Patent ID: 7712227

Claim:
Carriage arrangement for a machine tool having a first carriage ( 1 ) which can be adjusted along a first axis of motion, and the adjusting motion ( 5 ) of said first carriage can adjust a work piece supported on the first carriage ( 1 ) between a first position and a second position, and having a second carriage ( 10 ) which can be adjusted along a second axis of motion, and the adjusting motion ( 11 ) of said second carriage can adjust a probe supported on the second carriage ( 10 ) between a measurement point approximate to the first position of the work piece and a rest position away from the measurement point, wherein an actuation device ( 6 , 13 , 13 ′, 14 , 14 ′) driven by the adjusting motion of the first carriage ( 1 ) is provided and, because of the adjusting motion ( 5 ) of the first carriage ( 1 ) from the first position into the second position, the adjusting motion ( 11 ) of the second carriage ( 10 ) can be driven from the measurement point to the rest position, and because of the adjusting motion ( 5 ) of the first carriage ( 1 ) from the second position into the first position, the adjusting motion ( 11 ) of the second carriage ( 10 ) can be driven from the rest position to the measurement point.