Patent ID: 6325748
Filing Date: 2001-12-04
Classification: B23Q,Y10T

Abstract:
A tool transfer device for machine tools, comprising:a tool magazine disposed adjacent to a spindle having a tool mounted thereon, said tool magazine serving to accommodate and hold therein a multiplicity of tools so that the tools are held so that their longitudinal axes are directed perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the spindle,a transfer pot set on a spindle side of the tool magazine, said transfer pot being driven and moved by a horizontal moving unit and a vertical moving unit, wherein a next-process tool accommodated in the tool magazine can be removed from the tool magazine and transferred horizontally to a stroke end position by the transfer pot, and the transfer pot and the next-process tool being tilted at the stroke end position to a tool changing position where the longitudinal axis of the next-process tool is parallel to the longitudinal axis of the spindle,the tool transfer device comprising a tool tilting mechanism constructed and arranged for tilting the transfer pot and the next-process tool to the tool changing position by horizontal movement of the horizontal moving unit to the stroke end position.