Cutting oil sorting apparatus

A machine tool including a spindle head (1), a XY-table (2) placed under the spindle head (1) and a base (4), and a cutting liquid sorting apparatus, the cutting liquid sorting apparatus comprising:

• a tray (14) having at its bottom a discharge port (14a);
• a support (13) placed in the tray (14) for supporting the XY table (2);
• a receiver (19) having a means defining an opening (21) at its bottom and formed in the shape of a dish for receiving water soluble cutting liquid and oily cutting liquid from the discharge port (14a) of the tray (14);
• a first tank (15) for containing the water soluble cutting liquid;
• a second tank (16) for containing the oily cutting liquid, the first tank (15) and the second tank (16) being arranged in a side-by-side manner;
• a pair of rails (17, 18) arranged over the first and second tanks (15, 16);
• and
• a hydraulic cylinder type actuator (20) for moving the receiver (19) slidably along the rails (17, 18) between a first position in which the water soluble cutting liquid flows from the receiver (19) into the first tank (15) through the opening (21) and a second position in which the oily cutting liquid flows from the receiver (19) into the tank (16) through the opening (21).