Patent ID: 8561273

Claim:
A tool turret, comprising: a base body mountable to a machine tool and defining a turret axis; a tool disk pivotably mounted on the base body, being pivotable about said turret axis and having a tool disk periphery; a plurality of tool stations distributed on said tool disk periphery and being movable to at least one working position at a time by pivoting said tool disk about said turret axis; a tool drive located within said tool disk and having an output-side gear part rotatable around a radial axis of rotation radial to said turret axis, said output-side gearing part being couplable to a tool-side coupling part for driving at least one tool located on the tool station aligned to the at least one working position; and a clutch in said tool disk, said clutch being switchable between a first operating position in which said output-side gear part pivots with said tool disk around the turret axis and is connected to said tool disk, and a second operating position in which said output-side gear part is decoupled from said tool disk so as not to pivot with said tool disk around said turret axis during rotation of said tool disk around said turret axis.