Lower leg massager and chair type massaging apparatus using the same

Abstract

A lower leg massager of the present invention can massage the lower legs over a wide range and in a preferred manner by constructing the apparatus in such a manner that the lower leg can be pressed over a wide range without arranging a plurality of massaging member along the length thereof. A lower leg massager of the present invention comprises massaging means 8 including a pair of right and left massaging members 7, 7 arranged in an opposed manner at a space as wide as a lower leg 6 can be fitted therebetween and formed of board elongated in the direction along the length of the lower leg 6; and driving means 14 for moving a pair of right and left massaging members 7, 7 toward and away from each other so that the longitudinal directions thereof are inclined in the opposite directions with respect to each other and changing the extent of longitudinal inclination of the massaging members 7, 7 with respect to the longitudinal direction of the lower leg 6 when moving the massaging members 7, 7 toward and away from each other.

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