Patent ID: 8602954

Claim:
A tool magazine for accommodating a plurality of tools, each having a shank, a tip and at least one face, wherein the central axes of the tools can be positioned horizontal and parallel to each other, comprising: a first tool accommodating portion having a tool holding member formed out of a plate-shaped member on which a plurality of tool receiving holes in which the tools can pass are formed, the tool holding member holding the tools when lower portions of the tool receiving holes are engaged with V-shaped grooves of flange portions of the tools; and a second tool accommodating portion having a tool holding member, which is attached to the periphery of the first tool accommodating portion, formed out of a plate-shaped member on which a plurality of tool receiving dent portions capable of receiving the tools are formed, the tool holding member holding the tools when lower portions of the tool receiving dent portions are engaged with the V-shaped grooves of the flange portions of the tools, wherein the second tool accommodating portion is arranged parallel to the first tool accommodating portion, and offset from the face of the first tool accommodating portion toward the shank side of the accommodated tools.