PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a massage device excellent in a massage effect, especially the massage effect on the inner side edge periphery of the shoulder blade.SOLUTION: The massage device 1 includes a motor 3 as a driving means, a pair of right and left massage ball support bases 5, and a pair of massage balls attached to eccentric positions on the upper surfaces of the respective right and left massage ball support bases 5, and the pair of massage balls are vertically moved alternately via the massage ball support bases 5 by the motor 3. The pair of massage balls include a first massage ball 8 of roughly semispherical shape and a second massage ball 9 of roughly semielliptic shape, and the massage balls are arranged such that the massage balls of the same kind of the first massage ball 8 and the second massage ball 9 attached to each of the pair of right and left massage ball support bases 5 face each other in a roughly vertical direction relative to a center line α between the pair of right and left massage ball support bases 5.COPYRIGHT: (C)2013,JPO&INPIT【課題】 本発明は、揉みほぐし効果に優れ、特に肩甲骨の内側縁周辺に対する揉みほぐし効果に優れたマッサージ装置を提供する。【解決手段】 駆動手段としてのモーター3と、左右一対の揉み玉支持台5と、当該左右夫々の揉み玉支持台5上面の偏心位置に取り付けた一対の揉み玉とを備え、当該一対の揉み玉が前記モーター3によって前記揉み玉支持台5を介して交互に上下運動するマッサージ装置1であって、前記一対の揉み玉は、略半球形状の第一揉み玉8と略半楕円球形状の第二揉み玉9とからなり、左右一対の夫々の揉み玉支持台5に取り付けた第一揉み玉8と第二揉み玉9の同種の揉み玉同士が、左右一対の揉み玉支持台5間の中心線αに対して略鉛直方向に対向するように配置される。【選択図】図2
