Tool magazine device for a machine tool
US8721512B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 15, 2011 |
| Grant date | May 13, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 25, 2032 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T483/18
- WIPO fieldMachine tools
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A tool magazine device includes a magazine body adapted to be disposed on a machine body of a machine tool to confront a working space, a plurality of insertion openings formed in a right side wall of the magazine body and each extending towards a left side wall of the magazine body to form a storage chamber, a plurality of gripping members fitted in the insertion openings for grippingly engage cutting tools, an inlet disposed in the magazine body for introducing therein a flow of pressurized air, and an air duct unit disposed on the left side wall and coupled to communicate the inlet with the storage chambers so as to permit the pressurized air to flow out of the insertion openings to thereby clean swarf from the cutting tools.
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