Device for loading and unloading tools into/from the tool magazine of a machine-tool

A device for loading and unloading tools into or from the tool magazine of a machine-tool,

• in which said machine-tool comprises:
• a support for the piece undergoing machining;
• a machining head carrying a rotary spindle, to which there is connected in rotation a tool, said machining head being displaceable in three mutually perpendicular directions with respect to a fixed structure of the machine-tool;
• a tool magazine comprising a plurality of seats designed to receive and support respective tools;
• and
• at least one protection wall, which separates the working area of the machining head from an external protected area,
• wherein said protection wall has an opening for access to the working area of the machining head, and in that said device further comprises an oscillating drawer having a first wall and a second wall that are set at an angle to one another and are mounted oscillating on said protection wall between a first position, in which said first wall of the oscillating drawer obstructs the access opening, and a second position, in which the second wall of the oscillating drawer obstructs the access opening,
• said drawer further comprising receiving and supporting means for a tool, which are arranged between the first and second walls set at an angle to one another, in such a way that, in the aforesaid first position of the oscillating drawer, the aforesaid tool bearing means are set on the outside of the protection wall, and in the aforesaid second position, the aforesaid tool-bearing means are set on the inside of the protection wall.