Patent ID: 6609448
Filing Date: 2003-08-26
Classification: B23B,B23Q,Y10T

Abstract:
A machine tool comprising:a fixed bed; a carriage with a tool post mounted thereon is provided on the fixed bed on one side thereof closer to an operator; a headstock is provided on another side of the fixed bed farther from the operator, wherein the headstock is connected to a front portion of an oblong shaped headstock base and a rear portion of the headstock base extends rearwardly from the fixed bed so as to protrude therefrom and the headstock and the headstock base being movable parallel to a longitudinal axis of the headstock and between: a workpiece machining position for machining a workpiece on a side farther from the operator and a workpiece loading/unloading position for loading or unloading a workpiece on the side closer to the operator; and a chip collecting space disposed in a cut out portion of the fixed bed adjacent to the workpiece loading/unloading position; and a headstock guide unit comprising a guide support mechanism for supporting a front portion of the headstock base by the fixed bed when the headstock base is positioned at the workpiece machining position, and for supporting a rear portion of the headstock base by the fixed bed when the headstock base is positioned at the workpiece loading/unloading position.