JP2018000656A - Massage probe and massage machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a massage probe which can be brought into contact with a surface layer portion of a human body, has a small turn, and can move freely. SOLUTION: A massage probe 1 has a cylindrical shape, one end of which is connected to a suction pump, and the other end of which is a suction opening 2a, and a natural length inserted into the suction opening 2a of the housing 2 in an extended state. Spring 2A, a pressing member 3B in which the spring 2A is inserted inside and a ball receiving seat 3b is formed on the outer surface, a ball member 3C arranged on the ball receiving seat 3b of the pressing member 3B, and a ball member 3C. It has a ball pop-out prohibiting member 3D provided on the end face of the suction opening 2a so as not to pop out from the suction opening 2a. [Selection diagram] Fig. 4

Description

  The present invention relates to a massage probe and a massage machine that can be easily moved in any direction on the surface of a human body.

  For example, Patent Document 1 (Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2008-173231) and Patent Document 2 (Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2008-173232) each show a pair of probes connected to the apparatus main body.

  The probes shown in Patent Documents 1 and 2 are each provided with two shafts parallel to each other at the opening of the suction hole, and these shafts are each provided with a substantially large drum-shaped roller having a large central diameter. .

  However, although the probes shown in Patent Documents 1 and 2 are easy to move because of the rotation of the roller in the direction orthogonal to the axis, they are difficult to move because the rotation of the roller is not accompanied in the axial direction. However, there is a problem that the curvature is relatively large and the small turn is not effective and it is difficult to move freely.

  Furthermore, since the probes shown in Patent Documents 1 and 2 suck the surface layer portion of the human body from the suction holes, the movement in the direction perpendicular to the roller axis is not smooth in the first place, and there are two axes. The only problem is that a part of the human body is caught between the rollers.

JP 2008-173231 A JP 2008-173232 A

  The problem to be solved is that a probe having a conventional roller does not rotate in the axial direction, so that it does not make a small turn and is difficult to move freely.

  In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention is a probe in a massage machine that makes contact with a human body and simultaneously performs suction and pressing, and is cylindrical and has one end connected to a suction pump and the other end connected to a suction opening. A natural length and extended spring inserted into the suction opening of the housing, a pressing member in which the spring is inserted and a ball seat is formed on the outer surface, A ball member disposed on the ball seat and a ball jumping-in prohibition member provided on an end surface of the suction opening so that the ball member does not jump out of the suction opening.

  In the massage probe of the present invention, the ball member provided in the suction opening is pressed in the outward direction of the suction opening by the urging force of the spring via the pressing member (the natural length of the spring is in an expanded state), while the ball opening at the suction opening is The protrusion prohibiting member is prevented from jumping out of the suction opening of the ball member.

  Therefore, in the massage probe of the present invention, since a part of the ball surface of the ball member protrudes from the end surface of the suction opening at the center portion of the ball protrusion prohibiting member, the ball member is free on the surface layer portion of the human body. There is an advantage that it can rotate freely.

  Moreover, since the ball member is received by the spring via the pressing member, the massage probe of the present invention has an advantage that the surface layer portion of the sucked human body can be pressed with a constant pressure.

It is a figure which shows the external appearance of the massage machine of this invention. It is a block diagram of the massage machine of the present invention. It is the schematic perspective view seen from the suction opening side in the state which removed the ball member in the massage probe of the present invention. The schematic structure before use of the massage probe of this invention is shown, (a) is the sectional view on the AA line of (b), (b) is the B arrow view of (a), (c) is (a). FIG. It is a figure which decomposes | disassembles and shows FIG. 4 before use in the massage probe of this invention. The schematic structure at the time of use of the massage probe of this invention is shown, (a) is DD sectional view taken on the line of (b), (b) is the E arrow directional view of (a), (c) is (a). FIG. It is a figure which decomposes | disassembles and shows FIG. 6 at the time of use in the massage probe of this invention. It is a figure for demonstrating the amplitude modulation principle and example of an electric current in the massage probe of this invention. It is a figure for demonstrating the amplitude modulation principle and example of an electric current in the massage probe of this invention. It is a figure for demonstrating the amplitude modulation principle and example of an electric current in the massage probe of this invention.

  The massage probe of the present invention has the problem that it is difficult to move freely in the surface layer portion of the human body, which is in a probe having a conventional roller, and has a cylindrical shape and one end connected to a suction pump, and the other end is a suction opening. A natural length elongated spring inserted into the suction opening of the housing, a pressing member in which the spring is inserted and a ball seat is formed on the outer surface, and the pressing member This is solved by having a ball member disposed on the ball seat and a ball protrusion prohibiting member provided on an end face of the suction opening so that the ball member does not jump out of the suction opening.

  In the massage probe of the present invention, the pressing member secures the airway of the suction opening, and the surface layer portion of the human body is sucked from around the ball member in the suction opening. The surface layer portion of the sucked human body tries to enter the suction opening by the suction force, but is blocked by the ball member. At this time, the ball member presses the surface layer portion of the human body, to which the ball member is sucked, with a constant pressing force by the reaction force when the spring is shortened via the pressing member.

  The ball jumping-in prohibition member has a diameter slightly smaller than the diameter of the ball member, and the diameter portion of the ball member does not come out of the ball jumping-in prohibition member (does not jump out of the suction opening). The pressing member is provided with a ball seat on the outer surface at the axial end of the suction opening direction in the axial direction, and a portion for inserting a spring is formed inside the pressing member on the back surface side of the ball receiving seat. Yes.

  The spring is interposed between the inner bottom surface, which is the back surface side of the ball seat of the pressing member, and the outer periphery of the opening of the suction airway of the housing, and the spring is used in a natural state. That is, a spring that is intended to extend when shortened is employed.

  Further, in the above-described configuration, the present invention includes at least one pair of electrode portions at a diameter-opposing position at the outer peripheral edge portion of the suction opening, and is configured to flow current from the electrode portion by supplying power from the massage machine. In addition to suction and pressing, electrical stimulation can be applied to the human body.

  Furthermore, the massage probe having the above-described configuration of the present invention is used in a massage machine having a control unit that controls the operation by connecting the massage probe, and an operation unit that performs setting input to the control unit. For example, various controls such as changing the suction pressure are possible, and it can be expected that the massage effect is improved.

  Hereinafter, specific embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. In this example, the massage probe 1 of the present invention (hereinafter referred to as the probe 1) is connected to the massage machine body 51 shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 and operates by various controls from the massage machine body 51.

  The massage machine main body 51 includes an operation unit 52 for performing various adjustments and settings, a display unit 53 for displaying operation buttons and the like serving as the operation unit 52 in this example, and a negative in the probe 1. The suction unit 54 for generating pressure, the electric output unit 55 for flowing current in the probe 1, and the suction unit 54 and the electric output unit 55 are controlled based on the setting of the input unit 52, and the entire massage machine 51 is controlled. The control unit 56 that performs operation control, and the control unit 56 and a connection line H that also serves as an airway tube and the electrical line connected to each of the plurality of probes 1 in this example are provided.

  In the massage machine 51, the operation unit 52 and the display unit 53 are an integral touch panel, for example, and the size of the casing is reduced, and the operation can be performed intuitively. Further, the massage machine 51 can perform, for example, only electrical output, for example, only suction, while the connection line H is common by replacing an attachment part 2B described later of the probe 1, that is, the control unit 56 is The different settings and controls are possible for each probe 1.

  The probe 1 connected to the massage machine 51 of this example having the above configuration by the connection line H is configured as follows. The probe 1 has a cylindrical housing 2 as a whole, one end portion of which is connected to the suction portion 54 in the control portion 56 and the electric output portion 55 in this example by the connection line H, and the other end portion is connected to the suction opening 2a and this example. Then, the current application part 2b is provided.

  The housing 2 is configured by dividing an end portion of the connection line H opposite to the massage machine 51 side into an attachment portion 2A and an attachment portion 2B. In addition, in the sectional view of the massage machine 51, the connection line H, and the probe 1, electric wires are not shown.

  In this example, the attachment portion 2A is provided in advance (integrated with the connection line H) at the other end of the connection line H. The attachment portion 2B is configured such that one end is connected to the mounting portion 2A and the other end is connected to a body portion 3 described later, and the attachment portion 2A can be easily detached from the attached state by operating a button 2c. The main body 3 is screwed. In addition, the attachment part 2B is provided with an operation switch 2d for opening and closing the airway and for interrupting energization in addition to the attach / detach button 2c for the attachment part 2A.

  Furthermore, the other end of the attachment part 2B is formed with a housing 2e that houses and functions each member of the main body part 3. That is, the above-described suction opening 2a means an opening at the tip of the cylindrical body of the housing 2e.

  The main body 3 has, for example, a coil-shaped spring 3A in this example of a natural length and extended state inserted into the suction opening 2a. The spring 3A has a diameter larger than the diameter of the hole extending from the attachment portion 2 constituting the airway to the housing 2e so as not to block the airway.

  Further, the main body 3 has a pressing member 3B in which a guide 3a into which the spring 3A is inserted is formed and a ball receiving seat 3b is formed on the outer bottom surface thereof. The pressing member 3B has a concave cross section, and a guide 3a protrudes from the center of the inner bottom surface of the valley. The spring 3A is inserted through the guide 3a, and the spring is formed by the inner peripheral wall having a concave cross section and the guide 3a. Position 3A.

  Further, in the pressing member 3B, the outer bottom surface of the trough portion having a concave cross section has an arc shape in cross section, and the ball member 3C is positioned here. The ball member 3C is, for example, a non-conductive material in this example, but can also be a conductive material. By using the ball member 3 </ b> C as a conductive material, a current application effect described later can be made special. The ball member 3C is in a state of slightly protruding from the end face of the suction opening 2a when the spring 3A is in a natural (extended) state.

  The main body 3 has a ball jumping-inhibiting member 3D on the end surface of the suction opening 2a so that the ball member 3C does not jump out of the suction opening 2a. That is, the ball member 3C is rotated by the ball receiving prohibition member 3D when the spring 3A is in a natural state at the front in the airway direction (human body contact side) and the ball seat 3b at the rear (the massage machine 51 side) in the airway direction. It will be supported freely.

  The ball pop-out prohibiting member 3D is a ring-shaped member having a diameter slightly smaller than the diameter of the ball member 3C, and is configured such that the diameter portion of the ball member 3C does not come out (does not pop out from the suction opening). The ball pop-out prohibiting member 3D is engaged with the inner peripheral portion of the contact portion 3E provided at the outer peripheral edge portion of the suction opening 2a in the foremost portion of the housing 2e.

  In this example, the contact portion 3E has, for example, a semicircular cross section that comes into contact with the human body, and a cross-shaped portion in bottom view has a contact portion 3Ea formed on the housing 2e side, and the portion formed on the housing 2e side The avoided portion is defined as a contact portion 3Eb, which is formed in an intricate state. In addition, the contact part 3Ea and the contact part 3Eb are collectively referred to as the contact part 3E.

  In this example, the contact portion 3Ea is composed of a conductive material, and the contact portion 3Eb is composed of a non-conductive material, and the contact portion 3Ea is configured to function as two pairs of electrode portions.

  For example, the two pairs of contact portions 3Ea may be operated as follows. On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 8, a weak current having a frequency C1 of 4000 Hz is modulated with an amplitude W of 1 Hz and flows from the pair of contact portions 3Ea. From the other (pair) contact portion 3Ea, as shown in FIG. 9, a weak current having a frequency C2 of 4600 Hz is modulated with an amplitude W of 1 Hz. Then, as shown in FIG. 10, a weak current obtained by modulating the frequency C3 of 600 Hz with the amplitude W of 1 Hz flows in the interference portion.

  By doing this, it becomes possible to flow a weak current over a wide range by increasing the voltage, and to penetrate into the muscle layer by the action of the medium frequency, and this medium frequency is amplified to 1 Hz. Since it is modulated, the frequency becomes low at the interference site, but since the current is weak, a good bodily stimulation can be obtained even at a high voltage.

  In this example, the frequency for amplitude modulation is 0.1 to 5 Hz, and the weak current is 1 to 500 μA. The reason for this is that if it is out of these ranges, that is, if the amplitude W to be modulated is smaller than 0.1 Hz, it is uncomfortable because it deviates from the human body wave in terms of the experience. Further, even if the amplitude W to be modulated is larger than 5 Hz, no further physical effect is obtained, which is useless.

  Furthermore, in the range of 1 to 500 μA for weak current, if the current value is smaller than 1 μA, it is not possible to obtain a sense of giving current, and if the current value is larger than 500 μA, it may be excessively experienced and feel painful. Because of this, it is set in this way.

  The massage machine 51 and the probe 1 configured as described above operate as follows. When the connection line H of the massage machine 51 is connected to the attachment part 2A of the housing 2 of the probe 1, and the massage machine 51 is connected to the power source and a power source (not shown) is turned on, the display unit 53 is used for a predetermined operation. A display (operation unit 52) appears, and in this display, the suction force, current value in this example, and operation time are set.

  After the setting is completed, when the start button on the display of the display unit 53 serving as the operation unit 52 is operated, the suction unit 54 of the massage machine 51 and the electric output unit 55 in this example perform a predetermined output based on the setting. Operate.

  When the probe 1 of the present invention is brought into contact with a human body and the operation switch 2d is operated, the surface layer portion of the human body is sucked together with air and applied with current based on the setting of the massage machine 51.

  At this time, in the probe 1, since the main body 3 does not block the airway of the suction opening 2a, the surface layer portion of the human body is sucked from around the ball member 3C in the suction opening 2a. The surface layer portion of the sucked human body tries to enter the suction opening 2a by the suction force, but is blocked by the ball member 3C.

  The ball member 3C shortens the spring 3A via the pressing member 2a, and presses the surface layer portion of the human body from which the ball member 3A is sucked by the reaction force of the spring 3A. That is, since the ball member 3C is repelled by the amount of shortening of the spring as appropriate, the surface layer portion of the human body in the suction state is pressed with a constant pressing force. When the probe 1 is moved in this state, the ball member 3C rotates freely (in any direction) while pressing the surface layer portion of the human body in the suction state.

  Therefore, the probe 1 of the present invention eliminates the problem that it is difficult to move in the direction parallel to the axis of the surface layer portion of the human body in the suction state of the conventional single-axis or multi-axis roller by adopting the ball member 3C. Thus, it can be easily moved freely in any direction.

  Furthermore, since the probe 1 in the above embodiment uses the contact portions 3E that come into contact with the surface layer portion of the human body as two pairs of electrode portions, for example, a current having a frequency with a difference in height is given in each pair in the range of 2000 to 4100 Hz. Thus, a so-called EMS effect that causes interference can be obtained, and variations of the massage effect can be increased.

  Moreover, although the massage machine 51 of this invention showed the example which connects and controls operation | movement by connecting the probe 1 in the said Example, it is possible to connect two or more, and each of these probe 1 controls operation | movement independently. In addition, it is possible to control the operation in cooperation with each other.

  Furthermore, since the massage machine 51 of the present invention shows the operation unit 52 in the display of the display unit 53, the operation switch and the dial are exposed, so that it can be safely used without accidental touching. Is possible. Moreover, the massage machine 51 of this invention can also switch the display of the operation part 52, and the monitor display of a condition.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 (Massage) probe 2 Body 2A Attachment part 2B Attachment part 2a Suction opening 2b Current provision part 3 Main body part 3A Spring 3B Press member 3C Ball member 3D Ball protrusion prohibition member 3E Contact part 51 Massage machine 52 Operation part 53 Display part 54 Suction part 55 Electrical output part 56 Control part H Connection line

Claims (3)

  A probe in a massage machine that makes contact with the human body and simultaneously performs suction and pressing, and is a cylindrical body having one end connected to a suction pump and the other end serving as a suction opening, and the suction opening of the body A natural length and extended spring inserted into the pressure member, a pressing member in which the spring is inserted and a ball seat is formed on the outer surface, and a ball member disposed on the ball seat of the pressing member; And a ball jumping prohibiting member provided on an end face of the suction opening so that the ball member does not jump out of the suction opening.   The massage probe according to claim 1, wherein at least one pair of electrode portions is provided at a diameter-opposing position at an outer peripheral edge portion of the suction opening, and current is supplied from the electrode portions by power supply from the massage machine.   A massage machine comprising: the massage probe according to claim 1; a control unit that controls the operation by connecting the massage probe; and an operation unit that performs setting input to the control unit.

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