Patent ID: 8360945
Filing Date: 2013-01-29
Classification: B23Q,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An automatic tool storing mechanism comprising: at least one magazine holding a number of pots, each said pot provided with a respective tool; transporting means for transporting one of the pots provided with a respective one of the tools, one by one, between a magazine-side position proximal to the at least one magazine and a waiting position distal to the at least one magazine and proximal to a main spindle, the main spindle being spaced from the at least one magazine in a first direction; and a tool exchanging arm to take out an unused tool from the one pot when the one pot is waiting at the waiting position and attach the unused tool to the main spindle and remove a used tool from the main spindle and place the used tool in the one pot; and wherein the transporting means comprises: wherein the pot guide comprises: