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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 04, 2003
Filed:
Apr. 22, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Hideshi Sato, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazumasa Kono, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Makino Milling Machine Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23C 1/00 ; B23D 7/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B23C 1/00 ; B23D 7/00 ;
Abstract
A machine tool with an improved capability of discharging and collecting the cutting chips is disclosed. A bed ( ) is provided with troughs ( ) extending through the bed ( ) in a direction substantially perpendicular to a direction of the movement of a table ( ). The cutting chips are collected in the troughs ( ) through a plurality of chutes ( ) which have openings inclined downward towards the troughs ( ) and which are provided below the upper surface of the table , to be discharged to the outside through chip discharge means ( ) disposed in the troughs ( ).