Patent ID: 7419461

Claim:
A machine tool having at least one tool spindle on which a tool receptacle is provided for clamping tools, said tool spindle operating in a work space of said machine tool, a movable magazine for storing a plurality of tools in a plurality of storage spaces and for transporting a selected one of said plurality of tools from a storage space to a transport position for introduction into said tool receptacle of said tool spindle, said magazine having a transport chain on which is connected continuously during operation at spaced locations along said transport chain a plurality of carriers containing said plurality of storage spaces for receiving and storing said plurality of tools, said transport chain being arranged such as to collectively move all of said plurality of carriers back and forth in a transport direction corresponding to the direction of movement of said transport chain, wherein the carriers extend from the transport chain essentially transversely to said transport direction, at least one carrier having at least two storage spaces for receiving one of said tools, with one of said at least two storage surfaces pointing in said transport direction and another of said at least two storage surfaces pointing against said transport direction.