JPH03212271A - Mattress containing air massage device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To exercised a massage effect and vibrator finger pressure effect by installing a control circuit for intermittently opening and closing a valve body in a controller so that the air pressure in a bag body may be gradually increased, alternately repeating the increase and decrease of the air pressure in a bag body. CONSTITUTION:A bag body 4 communicates to a chamber 3, and is freely expanded and contracted by the inflow and discharge of air. A valve body 5 consists of an electromagnetic valve, etc., for discharging the air inside the chamber 3 to the outside, and a solenoid 6 opens and closes the valve body 5. A control circuit 7 consists of a solenoid driving means 7a and a time interval setting means 7b which freely sets the driving time interval. The inflow quantity of air into the bag body 4 is set larger than the effluence quantity from the bag body 4, and the air compression rate of an air compressor 2 and the opening and closing operation of the valve body 5 are set so that the air pressure in the bag body 4 may gradually be increased by alternately repeating the increase and decrease of the air pressure in the bag body 4, and a intermittent vibrator finger pressure effect is developed. The local finger pressure effect is exercised on affected parts of a physical body for a stiff shoulder, waist pain, muscle pain or the like and the further superior metabolism effect and fatigue relieving effect are exercised.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial Application Field] The present invention relates to a fabric body with a built-in air pine surge device, which has a wavy pine surge effect that is particularly soft and fits the body, and an intermittent vibrator-like acupressure effect. This article relates to a fabric body with a built-in air pine surge device that can perform both functions.

[Prior Art] Conventionally, when a user lies on their back, each roller corresponding to each part of the user's body from the foot to the neck rotates and moves automatically while changing the height of the user, thereby automatically performing pine surge. A type of pine surge device that performs this is known.

Further, a cloth body with a built-in wavy pine surge device is known, which is a cloth body with a three-layer structure and a built-in wavy pine surge device. As shown in FIG. 3, this three-layered cloth body is made of a synthetic resin material that has resilience against compression, and has an upper layer 9 formed with a large number of protrusions 9a on its upper surface, and an upper layer 9 that has a certain degree of resistance to loads. an intermediate layer 10 made of a hard synthetic resin material having a hardness of It is composed of three layers including a lower layer 11 made of an elastic synthetic resin material having restoring force.

The upper layer 9 and the middle layer 10 are the convex portions 1 on the upper surface of the middle layer 10.
The 0a' portion contacts the lower surface of the upper layer 9, and the middle layer 10 and the lower layer 11
means the portion of the lower surface of the middle layer 10 excluding the recess 10b and the lower layer 11.
The upper surface is joined.

In each space between the upper surface of the recess 10a'' of the middle layer 10 and the lower surface of the upper layer 9 in this three-layer futon, eight bags 4a, 4b,
4c, 4d, 4e, 4f, 4g.

4h connects both side edges of each bag to the upper convex portion 10a' of the middle layer 10.
It is fixedly attached to.

The eight bags 4a to 4h described above are arranged from the user's layer to the shoulders and neck of the cloth body, and are connected to the air compressor 2 built in the controller 12, which is also built in the controller 12. The bag body 4 in the user's direction through the chamber 3
Air is sent out to a, and the bag body 4a inflates. Next, an automatic adjustment device (not shown) built into the controller 12 inflates the adjacent bag 4b, but at this time, the air inside the bag 4a is exhausted and the bag 4a is deflated. When the bag 4b is fully inflated, the bag 4a is completely evacuated. Similarly, when the bag 4c inflates, the bag 4b at the neck portion starts to contract.
The operation is repeated until the bag 4h starts to contract, and the bag 4a inflates again.

Therefore, the user can enjoy the wavy pine surge effect by lying down on the cloth 8 and operating the controller 12.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] However, in the conventional roller-type pine serge device described above, although it is possible to sequentially move the pine surge areas, it is difficult to sequentially pine surge only at 4- areas. I couldn't. In addition, the rollers are driven by a fairly strong force on the user's back, which can be dangerous for women, elderly people, etc. Furthermore, since the rollers are rigid, they do not fit comfortably against the body. In addition, it was impossible to use this pine surge device as a substitute for a futon and sleep on it.

In addition, although the above-mentioned conventional fabric with a built-in wavy pine serge device comfortably fits the user's body and is suitable for a soft pine surge over the whole area from the waist to the shoulders and neck, it does not cause stiff shoulders, It has not been possible to exert local vibrator-like acupressure effects on various parts of the body, such as so-called "acupoints" that are effective for lower back pain, muscle pain, etc.

In other words, in the conventional wavy pine surge performed in one direction, it takes several tens of seconds for the bag in the same area to inflate again, and it concentrates on the dispersion and waist. It was not possible to perform pine surge, and furthermore, the wavy pine surge operation was monotonous and lacked variety, and when used for a long time, it was sometimes boring due to the soft pine surge.

The present invention was devised in order to solve the above-mentioned problems, and while applying soft and body-fitting pine surge by the air bag body in a wave-like manner, it also applies an intermittent vibrator to the same part of the body. By synergistically exerting the targeted acupressure effects, local acupressure effects can be exerted on various parts of the body such as stiff shoulders, lower back pain, and muscle pain, and even better metabolic and fatigue recovery effects can be achieved. The purpose is to provide a fabric body with a built-in air pine surge device that can be used.

[Means for solving the problem] The above-mentioned problem is caused by the multiple bags built into the cloth body,
An air compressor that sends air to the bag body, a valve body that varies the amount of air sent from the air compressor to the bag body, and a controller that controls and drives the air compressor and the valve body, and the plurality of A fabric body with a built-in air pine surge device that performs a wavy pine surge in which the first bag of the individual bags is inflated with air, and then when the second bag starts to inflate, the air in the first bag starts to escape. In this step, the amount of air flowing into the bag is made larger than the amount of air flowing out from one bag, and the air pressure inside the bag is gradually increased while increasing and decreasing the air pressure inside the bag. This problem is solved by a cloth body with a built-in air pine surge device, characterized in that the controller is provided with a control circuit for opening and closing the valve body intermittently.

[Example] Hereinafter, one embodiment of the present invention will be described based on the drawings.

1 to 3 show an embodiment of the present invention,
FIG. 1 is a block diagram, FIG. 2 is a partially opened perspective view, and FIG. 3 is a sectional view of the main part. In the figure, 1 is a fabric body with a built-in air pine surge device, 2 is an air compressor that generates compressed air, 3 is a chamber that stores the air sent out from the air compressor 2, 4 is in communication with the chamber 3, and air flows in. A bag made of highly elastic rubber or urethane that expands and contracts freely when discharged; 5 is a valve body made of a solenoid valve or the like that discharges air from the chamber 3 to the outside; 6 is a solenoid that opens and closes the valve body 5 , 7 is a control circuit consisting of a solenoid driving means 7a for driving the solenoid 6, and a time interval setting means 7b consisting of, for example, an oscillation circuit, which can freely set the driving time interval of the solenoid driving means 7a.

Then, the time interval setting means 7b oscillates a square wave of 2 to 30 seconds, the solenoid driving means 7a drives the solenoid 6, and the valve body 5 is opened and closed at a cycle of 0.03 to 0.5 seconds. The air in chamber 3 is 0.0
It is discharged to the outside at a cycle of 3 to 0.5 seconds. The chamber 3
When the air inside is discharged, the air pressure inside the bag body 4 communicating with the chamber 3 also decreases at the same time. Further, when the valve body 5 is closed, air is sent from the air compressor 2 to the bag body 4 via the chamber 3, and the air pressure inside the bag body 4 increases by 7-. However, as shown in the air pressure change characteristic diagram in the bag body 4 in FIG. By setting the air compression ratio of the air compressor 2, the opening/closing operation of the valve body 5, etc. so that the air pressure inside the bag body 4 gradually increases while repeating the decreases alternately, each of the sawtooth shapes in the graph of FIG. It exerts an intermittent vibrator-like acupressure effect on the mountain parts. Further, this acupressure effect can be exerted even when the air pressure is at the maximum according to the internal volume of the bag 4.

Here, the internal structure of the fabric body 1 with a built-in air pine surge device of this embodiment will be explained based on FIGS. 2 and 3.

The cloth body 8 is made of a synthetic toilet fat material that has resilience against compression, and has an upper layer 9 formed with a large number of protrusions 9a on the upper surface.
It is made of a hard synthetic resin material that has a certain degree of hardness against loads, and has a continuous uneven portion 10a on the upper surface and a recessed portion Q on the lower surface at a location corresponding to the convex portion 108' of the uneven portion 10a on the upper surface. - 6 - It is composed of three layers: a middle layer 10 formed by the above-mentioned method, and a lower layer 11 made of an elastic synthetic resin material having restoring force. The upper layer 9 and the middle layer 10 have a convex portion 10a on the upper surface of the middle layer 10.
' portion is in contact with the lower surface of the upper layer 9, and the middle layer 10 and the lower layer 11 are joined at the lower surface of the middle layer 10 except for the recess 10b and the upper surface of the lower layer 11.

In each space between the upper surface of the recess 10a'' of the middle layer 10 and the lower surface of the upper layer 9 in this three-layer futon, eight bags 4a, 4b,
4c, 4d, 4e, 4f, 4g.

4h connects both side edges of each bag to the upper surface convex portion 10a' of the middle layer lO.
It is fixedly attached to. And this bag body 4a~
4h is flat when air is not being sent out from the air compressor 2, and the concave portion 1 of the middle layer 10 is flat.
It is housed in the space between the upper surface of the upper layer 9 and the lower surface of the upper layer 9, and does not impair the characteristics such as shape and elasticity of the three-layered cloth body 8.

The above-mentioned eight bags 4a to 4h are arranged from the membrane part of the user to the shoulder and neck part of the cloth body. The user's directional bag body 4 through the chamber 3
Air is sent out to a, and the bag body 4a inflates. The method for delivering air to the bag body 4a is to gradually increase the air pressure by repeating increases and decreases alternately as described above. It may also be possible to select a method in which the air pressure continues to increase at a constant rate, such as in the following. Next, an automatic adjustment device (not shown) built into the controller 12 inflates the adjacent bag 4b, but at this time, the air inside the bag 4a is exhausted and the bag 4a is deflated. When the bag 4b is fully inflated, the bag 4a is completely evacuated. Similarly, when the bag 4c inflates, the bag 4b starts to contract, which is repeated until the bag 4h in the neck area is reached.
When the bag body 4a starts to contract, the operation of inflating the bag body 4a is repeated again.

However, the user lies on his back on the cloth body 8 and operates the controller 12 to control and drive the air compressor 2 and the valve body 5, thereby receiving an intermittent vibrator-like acupressure effect and a wavy pine surge effect. They can be enjoyed synergistically.

In addition, the controller 12 may be provided with a volume (not shown) so that the time interval of the intermittent vibrator-like acupressure operation can be varied, or a timer may be provided, or only one bag body 4 may be fixed and the vibrator may be used. - It may be made to exert a targeted acupressure effect.

Further, in this embodiment, the time interval for driving the solenoid 6 is set by the time interval setting means 7b consisting of an oscillation circuit, but the time interval may be set digitally by, for example, a microcomputer. It's also good.

[Effects of the Invention] As described in detail above, according to the fabric body with a built-in air pine surge device of the present invention, the air bag body provides a soft, wavy pine surge effect that fits the body, and the intermittent vibrator is applied to specific parts of the body. The user can enjoy two useful synergistic effects, especially for people with stiff shoulders, lower back pain, muscle pain, etc. Combined with pine surge, you can also enjoy the local vibrator-like acupressure effect, and even more effective disease treatment effects are exhibited.

In addition, unlike conventional pine surge effect fabrics that consist of repeated soft and monotonous pine surges, this type of pine surge-like stimulation and acupressure-like stimulation can be used without tiring the user even if used for a long time. It has become possible to receive both a variety of pine surge and acupressure effects, and it has become possible to exert a very useful fatigue recovery effect.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Fig. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the cloth body with a built-in air pine surge device of the present invention, Fig. 2 is a partially opened perspective view of this embodiment, and Fig. 3 is a sectional view of essential parts of this embodiment. FIG. 4 is a characteristic diagram showing the change in air pressure inside the bag used in this embodiment. 1... Cloth group with built-in air pine surge device 2...
Air compressor 4... Bag body 5... Valve body 7... Control circuit 8... Cloth group 12...
Control 14-

Claims (2)

[Claims] (1) A plurality of bags built into a fabric body, an air compressor that sends air to the bags, a valve body that changes the amount of air sent from the air compressor to the bags, and It consists of a compressor and a controller that controls and drives the valve body, and inflates the first bag among the plurality of bags with air, and then when the second bag starts to inflate, the first bag starts to inflate. In a fabric body with a built-in air massager that performs a wave-like massage in which air begins to escape, the air pressure inside the bag is increased by making the amount of air flowing into the bag larger than the amount of air flowing out from the bag. . A cloth body with a built-in air massager, characterized in that the controller is provided with a control circuit that intermittently opens and closes the valve body so as to gradually increase the air pressure inside the bag body while repeating the decrease alternately. (2) The air massager according to claim 1, wherein the control circuit is provided with a time interval setting means that can freely set the time interval at which the air pressure inside the bag alternately repeats increases and decreases. Built-in cloth organization.