PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To achieve a plurality of kinds of massaging motions in a massage machine for making treatment elements perform the massaging motions by utilizing an inclined shaft.SOLUTION: The massage machine comprises a driving shaft 20 to be driven/rotated, the inclined shaft 22 attached to the driving shaft, an oscillation arm 51 connected to the outer surface of the inclined shaft 22 in such a way as slackly rotatable, and the treatment elements 50. The motion of the oscillation arm accompanying the rotation of the inclined shaft is restrained, and the motion of the treatment elements caused by the rotation of the driving shaft is the motion drawing a circular locus within a 20 mm square. The massage machine also has a separate driving means for changing the positions of the treatment elements, and has a control part for operating the driving means synchronously with the motion of the treatment elements of drawing the locus caused by the rotation of the driving shaft to change the locus. When only the driving shaft is rotated, the treatment elements draw the circular locus within the 20 mm square when the driving means for changing the positions of the treatment elements is synchronously driven, the range of motion of the treatment elements is expanded, so that kneading massage can be provided.COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT【課題】傾斜軸を利用して施療子にマッサージ動作を行わせるものにおいて複数種のマッサージ動作を得る。【解決手段】回転駆動される駆動軸20と、駆動軸に装着された傾斜軸22と、上記傾斜軸22の外周面に遊転自在に連結されている揺動アーム51と、施療子50を備える上記揺動アームの上記傾斜軸の回転に伴う動きを規制して、駆動軸の回転による施療子の動きを20mm角四方の中で円状の軌跡を描く動きとしているマッサージ機である。施療子の位置を変更するための駆動手段を別途備え、上記駆動軸の回転による施療子の上記軌跡を描く動作に同期させて上記駆動手段を動作させて上記軌跡を変化させる制御部を備える。駆動軸のみを回転させた時には施療子は20mm角四方の中で円状の軌跡を描き、施療子の位置の変更のための駆動手段を同期させて駆動する時には、施療子の動く範囲が広がってもみマッサージを得られる。【選択図】図1
