Patent ID: 7485082
Filing Date: 2009-02-03
Classification: B23Q,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A tool changer used for exchanging tools between a tool magazine and a tool spindle of a machine tool, comprising: a tool-changing unit including a main body of a tool-changing unit, a tool changing arm, a rotating drive motor which is attached to said main body of tool-changing unit and which rotates said tool changing arm, and a rotating shaft, with said tool changing arm attached to one end of said rotating shaft and said rotating drive motor attached to the other end of said rotating shaft; a guide assembly for guiding said tool-changing unit in a shift direction; and a feed drive motor which is attached to a fixing section of a machine tool and which feeds and drives said tool changing unit in said shift direction; and a feed screw having one end to which said feed drive motor is attached and which is screwed into said tool-changing unit to permit said tool-changing unit to access a tool from a remote location along said shift direction and also to permit detachment/attachment of the tool along said shift direction, wherein said feed screw and said guide assembly positioned parallel to a rotational axis of the tool spindle positioned at a tool-changing position.