Patent ID: 9527175
Filing Date: 2016-12-27
CPC Classification: B23Q,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. A moving body guide mechanism of a machine tool, comprising: at least two bar-shaped guide members; sliders engaged with the two guide members, respectively, movably with respect to the guide members so that a moving body is guided along an axis parallel to a moving axis extending in a longitudinal direction of the guide members; and a saddle arranged movably in a vertical direction, the saddle having first and second attaching surfaces, wherein the moving body includes third and fourth attaching surfaces arranged on an outer surface thereof to oppose respectively the first and second attaching surfaces, the first and second attaching surfaces are symmetrically arranged with respect to a plane including a line being parallel to the moving axis, and the third and fourth attaching surfaces are arranged symmetrically with respect to the plane including the axis parallel to the moving axis, the moving body suspends from the saddle and is sustained movably in an axial direction in which the axis extends, an angle formed by the first and second attaching surface is same as an angle formed by the third and fourth attaching surfaces, and is smaller than 180°, when the guide members are attached to the first and second attaching surfaces, the sliders are attached to the third and fourth attaching surfaces, when the guide members are attached to the third and fourth attaching surfaces, the sliders are attached to the first and second attaching surfaces, and the moving axis is configured between the first and third attaching surfaces, and is arranged above the moving body.