Patent Publication Number: US-2017360648-A1

Title: Air-suction, heating and vibration physiotherapeutic bar

Description:
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS 
     This application claims priority to Chinese Patent Application No. 201620590189.9 with a filing date of Jun. 17, 2016, designating the United States, now pending. The content of the aforementioned applications, including any intervening amendments thereto, are incorporated herein by reference. 
     TECHNICAL FIELD 
     The present invention relates to physiotherapeutic equipment, and in particular relates to an air-suction, heating and vibration physiotherapeutic bar. 
     BACKGROUND OF THE PRESENT INVENTION 
     An air-suction bar is equipment which sucks out air in an object so that a low-pressure or vacuum environment is formed inside the object, and can be widely applied in production and life. The air-suction bar realizes air suction by an air pump, and the air pump is controlled by an electronic valve. In the existing air-suction bar, the air pump and the electronic valve are simultaneously controlled by one button, so that the working stability is poor, and the air-suction effect is not satisfactory; in addition, the working mode is single, and the existing air-suction bar can realize air suction only at a constant speed and cannot be adjusted, so the applicability is poor; however, some work requires air suction at different speeds, and the existing air-suction bar only has a single air-suction function and does not have physiotherapeutic effects of simultaneously realizing heating and vibration massage, so the existing air-suction bar cannot meet the use demands of multiple uses. 
     SUMMARY OF PRESENT INVENTION 
     The present invention aims at providing an air-suction, heating and vibration physiotherapeutic bar to solve the problems proposed in the above background, and the air-suction, heating and vibration physiotherapeutic bar has functions of air suction, heating and vibration massage simultaneously or respectively. 
     In order to achieve the above purposes, the present invention is realized by the technical solution below: 
     The air-suction, heating and vibration physiotherapeutic bar is in a strip type and comprises a surface cover, a bottom cover, a DC plug and keys, wherein an air pump, a battery, an electronic valve, a PCBA and a massage device are installed in a space encircled by the bottom cover and the surface cover; the DC plug is electrically connected with the PCBA by a lead; the PCBA is electrically connected with the battery, the massage device, the electronic valve and the air pump respectively by the lead; one end of the bottom cover is provided with an air-suction hole; a silica gel suction nozzle of a through hole is sleeved at the air-suction hole; the electronic valve is connected with the air pump by a three-way air tube; the other end of the three-way air tube is connected with the air-suction hole; and the air pump is connected with outside by a substantially L-shaped air tube. 
     Further, the massage device is fixedly installed at the end of the bottom cover, which is near the air-suction hole. 
     Further, the massage device comprises a vibration block, a motor and a cam, wherein the vibration block is installed in the middle of air-suction hole by a vibration block fixing part, and the cam drives the vibration block to move up and down. 
     Further, the left and the right of the top of the vibration block are respectively provided with a vibration block arm, the vibration block arms are clamped in a space formed by the vibration block fixing part and the bottom cover, and the vibration block has a clearance for up-and-down movement in the space formed by the vibration block fixing part and the bottom cover. 
     Further, the vibration block is horizontally provided with a vibration block groove  532  matched with the cam, the motor drives the cam to rotate, and the cam drives the vibration block to move up and down, so as to achieve the vibration massage effect. 
     Further, the bottom end of the vibration block is provided with a rotary wheel matched with the bottom cover. 
     In another preferential solution, the massage device comprises a side rotating gearbox and a screw for fixing the side rotating gearbox, wherein the side rotating gearbox has a massage function. 
     Further, the silica gel suction nozzle is a hollow annular cavity encircled by a thin wall, and one end of the silica gel suction nozzle is installed at the periphery of the air-suction hole of the bottom cover in a tightening and sealing way. 
     Further, a heating piece is arranged in the silica gel suction nozzle and is electrically connected with the PCBA by the lead. 
     Further, the PCBA is installed in the middle of the bottom cover by a PCBA fixing part, the keys are arranged between the PCBA and the bottom cover, the bottom cover is provided with key holes corresponding to the keys, and the keys can respectively control air suction, heating and vibration of the air-suction, heating and vibration physiotherapeutic bar. 
     Further, an air outlet hole is formed in the middle of the bottom cover, and the air pump is connected with the air outlet hole by the substantially L-shaped air tube. 
     Further, the air pump is installed at the other end of the bottom cover, which is opposite to the air-suction hole, and the battery is fixedly installed in the middle of the bottom cover. 
     Further, the bottom cover and the surface cover are installed together in a tightening and sealing way. 
     According to a physiotherapeutic method of the air-suction, heating and vibration physiotherapeutic bar, the silica gel suction nozzle is in tight contact with skin, the air pump is started to suck air, the skin is in a vacuum suction state, the silica gel suction nozzle is started simultaneously or afterwards to heat, and the motor is started simultaneously or afterwards to drive the vibration block to move up and down, so as to achieve the physiotherapeutic effects of air suction, heating and massage. 
     Compared with the prior art, the present invention has the beneficial effects that: the air-suction, heating and vibration physiotherapeutic bar has simple structure and reasonable design, has physiotherapeutic functions of vacuum air-suction flapping, heating and vibration massage and is controlled by a switch, the physiotherapeutic functions of vacuum air-suction flapping, heating and vibration massage can be respectively carried out as required, the working stability is good, and the physiotherapeutic effects are enhanced. In addition, the air-suction, heating and vibration physiotherapeutic bar has different physiotherapeutic modes, and the physiotherapeutic modes can be selected according to the actual requirements. 
    
    
     
       DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
         FIG. 1  is a structural schematic diagram of an embodiment I of the present invention; 
         FIG. 2  is a structural schematic diagram of an embodiment II of the present invention; and 
         FIG. 3  is a partial section view of a silica gel suction nozzle of the present invention. 
     
    
    
     Description of drawing marks:  1 -surface cover,  2 -key,  3 -PCBA,  4 -electronic valve,  5 -massage device,  51 -motor,  52 -cam,  53 -vibration block,  531 -vibration block arm,  532 -vibration block groove,  54 -vibration block fixing part,  55 -motor fixing part,  56 -rotary wheel,  57 -side rotating gearbox,  53 -screw,  6 -rubber plug hole,  10 -lead,  11 -battery,  12 -PCBA fixing part,  13 -air pump,  14 -heating piece,  16 -three-way air tube,  17 -key hole,  18 -air outlet hole,  20 -substantially L-shaped air tube,  21 -DC plug,  22 -rubber plug,  23 -bottom cover,  24 -silica gel suction nozzle,  25 -DC socket fixing part,  26 -DC socket,  27 -DC socket bracket. 
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS 
     The technical solution in embodiments of the present invention is clearly and integrally described below in combination with drawings in the embodiments of the present invention. Apparently, the embodiments described are only part of embodiments of the present invention, rather than all embodiments. Based on the embodiments in the present invention, all other embodiments obtained by those skilled in the art on the premise of not doing creative work shall belong to the protection scope of the present invention. 
     Embodiment I 
     As shown in  FIG. 1  and  FIG. 3 , an air-suction, heating and vibration physiotherapeutic bar is in a strip type and comprises a surface cover, a bottom cover  23 , a DC plug  21  and keys  2 , wherein an air pump  13 , a battery  11 , an electronic valve  4 , a PCBA  3  and a massage device  5  are installed in a space encircled by the bottom cover  23  and the surface cover  1 ; the DC plug  21  is electrically connected with the PCBA  3  by a lead  10 ; the PCBA  3  is electrically connected with the battery  11 , the massage device  5 , the electronic valve  4  and the air pump  13  respectively by the lead  10 ; preferably, the battery  11  is chargeable, the DC plug  21  is connected with a mains supply to charge the battery  11 , and the battery  11  can supply power to the massage device  5 , the electronic valve  4  and the air pump  13  simultaneously; one end of the bottom cover  23  is provided with an air-suction hole; a silica gel suction nozzle  24  of a through hole is sleeved at the air-suction hole; the electronic valve  4  is connected with the air pump  13  by a three-way air tube  16 ; the other end of the three-way air tube  16  is connected with the air-suction hole; and the air pump  13  is connected with outside by a substantially L-shaped air tube  20 . 
     The massage device  5  is fixedly installed at the end of the bottom cover  23 , which is near the air-suction hole, the bottom cover  23  is provided with a groove for supporting and fixing the massage device  5 , and the massage device  5  comprises a vibration block  53 , a motor  51  and a cam  52 . 
     Preferably, a motor fixing part  55  is sleeved on the motor  51 , so that the motor  51  can be fastened on the bottom cover, the vibration block  53  is installed in the middle of the air-suction hole by a vibration block fixing part  54 , the left and the right of the top of the vibration block  53  are respectively provided with a vibration block arm  531 , the vibration block arms  531  are clamped in a space formed by the vibration block fixing part  54  and the bottom cover, the bottom end of the vibration block  53  is provided with a rotary wheel  56  matched with the bottom cover, the vibration block  53  has a clearance for up-and-down movement in the space formed by the vibration block fixing part  54  and the bottom cover, the vibration block  53  is horizontally provided with a vibration block groove  532  matched with the cam  52 , the motor drives the cam  52  to rotate, and the cam  52  drives the vibration block  53  to move up and down, so as to achieve the vibration massage effect. 
     Preferably, the silica gel suction nozzle  24  is a hollow annular cavity encircled by a thin wall, and one end of the silica gel suction nozzle  24  is installed at the periphery of the air-suction hole of the bottom cover in a tightening and sealing way. The air pump  13  is started to suck air, and the silica gel suction nozzle  24  is in tight contact with skin, so as to form a vacuum state. 
     Preferably, a heating piece  14  is arranged in the silica gel suction nozzle  24  and is electrically connected with the PCBA  3  by the lead  10 . The heating piece  14  is started by the keys  2  to be electrically connected with the battery  11 , the heating piece  14  heats, the temperature of the silica gel suction nozzle  24  rises, and the silica gel suction nozzle  24  heats. 
     Preferably, the PCBA  3  is installed in the middle of the bottom cover by a PCBA fixing part  12 , the keys  2  are installed between the PCBA  3  and the bottom cover, the bottom cover is provided with key holes  17  corresponding to the keys  2 , the keys  2  are provided with three buttons that can respectively control the silica gel suction nozzle  24  to suck air and the vibration block  53  to vibrate, and the air-suction, heating and vibration physiotherapeutic bar can simultaneously start the physiotherapeutic functions of air suction, heating and vibration massage or respectively has one function or the combination of various functions. 
     Preferably, an air outlet hole  18  is arranged in the middle of the bottom cover, and the air pump  13  is connected with the air outlet hole  18  by the substantially L-shaped air tube  20 . 
     Preferably, the air pump  13  is installed at the other end of the bottom cover, which is opposite to the air-suction hole, and the battery  11  is fixedly installed in the middle of the bottom cover. 
     Preferably, a rubber plug hole  6  is arranged at the other end of the bottom cover, which is opposite to the air-suction hole; a rubber plug  22  is sleeved on the rubber plug hole  6 ; and the DC plug  21  is fastened in the middle of the rubber plug  22 . 
     Preferably, the bottom cover and the surface over are arranged together in a tightening and sealing way. 
     According to a physiotherapeutic method of the air-suction, heating and vibration physiotherapeutic bar, the silica gel suction nozzle  24  is in tight contact with the skin, the air pump  13  is started to suck air, the skin is in a vacuum suction state, the silica gel suction nozzle  24  is started simultaneously or afterwards to heat, and the motor  51  is started simultaneously or afterwards to drive the vibration block  53  to move up and down, so as to achieve the physiotherapeutic effects of air suction, heating and massage; or the air pump  13  is started to suck air, the silica gel suction nozzle  24  is started simultaneously or afterwards to heat, and the motor  51  is started simultaneously or afterwards to drive the vibration block  53  to move up and down, the silica gel suction nozzle  24  flaps a body part, and a vacuum air-suction state is realized when the silica gel suction nozzle  24  of the air-suction, heating and vibration physiotherapeutic bar is in contact with the skin and can remain for different time lengths, so as to achieve the physiotherapeutic effects of air suction, heating and massage. 
     Embodiment II 
     As shown in  FIG. 2 , the differences between the present embodiment and the embodiment I are described below: a massage device  5  comprises a side rotating gearbox  57  and a screw  58  for fixing the side rotating gearbox  57 ; the side rotating gearbox  57  has a massage function; a rubber plug hole  6  is arranged at the other end of a bottom cover, which is opposite to an air-suction hole; a rubber plug  22  is sleeved on the rubber plug hole  6 ; a DC socket  26  is installed in the middle of the rubber plug  22 ; and the inner end of the rubber plug  22  is also provided with a DC socket fixing part  25  and a DC socket bracket  27  for assisting in fixing the DC socket  26 . Others identical with the contents of the embodiment I are not repeated herein. 
     Apparently, the present invention is not limited to the details of the above exemplary embodiments for those skilled in the art, and the present invention can be realized in other specific forms under the condition of not departing from the spirit or essential features of the present invention. Therefore, the embodiments shall be considered to be exemplary and non-restrictive in any case; the scope of the present invention is limited by the attached claims, rather than the above descriptions; and therefore, the purpose is to include all changes within the meaning and the scope of equivalent elements in the claims into the present invention. Any drawing mark in the claims shall not be regarded as a limit to the involved claims. 
     In addition, it should be understood that although the description is described according to implementation manners, not every implementation manner only includes one independent technical solution, the description manner of the description is only for clearness, those skilled in the art should regard the description as a whole, and the technical solution in each embodiment can also be properly combined to form other implementation manners that can be understood by those skilled in the art.