Automatic tool changer for machine tool

An automatic tool changer for machine tool, comprising:

• a machine frame with a lateral changer frame portion;
• a spindle rotatably attached to the machine frame and adapted to removably hold a tool in position;
• an up-down carriage mounted to the changer frame for elevational movement between a raised position and a lowered position;
• a magazine carriage laterally movably mounted to the up-down carriage for movement between a home position far away from the spindle and an operative position close to the spindle;
• a tool storage magazine carried by the magazine carriage and having a plurality of tool holders for changeably holding different kinds of tools;
• a vertical magazine actuator for causing the up-down carriage, the magazine carriage and the tool storage magazine to move as a unit in a generally vertical direction in such a manner that one of the tools can be either brought into engagement with the spindle or removed from the spindle;
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• a horizontal magazine actuator for causing the magazine carriage and the tool storage magazine to move in a generally horizontal direction toward or away from the spindle so that one of the tool holders can either grasp or release the tool in the spindle.