PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a fresh and comfortable massage feeling by executing a massage in which finger pressure points are moved linearly over a wide range along a longitudinal direction of the body in a massage machine.SOLUTION: The massage machine 1 has: a pair of treatment members 160 and 161 that are disposed opposite each other in a separated state so that a part of the body can be fitted a clamping mechanism 162 that moves at least one or both of the pair of treatment members 160 and 161 in the width direction of the body fitted between the pair of treatment members, and clamps and presses the body and a movement mechanism 26 that moves the treatment members 160 and 161 along the longitudinal direction of the body while keeping the clamp state of the treatment members 160 and 161 by the clamping mechanism 162.COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT【課題】マッサージ機において、身体の長手方向に沿った広範囲に対して指圧点を直線的に移動させるようなマッサージを施せるようにし、もって斬新で快適なマッサージ感が得られるようにする。【解決手段】マッサージ機1は、身体の一部を嵌め入れ可能に離れた状態で対向配置された一対の施療部材160,161と、一対の施療部材160,161の少なくとも一方又は両方を、当該一対の施療部材の相互間に嵌め入れられた身体の幅方向に向かって移動させて、身体を挟持し且つ押圧する挟持機構162と、挟持機構162による施療部材160,161の挟持状態を持続しつつ、施療部材160,161を身体の長手方向に沿って移動させる移動機構26と、を有している。【選択図】図15
