CN1663550A

CN1663550A - Leg massage unit

Info

Publication number: CN1663550A
Application number: CN 200510006184
Authority: CN
Inventors: 铃木孝诚; 中村尚; 常峰丰彦
Original assignee: Sanyo Electric Co Ltd
Current assignee: Sanyo Electric Co Ltd
Priority date: 2004-03-05
Filing date: 2005-01-31
Publication date: 2005-09-07
Anticipated expiration: 2025-01-31
Also published as: KR100572298B1; TW200529801A; TWI245626B; JP4017608B2; EP1570829A1; JP2005245803A; KR20050089737A; CN100453060C

Abstract

In the massage unit for the feet in which the massage unit 80 for the calves for massaging the calves of the treated persons is tiltably linked to the base end of the massage unit 10 for the toes for massaging the toes of the treated persons with a link mechanism 90, the link mechanism 90 applies a rotary force in the direction of making the massage unit for the calves rise relative to the massage unit 10 for the toes. The link mechanism 90 links the massage unit 80 for the calves to the massage unit 10 for the toes so as to be slidable vertically. To provide a massage unit for the feet which achieves a higher massage effect for the treated persons by making the massage unit for the calves tiltable and/or vertically silidable.

Description

Leg massage unit

Technical field

The present invention relates to a kind of leg massage unit that can massage quilt massage person's foot and calf.

Background technology

Leg massage unit (for example with reference to patent documentation 1) has been arranged, this pacifies leg massage unit, the foot that foot inserted and accept foot is massaged by massage person is housed with massage assembly with the calf massage assembly that calf inserts and acceptance is massaged calf, can massages below the knee to lower limb.

Patent documentation 1: the spy opens 2002-238963 communique (in full)

The calf massage assembly, owing to be fixed in foot with on the massage assembly, so can not change angle according to quilt massage person's hope or change height, therefore can cause the fatigue of shank in the massage with factitious posture, perhaps can not obtain massage, reduce the effect of massage desirable affected part.

Summary of the invention

The object of the present invention is to provide a kind of by making calf can tilt to rotate and/or slide up and down the leg massage unit that improves quilt massage person's massage effect with massage assembly.

In order to address the above problem, leg massage unit of the present invention, the foot that quilt massage person's foot is massaged is rotationally connected with the calf massage assembly that quilt massage person's calf is massaged with the cardinal extremity of massage assembly by bindiny mechanism's tiltable;

Bindiny mechanism, make calf with the massage assembly effect with respect to foot with massage assembly at the revolving force that erects on the direction.

And bindiny mechanism can slide up and down to calf connect with massage assembly with respect to foot with massage assembly.

(invention effect)

By connecting by bindiny mechanism, make calf can tilt to rotate with respect to leg massage unit with massage assembly, and then to calf with the massage assembly effect with respect to foot with massage assembly to the revolving force that erects direction, thus, even calf moves, also can follow the calf tilted rearward and rotate.In addition, owing to calf is always closely contacted with calf with massage assembly by the revolving force that erects direction, so can improve the massage effect of calf.

And then, because calf can be with respect to the foot massage assembly translation-angle, so can not produce the fatigue of shank in the massage process with massage assembly.

For example, when quilt massage person thinks that recumbency is received treatment, calf is put into calf with massage assembly, under the state of recumbency, do not carry out other any operation, also can make calf rearward produce big inclination and rotate with the massage combinations unit.

By can make calf with massage assembly with respect to the leg massage unit bindiny mechanism that can slide up and down, can make calf with massage assembly with matched by the height of the affected part of the height of massage person's calf and desired massage, thereby effectively massage.

Description of drawings

Fig. 1 is the axonometric chart of leg massage unit of the present invention.

Fig. 2 is the front view of leg massage unit of the present invention.

Fig. 3 is the side view of leg massage unit of the present invention.

Fig. 4 is the rearview of leg massage unit of the present invention.

Fig. 5 is the side view of the user mode of expression leg massage unit of the present invention.

Fig. 6 is the side view of the user mode of expression leg massage unit of the present invention.

Fig. 7 is the vertical view of leg massage unit.

Fig. 8 is the sectional view of looking along the direction of arrow of the line X1-X1 of Fig. 7.

Fig. 9 is the sectional view of looking along the direction of arrow of the line X2-X2 of Fig. 7.

Figure 10 is the sectional view of looking along the direction of arrow of the line Y-Y of Fig. 7.

Figure 11 is the front view of calf with the partial cross section of massage assembly.

Figure 12 is the sectional view of looking along the direction of arrow of the line X-X of Figure 11.

Figure 13 is the sectional view of looking along the direction of arrow of the line Y-Y of Figure 11.

Figure 14 is the figure that amplifies the dotted line part of expression Figure 13.

Figure 15 is the amplification sectional view of inclination rotating part.

It is the sectional view of being looked along the line Y-Y direction of arrow of Figure 15 that Figure 16 (a) reaches (b).

Figure 17 is the front view of calf with the hose connector of massage assembly.

Figure 18 is the side view of calf with the hose connector of massage assembly.

Figure 19 is the front view of expression calf with the different embodiment of the hose connector of massage assembly.

Among the figure: 10-foot massage assembly, the 20-concavity bears portion, 23-wall, 80-calf massage assembly, 90-bindiny mechanism, 100-leg massage unit.

The specific embodiment

With the leg massage unit 100 that can massage quilt massage person's foot and calf is that example describes.

Fig. 1 is the axonometric chart of leg massage unit 100 of the present invention, and Fig. 2 is a front view, and Fig. 3 is a side view, and Fig. 4 is a rearview, and Fig. 5 and Fig. 6 are the side views of the user mode of expression leg massage unit 100.

Leg massage unit 100, have and to rotate and to be connected in slidably foot with the cardinal extremity of massage assembly 10, the calf usefulness massage assembly 80 that can massage quilt massage person's calf to quilt massage person's foot, the foot of specifically part below the calf being massaged with massage assembly 10 with by bindiny mechanism's 90 tiltables.

Below, describe with massage assembly 80 and the order that connects the bindiny mechanism 90 of two

molectrons

10,80 with massage assembly 10, calf according to foot.

(foot's massage assembly)

Foot as shown in Figure 1, is formed with insertion and is born

portion

20,20 by massage person foot (part below the calf), cross section for the pair of right and left concavity of " コ " font with massage assembly 10 on resinous cover 12.Bear between the

portion

20,20 at concavity, as shown in Figures 1 and 2, separated by median wall 14, the inner face that concavity bears portion 20 is covered by sheet 16.

On the side of cardinal extremity one side of resin system cover 12, be formed with tiltable described later and support the inclination rotation section 91 (aftermentioned) of foot rotationally with the bindiny mechanism 90 of massage assembly 10.

The vertical view of Fig. 7 state that to be expression take off foot with the sheet 16 of massage assembly 10, Fig. 8 is the sectional view of looking along the direction of arrow of the line X1-X1 of Fig. 7, Fig. 9 is the sectional view of looking along the direction of arrow of the line X2-X2 of Fig. 7, and Figure 10 is the sectional view of looking along the direction of arrow of the line Y-Y of Fig. 7.

Bear at concavity on the two sides of portion 20, side gas pouch 21,21 is installed, inner face one side is covered by sheet 16, side gas pouch 21,21 is communicated with by connecting flexible pipe 65, connects flexible pipe 65, supply with flexible pipe 64 by air and be connected in electromagnetic valve 62 and pump 60, side gas pouch 21 is made by blow molding, forms bulge 21a, the 21b of wrinkle shape respectively in front and back.In addition, can also at the bottom of the cloth of nylon system, the superimposed layer sheet of polyurethane make.

As shown in Figures 7 and 8, connecting flexible pipe 65 is not in heel one side, but be disposed at the bottom surface front side (position beyond the moving range of finger pressure rod 32 described later that is arranged on concavity and bears portion 20, the position that does not reach with the foot of general size) recess 65a place, the bottom surface of bearing portion 20 by concavity can be approaching with heater described later 50, can carry out heat exchange.Connect flexible pipe 65 by such configuration, can be to supplying in the side gas pouch 21 compressed air and heat by connecting flexible pipe 65, thus improve warm effect.In addition, such structure can not reduce the warm effect to quilt massage person's arch of the foot, the compressed air of can heating.On the other hand, owing to the part of joining with arch of the foot and heel is being connected when being connected flexible pipe 65, the heat of heater 50 can be difficult to be delivered to arch of the foot or reduce warm effect because of the obstruction that connects flexible pipe 65, so preferred said structure.

And, be to be provided with side gas pouch 21,21 respectively in the drawings, but also can be that a side is made of rubber-like materials such as polyurethane in the two sides that concavity bears portion 20.

As shown in Figure 8, concavity bears the bottom surface of portion 20, is the low incline structure in preceding high back.This is for when quilt massage person puts into foot, improves the stability of foot.In addition, bear the rear end of portion 20, form wall 23, make foot can not bear portion 20 and come off from concavity to the upper process setting at concavity.Wall 23 is rearward recessed shapes, and is consistent with heel.Preferably the height of wall 23 is 20～50mm.

As Fig. 7, Fig. 8 and shown in Figure 10, bear at concavity on the bottom surface of portion 20, dispose the massage machine 30 that quilt massage person's arch of the foot is massaged.As massage machine 30, can list illustrated example with finger pressure rod 32,32.It is outstanding that the tip of finger pressure rod 32,32 bears two elongated holes 25,25 of the bottom surface of portion 20 offering from concavity.Elongated hole the 25, the 25th bears the fore-and-aft direction extension of portion 20 and offers along concavity, around elongated hole 25,25, and the outstanding downwards rib 26 that is provided with.

Bear the back side one side of the bottom surface of portion 20 at concavity, heater 50 is installed.As heater 50, can enumerate the example that coats heater line by aluminium foil.As Fig. 7 and shown in Figure 10, heater 50 can surround above-mentioned elongated hole 25,25 and dispose.As mentioned above, by forming rib 26 in elongated hole 25, even by massage person's mistake water etc. has been splashed foot with on the massage assembly 10, water can directly not be added on the heater 50 yet.So,, can reach the purpose of heater 50 waterproof by rib 26 is set on elongated hole 25.

As Fig. 8 and shown in Figure 10, massage machine 30 is disposed at the back side one side that concavity bears the bottom surface of portion 20 under two finger pressure rods 32,32 can exsertile state from the inside of framework 36.In the inside of framework 36, having stands is being provided with the rectangular slab 33 of two cross sections for circular finger pressure rod 32,32, and these rectangular slab 33 mountings are on the bottom surface gas pouch 34 that is configured in the bottom.The upper opening of framework 36 is closed by installing plate 40 described later, and finger pressure rod 32 is outstanding from the hole 42 that installing plate 40 is offered.At installing plate 40 and between above the plate 33, dispose spring 35 to the plate 33 downward application of forces.Under the state that bottom surface gas pouch 34 is shunk, plate 33 is urged downwardly, and the overhang of two finger pressure rods 32,32 becomes minimum.

Bottom surface gas pouch 34 for example, can be used the structure of superimposed layer sheet of polyurethane at the bottom of the cloth of nylon system, and as shown in Figure 9, bottom surface gas pouch 34 is connected in electromagnetic valve 62 and the pump 60 that is configured in foot usefulness massage assembly 10 inside by supplying with flexible pipe 64.By the switching of electromagnetic valve 62, by pump 60 supply compressed airs the time, bottom surface gas pouch 34 expands, and finger pressure rod 32 is moved upward.From bottom surface gas pouch 34 air-outs the time, by the elastic force of spring 35, finger pressure rod 32 moves downwards.

As shown in figure 10, swell near left and right end portions upward the bottom surface of resinous resin system cover 12, forms the orbit portion 28,28 that supports massage machine 30 slidably.And orbit portion 28 matches with the inclination that concavity bears portion 20 bottom surfaces, and high back is low before forming.

As shown in figure 10, installing plate 40 is made of the long metallic plate of left and right directions, and two ends embed orbit portion 28,28.Orbit portion 28,28 is provided with slidably guiding parts 41,41.On installing plate 40, about fixing the framework 36,36 of massage machine 30,30 respectively by screw, and offering the outstanding hole 42,42 of finger pressure rod 32,32.Central authorities on installing plate 40 are fixed with propelling movement nut 43 by nut holder tool 44.Pushing on the nut 43, state with engagement is through with propelling movement leading screw 45 described later, by the rotation that pushes leading screw 45, installing plate 40 can be on orbit portion 28,28 forwards, backwards direction move, the massage machine 30,30 that is installed on installing plate 40 can move back and forth along front and back.

As Fig. 9 and shown in Figure 10, bear between the

portion

20,20 at concavity, that is,, extend along fore-and-aft direction and to be provided with the propelling movement leading screw 45 that massage machine 30 is moved forward and backward in the inside of the median wall 14 of resinous cover 12.As shown in Figure 9, pushing bottom surface that leading screw 45 and concavity bear portion 20 matches and is supported in obliquely on the frames 46 that are provided with in the resin system cover 12, pushing the belt pulley 45a that leading screw 45 rear ends are provided with, link to each other with the belt pulley 47b of motor 47 by belt 47a, but transferring power.By the forward or reverse of motor 47, make propelling movement leading screw 45 forward or reverse, push the propelling movement nut of installing on the leading screw 45 43 and on propelling movement leading screw 45, move, massage machine 30,30 can move back and forth front and back.

As shown in Figures 3 and 4, on the rear end face of resin system cover 12, be provided with the hose connector 85c that supplies with compressed-air actuated gas supply flexible pipe 85a to calf with the gas pouch of massage assembly 80 described later.The connector of hose connector 85c is rearward given prominence to and is bent downwardly from resin system cover 12.By forming such shape, can supply with flexible pipe 85a with the state connection gas of describing big radian, even calf rotates with massage assembly 80 run-off the straights or slides, gas supply flexible pipe 85a also can not bend or be flexible.

(calf massage assembly 80)

The front view of Figure 11 partial cross section that to be expression take off calf with the part of the sheet 82a of massage assembly 80, Figure 12 is the sectional view of looking along the direction of arrow of the line X-X of Figure 11, Figure 13 is the sectional view of looking along the direction of arrow of the line Y-Y of Figure 11.

As shown in Figures 1 and 2, calf is formed with insertion and is born

portion

83,83 by massage person's calf, cross section for the pair of right and left foot of " コ " font with massage assembly 80 on resin system cover 82.As Fig. 1, Figure 11 and shown in Figure 12, bear between the

portion

83,83 at foot, separate by median wall 84.And foot bears the inner face of

portion

83, and 82a is covered by sheet.

To shown in Figure 13, bear the two sides of portion 83 at foot as Figure 11,

side gas pouch

85,85 is installed, inner face side is covered by sheet 82a, and

side gas pouch

85,85 connects flexible pipe 85f by the wrinkle shape and connected, and is connected in common air supply flexible pipe 85a.Air is supplied with flexible pipe 85a, by the hose connector 85b (with reference to Fig. 4) that runs through resin system cover 82 lower ends, hose connector 85c (with reference to Fig. 4) that is provided with later and electromagnetic valve 62 (with reference to Fig. 9), side gas pouch 85 is connected in the pump 60 with configuration on the massage assembly 10 in foot in foot with massage assembly 10.

And, bear the two sides of portion 83 at foot, disposed

side gas pouch

85,85 respectively, but also can be that a side or both sides are made of rubber-like elastomeric elements such as sponge, polyurethane.

In addition, bear the bottom surface of portion 83, also dispose gas pouch 86 at foot.As bottom surface gas pouch 86, as shown in figure 13, can enumerate and form the example of finger pressure projection 86a with the contacted part of quilt massage person's calf.Bottom surface gas pouch 86 is also with above-mentioned same, by gas supply with flexible pipe 86b, flexible pipe meets utensil 86c, 86d and electromagnetic valve 62 is connected in the pump 60 of foot with configuration on the massage assembly 10 by connecting.Finger pressure projection 86a can be integrally formed with bottom surface gas pouch 86, waits by bonding and be fixed on the bottom surface gas pouch 86.

As Figure 17 and shown in Figure 180, hose connector 85b, 86c are downwards and rearward crooked.In addition, as shown in Figure 4, wish that hose connector 85b, 86c can staggered positions and be provided with, it is not overlapped up and down with hose connector 85c, the 86d of massage assembly 10 with foot, by such connection, even calf is used massage assembly 80 to rotate with massage assembly 10 run-off the straights for foot or slided, also can make the air that reaches between connection hose connector 85b, the 85c between 86c, the 86d supply with flexible pipe 85a, 86b and be difficult for bending.

(bindiny mechanism 90)

Above-mentioned foot is connected by bindiny mechanism 90 with massage assembly 80 with calf with massage assembly 10.

Bindiny mechanism 90 is by constituting with lower member, shown in Fig. 1 and Fig. 2 etc., in the inclination rotation section 91 (with reference to Figure 15 and Figure 16) of foot with the cardinal extremity both sides setting of the resin system cover 12 of massage assembly 10, rotate with bar 94,94 (with reference to Figure 13, Figure 15 and Figure 16) with the inclination of on this inclination rotation section 91, rotatably supporting, and then, as Figure 11 to shown in Figure 14, be disposed at calf with on the massage assembly 80, slidably and can locate ground and support slide block 99 and the slide rail 97 that the tip of bar 94 is used in rotation.By bindiny mechanism 90, calf can tilt to rotate at fore-and-aft direction with massage assembly 10 with massage assembly 80 for foot, slides and the location at above-below direction.

As Fig. 2, shown in Fig. 7 etc., inclination rotation section 91 forms with the cardinal extremity both sides of the resin system cover 12 of massage assembly 10 in foot.As Figure 15 and shown in Figure 16, inclination rotation section 91 has the resin system of being fixedly installed in cover 12 " コ " central shaft 92 of screw erecting bed 93 of font, on this central shaft 92, can tilt forward and back the chimeric rotationally cardinal extremity that tilts to rotate with bar 94 that has.

Inclination is rotated with bar 94, has in its cardinal extremity one side to be circular flat installing plate 95 substantially, is to be circular metal cylinder in cross sections of formation continuously from this installing plate 95.

In the central authorities of tilting to rotate with the installing plate 95 of bar 94, as Figure 13, Figure 15 and shown in Figure 16 offers embedded hole 95b on central shaft 92.On the periphery of installing plate 95, be carved with the breach 95a of the arm that embeds torsionspring 98 described later.

On central shaft 92, chimeric have a torsionspring 98.The arm of torsionspring 98, a side embed among the breach 95a of above-mentioned installing plate 95.Opposite side embeds and to be fixed in central shaft 92 " コ " among the breach 93a that is provided with on the font screw erecting bed 93.Torsionspring 98 is mounted to and can forwards grants elastic force with bar 94 to tilting to rotate.

Resinous cover 12, when surrounding inclination rotation section 91, be formed with groove 12a by the 12b of encirclement portion, this groove 12a, make and tilt to rotate only with predetermined angular, in illustrated embodiment, as Fig. 4 with bar 94, Fig. 7, Fig. 15 and shown in Figure 16, when placing horizontal level with massage assembly 10 in foot, tilt to rotate with bar 94 with from upwards substantially vertical state can rearward fall to the rotation of tilting of the states of 90 degree substantially.

By said structure, under uncharge state, elastic force by torsionspring 98, tilt to rotate with bar 94, with massage assembly 10 settings of vertically standing substantially, the rotation of tilting is applied backward load with bar 94, at this moment for foot, calf is with massage assembly 80, with the rotation bar 94 common tilted rearward (with reference to Fig. 6 and Figure 16 (a)) that tilt.And when removing load, the rotation of tilting is returned to by the elastic force of torsionspring 98 with bar 94 and calf massage assembly 80 perpendicular (with reference to Fig. 5 and Figure 16 (b)).

The elder generation of

bar

94,94 is distolateral tilting to rotate to use, and calf can slide on the length direction of

bar

94,94 with massage assembly 80, and can embed with locating.

Tilt to rotate with

bar

94,94, the hole of offering with the both sides, lower end of the resin system cover 82 of massage assembly 80 from

calf

87,87 enters in the resin system cover 82.

About inclination rotate tip with

bar

94,94, connect by one piece of installing plate 94a, on this installing plate 94a, tilting to rotate inboard separately with

bar

94,94, be installed with and have the resin

system slide block

99,99 of the hard sphere 99a of the spring 99b application of force rearward.Extremely shown in Figure 14 as Figure 11, resin system slide block 99, the fixed slide rail 97 of thickening part screwing in the embedded resin system cover 82 slidably.On the length direction of slide rail 97, equally spaced be provided with a plurality of locating hole 97a, 97a with reference to Figure 14.

Hard sphere 99a when coincideing in the position with locating hole 97a, by the elastic force that applies of spring 99b, embeds among the locating hole 97a of slide rail 97, stops and tilts to rotate with bar 94 and calf relatively moving with massage assembly 80.In addition, when quilt massage person upwards draws calf with massage assembly 80 or pushes away downwards, the elastic force of meeting antagonistic spring 99b, hard sphere 99a extracts from locating hole 97a, and calf can move up or down in the locating hole 97a that embeds upside or downside with massage assembly 80.

By calf being connected in foot's massage assembly 10 with massage assembly 80 by above-mentioned bindiny mechanism 90, can make calf tilt to rotate with massage assembly 10 for foot, can also move up and down and can locate with massage assembly 10 edges for foot with massage assembly 80.

Quilt massage person by being sitting under the state on the chair, when lower limb is inserted leg massage unit 100, as shown in Figure 5, use under the vertical state of massage assembly 10 cardinal principles for foot with massage assembly 80 at calf, calf and calf contact with the bottom surface that the foot of massage assembly 80 bears portion 83, thereby accept massage.In addition, under the state that quilt massage person lies down, knee lifts, when lower limb is inserted leg massage unit 100, as shown in Figure 6, because calf rearward pushes calf with massage assembly 80, so can under the state that calf rotates with massage assembly 10 tilted rearward for foot with massage assembly 80, accept massage.And, even calf with massage assembly 80 state that rearward maximum inclination is rotated under, also foot can be arranged at the place ahead one side with the center of gravity of massage assembly 10, foot is not upwards lifted with massage assembly 10.

, when lower limb is inserted leg massage unit 100, can be moved up and down calf and match until position by massage person, in addition, calf can also be moved up and down with massage assembly 80, in wide scope, implement massage with calf with massage assembly 80.

Whole operations of leg massage unit 100, can be undertaken by the distance type guidance panel (not shown) of the appropriate location that is disposed at leg massage unit 100, these controls can be carried out (with reference to Fig. 9 and Figure 10) by being disposed at the control device 18 of foot with massage assembly 10 inside.

(massaging action)

For the leg massage unit 100 of said structure, by massage person foot is inserted concavity and bear portion 20, calf is inserted foot bear portion 83.

By massage person foot is inserted concavity and bear portion 20, the heel pushing to wall 23, will be firmly held in concavity by massage person's foot by wall 23 and bear in the portion 20, can not move forward and backward.In addition, because calf applies elastic force by spring 98 with massage assembly 80 on the contacted direction of quilt massage person's calf, contact securely so can be born portion 83 with foot by massage person's calf.

In this state,, can accept various massages by guidance panel (not shown) is operated, below to the massage example be illustrated.

When the power supply of leg massage unit 100 is operated, started to guidance panel, can switch on to heater 50 simultaneously.Thus, can foot be inserted concavity quilt massage person and concavity be born portion 20 before bearing portion 20 and heat, so when foot being inserted concavity bear portion 20, do not had cool sensation by massage person.To heater 50 energisings, can be set at through (for example 15 minutes) after the stipulated time and finish.

Under the state of heater 50 work, by massage person foot is inserted concavity and bear portion 20.For example, wait before being to sleep and want foot is carried out under the warm situation because of feeling that foot is cold, the insertion foot gets final product under only to the state of heater 50 intensifications.Thus, can be warm by massage person's arch of the foot by the thermotherapy effect, blood circulation promoting.

(by the massage of foot) with massage assembly 10

For the massage of foot, being that example is illustrated by the Shiatsu of the finger pressure rod 32 of massage machine 30 with by the pushing massage of the side pushing of 21 pairs of foots from the tiptoe to the anklebone of side gas pouch and with the massage of their combinations.

Shiatsu can make bottom surface gas pouch 34 expand to shrink and make finger pressure rod 32 to haunt from the bottom surface that concavity bears portion 20 and carry out.In addition, when haunting with finger pressure rod 32, can also be by finger pressure rod 32 be moved to desirable position, or front and back move back and forth (enforcement rotary massaging), can be to arch of the foot, particularly part and the toe root that arch is not landed carries out effective Shiatsu.When Shiatsu,, can increase medical effect by warm effect and finger pressure effect by heating by 50 pairs of foots of heater by massage person.

The expansion of bottom surface gas pouch 34 is shunk, and can be undertaken by the driving of the switching of electromagnetic valve 62 and pump 60.And moving forward and backward of finger pressure rod 32 can be undertaken by the driving of motor 47.

And, on guidance panel, dispose and to pass through to select by each by the button that massage person selects different foot size by massage person's foot size, when arch and toe root are massaged, can control the moving range of decision finger pressure rod 32 according to the size of foot.Fig. 7 is represented by the example of massage person's foot shape by symbol 29.

Because Shiatsu is by 32 pairs of massages that arch of the foot pushes of finger pressure rod, upwards lifts so can be born portion 20 from concavity by massage person's foot.So, under the situation of carrying out Shiatsu, wish that side gas pouch 21 expands, and by side gas pouch 21,21 clamping foots, does not upwards lift it.

Pushing massage is the pushing massage of shrinking, being undertaken by side gas pouch 21,21 sides of clamping from tiptoe to ankle by the expansion of side gas pouch 21.The expansion of side gas pouch 21 is shunk, and can be undertaken by the switching of electromagnetic valve 62 and the driving of pump 60.

Supply with compressed-air actuated connection flexible pipe 65 to side gas pouch 21,, can supply with warm air to side gas pouch 21 the compressed and supplied air heat owing to contact with heater 50.Can increase warm medical effect to arch of the foot by heater 50, and, be not only arch of the foot, also can access the effect of warm medical treatment to the part from the arch of the foot to the ankle.

Above-mentioned pushing massage can increase medical effect with the pushing massage effect by warm medical effect.

Under the situation of the combination massage of carrying out Shiatsu and pushing massage, carry out above-mentioned action simultaneously and get final product.

(by the massage of calf) with massage assembly 80

Can carry out Shiatsu that the projection 86a by bottom surface gas pouch 86 carries out and the pushing massage of being undertaken by

side gas pouch

85,85 to calf.

Shiatsu can be shunk by bottom surface gas pouch 86 is expanded, and pushes projection 86a to calf and carries out.The expansion of bottom surface gas pouch 86 is shunk, and can be undertaken by the switching of electromagnetic valve 62 and the driving of pump 60.At this moment, because expanding Shi Buhui,

side gas pouch

85,85 will be born portion's 83 releases from foot, so can implement high efficiency Shiatsu by massage person's calf.And, since calf with massage assembly 80 be forwards, promptly to direction torsionspring 98 application of forces of calf one side, even so calf is forwards pushed by projection 86a, also can follow calf and closely contact, not the counteracting force that can accept by calf and foot is upwards lifted with massage assembly 10.

Pushing massage is the massage of shrinking, being pushed by

side gas pouch

85,85 clamping calfs by the expansion of side gas pouch 85,85.The expansion of side gas pouch 85 is shunk, and can be undertaken by the switching of electromagnetic valve 62 and the driving of pump 60.By calf is pushed massage, can play the effect of blood circulation promoting.

When carrying out Shiatsu and pushing the combination massage of massage, carry out above-mentioned action simultaneously and get final product.

Certainly, also can be with above-mentioned by foot massage of carrying out with massage assembly 10 and the massage combinations of carrying out with massage assembly 80 by calf.

For example, can carry out Shiatsu and pushing massage, rotary massaging by foot with massage assembly 10 according to suitable decision, and then implement with the program that massage assembly 80 carries out Shiatsu, pushing massage by calf.

And, when carrying out rotary massaging with massage assembly 10 by foot, when finger pressure rod 32 begins to move, bottom surface gas pouch 34 is expanded, make finger pressure rod 32 outstanding, promptly, slowly outstanding finger pressure rod 32 tilts to push arch of the foot in moving, and continue to move to released amount and reach certain value, otherwise, before the assigned position that arrives the mobile end position, the aerofluxus of beginning bottom surface gas pouch 34 by drawing in finger pressure rod 32, obtains slick and sly finger pressure effect, and, obtaining similar finger pressure effect of rubbing by the pushing of tilting, become comfortable rotary massaging, also is same for the return path of finger pressure rod 32.

And, wish that these all massages can finish automatically through behind the certain hour.

The explanation of the foregoing description, just for the present invention will be described, should not be construed is to the restriction of the invention recorded and narrated in the protection domain or the reduction of scope.And each several part structure of the present invention also is not limited to the foregoing description, can carry out various changes in the technical scope that protection domain is recorded and narrated.

For example, massage machine 30 is not limited only to the foregoing description, also parts of the parts of using gases bag or vibration type etc. only.

Leg massage unit 100 also can be disposed at by massage person by the forward lower part of the chair sat, constitute chair-type massaging machine.On chair, can also locate to dispose various massage machines at backrest place and seat portion etc. according to hope.

In addition, shown in the dotted line among Figure 10, the not only configurable bottom surface of bearing portion 20 in concavity of heater 50, it can also be disposed at the side, perhaps be disposed at contact bottom surface and lateral two sides after the bending, like this not only can warm arch of the foot, and also can play warm effect to the side of foot.Heater 50 is arranged on the back side that concavity bears the lateral surface of portion 20 in the drawings, but also can be arranged at the lateral back side of center side.

Figure 19 has shown different hose connector 85b, the embodiment of 86c, is that resin system cover 82 is provided with recess 82b, has disposed downward connection gas and supply with flexible pipe 85a, the hose connector 85b of 85b, the embodiment of 86c on this recess 82b.When being provided with recess 82b like this, can making the gas that is connected in hose connector 85b, 86c supply with flexible pipe 85a, 85b and be difficult for bending.

Leg massage unit of the present invention by making calf can tilt to rotate with massage assembly and/or sliding up and down, can improve the massage effect to quilt massage person.

Claims

1. leg massage unit is characterized in that:

The foot that quilt massage person's foot is massaged is with the cardinal extremity of massage assembly (10), is rotationally connected with calf that quilt massage person's calf is massaged by bindiny mechanism (90) tiltable with massage assembly (80);

Bindiny mechanism (90), to calf with massage assembly (80) effect with respect to foot with massage assembly (10) at the revolving force that erects on the direction.

2. leg massage unit according to claim 1 is characterized in that: bindiny mechanism (90), by spring (98) calf is granted with respect to foot with massage assembly (10) in the power that erects on the direction with massage assembly (80).

3. leg massage unit according to claim 1 and 2 is characterized in that: bindiny mechanism (90) makes calf can slide up and down to connect with massage assembly (10) with respect to foot with massage assembly (80).

4. leg massage unit according to claim 1 is characterized in that: be configured to make foot to be connected with massage assembly (80) with calf with the left and right side of massage assembly (10) bindiny mechanism (90).

5. leg massage unit according to claim 1, it is characterized in that: calf massage assembly (80), has the gas pouch (85,86) that quilt massage person's calf is massaged, use on the massage assembly (10) in foot, have to gas pouch (85,86) and supply with compressed-air actuated pump (60)

Connect gas pouch (85,86) and supply with flexible pipe (85a, 86b), be formed on the diverse location with bindiny mechanism (90) with the gas of pump (60).

6. chair-type massaging machine is characterized in that: by massage person by the forward lower part of the chair sat, dispose any described leg massage unit (100) in the claim 1 to 5.