Patent ID: 6641341
Filing Date: 2003-11-04
Classification: B23Q,Y10T

Abstract:
A machine tool for machining a workpiece by moving the workpiece and a tool relative to each other, the machine tool comprising:a bed serving as a base; a spindle head for rotatably supporting a spindle having said tools mounted thereon; a table for said workpiece to be mounted thereon, said table moving along guide means disposed on the upper surface of said bed; table feed means for moving said table along said guide means; an inclined cover for covering said guide means and said table feed means of said table and causing cutting chips generated by machining said workpiece to fall downwards; a plurality of funnel-like chutes having openings for collecting the cutting chips below the upper surface of said table; a trough for receiving the collected cutting chips from said chutes through said opening thereof, chip discharge means for discharging the cutting chips received by said trough to the outside, said chip discharge means disposed in said trough.