Patent ID: 9481063
Filing Date: 2016-11-01
CPC Classification: B23Q,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. A tool changer for a machine tool, the tool changer comprising a turret having a plurality of grips each configured to hold a respective tool, wherein the turret is configured to swing about a predetermined swing center, and the turret is configured to turn to index a desired tool for changing a tool mounted on a spindle of the machine tool; a front cover which covers a front surface of the turret that is more distal from the spindle of the machine tool than is a rear surface of the turret; and a rear cover which covers the rear surface of the turret, which rear surface is closer to the spindle of the machine tool than is the front surface of the turret; wherein a gap is defined between the front cover and the rear cover; and each of the front cover and the rear cover forms a slope with respect to a horizontal plane, wherein said slopes start declining immediately from the gap, such that chips produced during workpiece machining and a cutting fluid used in the machining flow down away from the gap along the slopes of the covers, thereby preventing the chips and cutting fluid from getting into the gap.