PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enable the suffering of low-temperature burn to be surely avoided while increasing massage effects in a small-sized massager which performs the massage of the neck or the arm, the calf, the leg and so forth as desired.SOLUTION: In this small-sized massager 11, including a treating element 12, and a flexible cover 13 which covers the treating element 12, and at the same time, internally containing a blower 14 which feeds hot air or cold air, and a temperature controlling means which controls the temperature of the air being fed by the blower 14, an air reservoir section 31 where the air from the blower 14 is reserved is formed at an area corresponding to the treating element 12 in the cover 13. A temperature difference is made to be generated in the surface direction of the cover 13 in such a manner that when the hot air is fed from the blower 14, a section 13a corresponding to the air reservoir section 31 may become a high temperature section 31a of which the temperature is high, and a second area 13b and a third area 13c of which the temperatures are lower than that of the same may be formed one by one around the high temperature section 31a.COPYRIGHT: (C)2012,JPO&INPIT【課題】首や腕、ふくらはぎ、足等のマッサージを所望に応じて行う小型マッサージ器において、マッサージ効果を高めつつも、低温やけどの受傷を確実に回避できるようにする。【解決手段】施療子12と、該施療子12を隠蔽する柔軟なカバー13を有するとともに、温風または冷風を供給する送風機14と、該送風機14で供給するエアの温度を制御する温度制御手段を内蔵した小型マッサージ器11において、前記カバー13における前記施療子12に対応する部位に、前記送風機14からのエアが溜まるエア溜め部31を形成する。送風機14から温風が供給された時に、前記エア溜め部31に対応する部分13aが温度の高い高温部31aとなり、この高温部31aの周りに、順次それよりも温度の低い第2の部位13b、第3の部位13cができるというように、カバー13の面方向で温度差を生じさせる。【選択図】図1
