JPH11267170A - Massager - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain the effect of massaging uniformly an affected part to be treated. SOLUTION: A massager where a roller 5, the periphery of which has become a part that contacts a human body, is supported rotatably on one end of a grip 1 and a vibration generating part that gives vibration to the roller 5, is provided. A head 2 incorporating the vibration generating section is provided at one end of the grip 1, and the roller 5 is arranged at the exterior of the head 2 to which vibration is given. An elastic mechanism that can change the height of the roller 5 by an external pressing force, is provided.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a hand-held massage machine for performing massage by applying vibration to a roller which is brought into contact with the surface of a human body.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art There is a massage machine in which a roller rotatably supported at one end of a gripping portion is provided, and a vibration generating section for applying vibration to the roller whose outer peripheral surface is in contact with a human body is provided. In this type of massage machine disclosed in Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 5-84328, massage is performed by applying vibration to the roller while rolling the roller in contact with the surface of the human body, thereby promoting blood circulation. .

[0003]

When a conventional roller is used by being rolled, it is difficult to obtain a uniform massage effect along the treatment section if the roller is supported only rotatably. The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and has as its object to provide a massage machine capable of obtaining a uniform massage effect evenly on an affected part to be treated.

[0004]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, a massage machine according to the present invention rotatably supports a roller 5 having an outer peripheral portion serving as a contact portion with a human body at one end of a grip portion 1.
A massage machine having a vibration generating unit for applying vibration to the roller 5, wherein the head 2 includes a vibration generating unit 4.
Is provided at one end of the grip portion 1, a roller 5 is disposed on the outer surface of the head 2 to which vibration is applied, and an elastic mechanism capable of changing the height of the roller 5 by an external pressing force is provided. Is what you do. With such a configuration, the vibration massage with the roller 5 in contact with the skin and the head 2
And a vibration massage with the outer surface of the roller directly contacting the skin, and by providing an elastic mechanism that can change the height of the roller 5 by an external pressing force, the treatment section S can be massaged evenly.

It is preferable that a plurality of rollers 5 of the same shape or different shapes are arranged in parallel. By adopting such a configuration, it is easy to adjust to the treatment section S, and it is possible to perform a massage massage on the surface. Further, it is preferable that the convex portion 8 provided on the outer peripheral surface of the roller 5 has an elastic mechanism capable of changing the height by an external pressing force. With such a configuration, the acupressure massage can be performed by freely changing the height of the convex portion 8 of the roller 5.

[0006]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an embodiment of the massage machine of the present invention. A disk-shaped head 2 is provided via a connecting portion 3 at a distal end of a gripping portion 1 having a rod-like shape and a distal end gently bent. A power cord 9 is led out from one end of the grip 1, and a switch 10 is arranged on the surface of the grip 1.

The connecting portion 3 includes a rotary connecting portion 30 that enables the head 2 to rotate around the axis of the gripping portion 1 and a flexible portion formed of a soft synthetic resin and having flexibility. 36, and the rotation connecting portion 30 is shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 7, a rotary cover 32 of the head 2 is placed on the outer surface of a cylindrical shaft 31 protruding from the tip of the gripper 1 so as to be rotatable.
In the rotation connecting portion 30 which is set within 60 °, the spring-biased ball 34 and the concave portion 3 in which the ball 34 fits are formed.
5 causes a click at every predetermined rotation angle.

The vibration generator 4 built in the head 2 comprises a motor 40 and an eccentric weight 41 attached to the output shaft of the motor 40.
The head 2 vibrates by the rotation of. In the figure, reference numeral 42 denotes a balancer for the weight of the motor 40. A roller 5 is arranged on the outer periphery of the disk-shaped head 2 so as to be rotatable around its axis.

As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the head 2 is formed by joining a housing 2a and a cover 2b. A roller housing recess 2c is provided in a part of the outer peripheral portion of the head 2, and a roller shaft support 2 is provided on both sides of the roller housing recess 2c.
There is provided a support groove 2e in which d is slidably fitted in the front-rear direction, and the roller shaft support 2d is urged forward by a spring 2f. The roller housing recess 2c houses a part of the rear portion of the roller 5, and the roller 5
The two end portions of the roller shaft 50 are roller shaft support portions 2d, respectively.
It is supported rotatably. When a pressing force is applied to the roller 5 from the outside, the roller 5 moves rearward against the spring 2f, and the height of the roller 5 (that is, the length of the protrusion from the head 2) is changed. I have. That is, in the present embodiment, the height of the roller 5 is changed by an external pressing force by using a mechanism in which the spring force is applied to the roller shaft supporting portion 2d slidable forward and backward by the spring 2f. It constitutes a possible elastic mechanism.

Here, the eccentric weight 4 of the vibration generating section 4
The rotation center of 1, that is, the rotation axis of the motor 40 coincides with the center axis of the disk-shaped head 2, and the rotation of the eccentric weight 41 causes the head 2 to vibrate around the axis. Therefore, a vibration massage can be obtained by applying the outer peripheral surface of the head 2 to the skin. If the roller 5 arranged on the outer peripheral portion of the head 2 is rolled against the skin and the eccentric weight 41 is rotated to generate vibration, a vibration massage can be applied to the skin via the roller 5. When a vibration massage is performed by applying the roller 5 to the skin, an elastic mechanism capable of changing the height of the roller 5 by an external pressing force is provided, so that both sides of the roller 5 as shown in FIGS. By changing the height (projection length) of the roller by an external pressing force, the treatment section S can be massaged evenly, and in particular, the roller 5 having an elastic mechanism can be massaged.
By rolling and massage, the affected area to be treated can be massaged evenly and evenly.

Since the grip portion 1 is bent, the holding method must be changed between when the roller 5 is applied to the skin and when the outer periphery of the head 2 is applied to the skin. By rotating the head 2 with respect to the grip 1, the roller 5 or the outer periphery of the head 2 can be brought into contact with the skin without changing the holding method.

FIG. 5 shows another embodiment of the present invention. In this embodiment, an example in which a plurality of rollers 5 having the same or different shapes are arranged in parallel to the head 2 is shown. The configuration other than the configuration in which a plurality of rollers 5 having the same or different shapes are arranged in parallel to the head 2 is the same as that of the above-described embodiment, and the description of the other configuration will be omitted. By arranging a plurality of rollers 5 having the same shape or different shapes in parallel in this way, it is easy to adjust to the treatment section S, and it is possible to perform massage in a plane. The embodiment shown in FIG. 5 shows an example in which two rollers 5 having different shapes are arranged in parallel. In FIG. 5, one roller 5 is a cylindrical type having irregularities on the outer peripheral surface, and the other roller is An example is shown in which a drum-shaped one provided with irregularities on the outer peripheral surface is used. When such different types of rollers are provided, the affected part to be treated can be massaged evenly and uniformly with different stimuli.

FIGS. 6 and 7 show still another embodiment of the present invention. Roller 5 rotatably mounted on head 2
An example is shown in which an elastic mechanism is provided so that the height of the convex portion 8 provided on the outer peripheral surface can be changed by an external pressing force.
Except for the configuration in which the height of the convex portion 8 can be changed by an external pressing force, the configuration is the same as that of the embodiment shown in FIGS. 1 to 4, and the description of the other configuration is omitted. In the present embodiment, an elastic body 7 is provided inside the outer shell 5 a of the roller 5, and a protrusion 8 is provided on the outer periphery of the elastic body 7, and the protrusion 8 protrudes from a base 8 a of the protrusion 8. 8b protrudes outside through a hole 5b provided in the outer shell 5a. And the convex part 8
In the state where no external force is applied to the protruding portions 8b, the outer shell portions 5 of the rollers 5 of the protruding portions 8b of all the protruding portions 8 as shown in FIG.
a has the same protruding length from the outer surface, but when pressed against the diseased part, the convex part 8 is pushed in against the spring force of the elastic body 7, and in this case, each convex part depends on how it hits the diseased part. Since the pressing force on the projection 8 differs, the height (projection length) of the projection 8 changes as shown in FIG. 7B. Thus, the finger pressure massage can be performed by freely changing the height of the convex portion 8 of the roller 5.

[0014]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, as described above, one end of the grip portion rotatably supports the roller whose outer peripheral portion is in contact with the human body. A massaging machine having a vibration generating section for applying vibration to a body, wherein a head having a built-in vibration generating section is provided at one end of the grip section, and a roller is disposed on an outer surface to which vibration of the head is applied. An elastic mechanism that allows the height to be changed by an external pressing force is provided, so that the roller gives a vibration massage to the skin while rolling along the skin, and vibrates while pressing one part of the skin with the outer periphery of the head. A massage can be given, and a vibration massage according to the situation can be performed.In addition, by providing an elastic mechanism in the support portion of the roller, the massage portion is adapted to the treatment portion and an even massage effect is obtained. This It is those which may, in particular, by massaging while rolling the roller having an elastic mechanism, is capable of uniformly massaging evenly to the affected area to be massaged.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, in addition to the effect of the first aspect of the present invention, since a plurality of rollers having the same or different shapes are arranged in parallel, the treatment section is provided. It is familiar with and can provide a massage effect on the surface. By arranging different rollers, various stimuli can be obtained.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, in addition to the effect of the first aspect of the present invention, the height of the convex portion provided on the outer peripheral surface of the roller can be changed by an external pressing force. Since it has an elastic mechanism, a finger pressure massage effect can be obtained by freely changing the height of the convex portion of the roller.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an example of the present invention.

FIG. 2 shows a cross section of the above, where (a) is a longitudinal cross-sectional view and (b)
FIG. 3 is a sectional view taken along line AA.

FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view of the same.

FIGS. 4A and 4B are explanatory diagrams showing a state in which the height of the roller changes.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a head portion according to another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a sectional view of a roller according to still another embodiment of the present invention.

7 (a) and 7 (b) are front views for explaining the operation of the above.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Grasping part 2 Head 4 Vibration generation part 5 Roller 8 Convex part

 ──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continuing on the front page (72) Inventor Mikio Ito 1048 Kazuma Kadoma, Kazuma, Osaka Prefecture Inside Matsushita Electric Works, Ltd.

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A massage machine having a vibration generating unit for rotatably supporting a roller having an outer peripheral portion serving as a contact portion with a human body at one end of a gripping unit and providing a vibration to the roller. A head having a built-in portion is provided at one end of the grip portion, and a roller is arranged on an outer surface to which vibration of the head is applied,
A massage machine comprising an elastic mechanism capable of changing the height of a roller by an external pressing force. 2. The massage machine according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of rollers having the same shape or different shapes are arranged in parallel. 3. The massage machine according to claim 1, wherein the convex portion provided on the outer peripheral surface of the roller has an elastic mechanism capable of changing the height by an external pressing force.