Abstract: A chair-type massage machine includes a seat portion, a backrest portion that is reclinable rearward of the seat portion, and a forearm treatment portion that treats each of forearms of a person to be treated. The forearm treatment portion is mounted to each of both left and right side surfaces of the backrest portion.

Abstract: A massage machine includes an air outlet for blowing out air, a blower unit for feeding air to the air outlet, and a contact surface provided so as to be contactable with a person to be treated. The air outlet is oriented either rightward or leftward. The air outlet and the contact surface are distanced from each other in a generally normal direction of the contact surface. The contact surface is positioned other than between the air outlet and the person to be treated while the person to be treated and the contact surface are in contact with each other. The air outlet is prevented from overlapping with the person to be treated as viewed in a left-and-right direction while the person to be treated and the contact surface are in contact with each other.

Abstract: A backrest portion supported, such as to be pivotable around an axis extending along its width direction center line, by a base, a left arm holding portion projecting forward from a left side portion of the backrest portion and supported, such as to be pivotable up and down around its base end portion, by the backrest portion, a right arm holding portion projecting forward from a right side portion of the backrest portion and supported, such as to be pivotable up and down around its base end portion, by the backrest portion, a left leg holding portion extending downward from a vicinity of a left side portion of a front edge of a seat portion at a front side of the base and supported, such as to be pivotable up and down around its upper end portion, by the base, and a right leg holding portion extending downward from a vicinity of a right side portion of the front edge of the seat portion at the front side of the base and supported, such as to be pivotable up and down around its upper end portion, by the base

Abstract: A massage machine for providing massage which includes a seat portion on which a person to be treated sits; a backrest portion provided at a rear side of the seat portion; a backrest operation portion for changing an angle of the backrest portion in a range of a standing position to a reclining position which reclines back; and a kneading ball type, a vibration type and/or the roller type and air-bag style massage portions. The massage machine further includes either a stand-by mode for maintaining the reclining position of the backrest portion, or a restoring mode for automatically restoring the backrest portion from the reclining position to the standing position.

Abstract: A chair-type massage machine includes a base member, a slide member slidable with respect to the base member in a first direction and in the direction opposite to it, and an arm treatment portion rotatably fitted to the slide member at an end part of it in the first direction.

Abstract: Under the control of a controller, a drive mechanism portion moves a massaging member and an ascent-descent mechanism moves up and down the massaging member together with the entire drive mechanism portion. During an ordinary kneading massage, the massaging member performs a relative motion to describe a reference locus in the shape of a closed curve. The controller controls to make the massaging member perform a relative reciprocating movement within a partial movement range corresponding to a partial segment of the reference locus and simultaneously controls to make the ascent-descent mechanism move the drive mechanism portion up and down. The relative reciprocating movement of the massaging member along the partial segment of the reference locus and the up-down movement of the entire drive mechanism portion are combined together to produce a new motion of the massaging member describing a locus different from the reference locus.

Abstract: Apparatus and method for providing massage with airbags which inflate by the supply of air and press against treatment regions of a human body. An air supply and exhaust device for supplying air to and exhausting air from the airbag is provided with an air pump, regulator, air tank, a solenoid valve, a diaphragm pump, a motor, an air supply speed adjustment valve and control unit for supplying air to the airbag such that the amount of air supplied to the airbag per unit time gradually increases.

Abstract: A massage machine includes an electroencephalograph (brain wave measuring device), arranged to measure brain waves of a person being treated, an emotion estimating portion, which, when a massage is being executed, estimates, based on the brain waves measured by the electroencephalograph, an emotion of the person being treated, a question message outputting portion, arranged to vocally output a question message for asking the person being treated whether or not to perform, on the massage currently being executed, a setting change that is in accordance with the emotion of the person being treated estimated by the emotion estimating portion, and a setting changing portion, performing the setting change if a reply of the person being treated to the question message is one that accepts the setting change.

Abstract: A chair type massage machine 100 includes a seat part 200, a backrest part 300 which is rotatably supported at the back of the seat part 200 and is capable of reclining, a base part 400 provided at the left and right sides of the seat part 200, arm treatment parts 500 provided above the base part 400, and which move front and back with respect to the base part 400 to treat a forearm of a person to be treated, and an operation unit 700 which receives operation inputs by the person to be treated. The backrest part 300 includes a frame 310, and the frame 310 is made from a first frame 311 and a second frame 312.

Abstract: The armrest portion 1 of a chair-type massage machine includes: an inner divided portion 11 standing outside of a seat portion; an outer divided portion 12 standing outside of the inner divided portion 11; a treating portion 13 provided at at least one of an outer surface of the inner divided portion 11 or an inner surface of the outer divided portion 12; a rotation shaft 14 provided at an front end side of the inner divided portion 11 and the outer divided portion 12; and a restricting portion 15 for restricting an operation range of at least one of either the inner divided portion 11 or the outer divided portion 12, wherein the inner divided portion 11 and the outer divided portion 12 are openable and closable in right and left directions of a person to be treated by using the rotation shaft 14 as a fulcrum.

Abstract: A chair-type massage machine 100 has: a backrest portion 300 being capable of standing on a seat portion 200 and reclining against the seat portion 200; and at least one heater 850 disposed independently from a base portion 400 which is a lower part of the seat portion 200 through a cable 851.

Abstract: A massage unit includes a base member, a treatment element driven unit, and a slide mechanism. A lower portion of the treatment element drive unit is fitted to the base member to be rotatable about a first rotation axis. One end of the slide mechanism is fitted to a lower portion of the base member. The other end of the slide mechanism is fitted to the treatment element drive unit. At least one of the following structures is adopted: a structure where the one end of the slide mechanism is fitted to a lower portion of the base member to be rotatable about a second rotation axis; and a structure where the other end of the slide mechanism is fitted to the treatment element drive unit to be rotatable about a third rotation axis.

Abstract: A massage mechanism includes a portion, which, in a muscle hardness measurement mode, drives an advancing/retreating motor to rotate in a predetermined direction by constant-speed control to press a massage element into a body of a person to be treated, a portion monitoring a change rate of a motor current flowing through the advancing/retreating motor during driving of the advancing/retreating motor and stopping the driving of the advancing/retreating motor when the change rate of the motor current becomes not less than a predetermined threshold, a portion, which, after stoppage of the driving of the advancing/retreating motor, drives a tapping motor to rotate by constant-speed control to make the massage element perform a tapping operation, a current detection portion, detecting a motor current flowing through the tapping motor during driving of the tapping motor, and a portion measuring a muscle hardness of the person to be treated based on the motor current detected by the current detection portion.

Abstract: A massage system includes a chair type massage machine that performs a massage on a person to be treated, a head mounted display (head worn type display device) that is worn on a head portion of the person to be treated, and a controller, which, when the massage is being performed by the massage machine on the person to be treated, makes a video image, including a moving image of a virtual practitioner performing the massage, be displayed on the head mounted display.

Abstract: It is a primary object of the present invention to provide a massage unit and a massage machine which can increase a protruding amount of a massage ball. A massage unit 700 includes a pair of massage elements 350; a forward-backward axis 722 forming a swinging fulcrum point for moving the pair of massage elements 350 toward a body of a person to be treated; and an up-and-down axis 732 for moving the massage unit, wherein the forward-backward axis 722 is formed in parallel with the up-and-down axis 732 and provided nearer to the side of the body of the person to be treated than the up-and-down axis 732.

Abstract: A primary object of the present invention is to provide a control method for a massage machine and a massage element of a massage machine which can provide pressing and rubbing kneading to a person to be treated. A control method for a massage machine contains a controlling process for individually controlling operations of a kneading motor 331 for operating a pair of massage elements 321, 322, width adjustment motors 341, 342 for adjusting a width between the pair of massage elements 321, 322, a strength-and-weakness motor 351 for adjusting strength of the pair of massage elements 321, 322 and an up-and-down motor 361 for adjusting movement of the pair of massage elements 321, 322 in an up-and-down direction.

Abstract: A primary object of the present invention is to provide an air bag and a massage machine which can allow a person to select one of an appropriate pressure massage and an appropriate massage with an air bag. An arm air bag portion 600 includes base bodies 610, 620 each containing a frame and a resin molding product, one or more protruding portions 630 for pressure provided on the base bodies 610, 620 and one or more expansion and contraction bags 640, 650, 660, 670, 690 provided on the base bodies 610, 620 and provided around the one or more protruding portions 630 for pressure. An expansion height of each of the one or more expansion and contraction bags 640, 650, 660, 670, 690 is higher than a protruding height H of each of the one or more protruding portions.

Abstract: Provide is an air massage device including a plurality of air bags; an air pump 31 for supplying air into each of the air bags; solenoid valves 32 for switching on-off of air supply into each of the air bags; and a control part for changing an electric input value into the air pump 31 and an amount of the supplied air into each of the air bags per unit time to open and close each of the solenoid valves 32 so as to correspond to this change of the amount of the supplied air.

Abstract: A chair-type massage machine 100 has: a backrest portion 300 being capable of standing on a seat portion 200 and reclining against the seat portion 200; and at least one heater 850 disposed independently from a base portion 400 which is a lower part of the seat portion 200 through a cable 851.

Abstract: An air massage device 1 provided with airbags 30 which inflate by the supply of air and press against treatment regions of a human body, and an air supply and exhaust device 20 for supplying air to and exhausting air from the airbag 30; the air supply and exhaust device 20 is provided with an air supply means (air pump 21, air supply speed adjustment means 24, and control unit 50) for supplying air to the airbag 30 such that the amount of air supplied to the airbag 30 per unit time gradually increases.