Splash guard for portal type machine tool

In a splash guard for a portal type machine tool, the portal type machine tool in which a cross rail extends between two columns standing at opposite sides of a bed, a spindle head is mounted to and travels along the cross rail by means of a saddle and a table traverses the bed, the splash guard for the portal type machine tool comprising:

• a movable front splash guard provided in front of the cross rail and movable in the direction of a travel of the table, said movable front splash guard enclosing a working space above the table;
• a fixed front splash guard provided above the bed and enclosing the front end of the bed, said movable front splash guard being telescopically associated with said fixed front splash guard;
• fixed rear splash guard provided above the bed and enclosing the rear end of the bed;
• a telescopic portal splash guard provided between said movable front splash guard and the cross rail, said portal splash guard being contactable with said movable front splash guard and telescopically following the spindle head when the spindle head travels along the cross rail;
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• said movable front splash guard, said fixed front splash guard, said fixed rear splash guard and said telescopic portal splash guard enclosing the overall working space above the table.