JPH06277255A - Massage machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To facilitate the handling operation by selecting one of a therapeutic means and a therapeutic part being therapeutic conditions so that an arbitrary therapy can succeed to the therapeutic contents of an automatic massage course, at the time of switching therapy to the arbitrary thereby from an automatic massage course therapy. CONSTITUTION:In a chair type message machine which is provided with a therapeutic means of a rubbing function, a massage function, a finger-pressure function, etc., and executed a therapy with regard to an arbitrary therapeutic part such as the shoulder, the upper half part of the body, the waist, when an automatic massage course is selected, plural kinds of therapeutic means set in advance are operated in order at prescribed time intervals. That is, the therapeutic conditions are stored and managed separately for a therapeutic means and a therapeutic part, and by reading out successively its contents by a CPU 22, the therapy is executed. In this case, this massage machine is constituted so that at the time of switching the automatic massage course therapy to a desired arbitrary therapy by operating a function selecting switch 19, when one of the therapeutic means and the therapeutic part is selected, the arbitrary therapy can succeed to the therapeutic contents of the automatic massage course.

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 in particular, a plurality of treatment means can be arbitrarily selected and executed, and a plurality of treatment means set in advance are combined to perform treatment at regular intervals. The present invention relates to a massage machine having an automatic massage course.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, this type of massage machine has a plurality of treatment means such as a rubbing function, a massage function, and an acupressure function, and the treatment site can be selected from shoulder, upper body, and waist. The desired treatment means and treatment site can be arbitrarily selected and executed from the function of. Further, a function such as an automatic massage course for programming a plurality of treatment means set in advance and performing treatments at regular intervals is added. In addition, when the power is turned on, the user is rubbing the least amount of irritation from the viewpoint of safety, and the treatment area is preset so that the massage area is set in the upper body without limitation. Is common.

The contents of the treatment include a case where the treatment condition is arbitrarily selected from among the treatment means such as "rubbing", "fir tree", "shiatsu", etc. according to the user's preference, and the above-mentioned automatic treatment. It can be roughly divided into the case of selecting a massage course. Furthermore, the configuration of the treatment consists of two elements that are a combination of treatment means such as "rubbing-upper body" and "fir-waist" and a treatment site. In the treatment, the user can set these elements in combination with the operation unit according to his or her preference.

Therefore, when an attempt is made to change from the currently executed treatment means to another treatment means during treatment, especially during the "automatic massage course" treatment, another treatment means, for example, "automatic massage course shoulder" to " To change to "Susuri", first select "Susuri" on the operation unit. After that, if no particular treatment site is selected, it is also a setting condition when the power is turned on, and is set to "upper body" with the entire region as the massage range. Similarly, when another arbitrary treatment site is selected during the automatic massage course treatment, for example, “waist” is selected on the operation unit during execution of the “automatic massage shoulder”, and at the same time or after that, particularly the treatment means is changed. If it is not performed, it is also the setting condition when the power is turned on, and it is set to "rubbing" with the least stimulation. In the above-mentioned example, the change of the optional treatment means from the "automatic massage course" is mentioned, but the same applies to the case of changing the arbitrary treatment to another arbitrary treatment.

[0005]

As described above, when switching to another treatment means or a treatment site after the treatment of the automatic massage course, the combination of "rubbing-upper body", which is the setting condition when the power is turned on, is used. A method of switching as a basic treatment operation has been adopted. Therefore, regarding the two elements of the treatment means and the treatment portion, there is a drawback that the desired treatment operation cannot be performed unless the switching operation is performed twice on the operating device, which is very troublesome in operation. It was a thing. In other words, when there is a treatment means or treatment site that you like in the treatment contents during the treatment of the automatic massage course and you want to shift to any treatment operation under the treatment conditions,
The desired treatment condition cannot be achieved unless the treatment means and the treatment site are changed and selected on the operation unit twice.

[0006]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Therefore, the present invention is provided in view of the above-mentioned problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a treatment means which is the present treatment condition at the time of treatment of an automatic massage course. By storing the respective treatment parts, when the treatment is switched from the treatment during the automatic massage course to the arbitrary treatment, one treatment condition which is not selected inherits the state at the time of the automatic massage course. That is, when switching from the automatic massage course treatment to the optional treatment, by selecting either one of the treatment means and the treatment site, which is the treatment condition, the massage machine that can continue the treatment content of the automatic massage course with the optional treatment. Is provided.

[0007]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is an overall view of the chair, FIG. 2 shows the mechanism inside the back frame, FIG. 3 is an operating device, FIG. 4 is a flow chart showing the flow of operation, and FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing the overall configuration. Is. The chair body is composed of a back portion 1, a seat portion 2, left and right elbow portions 3 and leg portions 4, with a cushioning material interposed therebetween.
A treatment element 5 is incorporated inside the back part covering the exterior cloth. The treatment element moves vertically on the feed screw rod 6 installed in the vertical direction of the back along with its rotation, and the rotational driving of the feed screw 6 is performed by the AC motor 7 that can be installed in the lower part of the back frame. Belt driven. The drive control of the AC motor 7 is controlled by the control circuit 15 installed inside the left elbow 3 to control each operation such as operation, stop, forward rotation, and reverse rotation. The limit of vertical movement is micro switch 1
2 and 13 are installed at both ends in the moving direction, and the signal is input to the control circuit 15. The switching of the treatment means of the treatment element 5 is performed by the solenoid 8 installed in the drive mechanism section 9 of the treatment element 5.
Has a structure in which the internal clutch is switched, and the vertical direction of the rubbing, the finger pressure, the fir tree, etc. are selected depending on the on / off state of the clutch and the rotating direction of the feed screw 6. Further, switches corresponding to the respective functions and treatment conditions are arranged on the operation device 16 on the elbow portion 3 so that the treatment operation can be switched.

Next, the actual treatment will be described. First,
The person to be treated is seated on a chair and the power switch 17 of the controller 16 is used.
When is turned on, the treatment condition is in the initial stage, and the process shown in the flowchart a in FIG. 4 allows the user to perform a rubbing motion with relatively little irritation and the body part becomes the upper body. After that, by the processing of b, the treatment element 5 is rotationally driven by the AC motor 7 and reciprocates vertically on the back of the user. Next, to change the treatment means, the finger pressure, the fir tree, etc. are selected by the function selection switch 19 of the operation device 16. Further, the treatment area can be changed by the treatment range selection switch 18 of the operating device 16 to arbitrarily select the shoulder portion, the whole body, and the waist portion.

[0009] In the automatic massage course, when the combination selecting operation of the above-mentioned treatment means and parts is troublesome and troublesome, a single switch is selected and a plurality of preset treatment means are sequentially performed at a constant time. This is a very convenient function for the person to be treated, because he / she can perform treatment with a plurality of treatment means without doing anything. Next, switching from automatic massage course treatment to arbitrary treatment will be described. When any one of the automatic massage course switches 20 of the operation device 16 is selected, the switch input is judged in c of the flowchart of FIG. 4, and in d, it is judged what function has been selected. In this case, since the automatic massage course is selected, the process of g is performed, and the contents of the automatic massage course are stored in the ROM (read only memory) 21 as table data in the block diagram of FIG. The condition is stored and managed separately for the treatment means and the treatment site, and the contents are sequentially read by the CPU 22 to perform the treatment. While performing multiple treatment methods, for example, "fir" at the "shoulder" part
When the function selection switch 19 on the operation device 16 is selected and a change in the treatment condition is input to the CPU 22 during the treatment, the change is confirmed by the flowchart c in FIG. For example, if "acupressure" is selected, "acupressure" becomes a treatment means, so the process branches to step e, and the treatment means stores the input "acupressure".
Since the treatment area that has not been input is not changed, the previous “shoulder” area remains in the memory as it is, and the operation processing of b is performed. As a result, from the middle of the "firth-shoulder" operation of the automatic massage course, the operation is changed to "shiatsu-shoulder" of arbitrary operation, and the treatment condition is fixed. In the above cases, the user prefers the "shoulder" that is the treatment site, and the treatment means is changed to "shiatsu" instead of "fir". In addition, as another example, in the case where “acupressure” treatment is performed on a “waist” part while performing a plurality of treatment means by the same automatic massage course treatment, the operating device is the same as described above. When the treatment range selection switch 18 is selected by 16, and the change of the treatment condition is input, the change is confirmed by the flowchart c in FIG. 4, and for example, "upper body" is selected in the judgment of d, " Since the "upper body" becomes the treatment area, the process branches to f, and the treatment area stores the input "upper body",
Since the treatment means which has not been input is not changed, the previous finger pressure remains in the memory as it is, and the operation process of b is performed. As a result, the operation is changed from "Shiatsu-waist" of the automatic massage course to "Shiatsu-upper body" of arbitrary operation, and the treatment is fixed. In this case, the user prefers "acupressure" which is a treatment means, and the "upper body" is changed to the treatment portion instead of the waist only portion.

[0010]

As described above, according to the present invention, when the automatic massage course treatment is switched to an arbitrary treatment by selecting the treatment means or the treatment site, one treatment condition that is not selected is the state during the automatic massage course. Inherit.
In other words, when switching from the automatic massage course treatment to the optional treatment, by selecting one of the treatment means and the treatment site, which is the treatment condition, the treatment condition that you like in the treatment content of the automatic massage course can be continued with the arbitrary treatment. By doing so, it is possible to eliminate the operational troublesomeness of the user to handle and provide a comfortable massage.

[0011]

[Brief description of drawings]

[Figure 1] Configuration and external view of the massage machine body

FIG. 2 is a structural view of the treatment element mechanism as seen from the entire surface.

[Figure 3] Surface view of operating device

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a basic operation.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing the overall configuration.

[Explanation of symbols]

1-back frame 2-seat part 3-left and right elbow part 4-leg part 5-treatment element 6-feed screw 7-AC motor 8-solenoid 9-treatment mechanism section 10 power cord 11-rail 12-limit switch upper side 13-
Limit switch lower side 14-Limit switch center 15-Control circuit 1
6-Operator 17-Power switch 18-Medical range selection switch group 19-Function selection switch group 20-Automatic massage switch group 21-ROM 22-CPU 23-Output circuit section 24-Display circuit section 25-Limit switch input Circuit part 26-RAM 27-Switch input circuit part 28-Power supply circuit part 29-
One-chip microcomputer

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A massager that is movable up and down, wherein the massager can be changed by the vertical movement of the massager, and the massager performs a plurality of treatment means such as rubbing, tapping, acupressure, and scrubbing by means of its motion. It is provided with an operating device for selecting a treatment means and a treatment site by microcomputer control, and the combination of the means and the region can be freely set, and the operation device is a program in which a plurality of the treatment means and the treatment site are combined in advance. In a massage machine having an automatic massage course function that operates in accordance with the above, when a new treatment means is selected when changing to another arbitrary treatment means or treatment site during treatment of the automatic massage course Indicates that the treatment site inherits the treatment means during the execution of the automatic massage course, and when a new treatment site is selected, the automatic massage course is being performed. A massage machine characterized in that the treatment means are inherited and combined and executed.