Tool magazine with a tool removal device

A tool magazine with a tool removal device comprising:

• a magazine frame;
• a plurality of tool sockets each capable of removably receiving a tool;
• socket support means indexably mounted on said magazine frame for carrying said plurality of said tool sockets;
• indexing means for indexing said socket support means so as to present to a removal station one of said tool sockets receiving a desired tool;
• operating arm means pivotably carried on said magazine frame for pivotal movement between first and second angular positions;
• a foot-operated lever pivotably carried on said magazine frame and linked with said operating arm means for advancing the same from said first angular position to said second angular position when trodden, said foot-operated lever being urged to retract said operating arm means from said second angular position to said first angular position;
• a push member carried on said operating arm means for acting to push out said desired tool from one of said tool sockets being at said removal station when said operating arm means is advanced to said second angular position;
• a locking member axially movable in a direction perpendicular to a plane within which said operating arm means is pivotally moved and capable of entering into a locking position to lock said operating arm means each time the same is retracted to said first angular position;
• urging means for urging said locking member to move toward said locking position;
• holding means for holding said locking member at an unlocking position distanced from said locking position after said locking member is manually moved from said locking position to said unlocking position against said urging means;
• and
• release means cooperable with said locking means for releasing said locking member from holding by said holding means when said operating arm means is advanced from said first angular position to said second angular position.