Patent ID: 7153252
Filing Date: 2006-12-26
Classification: B23Q,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A storage arrangement ( 1 ) for machine tools, comprising at least two storage shelves ( 12 ) arranged vertically one above the other and each having a multiplicity of tool retainers ( 14 ), wherein the tool retainers ( 14 ) being arranged in a circle, and a movable gripping arm ( 16 ) which is (a) rotatably arranged about an axis through a center of a circle formed by the tool retainers ( 14 ), (b) movable in a vertical direction with respect to the storage shelves ( 12 ) and (c) movable horizontally and radially from the circle center, wherein the gripping arm ( 16 ), during its horizontal movement, covers at most a distance which corresponds to the radius of the circle formed by the storage retainers ( 14 ).