Patent ID: 8353231

Claim:
A working machine having a bar feeder, the bar feeder comprising: a support portion provided with a U-shaped groove located on an extension of a spindle of the working machine; a material rack supporting a bar material in parallel with the U-shaped groove of the support portion, the bar material being to be fed to the U-shaped groove of the support portion; a feed pipe for pushing out the bar material toward the spindle, the bar material being fed in the U-shaped groove from the material rack; and a guide lever reciprocating in a direction of crossing between a groove opening side and a groove bottom side of the U-shaped groove, the guide lever being controlled to move from the groove bottom side to the groove opening side to push out the material toward the groove opening side upon returning of the bar material to the material rack from the U-shaped groove, the support portion including an upper support section for opening or closing the U-shaped groove of the support portion from the groove opening side, and the upper support section being controlled to cooperate with the guide lever in a manner such that when the guide lever moves from the groove bottom side toward the groove opening side, the upper support section opens the U-shaped groove, integrated by a common support shaft and are actuated at different times to move forward and away from each other.