Machine tool
AssigneeToshiba Kikai Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsShinya ITANI, Yutaka TSUKITA, Hiromi MASUDA, Hiroshi UCHIMURA, Mitsunori KOKUBO
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Abstract
A machine tool includes: a spindle head; a spindle rotatably supported on the spindle head; a chuck unit configured to chuck a tool inserted in an axis direction of the spindle; a tool holder configured to hold the tool attached to the chuck unit; and a rotary arm configured to move the tool holder to a reachable position of the spindle. The tool holder is supported on the rotary arm by a support mechanism, and the support mechanism includes a displacement following mechanism configured to support the tool holder on the rotary arm in a manner to be capable of displacing the tool holder in a direction intersecting an axis of the tool.
Claims4
A machine tool comprising:
- a spindle head;
- a spindle rotatably supported on the spindle head;
- a tool attachable to the spindle;
- a chuck unit provided to a tip of the spindle and configured to chuck the tool inserted in an axis direction of the spindle;
- a tool holder configured to hold the tool attached to the chuck unit;
- a holder transfer mechanism configured to move the tool holder to a reachable position of the spindle;
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- a support mechanism configured to support the tool holder on the holder transfer mechanism, wherein
- the support mechanism comprises a displacement following mechanism configured to support the tool holder on the holder transfer mechanism in a manner to be capable of displacing the tool holder in a direction intersecting an axis of the tool.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.