PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a massage machine capable of performing a massaging operation suitable for a site of a body of a person to be treated.SOLUTION: A massage machine 1 includes a pair of treatment elements, a moving mechanism including a motor 36 for movement for moving the two treatment elements along a lengthwise direction of the back of a person to be treated, a massaging mechanism including a motor 48 for massaging for performing a massaging operation by causing the two treatment elements to reciprocate in an approaching and separating direction, and a control part 60 for controlling the motor 36 for movement and the motor 48 for massaging. The control part 30 is configured for controlling a variation range of the interval of the two treatment elements according to a position in the lengthwise direction of the back of the person to be treated of the two treatment elements in performing a massaging operation.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 6COPYRIGHT: (C)2020,JPO&INPIT【課題】被施療者の身体の部位に適した揉み動作を行うことが可能となるマッサージ機を提供する。【解決手段】マッサージ機１は、一対の施療子と、移動用モータ３６を含みかつ両施療子を被施療者背面の長さ方向に沿って移動させるための移動機構と、揉み用モータ４８を含みかつ両施療子を接近離間方向に往復移動させることによって揉み動作を行うための揉み機構と、移動用モータ３６および揉み用モータ４８を制御する制御部６０とを備えている。制御部３０は、揉み動作を行う際に、両施療子の被施療者背面の長さ方向位置に応じて、両施療子の間隔の変動範囲を制御するように構成されている。【選択図】図６
