MASSAGING MACHINE - FAMILY KABUSHIKI KAISHA

Title:

MASSAGING MACHINE

Document Type and Number:

WIPO Patent Application WO/2001/019315

Kind Code:

A1

Abstract:

A massaging machine which is capable of automatically and accurately determining the position of a specific location, such as a shoulder, of a user with respect to the machine with a simple construction, and which comprise a treating element-carrying support arm (26) that is swingably supported and movable along the body of the user, wherein the position of a specific location of the user with respect to the machine can be determined from the relation between the moving position of the arm (26) and the swinging position of the arm (26). The machine further comprises a swinging detection sensor (60) for detecting that the arm (26) has swung into a specified swinging range to thereby determine the position of a specific location of the user with respect to the machine from the moving position of the arm (26) when the arm (26) has swung into a specified range.

Inventors:

INADA NICHIMU (JP)
KONDO HIDESHI (JP)
FUJII YASUO (JP)
GOTO KOJI (JP)

Application Number:

PCT/JP2000/005808

Publication Date:

March 22, 2001

Filing Date:

August 28, 2000

Export Citation:

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Assignee:

FAMILY KABUSHIKI KAISHA (JP)
INADA NICHIMU (JP)
KONDO HIDESHI (JP)
FUJII YASUO (JP)
GOTO KOJI (JP)

International Classes:

A61H1/00; A61H7/00; A61H39/04; A61H15/00; A61H37/00; A61H39/00; (IPC1-7): A61H7/00

Foreign References:

JPH1119150A	1999-01-26
JPH07213572A	1995-08-15
JPH04343846A	1992-11-30
JPH06125952A	1994-05-10
JPH11123218A	1999-05-11
JPH07323066A	1995-12-12
JPH11123219A	1999-05-11
JP2000233004A	2000-08-29
JPH09299423A	1997-11-25
JPH0262263A	1990-03-02
JPS6490012A	1989-04-05

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