Panasonic Electric Works Co., Ltd.

Matsushita Electric Works, Ltd.

Munekiyo Ikebe

Masatoshi Dairin

Junji Nakamura

Masahiro Kirigaya

Souichirou Mizoguchi

Motoharu Muto

Masamichi Miyaguchi

Takayoshi Tanizawa

Daisuke Tsukada

Hiroyuki Inoue

Satoshi Kajiyama

Takashi Yukawa

Yoshiharu Hayashi

Masaki Nagano

A pressure-sensing massage machine that resolves the problems of difficult assembly and adjustment and the occurrence of operational errors common to a sensing mechanism that uses many components and devices. The massage machine of the present invention is able to monitor the pressure applied to the massage recipient by a motor-driven movably extending massaging member. A flexible member is provided in the transmission located between the massage member and the motor that drives the massage member, and a pressure sensing mechanism monitors the pressure applied to the massage recipient through the flexible displacement of the flexible member.

Massage machine

A massaging device having an applicator driven by a plurality of driving unit to move along two or more different axes to generate a combined massaging action to be applied to the user's body. A controller holds individual speed data each defining a speed at which each of the driving units reciprocates the applicator along each of the different axes, and to control the driving units to reciprocate the applicator in accordance with the associated speed data. The controller controls the speed of the applicator along one of the axes independently from the speed of the applicator moving along another of the axes. Accordingly, the applicator's movements along the different axes can be free from being interfered with each other even being subject to a load, thereby assuring to continue the combined massaging action.

Massaging device having a controller to give different reciprocating movements to each applicator along different axes

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Hikone, Japan

Munekiyo Ikebe