Family Co., Ltd.

Family Kabushiki Kaisha

Fujikura Limited

Kansai Telecommunication Technology

Kubota Corporation

Yasuo Fujii

Nichimu Inada

Hideshi Kondo

Koji Goto

Hirofumi Tayama

Shigenori Goto

Saburo Mase

Tadashi Hara

The present invention is aimed at providing a chair-like massaging apparatus and a forearm massager for use with the chair-like massaging apparatus, which are capable of massaging a forearm of a user as desired and allow the user to take a free posture because of absence of an arm obstructing part in an upper portion of an armrest when the forearm is not to be massaged. To this end, the massaging apparatus of the present invention is configured such that an arm rest () configured to support a forearm of the user is provided with a detachable member () that is movable along a guide rail () and the detachable member () is provided with a fitting groove (). A forearm massager () configured to be capable of giving pressure stimulation to the forearm with the forearm of the user sandwiched between the fix and support portion () and the pressing portion () is provided with a fitting protrusion () fitted in the fitting groove (). By removably fitting the fitting protrusion () into the fitting groove (), the forearm massager () is removably attached to the armrest ().

Massaging apparatus and forearm massager

A massaging apparatus in which a position of a specific portion such as a user's shoulder with respect to the massaging apparatus can be determined automatically and accurately in a simple construction. The massaging apparatus includes a supporting arm having a therapeutic member pivotally supported thereon and freely movable along the user's body. The position of the specific portion of the user with respect to the massaging apparatus is determined from the relation between the vertical position of the supporting arm and the pivotal position of the supporting arm. A pivotal movement detecting system detects that the supporting arm reaches a prescribed range of pivotal movement is provided. The position of the specific portion of the user with respect to the massaging apparatus is determined from the position of the supporting arm at the moment when the pivotal movement of the supporting arm reaches the prescribed range.

Massaging apparatus having pivotally supported supporting arm with therapeutic member

A massaging apparatus includes: a massaging unit movable along the height of a user on the back side of the user; a drive unit for moving the massaging unit along the height of the user; and a control unit for controlling the drive unit so as to position the massaging unit, the control unit including a storage part for storing position data of massaging effective spots as specified position data, and an execution part for reading a data item out of the specified position data and positioning the massaging unit based on the data item thus read.

Massaging apparatus and method of controlling the operation of the same

The present invention is directed to a massager in which a massage unit comprising kneading rings on the right and left sides is mounted movably up and down inside thereof, and the massage unit is equipped with a plurality of air cells, each of the kneading rings being moved backward and forward or rightward and leftward by an expanding and contracting operation of the air cell or cells.

Vertically reciprocating pairs of massage rings

An optical fiber distribution apparatus of the type in which optical feeder cables are connected to optical distribution cables through connectors. The optical fiber distribution apparatus includes a frame having a front portion; a plurality of distribution panels each having a free front edge; pivoting mechanisms for pivotally mounting respective distribution panels to the frame with regular vertical intervals for pivotable movement about a horizontal axis: and locking mechanisms for releasably locking each of the distribution panels selectively at one of both a normal position, where each distribution panel is parallel to the other with the free edge thereof positioned substantially not higher than the rotation axis thereof, and a raised position, where the free front edge of each distribution panel is raised above the rotation axis thereof for accessing to a distribution panel just below.

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Osaka, Japan

Yasuo Fujii