KR20020072463A - an air massage machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: An air massage apparatus is provided to periodically compress and massage a certain portion of the body of a user without applying an excessive artificial force, thus enhancing the convenience of use and the satisfaction of products. CONSTITUTION: The air massage apparatus comprises an air supply pump(12); a circuit board(14) on which a pressure sensor(15) for controlling the operation of the air supply pump, an operating switch(16), and a pressure adjusting switch(17) are installed; an air supply valve(13) communicating with a first air chamber of a supply box(19); a supply solenoid(18) communicating with a second air chamber of the supply box; first and second discharge solenoids(21); a first air hose(31) for the air supply valve and the pressure sensor, a second air hose(32) for the first air chamber, and a third air hose(33) for the second air chamber; a body containing each of components between a front plate(11a) and a rear plate(11b); and massage pads having a pair of first expansion chambers communicating with the first air chamber and a pair of second expansion chambers communicating with the second air chamber.

Description

Air massager {an air massage machine}

The present invention relates to an air massager for massaging a calf or a sole, and more specifically, to a predetermined pressure in an expansion chamber provided in a massage pad worn on a body part to be massaged by supplying air from a body having an air supply pump. After inflating the air and the discharge of the expansion chamber again by repeating a series of operations to contract the expansion chamber to be able to massage the body parts.

In general, when a massage is performed by rubbing, pressing, or tapping a body part to release muscles and promoting blood circulation, another person or himself applies artificial force to press or stimulate the body part, but in recent years, the body has not been applied without artificial force. Various types of massagers are proposed and used to massage each part.

However, the conventional massager has a problem that the use is inconvenient because most of the massage device is in the form of a contact protrusion which vibrates or rotates on one side of the main body.

In other words, when massaging a body part with a conventional massager, the contact protrusion is contacted with the body part, and then the body has to be pressed and irritated to the body part while the body and the contact protrusion are relatively heavy. There was a problem cost a lot.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned deficiency of the conventional massager, and its object is to provide an air massager that can massage each part of the body more easily without applying a different action force.

1 is an exploded perspective view of one embodiment of the present invention

2 is a front view of the main body from which the front plate of the embodiment is removed;

3A is a longitudinal sectional view of a supply valve and a supply solenoid portion when supplying air to the second air chamber of the embodiment;

Fig. 3B is a longitudinal sectional view of a supply valve and a supply solenoid portion when supplying air to the first air chamber of the embodiment.

4 is a cross-sectional view of the feed solenoid portion of the embodiment.

5 is an exploded perspective view of the feeder part of the embodiment;

6 is a longitudinal sectional view of the feeder part of the embodiment;

7 is a perspective view of one massage pad of the embodiment

8A is an exemplary view of a state in which the second expansion chamber of the massage pad is inflated

8B is an illustration of a state in which the first expansion chamber is expanded together with the second expansion chamber of the massage pad;

Figure 8c is an illustration of a state in which the second expansion chamber of the same massage pad contracted

8D is an illustration of a state in which the first expansion chamber is contracted together with the second expansion chamber of the massage pad;

9 is a perspective view of another massage pad of the embodiment

10A is an illustration of a state in which the second expansion chamber of the massage pad is inflated;

10B is an illustration of a state in which the first expansion chamber is expanded together with the second expansion chamber of the massage pad;

10C is an exemplary view of a state in which the second expansion chamber of the massage pad is contracted

10D is an illustration of a state in which the first expansion chamber is contracted together with the second expansion chamber of the massage pad.

<Description of Symbols for Main Parts of Drawings>

10 air massager 11 body

11a: front panel 12a: rear panel

12 air supply pump 13 supply valve

14 circuit board 15 pressure sensor

16 operation switch 17 pressure control switch

18: Supply Solenoid 19: Supply Box

21: first discharge solenoid 22: discharge solenoid

31: 1st air hose 32: 2nd air hose

33: third air hose 40, 50: massage pad

41, 51: first expansion chamber 42, 52: second expansion chamber

61: first connection hose 62: second connection hose

131: inlet pipe 132: outlet pipe

133: large diameter route 134: small diameter route

181: air passage 182: outlet

183: inner tube 184: plunger

191: 1st air room 192: 2nd air room

191a, 192a: Inlet 191b, 192b: Outlet

191c, 192c: Outlet solenoid coupling hole

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides an air supply pump, a circuit board, a supply valve, a pressure sensor, a supply solenoid, a supply box, a first discharge solenoid and a second discharge solenoid, and a plurality of air hoses. And a massage pad having an expansion chamber and a main body in which each component is built, and supplying air generated through an air supply pump to a supply valve, a supply solenoid, and an expansion chamber of a massage pad that wears air to a body part. By expanding the expansion chamber by supplying and opening the supply box again to each discharge solenoid, it is possible to massage each part of the body by repeating a series of operations of contracting the expansion chamber by discharging the air in the expansion chamber. The specific technical details will be described in more detail based on the accompanying drawings as follows.

That is, one embodiment of the present invention is shown in Figure 1 to Figure 3, the air massager 10 of the present invention supplies air to the pressure sensor 15 of the supply valve 13 and the circuit board 14 The air supply pump 12, the circuit board 14 on which the pressure sensor 15, the operation switch 16, the pressure control switch 17 and the like are installed, and the air supplied from the air supply pump 12 Pressure sensor for controlling the operation of the air supply pump 12 by sensing the pressure of the air supplied from the supply valve 13 and the air supply pump 12 to the first air chamber 191 of the supply box (19) A supply solenoid 18 for opening and closing the supply valve 13 and supplying air passing through the supply valve 13 to the second air chamber 192 of the supply 18, and an inlet 191a. A supply box 19 having a first air chamber 191 and a second air chamber 192 having the first and second air outlets 192a and 192b and 192b, and discharge solenoid coupling holes 191c and 192c, respectively, A first discharge solenoid coupled to each of the discharge solenoid coupling holes 191c and 192c of each of the air chambers 191 and 192 of the urgent 19 to discharge the air from the air chambers 191 and 192. 21 and the second discharge solenoid 22, the first air hose 31 for delivering the air supplied from the air supply pump 12 to the pressure sensor 15 and the supply valve 13, and the supply valve (13) The second air hose 32 to deliver the air supplied from the supply box 19 to the first air chamber 191, and the second air chamber (19) to supply the air supplied from the supply solenoid 18 The third air hose 33 to be delivered to the 192, the main body 11 in which the respective parts are built between the front plate (11a) and the rear plate (11b), the first connecting hose 61 and the second First expansion chambers 41 and 51 and second expansion chambers 42 and 52 which are connected to the first air chamber 191 and the second air chamber 192 of the supply box 19 through the connection hose 62. It is to be provided with a massage pad 40, 50 having a).

In the illustrated embodiment, the circuit board 14 is installed at the inner lower part of the main body 11, and the air supply pump 12 is installed at the inner central side of the main body 11, and the supply valve 13 and the supply solenoid ( 18 is installed on the other inner center of the main body 11, the supply box 19 is installed on the upper upper end of the main body 11, the first discharge solenoid 21 and the second discharge solenoid 22 is supplied (19) Bar is installed on one side of the bar, in the present invention, the installation position of each part can be changed to another predictable position, of course.

Meanwhile, in the illustrated embodiment, the supply valve 13 is provided with an inlet pipe 131 through which the air is supplied from the air supply pump 12 through the first air hose 31 at the central portion of the outer circumference thereof. An outlet pipe 132 for supplying air to the first air chamber 191 of the supply box 19 through the second air hose 32 is provided, and also connected to the inlet pipe 131 in the lower portion of the inside A large diameter passage 133 is provided, and a small diameter passage 134 connected to the outlet pipe 132 is provided at an upper portion thereof.

The supply solenoid 18 coupled to the front of the supply valve 13 has an outlet 182 for supplying air to the second air chamber 192 of the supply box 19 through the third air hose 33 in the upper portion of the supply valve 13. Is provided, the plunger 184 is elastically supported by the spring 185 therein to selectively seal the small diameter flow path and the outlet 182 of the supply valve 13, the reciprocating movement in the front and rear direction is freely installed, the plunger ( Both sides of the 184 are chamfered to have an air passage 181 provided between the plunger 184 and the inner tube 183.

In addition, in the illustrated embodiment, the partition wall 193 is installed in the inner center, and the first air chamber 191 and the second air chamber 192 are provided at the front and rear thereof, and each air chamber 191 is provided. Inlets 191a and 192a to which the second air hose 32 and the third air hose 33 are coupled are provided below the 192, and massage pads are provided on the upper portions of the air chambers 191 and 192. The outlet port 191b, 192b, to which the first connection hose 61 and the second connection hose 62 of the 50 are coupled, is provided, and the lower one front of each of the air chambers 191 and 192 is provided. The first discharge solenoid coupling hole 191c and the second discharge solenoid coupling hole 192c are provided in the rear, and each of the discharge solenoid coupling holes 191c and 192c is provided with the first discharge solenoid 21 and the second discharge solenoid ( 22) has a combined form.

The massage pads 40 and 50 connected to the supply box 19 of the main body 11 through the first connecting hose 61 and the second connecting hose 62 are configured in a band shape to cover the body part. First expansion chambers 41 and 51 to which the first connection hoses 61 are coupled to the upper part are provided, and second expansion chambers 42 and 52 to which the second connection hoses 62 are coupled to the inner lower part. In the present embodiment, the illustrated embodiment exemplifies only the massage pad 40 that can be worn on the calf and the massage pad 50 that can be worn on the foot. 50) is a matter of course can be freely modified the shape according to the worn portion.

Reference numeral 70 in the drawing denotes a power jack connector.

In the present invention configured as described above, the first expansion chamber of the massage pads 40 and 50 when the operation switch 16 is put on after wearing the massage pads 40 and 50 coupled to the body 11 to the body part. (41) (51) and the second expansion chamber (42) (52) is repeated to expand and contract, so that the body can be massaged in the form of periodically pressing, the air through the operation switch (16) When the supply pump 12 is operated, the air generated from the air supply pump 12 is supplied to the pressure sensor 15 through the first air hose 31 and at the same time, the plunger 184 is elastically supported by the spring 185. By the small diameter passage 134 is supplied to the supply valve 13 in a closed state, the air entering the supply valve 13 is a large diameter passage 133 and the air passage 181 of the supply solenoid 18 Through the outlet 182 of the supply solenoid 18 and the third air hose 33, is supplied to the second air chamber 192 of the supply box 19, and the second air The air 192 is supplied to the second expansion chamber 42, 52 of the massage pads 40, 50 through the second connecting pipes (62).

When the air pressure acting on the pressure sensor 15 reaches a predetermined pressure by expanding the massage pads 40 and 50 to the second expansion chambers 42 and 52 to some extent, the supply solenoid 18 is operated. The plunger 184, which has been moved upward by the elastic force of the spring 185, is pulled downward, whereby the outlet 182 of the supply solenoid 18 is sealed and at the same time the small diameter channel 134 of the supply valve 13 is closed. Is opened so that the air supplied from the air supply pump 12 is supplied through the large diameter passage 133 and the small diameter passage 134, the outlet pipe 132 of the supply valve 13, and the second air hose 32. The first air chamber 191 is supplied to the first air chamber 191, and the air of the first air chamber 191 is supplied to the first expansion chamber 41 of the massage pads 40 and 50 through the first connection hose 61. Supplied to (51).

As described above, when the first expansion chambers 41 and 51 of the massage pads 40 and 50 also expand to some extent and the air pressure acting on the pressure sensor 15 becomes a set pressure, the air supply pump 12 operates. The power supply of the supply solenoid 18 is stopped and the plunger 184 thereof is moved upward by the elastic force of the spring 185 so that the small diameter passage 134 of the supply valve 13 is sealed and at the same time the supply solenoid ( The outlet 182 of 18 is opened, and in this state, when the air in the second air chamber 192 of the supply box 19 is discharged to the outside, the second discharge solenoid 22 operates to supply the massage pad 40 ( The second expansion chambers 52 and 52 of the 50 are contracted, and when the air of the first air chamber 191 of the supply box 19 is discharged to the outside, the first discharge solenoid 21 is operated to continuously massage. The second expansion chambers 42 and 52 of the pads 40 and 50 contract and all the expansion chambers 41, 42, 51 and 52 of the massage pads 40 and 50 contract. In the state When the air supply pump 12 is operated again, the second expansion chambers 42 and 52 and the first expansion chambers 41 and 51 are expanded again.

In the present invention, by repeatedly expanding and contracting the expansion chambers 41, 42, 51 and 52 of the massage pads 40 and 50 worn on the body parts, the body parts are periodically compressed and massaged. The expansion degree of each expansion chamber (41) (42) (51) (52) and the pressing force transmitted through it can be easily adjusted through the pressure control switch (17) in conjunction with the pressure sensor (15). do.

As described above, in the present invention, the air generated by the air supply pump 12 embedded in the main body 11 is supplied through the supply valve 12 and the supply solenoid 18. 191 and the first expansion chamber (41) (51) and the second expansion chamber (42) of the massage pad (40) (50) in a contracted state coupled to the supply box (19) supplied to the second air chamber (192) Massage pads 40 and 50 in an expanded state by installing outlet solenoids 21 and 22 in the air chambers 191 and 192 of the supply box 19 and at the same time to expand the (52). The first expansion chamber (41) (51) and the second expansion chamber (42), 52 is to be able to shrink, according to the present invention after wearing the massage pad (40) (50) operation switch (16) When only the) is operated, it can automatically massage the body parts periodically without applying artificial force, so that the operator can not use it at all. To be able to be able to achieve the effects of being able to greatly improve the product and user experience of the product of the air massager 10.

Claims (3)

An air supply pump 12 for supplying air to the supply valve 13 and the pressure sensor 15 of the circuit board 14, A circuit board 14 on which a pressure sensor 15, an operation switch 16, and a pressure control switch 17 are installed; A supply valve 13 for supplying air supplied from the air supply pump 12 to the first air chamber 191 of the supply box 19; A pressure sensor 15 for sensing the pressure of the air supplied from the air supply pump 12 to control the operation of the air supply pump 12; A supply solenoid 18 for opening and closing the supply valve 13 and supplying air passing through the supply valve 13 to the second air chamber 192 of the supply 18; A supply box having a first air chamber 191 and a second air chamber 192 having inlets 191a and 192a and outlets 191b and 192b and outlet solenoid coupling holes 191c and 192c respectively formed (19). )and, A first discharge solenoid coupled to each of the discharge solenoid coupling holes 191c and 192c of each of the air chambers 191 and 192 of the supply box 19 to discharge the air of the air chambers 191 and 192 ( 21) and the second discharge solenoid 22, A first air hose 31 for delivering air supplied from the air supply pump 12 to the pressure sensor 15 and the supply valve 13; A second air hose 32 which delivers the air supplied from the supply valve 13 to the first air chamber 191 of the supply box 19; A third air hose (33) for delivering air supplied from the supply solenoid (18) to the second air chamber (192) of the supply box (19), A main body 11 having the respective components embedded therein between the front plate 11a and the rear plate 11b; First expansion chambers 41 and 51 connected to the first air chamber 191 and the second air chamber 192 of the supply box 19 through the first connection hose 61 and the second connection hose 62. And a massage pad (40) (50) having a second expansion chamber (42) (52). The inlet pipe 131 for supplying air from the air supply pump 12 through the first air hose 31 in the central portion of the outer circumferential side of the supply valve 13 is provided with a second upper portion thereof. An outflow pipe 132 for supplying air to the first air chamber 191 of the supply box 19 through the air hose 32 is provided, and a large diameter passage 133 connected to the inflow pipe 131 at an inner lower portion thereof. And a small diameter passage 134 connected to the outlet pipe 132 at an upper portion thereof, and a third air hose at an inner upper portion of the supply solenoid 18 coupled to the front of the supply valve 13. 33 provides an outlet 182 for supplying air to the second air chamber 192 of the supply box 19, and is elastically supported by a spring 185 inside the supply solenoid 18 to supply the valve 13 Reciprocating movement of the plunger 184, which selectively seals the small passage and the outlet 182 of the front and rear directions, is freely installed, and the amount of the plunger 184 Air chamfering the side surface by providing an air passage (181) between the plunger 184 and the inner tube (183). The air conditioner of claim 1, wherein a partition wall 193 is provided at an inner center of the supply box 19, and a first air chamber 191 and a second air chamber 192 are provided at the front and the rear thereof, respectively. Inlet port 191a, 192a, to which the second air hose 32 and the third air hose 33 are coupled, is provided at the bottom of the 192, and a massage pad is provided on the upper portions of the air chambers 191 and 192. Outlets 191b and 192b to which the first connection hose 61 and the second connection hose 62 of the 50 are coupled are provided, and at the front and the rear of the lower one side of each air chamber 191 and 192, respectively. Air massager, characterized in that the first discharge solenoid coupling hole (191c) and the second discharge solenoid coupling hole (192c) provided.