Patent ID: 7266871
Filing Date: 2007-09-11
Classification: B23B,B23Q,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A machine tool comprising: a bed; a first spindle headstock having a spindle rotation axis and disposed on said bed; a moving table disposed to be coaxial with said first spindle headstock and to be movable in the axis (Z-axis) direction; and a tool post disposed between said first spindle headstock and said moving table, wherein said tool post includes: a supporting member having a pair of left and right leg parts positioned on the left and right when seen in the axis direction and a beam part integrally coupling at least upper ends of the both leg parts with each other; and a turret to whose outer circumferential portion a plurality of tools are attached and which is supported by the supporting member, and wherein the supporting member is supported on said bed to be movable in the axis direction, and the turret is supported to be movable in an up/down (X-axis) direction by turret guide rails disposed on front faces of the left and right leg parts.