(19)
(11) EP 2 238 960 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
09.11.2011 Bulletin 2011/45

(43) Date of publication A2:
13.10.2010 Bulletin 2010/41

(21) Application number: 10003372.9

(22) Date of filing: 29.03.2010
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
A61H 1/00(2006.01)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO SE SI SK SM TR
Designated Extension States:
AL BA ME RS

(30) Priority: 30.03.2009 JP 2009081369

(71) Applicants:
  • Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Osaka 570-8677 (JP)
  • Sanyo Consumer Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Tottori-shi Tottori 680-8634 (JP)

(72) Inventors:
  • Nomura, Hidefumi
    Tottori-shi Tottori 680-8634 (JP)
  • Kuwabara, Shogo
    Tottori-shi Tottori 680-8634 (JP)
  • Kan, Yuji
    Tottori-shi Tottori 680-8634 (JP)
  • Morita, Yoshitoshi
    Tottori-shi Tottori 680-8634 (JP)

(74) Representative: TER MEER - STEINMEISTER & PARTNER GbR 
Patentanwälte Mauerkircherstrasse 45
81679 München
81679 München (DE)

   


(54) Chair-type massage machine


(57) A chair-type massage machine is provided wherein a leg unit and a foot unit are slidingly movable with good stability. The machine comprises a pivotal frame 60 pivotally movably provided at the front end of a seat 12, and a foot massage unit 20 provided on the pivotal frame. The foot massage unit has a leg unit 30 for massaging the calves and a foot unit 40 for massaging the toes. The pivotal frame has a first slide rail 52 slidably provided with the leg unit, a second slide rail 54 slidably provided with the foot unit, leg biasing means 39 provided between the pivotal frame and the leg unit for pulling the leg unit toward the seat, and foot biasing means 49 provided between the leg unit and the foot unit for pulling the foot unit toward the leg unit.







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