Patent ID: 6579047
Filing Date: 2003-06-17
Classification: B23Q,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
A support and guide device for machine tools, comprising:a base element, at least one moving element being offset from the base element in a first direction and extending substantially parallel to the base element in a second direction substantially perpendicular to the first direction and being adapted to support a tool, support means between said base element and said at least one moving element for movably supporting said at least one moving element, drive members for controlling shifting of said at least one moving element relative to said base element, wherein said support means comprise at least one elastically deformable sheet element oscillatably supporting said at least one moving element, said at least one sheet element extending in the second direction and being located at one end of the at least one moving element, and wherein the drive members act to move said at least one moving element in the first direction at a portion thereof spaced from said one end.