Patent ID: 6892613
Filing Date: 2005-05-17
Classification: B23Q,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A machine tool comprising: a fixed bed, said fixed bed having a longitudinal axis, said fixed bed also including a first side and a second side disposed apart from each other and being intersected by the longitudinal axis; at least one tool post mounted on a first side of said fixed bed, wherein said at least one tool post being mounted on at least one carriage; a headstock provided on said fixed bed, wherein a workpiece disposed in said headstock is subjected to a cutting process by moving at least one of said at least one carriage and said at least one tool post relative to the workpiece; a headstock base having said headstock disposed thereon, the headstock and the headstock base are attached to each other and move together between a workpiece machining position where the workpiece can be machined at the second side of said fixed bed and a workpiece loading and unloading position where the workpiece can be loaded and unloaded adjacent the first side of said fixed bed; and a chip collecting opening in said fixed bed adjacent to said at least one carriage and said headstock when said headstock is positioned in the workpiece machining position and being open when said headstock is positioned in the workpiece machining position and being closed when said headstock is positioned in the workpiece loading and unloading position.