Patent ID: 7578036

Claim:
Machine tool for machining a workpiece by a relative movement between the workpiece and a tool, comprising a machine frame, a carrier disposed on the machine frame and having a first receiving means for the workpiece or the tool, a slide system disposed on the machine frame, said slide system having a first slide element arranged on said machine frame and a second slide element which carries a second receiving means for the tool or the workpiece, respectively, said second slide element being guided on and movable with respect to said first slide element in a fixed movement zone of a slide movement area in the direction of two slide movement axes running transversely in relation to one another and comprising a drive device for moving the second slide element, which second slide element is movable in relation to the first receiving means, which drive device acts on the second slide element at two spaced-apart points of application by four drive struts extending parallel to two different directions, said four drive struts being of equal length, and with which drive device the two points of application can be positioned by means of the four drive struts, two drive struts with a pivot joint acting on one of the two points of application of the second slide element, each of said drive struts being pivotally connected to a respective guiding slide, which is guided in a linearly movable manner transversely in relation to the longitudinal direction of the respective drive struts, and all guiding slides being guided in guiding directions running parallel to each other.