JPH11197206A - Massage machine - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Problem] In an apparatus having an automatic course treatment function,
It is possible to easily obtain a treatment operation having a desired strength. SOLUTION: This massage machine is provided with an automatic course treatment function for sequentially performing treatment operations according to procedures and strengths according to a preset program. A switch is provided for shifting the strength of the entire treatment operation during the automatic course in a direction to decrease the strength. By operating a switch that shifts the strength in the direction of decreasing the strength, the strength of the entire automatic course treatment operation can be reduced.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a massage machine, and more particularly to a massage machine having an automatic course treatment function for sequentially executing treatment operations with a procedure according to a preset program and strength.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a massage machine having an automatic course treatment function, each treatment operation during an automatic course is executed with a strength based on a preset program, but in this case, it is too strong for some people. Sometimes.

[0003]

For this purpose, there has been provided an apparatus in which individual treatment operations in an automatic course can be made weaker or stronger by operating a strength adjustment switch. In an automatic course treatment in which a plurality of treatment operations are switched and sequentially executed, the strength returns to a preset strength if the next treatment operation is performed. Therefore, the strength can be controlled without operating the strength adjustment switch again. It doesn't matter.

[0004] The present invention has been made in view of such a point, and an object of the present invention is to provide a massager having an automatic course treatment function, which can easily obtain a treatment operation of a desired strength. To provide a machine.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Accordingly, the present invention relates to a massage machine having an automatic course treatment function for sequentially performing treatment operations with a procedure and strength according to a preset program. A switch for shifting the strength of the entire treatment operation in a direction to decrease the strength of the treatment operation, which has a first feature, and a switch for shifting the strength of the entire treatment operation in the automatic course in the direction of decreasing the strength. A switch that shifts in a direction to increase the intensity of the entire treatment operation during the automatic course, and has a second feature, and furthermore, the first and last treatment operations of the automatic course are the weakest rolling massage operations. Has a third feature.

According to the first feature, if the user operates a switch that shifts the intensity in a direction to decrease the intensity, the intensity of the entire automatic course treatment operation is reduced. According to the second feature, not only the direction of decreasing the intensity but also the operation of increasing the intensity for each treatment operation is performed in the direction of increasing the intensity. It is not needed.

According to the third feature,
Since the weakest rolling massage allows the body to adapt to the treatment operation, it shifts to a normal treatment operation, and the treatment operation gives a large load to the body because the treatment operation ends after the body is adjusted to the weakest rolling massage. There is no thing.

[0008]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described. FIG. 2 shows a leg 10, a seat 11 and a backrest 12.
This shows a massage machine in which a massage mechanism 4 is arranged in a backrest 12 of a chair 1 provided with a footrest 13 and a backrest 12. The backrest 12 is reclineable and the footrest 13 is also provided at the tip of the seat 11. It is connected rotatably. In the figure, reference numeral 2 denotes an operation device for providing the massage mechanism 4 with operation support. As for the massage machine 4, for example, the one shown in Japanese Patent Publication No. 1-49496, etc., corresponds to the operation device 2 described below. The operation device 2 is, as shown in FIG. When the front cover 20 provided with the selection switch group 5 is opened, a switch group for manual instruction massage appears. When an instruction is given by operating the switch group, the operation unit 2 is moved into the operation unit 2. The control circuit including the microcomputer provided sends a corresponding signal to the control circuit on the massage mechanism 4 side, and the control circuit on the massage mechanism 4 side performs an operation corresponding to the above-mentioned instruction according to the received signal. I have.

The switch group 5 provided on the front cover 20 of the operating device 2 is for selecting three courses of “upper body”, “neck / shoulder”, and “waist” and weakening the treatment operation for each course. Switches 51 to 51 to indicate "soft"
54, which are not opened and closed by the front cover 20,
ON / OFF switch 25, stop switch 26, footrest 1
3 ON / OFF switch of vibration massage machine arranged inside 2
7 are provided, two light emitting diodes 80a and 80b for displaying the on / off state, and back lighting type light emitting diodes 81 to 84 corresponding to the selection switch group 5 for automatic course massage. When the back-illuminated light-emitting diodes 85 to 87, which indicate the neck / shoulder, back, and waist in correspondence with the imitated picture, and when the front cover 20 is opened and the switches for manual instruction massage are operated. A light emitting diode 88 that lights up is provided. The light-emitting diodes 85 to 87 are for displaying a selected course of one of “upper body”, “neck / shoulder”, and “hip”.

In the operation unit 2, when an instruction is given by operating a switch group, a control circuit including a microcomputer arranged in the operation unit 2 sends a corresponding signal to a control circuit on the massage mechanism 4 side, and the massage mechanism 4 The control circuit on the side performs an operation corresponding to the instruction according to the received signal. When the operated switch is any one of the switches 51 to 53 for automatic course massage, the control circuit performs a plurality of types of treatment operations based on a preset program (including a table describing operation details). Are sequentially performed. FIG. 1 shows the contents of a program (table) of the automatic course treatment when “upper body” is selected, and includes a plurality of treatment operations such as rolling down, rolling up, side up, and side down, and the distance (width) between the treatment elements. ), The operation position, etc. are programmed, and the strength of the treatment operation is programmed. It should be noted that the surrogate amount in the figure corresponds to the strength, and when the surrogate amount is 0, the massage is the weakest, and when the surrogate amount is 6, the massage is the strongest.

If the "soft" switch 54 is operated during the automatic course treatment,
The substitute amount (strength) is switched to a value indicated by "soft" in the table shown in FIG. Therefore, after the "soft" switch 54 is turned on, the strength is continued in a state of being shifted in a downward direction, and the amount of return to the normal value is determined by turning off the "soft" switch 54. It is time. After turning on the "soft" switch 54, the automatic course selection switches 51 to 53 may be operated. In this case, the treatment operation in the weak mode is executed from the beginning.

As shown in FIG. 4, a "strong" mode in which the amount of extra stock is larger than usual is provided in the table, and a switch corresponding to the mode is provided in the switch group 5 so that the strong mode is set. If a selection is made, it goes without saying that a shift to a massage operation in which the surcharge amount is larger than usual and the massage operation is strong may be made from that point. FIG. 5 shows another example. Although this does not make it possible to change the intensity during the automatic course treatment, the intensity of the treatment operation performed first and the last treatment operation (excluding the storing operation) of the automatic course treatment (excluding the storing operation) Is set smaller than a normally set value, and a wide rolling descent is set as the treatment operation. The massage starts with a treatment operation that is very weak and has a very small burden on the body, and ends with a treatment operation that is very weak and has a very small burden on the body.

[0013]

As described above, according to the present invention, a switch is provided for shifting the strength of the entire treatment operation during the automatic course in a direction to decrease the intensity. Therefore, even if the switch is operated only once without performing the operation of lowering the strength for each treatment operation, a weak massage can be obtained throughout the automatic course treatment thereafter.

Further, a switch provided to shift in a direction of decreasing the intensity of the entire treatment operation during the automatic course, and a switch provided to shift in a direction of increasing the intensity of the entire treatment operation during the automatic course are provided. In the direction of increasing the strength as well as the direction of decreasing the strength, it is not necessary to perform the operation of increasing the strength for each treatment operation.

[0015] The first and last treatment operations of the automatic course are the weakest rolling massage operations.
Since the weakest rolling massage allows the body to adapt to the treatment operation, it shifts to a normal treatment operation, and the treatment operation gives a large load to the body because the treatment operation ends after the body is adjusted to the weakest rolling massage. There is no thing.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram of an operation content of an automatic course in an example of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing the whole of the same.

FIG. 3 is a front view of the same operating device.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram of an operation content of an automatic course in another example of the above.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram of an operation content of an automatic course according to an example of another embodiment.

 ──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continuing on the front page (72) Inventor: Masamichi Miyaguchi 1048, Kazuma, Kadoma, Osaka Prefecture Inside Matsushita Electric Works, Ltd. (72) Inventor Akihide Sugawa 1048 Kadoma, Kadoma, Osaka Prefecture Inside Matsushita Electric Works, Ltd. (72) Inventor Masatoshi Owawa 1048 Kadoma, Kazuma, Kadoma, Osaka Prefecture Inside Matsushita Electric Works, Ltd.

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A massage machine having an automatic course treatment function for sequentially performing a treatment operation with a procedure and intensity according to a preset program, in a direction of decreasing the intensity of the entire treatment operation during the automatic course. A massage machine comprising a switch for shifting to a different position. 2. In a massage machine having an automatic course treatment function for sequentially performing treatment operations according to a procedure and a strength according to a preset program, a direction in which the strength of the entire treatment operation during the automatic course is reduced. And a switch for shifting in a direction of increasing the intensity of the entire treatment operation during the automatic course. 3. A massage machine having an automatic course treatment function for sequentially executing treatment operations according to a preset procedure and strength according to a preset program, wherein the first and last treatment operations of the automatic course are performed by the weakest rolling massage. A massage machine characterized in that it operates.