Patent ID: 7250024

Claim:
A tool shelf magazine for milling and drilling machine tools having a tool changer, said tool shelf magazine comprising: at least one shelf, said at least one shelf having a non-rotatable segment and a rotatable segment, said rotatable segment being rotatable about a vertical axis; a plurality of compartments provided in said at least one shelf above each other at predetermined intervals, said compartments on said non-rotatable segment comprising a plurality of notches which are open on one side and which each serve as accommodations for a suspended tool, said compartments on said rotatable segment comprising a plurality of notches which are open on two opposite sides and which each serve as accommodations for a suspended tool; and a handling device which is vertically and horizontally shiftable with respect to said at least one shelf, said handling device being located adjacent to said at least one shelf and comprising at least one gripper arrangement configured to transfer a predetermined tool between said non-rotatable segment of said at least one shelf and the tool changer in the machine tool, and to transfer predetermined tools between said non-rotatable segment and said rotatable segment.