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Machine tool

US6547498B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateApr 6, 2001
Grant dateApr 15, 2003
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Expiry dateApr 6, 2021

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T409/308288
  • WIPO fieldMachine tools
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A machine tool comprises a bed 1 having longitudinal guiding tracks 7, 7 on upper faces of right and left side parts 4, 4 respectively, a cutting unit 2 hung and supported by the guiding tracks 7, 7, moving in a longitudinal direction, and having a cutting part at its front, and a work fixing table 3 integrally attached on the bed 1, cover faces provided between the cutting unit 2 and the work fixing table 3 to surround an upper face as well as right and left side faces of the cutting part 2, and a cover device 14 forming a working space with only the bottom open relative to the cover faces, the work fixing table 3 and the cutting unit 2, wherein right and left side faces “d”, “d” of the cover faces hang below the guiding tracks 7, 7 inside the right and left side parts 4, 4 of the bed 1.

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