Patent ID: 8640570

Claim:
A flat protective cover with two degrees of freedom for tool machines, which can be associated with an operating member movable along at least two main directions, the flat protective cover comprising: at least a first flat covering element, operatively connected to said operating member, and provided with a respective opening for passage of said member; at least a second flat covering element, which can be fixed to said tool machine in correspondence to the area to be protected, and provided with a respective opening for passage of said member; an intermediate frame between said at least one first and at least one second flat covering element configured to allow mutual sliding of said flat elements along the two mutually orthogonal main directions; and guide and retaining means for mutually coupling in a sliding way said at least one first and at least one second covering element; said guide and retaining means comprising: a first pair of linear guides connected with said at least one first flat covering element and arranged along a first direction, a second pair of linear guides connected with said intermediate frame and arranged along a second direction orthogonal to said first direction, a first pair of blades connected with said intermediate frame and arranged along the first direction, the first pair of blades being slidingly associated with said first pair of linear guides, and a second pair of blades connected with said at least one second flat covering element and arranged along the second direction, said second pair of blades being slidingly associated with said second pair of linear guides.