Patent ID: 7039992
Filing Date: 2006-05-09
Classification: B23B,B23Q,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A lathe comprising at least: a bed formed so that the front face thereof is vertical; a headstock provided on said bed; a main spindle provided horizontally so that the axis line thereof is parallel with the front face of said bed and supported by said headstock so as to be rotatable around the axis line thereof; a rotation drive device for rotating said main spindle around the axis line thereof; a first tool rest provided on the upper face of said bed so as to be movable in orthogonal three-axes directions, that is, the direction of a first axis along the axis line of said main spindle, the direction of a second axis along the vertical direction and the direction of a third axis orthogonal to both of said first axis and said second axis; and a second tool rest provided on the front face of said bed so as to be movable in orthogonal two-axes directions, that is, the direction of said first axis and the direction of said second axis, comprising a tool rest body supported on the front face of said bed so as to be movable in said orthogonal two-axes directions, a turret supported on a face of said tool rest body, opposite to the side thereof on the side of said headstock in said first-axis direction, so as to be rotatable around the rotation center axis thereof that is parallel with said first axis, and a rotary indexing device for rotating said turret around said rotation center axis thereof and for indexing said turret at a predetermined rotation angle position, the first tool rest being provided above the axis line of said main spindle and configured so as to approach the axis line of said main spindle from above and move away therefrom upward, and said second tool rest being provided below the axis line of said main spindle and configured so as to approach the axis line of said main spindle from below and move away therefrom downward, wherein said headstock comprises a housing, having a holding hole, for holding at least said main spindle and said rotation drive device in said holding hole, and a support base, fixed to said bed, for supporting said housing, said support base has a concave portion on the upper portion thereof, which opens in the upper face and in both end faces in said first-axis direction, the upper portion of said support base protrudes toward said second tool rest in said first-axis direction, and a predetermined space is formed downward therefrom, said housing has installation portions protruding to both sides of the outer circumferential face thereof in said third-axis direction, the lower faces of which are positioned in a horizontal plane including the axis line of said main spindle, and said housing is supported on said support base in a state wherein the lower faces of said installation portions make contact with the upper face of said support base and a predetermined clearance is provided between the outer circumferential face thereof and the inner circumferential face of said concave portion, and at least said tool rest body of said second tool rest is configured so as to be movable into and out of said space formed downward from the upper portion of said support base.