Abstract: A massage chair includes a backrest, and two sets of massage arms assembled with the backrest and spaced apart from each other along a transversal axis of the backrest, each set including a first and a second massage arm that respectively have a first and a second contact member and are movable relative to each other. The method includes positioning the two sets of the massage arms such that at least the first contact members of the first massage arms contact a desired region of a user's body, actuating the two sets of the massage arms to perform a sequence of kneading pulses or a continuous kneading displacement from a wide state to a narrow state to apply a gripping action on the user's body, and stopping the two sets of the massage arms in the narrow state for a period of time to maintain the gripping action on the user's body.

Abstract: In a massage machine including a backrest part, even when a user lays his/her body on the backrest part, a kneading treatment tip does not touch the body of the user, and even when sitting only for reclining use, the user is provided with an excellent feeling of sitting. The massage machine includes a backrest part; a back part massage mechanism disposed inside the backrest part; and first guide rails that are disposed inside the backrest part and vertically guide the back part massage mechanism, the first guide rails are disposed so as to face in a vertical direction, and on the upper end sides of the first guide rails, draw-in parts adapted to draw in the back part massage mechanism backward are formed.

Abstract: In the case of adopting a massage mechanism which is capable of mechanically treating a treatment region ranging from buttocks to thighs, it is ensured to prevent a user from feeling a discomfort feeling at a time of seating on a seat. A massage machine includes a seat massage mechanism which is provided inside a seat and performs a massage of a treatment region ranging from buttocks to thighs (treatment region including at least buttocks) of a user seating on the seat, and in this massage machine, a guide is arranged along a front and rear direction inside the seat allowing the seat massage mechanism to be movable in the front and rear direction.

Abstract: A massage apparatus in which both a massage mechanism and a warm-cool air supply section are housed inside a backrest. The massage apparatus includes a backrest for supporting a user's back; and a massage mechanism disposed inside the backrest for producing massage action on user's back. The backrest has a front side with a two-layer structure. A warm-cool air supply section is provided that is capable of feeding warm or cool air into an interlayer region of the two-layer structure. The massage mechanism can be moved up and down along the lengthwise direction of the backrest. The warm-cool air supply section is located outside of a movement area which is the range of up-and-down movement of the massage mechanism.

Abstract: Good massage can be performed on a wide range of user's body, extending from the shoulder to the buttocks. A chair massager (1) comprises a massaging mechanism (7) having a massager piece for massaging part of user's body as a target of massage, and a moving rail (8) disposed along a vertical direction to guide the massaging mechanism (7) in vertical movement. The massager piece includes a first massager piece (14) lying in an upper position as seen from the massaging mechanism (7), and a second massager piece (15) lying in a lower position as seen from the massaging mechanism (7). The massaging mechanism (7) is designed to perform massage by actuating the second massager piece (15) to jut toward the target of massage when set in position at the bottom part of the moving rail (8).

Abstract: There are provided a massaging apparatus capable of providing comfortable kneading and massaging effects and reducing damage to a cover covering massaging elements, and a chair massager having the massaging apparatus. The massaging apparatus comprises horizontally arranged paired massaging members (10,11) having massaging elements (91 to 94) and a massaging mechanism (12) for producing kneading action by operating at least one of the massaging members (10,11) so that the massaging elements (91 to 94) have horizontal approaching-separating movement. The massaging member (10,11) includes an arm member (15,16) extending in a direction substantially perpendicular to the direction of approaching-separating movement. The massaging element (91 to 94) is attached to the tip of the arm member (15,16) for rotation about the axis of an extension line (L) extending along the extending direction of the arm member (15,16) and about an axis pointing in a direction substantially perpendicular to the extension line (L).

Abstract: A massage chair includes a backrest, and two sets of massage arms assembled with the backrest and spaced apart from each other along a transversal axis of the backrest, each set including a first and a second massage arm that respectively have a first and a second contact member and are movable relative to each other. The method includes positioning the two sets of the massage arms such that at least the first contact members of the first massage arms contact a desired region of a user's body, actuating the two sets of the massage arms to perform a sequence of kneading pulses or a continuous kneading displacement from a wide state to a narrow state to apply a gripping action on the user's body, and stopping the two sets of the massage arms in the narrow state for a period of time to maintain the gripping action on the user's body.

Abstract: A massage apparatus in which both a massage mechanism and a warm-cool air supply section are housed inside a backrest. The massage apparatus includes a backrest for supporting a user's back; and a massage mechanism disposed inside the backrest for producing massage action on user's back. The backrest has a front side with a two-layer structure. A warm-cool air supply section is provided that is capable of feeding warm or cool air into an interlayer region of the two-layer structure. The massage mechanism can be moved up and down along the lengthwise direction of the backrest. The warm-cool air supply section is located outside of a movement area which is the range of up-and-down movement of the massage mechanism.

Abstract: The disclosed automatic bread machine (1) is provided with a first bread receptacle (80) capable of breadmaking with a cereal grain as a starting material, a second bread receptacle (140) capable of breadmaking with a cereal grain as a starting material, and a housing unit (30) which, during breadmaking, selectively houses the first bread receptacle (80) or the second bread receptacle (140), and which, during storage, is capable of housing the first bread receptacle (80) and the second bread receptacle (140) in a state in which one of the bread receptacles is stored inside of the other.

Abstract: An automatic bread maker (1) comprises a body (10) in which a bread container (50) is accommodated; a grinding mechanism (54, 64) for grinding cereal grains in the container (50) accommodated in the body (10); a kneading mechanism (72, 60) for kneading into dough the bread ingredients in the bread container (50) accommodated in the body (10); and a bread ingredients storage container (80) for storing powdered bread ingredients to be automatically fed to the bread container (50) after the cereal grains have been ground by the grinding mechanism (54, 64).