Patent ID: 9656362
Date: 2017-05-23
CPC Classifications: B23Q,Y10T

Claim:
1. A tool changer, comprising: a turret configured to grip tools, the tool changer being adapted to change a tool mounted on a spindle of a machine tool by indexing a desired tool by rotating the turret; a front cover adapted to cover a first surface of the turret; a rear cover adapted to cover a second surface of the turret, the rear cover including a cylindrical portion having a cylindrical surface portion having a cylinder center axis; and a gap defined between the front cover and the rear cover, wherein the front and rear covers are distant from each other by the gap, wherein an upper end of the cylindrical portion of the rear cover is higher than an upper end of the front cover in a state where tool change is not performed, and a protrusion, protruding from the cylindrical surface portion away from the cylinder center axis, is provided on the rear cover at a position between an upper surface of the upper end of the cylindrical portion of the rear cover and the gap in the state where tool change is not performed, and the protrusion is configured to block chips and cutting fluid from intruding into the gap.