Patent ID: 8079788

Claim:
A machine tool with the main body thereof covered by a cover, wherein said machine tool comprises a spindle head holding a spindle rotating around a vertical axis and being movable in the direction of a vertical axis, spindle motor having a built-in fan and driving the spindle, and the cover covering a main body of the machine tool; said cover has an opening at a portion above the spindle motor, hanging portions hang down from the opening along the sides of the spindle motor, except for the side facing the external side of the main body of the machine tool, with predetermined spaces between the hanging portions and the sides of the spindle motor; and said machine tool has a mist collector which has an air suction capacity higher than an air capacity of the built-in fan of said spindle motor and sucks in a mist and dust generated as a workpiece is machined, along with air inside the cover.