JP2003070860A - Massage machine - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Abstract] [Problem] To provide a wave-like change in finger pressure of a massage roller to improve a massage effect. A swing arm (13) pivotally supported by a moving body (12) moving up and down along a spine of a user and capable of swinging back and forth.
And upper and lower massage rollers 14 pivotally attached to the upper and lower ends E1 and E2 of the swing arm 13 and acupressure the back.
And an extruding section 15 for increasing the finger pressure by pushing the massage roller 14 forward.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a massage roller that moves along a user's spine to sequentially massage the neck, back and hip by acupressure. More specifically, the massage pressure can be changed. The present invention relates to a massage machine having an enhanced massage effect.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, there has been known a chair-type massage machine in which a massage roller for acupressure moves up and down along the spine of the user to sequentially acupressure the neck, back and waist.

As shown schematically in FIG. 10, this is a moving body b which is guided by a guide portion a and moves linearly up and down along the spine of the user, and is pivotally supported by the moving body b. The upper and lower ends include a swing arm c that can swing back and forth toward the back, and upper and lower massage rollers d for acupressure are attached to the upper and lower ends of the swing arm c.

In this device, the upper and lower massage rollers d, d can be moved while being fitted exactly to the user's spine line by the swinging action of the swinging arm c.
There is an advantage that you can get a comfortable massage.

[0005]

However, in the conventional one, since the finger pressures of the upper and lower massage rollers d are substantially constant over the entire moving range from the neck to the waist,
It was not possible to obtain a sufficiently satisfactory massage effect.

Therefore, the present invention is basically provided with an extruding portion for extruding the massage roller forward on the mounting base having the guide portion, so that the finger pressure of the massage roller can be changed, and the massage effect can be obtained. The purpose is to provide a massage machine that can improve

[0007]

In order to achieve the above object, the invention of claim 1 is a massage machine comprising a massage means for acupressure the user, wherein the massage means is the spine of the user. A mounting base having a guide portion extending vertically along the moving body, a movable body that moves along the guide portion, and an upper and lower end portions of the movable body that can swing back and forth toward the back at a central pivot point. The swing arm is pivotally supported, and upper and lower massage rollers that are pivotally attached to the upper and lower ends of the swing arm and apply acupressure to the back are provided. It is characterized in that an extruding portion is provided to increase the finger pressure by taking it out.

Further, in the invention of claim 2, the extruded portion is
It is characterized by comprising a guide piece or a rotating roller that abuts on the massage roller and pushes the massage roller forward.

Further, in the invention of claim 3, the extruded portion is
It is characterized in that it is provided at both ends of the guide portion and at one or more places between them.

Further, in the invention of claim 4, the extruded portion is
It is characterized by elastically deforming back and forth.

Further, the invention of claim 5 is characterized in that the massage means is arranged on the backrest portion of the chair base or the mat base.

[0012]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION An embodiment of the present invention will be described below.
This will be described together with the illustrated example. FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view illustrating a case where the massage machine of the present invention is a chair-type massage machine, and FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing massage means used for the massage machine.

In FIG. 1, a massage machine 1 includes a chair base 4 having a seat surface portion 2 on which a user sits and a backrest portion 3 for supporting the user's back, and the backrest portion 3 includes: A massage means 5 for acupressure the user is arranged.

In this example, the chair base 4 has a footrest 6 in addition to the seat surface 2 and the backrest 3, and the footrest 6 and the backrest 3 are reclining. Therefore, the angle with respect to the seat surface portion 2 is supported so as to be adjustable.

In the present embodiment, the backrest portion 3 has a main portion formed of a cushion member such as urethane foam, and is provided on the front surface (the side facing the user's back is called "front"). The massage means 5 is arranged in the recess 3A. The front surface of the massaging means 5 is covered with a cloth-like outer cover (not shown).

Next, as shown in FIG. 2, the massaging means 5 is attached with a guide portion 10 extending vertically (the side facing the user's neck is referred to as "upper") along the spine of the user. A base 11, a moving body 12 that moves along the guide portion 10, and a swing arm 13 that is pivotally supported by the moving body 12.
And upper and lower massage rollers 14U and 14L for acupressure, which are pivotally attached to the upper and lower ends of the swing arm 13, respectively (collectively referred to as massage rollers 14).

In the present invention, the mounting base 11 is provided with
One of the features is that an extruding portion 15 is provided to increase the finger pressure by extruding the massage roller 14 forward.

The mounting base 11 is formed by mounting the guide portion 10 on a base plate 17 fixed to the recess 3A. In this example, the guide portion 10 is a pair of upright pieces that stand up from the base plate 17. 10A and a guide piece 10B for a guide that is bent from the front edges of the guide pieces 10A to face each other are illustrated.

A pair of chain wheels 19 pivotally supported on the upper end side and the lower end side of the guide section 10 are arranged on the base plate 17, and the standing pieces 10A, 10
An endless string 20 extending along the guide portion 10 through A
Is wound so that it can go around. The endless string 20 is operated by a motor M connected to one chain wheel 19 (not shown) via, for example, a transmission 21.

The moving body 12 is, as shown in FIG.
In this example, a rectangular block-shaped base 22 is provided, and wheel-shaped traveling rollers 23 pivotally supported on the front surface of the guide piece 10B so as to be rollable on both sides thereof, and the traveling rollers 23. A locking piece 24 for preventing disengagement is provided so as to sandwich the guide piece 10B between them. Further, one running line of the endless continuous cord 20 is fixed to the rear end portion of the base body 22 with screws or the like.

Swing arms 13 are further pivotally mounted on both lateral sides of the moving body 12. This swing arm 13
As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, by being pivotally supported at the central pivot point P, the upper and lower end portions E1 and E2 can be swung back and forth toward the back, and the upper and lower end portions E1 and E2 are , The massage roller 14 via the pivot member 25, respectively.
Is pivotally attached.

In the present example, the upper and lower end portions E1 and E2 respectively have both lateral sides of the swing arm 13 (for convenience, the side facing the moving body 12 is "inside", and the opposite side is "outside"). The massage roller 14 is pivotally attached to the massage means 5, that is, four massage rollers 14 per swing arm 13 are provided in total for the massage means 5.
The thing using the individual massage roller 14 is illustrated.

In this example, the pivot member 25 is arranged around the first axis J1 extending in the lengthwise direction of the swing arm 13,
A first pivot portion 25 pivotally attached to the upper and lower end portions E1 and E2.
A and a second pivot portion 25B for pivotally attaching the massage roller 14 to both lateral sides around a second axis J2 which is orthogonal to the first axis J1 with a distance in the front-rear direction. Get Therefore, the pivot member 25 can be swung around the first axis J1, and the inner and outer massage rollers 14i and 14o can be fitted to the user's back. The amount of swing can be regulated by an appropriate stopper (not shown).

In this example, the end portions E1 and E2 of the swing arm 13 are provided with the pin shaft-shaped supporting shaft portions 13A projecting in the lengthwise direction. The pivot member 25 forms the insertion hole of the support shaft portion 13A as the first pivot portion 25A, and the pivot shaft that pivotally supports the inner and outer massage rollers 14i and 14o is the second pivot portion 2.
It is formed as 5B.

Next, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 6, the pushing portions 15 for changing the finger pressure by the massage roller 14 are provided at both end portions of the guide portion 10 and at one or more places between them. Is preferred. In this example, the upper extruded portion 15U disposed at the upper end of the guide portion 10, the lower extruded portion 15L disposed at the lower end, and the first and second intermediate portions disposed at two positions therebetween. Extrusion part 15Ma, 15Mb
The case where four extruded portions 15 on one side are formed is illustrated.

Of these, the upper and lower extrusion parts 15U and 15L
Is for strongly acupressure the user's neck and waist, and in this example, it is composed of a block-shaped guide piece 29 having a substantially triangular shape and is fixed on the guide piece 10B of the guide portion 10. . This guide piece 29 has a slope 29S.
However, by contacting the outer peripheral surface of the inner massage roller 14i, both the inner and outer massage rollers 14i and 14o can be pushed forward. At this time, in order to facilitate the extrusion, it is preferable that the sloped portion 29S be formed in an arc.

On the other hand, the intermediate extruding parts 15Ma and 15Mb
Is for strongly acupressure of the user's back,
In this example, it comprises a rotating roller 31 pivotally supported by a roller holder 30 and is fixed on the base plate 17, for example. The outer peripheral surface of the rotating roller 31 contacts the outer peripheral surface of the outer massage roller 14o, so that both the inner and outer massage rollers 14i and 14o can be pushed forward.

What is important here is that the swing arm 13 is
Reference state Y in which is parallel to the mount 11 (shown in FIG. 6)
That is, the front end of the pushing portion 15 projects forward beyond the rear end height position K of the massage roller 14 in FIG. In particular, in order to appropriately increase the finger pressure, the middle extruding portions 15Ma, 15M of the massage roller 14 are
The extrusion amount H1 from the reference state Y by b is 7.0 mm ±
The extrusion amount H2 from the standard state Y by the upper and lower extrusion units 15U is in the range of 15.0 mm ± 3.0 mm, and the extrusion amount H3 from the standard state Y by the lower extrusion unit 15L is the extrusion amount. It is preferable to set in the range of H1 or more and the extrusion amount H2 or less.

From the viewpoint of the massage effect, the central distance L1 between the upper and lower massage rollers 14U and 14L.
Is preferably in the range of 100 mm ± 25 mm, and the roller diameter D is preferably in the range of 45 mm ± 15 mm. If it deviates from the above range, a comfortable massage effect cannot be obtained.

In order for the swinging arm 13 to operate smoothly, one of the upper and lower massage rollers 14U and 14L (14U or 14L) should be pushed out by the pushing section 15.
When in contact with the other roller (14L or 14U)
Is not in contact with the other extruding part 15.
Therefore, it is necessary to set the interval between the push-out portions 15 and 15 in consideration of the center distance L1, the roller diameter D, and the like.

The massage means 5 thus constructed is
As shown in FIG. 7, when the moving body 12 moves from the upper end side to the lower end side, the upper and lower massage rollers 14U and 14L are
Since it swings back and forth, the finger pressure can have a wave-like change, and the massage effect can be improved.

When the push-out section 15 is the rotary roller 31, the massage roller 14 at the time of push-out is used.
The user and the massage roller 1
The friction with the outer cover, which is narrowed between the outer cover and the outer cover 4, can be suppressed, and frictional damage to the outer cover can be prevented.

Further, as the massage roller 14, the one having a smooth outer peripheral surface is shown in this example.
As shown in (A), a concavo-convex roller 14T having a concavo-convex portion on the outer peripheral surface can be used. In that case, FIG.
As shown in (B), the uneven roller 14T is used only for the inner massage roller 14i, or the outer massage roller 1 is used.
The concavo-convex roller 14T can be used only for 4o, or the concavo-convex roller 14T can be used for both. From the viewpoint of preventing frictional damage to the outer cover, the rotating roller 31
It is preferable to use a roller having a smooth outer peripheral surface as the outer massage roller 14o that comes into contact with.

As the push-out section 15, as shown in FIG. 9, in addition to the rotating roller 31, a guide piece 29 made of a plate-like body curved in an arch shape can be adopted. At this time, the guide piece 29 may be elastically deformable in the front-back direction by using a spring material for the plate-shaped body, for example. In such a case, there is an advantage that an excessive increase in finger pressure can be suppressed.

Further, the massage machine of the present invention may be of a chair type, or may be of a mat type which is laid on the floor surface. In such a case, the above-mentioned massage means 5 is provided in the mat base. To store and place.

Although a particularly preferred embodiment of the present invention has been described above in detail, the present invention is not limited to the illustrated embodiment and can be modified into various modes.

[0037]

As described above, according to the present invention, the mounting base having the guide portion is provided with the push-out portion for pushing the massage roller forward, so that the finger pressure of the massage roller has a wave-like change. Can improve the massage effect.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a sectional view showing an embodiment of a massage machine according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view showing a massage means used for it.

FIG. 3 is a sectional view in a direction parallel to the guide portion of the massage means.

4 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line AA of FIG.

5 is a sectional view taken along line BB of FIG.

FIG. 6 is a side view for explaining the operation of the massage means.

FIG. 7 is a side view for explaining the operation of the massage means in more detail.

8A and 8B are diagrams showing another example of a massage roller.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing another example of an extruding section.

FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating a conventional technique.

[Explanation of symbols]

5 means of massage 10 Guide part 11 mounting base 12 moving bodies 13 Swing arm 14 Massage roller 15 Extruder 29 Guide piece 31 rotating roller E1, E2 upper and lower end P Central pivot point

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Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A massage machine comprising massage means for acupressure of a user, wherein the massage means includes a mount having a guide portion extending up and down along the spine of the user, and a guide along the guide portion. A moving body that moves, a swinging arm whose upper and lower ends are pivotally supported by a central pivot point so that the upper and lower ends can swing back and forth toward the back, and the upper and lower ends of the swinging arm, respectively. A massage machine comprising: upper and lower massage rollers that are pivotally attached and acupressure the back, and a push-out section that pushes the massage roller forward to increase finger pressure on the mount. 2. The massage machine according to claim 1, wherein the push-out portion is composed of a guide piece or a rotating roller that abuts against the massage roller and pushes the massage roller forward. 3. The massage machine according to claim 1, wherein the push-out portion is provided at both end portions of the guide portion and at one or more places between them. 4. The massage machine according to claim 1, wherein the push-out portion is elastically deformed back and forth. 5. The massage machine according to claim 1, wherein the massage means is arranged on a backrest portion of a chair base or a mat base.