present invention, the massage movement 2 is mounted on the frame 1, the travel gear 23 on the massage movement 2 is meshed with the rack on the frame 1, and the guide groove 22 on the massage movement 2 is The guide rail 12 on the frame 1 is slidably engaged to slide the massage movement 2 along the guide rail 12. At the same time, the right side of the massage movement 2 is snapped into the limiting slot 13 of the frame 1 and slides in the limiting slot 13 move. When the massage movement 2 is assembled on the frame 1, the metal piece 31 of the massage movement 2 corresponds to the coil spring 32 on the frame 1, so that when the massage movement 2 is moved down or raised, the metal piece 31 and the frame When the coil spring 32 on the 1 contacts, the unlocking detecting device generates a closed electric signal and transmits it to the main control circuit 4. Otherwise, the unlock detecting device is in the off state, and the main control circuit 4 detects only the disconnection signal. The main control circuit 4 issues various execution commands in accordance with the programmed program. When the fixing hole 11 on the frame 1 and the locking hole 21 on the massage movement 2 are opposite, a lock lever can be inserted to make the massage movement 2 and the frame 1 relatively fixed, thereby ensuring the walking of the massage movement 2. The gear 23 slides relative to the rack 5 on the frame 1 while the transmission 26 is not damaged. In the present invention, the lock lever is a bolt, so that the movement lock device is a bolt fastening structure. The movement locking device functions to fix the massage movement 2 to the frame 1 so that the massage movement 2 cannot move relative to the frame 1. There are many types of movement locking devices. A preferred embodiment of the present invention is that the movement locking device includes a fixing hole 11 and a lock rod disposed on the frame, and the solution is to touch one end of the massage movement 2 to the frame 1. a top or bottom, and then a fixing hole 11 is opened in the frame 1, the lock rod is inserted into the fixing hole 11 and the other end of the massage movement 2 is jammed, thereby the massage movement 2 is stuck on the top of the lock bar and the frame 1 or Between the bottoms, the massage movement 2 cannot be moved relative to the frame 1. The movement locking device may be a screw that can be used to secure the massage movement 2 to the frame. In the above solution, the main control circuit 4 further includes an acousto-optic alarm module. When the main control circuit determines that the motor should be turned off according to the movement position signal, the main control circuit 4 turns on the sound and light alarm module to indicate that the movement locking device is not unlocked. . Due to the lack of a movement locking device between the massage movement and the frame on the conventional massager, the massage movement may slip relative to the frame during transportation or impact, damaging the transmission of the massage movement, thereby making the massager Not available. The invention provides a movement locking device between the frame and the massage movement, thereby ensuring that the frame and the massage movement can be relatively fixed during transportation, so that the transmission of the massage movement is not damaged, thereby effectively Protect the safety of the massager during transportation. At the same time, an unlocking detecting device is also provided. When the massage movement is started without the unlocking of the massage movement, the main control circuit 2 turns off the massage movement motor to protect the massage movement.

When the massager receives the shutdown command, the massage movement 2 will be reset, and the massage movement 2 will go down along the rack rack. When the metal piece 31 of the massage movement 2 contacts the spring 32, it continues to move forward. The spring is caused to have a compression distance L. When the compression distance L is equal to the preloading length of the spring, the massage movement is stopped. This length is at least 50 mm, and a preferred value is 10 mm.

As shown in FIG. 5, in order to prevent the massaging motor from being operated to prevent damage to the massage movement without the unlocking of the massage movement, the present invention also provides a massage movement protection method, comprising an instruction acquisition device for collecting user instructions and unlocking The detecting device is used to detect an initial position signal of the massage movement 2 relative to the frame 1. When the massager is turned on, the user's power-on command is transmitted to the main control circuit 4 through the command acquisition device, and the main control circuit 4 enters the initial position detecting step of the massage movement 2, and the steps are as follows: the main control circuit 4 reads and unlocks The position information of the massage movement 2 of the detecting device is detected in the present invention by determining whether the metal piece 31 is in contact with the coil spring 32 to detect the position information of the massage movement 2 relative to the frame 1. When the metal piece 31 and the coil spring 32 are in contact, the unlocking is performed. The detecting device is in a closed state, and the main control circuit 4 detects that the unlocking detecting device is closed, and the main control Circuit 4 controls the motor to start. If the metal piece 31 and the coil spring 32 are not in contact, the unlocking detecting means is in the disconnected state, indicating that the massage movement 2 is not in the initial position of the frame 1, and the main control circuit 4 controls the motor of the massage movement 2 25 is activated to move the massage movement 2 to the initial position of the frame 1. In the present invention, the initial position is set at the bottom of the frame 1, and the selection of the initial position is not unique, and those skilled in the art can select the settings as needed.

As shown in FIG. 6, when the position of the massage movement 2 is detected to be in the initial position when the machine is turned on, the main control circuit 4 enters the massage movement unlock detection step, and the steps are as follows: the main control circuit 4 starts the motor 25, The timer on the main control circuit 4 accumulates the running time t of the motor 25, and when the running time t of the motor 25 reaches the time t ₀ preset on the main control circuit, the main control circuit reads the movement position signal of the unlocking detecting device. In order to determine whether the massage movement displacement is greater than the preset distance L ₀ and the massage movement displacement is not greater than the preset distance L ₀ , the main control circuit turns off the motor operation to prevent the transmission device from being damaged. The preferred range of the t ₀ is greater than 0.001 seconds, less than 10 seconds, and a preferred value is 1 second. The protection method according to the present invention can not detect the initial position of the massage movement, that is, enter the massage movement unlocking detection step when the machine is turned on.

A preferred solution is that the unlocking detecting device includes the detecting electrode 32 and the metal piece 31. The movement position signal sent by the detecting device is a closing/opening signal, and the main control circuit 4 detects that the unlocking detecting device is closed, indicating the massage movement. 2 The moving distance L is not greater than the distance L ₀ preset on the main control circuit 4, then the motor is turned off; when the main control circuit detects that the unlock detecting device is disconnected, it indicates that the moving movement of the massage movement 2 is greater than the preset control The distance L ₀ on the circuit 4 drives the motor to continue to operate. A preferred value of the L ₀ is a preloading length of the spring, and a preferred range of the preloading length of the spring is less than 50 mm, and a preferred value is 10 mm.

When the unlock detecting device adopts the unlock detecting device of the infrared distance detecting module, the detecting device can detect the moving distance L of the massage movement 2 relative to the bottom of the frame 1, and the movement position signal is the massage detected by the infrared distance detecting module. When the movement of the movement 2 and the frame 1 is L, the main control circuit 4 detects that L is not greater than the preset value L ₀ on the main control circuit, and turns off the motor; when the main control circuit detects that L is greater than the preset value L ₀ The drive motor continues to run. A preferred value of the L ₀ is a preloading length of the spring, and a preferred range of the preloading length of the spring is less than 50 mm, and a preferred value is 10 mm. When the main control circuit 4 determines that the motor should be turned off according to the movement position signal, the sound and light alarm module is turned on to indicate that the movement locking device is not unlocked. The massage movement of the massager is fixed on the frame by the movement locking device during transportation. When the massage machine is unable to detect when the massage device is turned on, the massage machine is forced to operate when the massage movement is locked. This pair of massagers will Caused great damage. The invention detects whether the massage movement is unlocked when the machine is turned on, and the main control circuit determines whether to turn off the motor by reading the position information of the massage movement of the unlock detection device, thereby protecting the massage movement from starting without unlocking. Safety.

The above is only the preferred embodiment of the present invention, and thus the scope of the present invention is not limited thereto, that is, equivalent changes and modifications made in accordance with the scope of the invention and the contents of the specification should still be covered by the present invention. Within the scope.

Claims

A massage device comprises a massage movement, a frame and a main control circuit. The massage movement comprises a walking device, a motor and a transmission device. The motor drives the movement device through the transmission device to cause the massage movement to walk on the frame. The massager further includes a movement locking device and an unlocking detecting device. The movement locking device fixes the massage movement to the frame during transportation, and the unlocking detecting device detects the position of the massage movement to determine the movement locking device during use. Whether to unlock or not, the unlock detecting device includes a detecting module and a feedback portion, and the detecting module and the main control circuit are electrically connected.
The massager according to claim 1, wherein said movement locking means is a bolt fastening structure, and the massage movement is fastened to the frame by bolts.
The massager according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the detecting module is disposed on the frame, the feedback portion is disposed on the massage movement, the detecting module includes a signal processing unit and two detecting electrodes, and the feedback portion is The metal pole piece and the detecting electrode are coil springs.
The massager according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the detecting module comprises an infrared distance detector, the feedback part reflects infrared rays to the infrared distance detector, the detecting module is arranged on the frame, and the feedback part is arranged in the massage machine. On the core.
The massager according to claim 1, wherein the main control circuit comprises an alarm for reminding the user that the movement lock device is not unlocked, and the main control circuit determines whether to activate the alarm according to the signal of the unlock detection device.
A method for protecting a massage movement, which is applied to the massager according to any one of the preceding claims, comprising the steps of:

Step 1: Start the motor running to drive the massage movement to walk on the frame, and the timer in the main control circuit accumulates the running time of the motor t;

Step 2: When the running time t reaches the preset value t 0 , the main control circuit picks up the signal of the unlocking detecting device to determine whether the displacement of the massage movement is greater than the preset distance L 0 , and the displacement of the massage movement is not greater than the preset distance L 0 . The main control circuit shuts down the motor to prevent damage to the transmission.
The method for protecting a massage movement according to claim 6, wherein the detecting module is disposed on the frame, the feedback portion is disposed on the massage movement, and the detecting module includes a signal processing unit and two detecting electrodes, and the feedback The part is a metal pole piece and the detecting electrode is a coil spring.
The method of protecting a massage movement according to claim 7, wherein the predetermined distance L 0 is equal to a preloading length of the coil spring.
The method for protecting a massage movement according to claim 8, wherein the massage movement returns to the initial position after the completion of the massage cycle, and the massage movement moves to cause the coil spring to generate a preload. Stop when the length.
The method of protecting a massage movement according to claim 8, wherein the coil spring has a preload length of at least 10 mm.