Patent ID: 7131361

Claim:
A machine, comprising: (i) a workpiece-machining device for machining a material workpiece into a machined product workpiece, comprising: a machining section; a table located in the machining section; and a workpiece-feeding device for feeding the material workpiece from the table to the machining section and for ejecting the machined product workpiece from the machining section to the table; and (ii) a workpiece-storage device, comprising: a product-housing section for stacking the machined product workpiece; a material-housing section for stacking the material workpiece; a traveling body for traveling among the product-housing section, the material-housing section and the table; a gripping means provided on the traveling body for gripping the material workpiece and the machined product workpiece, wherein the gripping means loads or unloads the material workpiece and the machined product workpiece on or from the table of the workpiece-machining device; and a rectangular coordinate movement means for moving the traveling body among the product-housing section, the material-housing section and the table, in a first horizontal direction in which the workpiece-machining device and the workpiece-storage device are located in a line, and in a second horizontal direction orthogonal to the first horizontal direction, wherein the traveling body is moved simultaneously in the first and second directions.