Patent ID: 8721512
Filing Date: 2014-05-13
Classification: B23Q,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A tool magazine device for a machine tool capable of cleaning cutting tools immediately before storage thereof, the machine tool including a machine body defining a working space, a tool spindle rotatably mounted in the machine body, extending into the working space about a spindle axis, and having a tool holder, said tool magazine comprising: a magazine body adapted to be disposed on the machine body to confront the working space, and having an inlet disposed in said magazine body for introducing therein a flow of pressurized air; and an air duct unit disposed on said left side wall and coupled to communicate said inlet with said storage chamber so as to permit the pressurized air to flow out of a corresponding one of said first insertion openings to thereby clean swarf from a corresponding one of the cutting tools when the cutting tool is inserted into the corresponding one of said first insertion openings after the insertion axis of the corresponding one of said first insertion openings is brought into alignment with the spindle axis.