Patent ID: 11919107
Assignee: YAMAZAKI MAZAK CORPORATION
Field: Machine tools (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  F  Y | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. A tool storage comprising:
a tool magazine comprising a plurality of tool holders which are provided in the tool magazine and which are each configured to hold a respective tool;
a magazine mover provided outside the tool magazine and configured to move the tool magazine in a linear moving direction between an exchange position at which the tool corresponding to a selected one of the plurality of tool holders is exchanged and a storage position at which the tool corresponding to the selected one of the plurality of tool holders is stored;
a storage device cover provided to partition the tool magazine and the magazine mover from an in-machining region; and
the plurality of tool holders being arrayed in the moving direction;
wherein the tool magazine further comprising a magazine opening;
wherein the storage device cover comprising a cover opening,
wherein, when the tool magazine is in the exchange position, the tool magazine and the magazine opening thereof incurred movement in the moving direction such that the magazine opening overlaps the cover opening, thereby enabling the tool to he removed from the selected one of the plurality of tool holders, then moved through the magazine opening and the cover opening, and then moved into the in-machining region, and
wherein, when the tool magazine is in the storage position, the tool magazine and the magazine opening thereof incurred movement in the moving direction such that the magazine opening does not overlap the cover opening.