Patent ID: 7223221

Claim:
A column moving type machine tool comprising: a pair of right and left longitudinal guide rails installed on a top face of a bed, a slide installed on the guide rails movably in a longitudinal direction, a column installed on the slide movably in a lateral direction, and a longitudinal spindle installed at a front face of the column ( 6 ) movably in a vertical direction, wherein first cover plates are fixed at right and left sides of a vertical moving route for the spindle at the front face of the column, side cover plates are installed continuously with outer end edges of the first cover plates so as to be turnable rearward by guide means provided between the side cover plates and the slide, a second cover plate is installed in front of the first cover plates and the side cover plates integrally with the slide so as to cover the full front side of the moving range, in a vertical direction and a lateral direction, of the column with the spindle, and a shielded machining space is formed in front of the second cover plate.