Patent ID: 6481313
Filing Date: 2002-11-19
Classification: B23Q,Y10T

Abstract:
A protective cover for a machine with moving parts, where the machine has a frame and a working part which can move, relative to the frame, along an operating path; the protective cover consisting of a plurality of cover elements, including at least one fixed cover element which can be connected to the machine frame, a mobile cover element connected to the working part of the machine and at least one mobile intermediate cover element located between the fixed cover element and the mobile cover element; the cover elements having respective cover panels which extend substantially in a single plane, parallel to a defined placement plane, and each of which has a central opening in it; the cover elements being arranged in order of decreasing size, being positioned around the working part of the machine and being connected to said working part in such a way as to follow its movements, keeping a machining zone covered; there being means provided for supporting the mobile cover elements connected to the fixed cover element; wherein said support means comprise at least one first rod and one second rod for supporting the mobile elements, the rods being at a given distance from each other; and sliders that slide on the rods between each of the elements and the rods themselves to guide the mobile cover elements in a direction parallel to the support rods, wherein each of the sliders moving along the rods and respectively connected with one of the intermediate cover elements is slidably engaged with said element in a direction perpendicular to the rods.