Machine tool

• US 10,449,645 B2
• Filed: 03/14/2018
• Issued: 10/22/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 03/17/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fanuc Corporation
• Original Assignee: Fanuc Corporation
• Inventors: Asano, Keita
• Primary Examiner(s): Gates, Eric A.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Su, Chwen-Wei
• Application Number:
  US15/920,500
• Publication Number:
  US 20180264608A1
• Time in Patent Office: 587 Days
• Field of Search: 248 49, 248 51
• CPC Class Codes: B23Q 1/0018 comprising hydraulic means
• CPC Class Codes: B23Q 1/40 using ball, roller or wheel arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: B23Q 11/0075 for removing chips or coolant from the workpiece after machining
• CPC Class Codes: B23Q 11/08 Protective coverings for parts of machine tools; Splash guards
• CPC Class Codes: B23Q 11/10 Arrangements for cooling or lubricating tools or work incorporated in tools, see the relevant subclass for the tool , e.g. B23B27/10, B23B51/06, B23C5/28, B23D77/006; for circular saw blades B23D59/02, for cooling grinding surfaces B24B55/02
• CPC Class Codes: B23Q 11/1076 with a cutting liquid nozzle specially adaptable to different kinds of machining operations
• CPC Class Codes: B23Q 3/15534 Magazines mounted on the spindle
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 409/30392 with means to protect operative or machine [e.g., guard, safety device, etc.]

Abstract

A machine tool is equipped with a second supply pipe having elasticity and having one end side fixed to a spindle head and the other end side fixed to an arm portion, a cover provided within a machining area, and rollers. When the spindle head is moved in a direction to come close to the arm portion, the second supply pipe is bent and then a portion of the second supply pipe is brought into abutment against the cover. The rollers are provided at a portion of the cover against which the second supply pipe is brought into abutment, and are configured to reduce friction between the cover and the second supply pipe when the second supply pipe moves relative to the cover in an abutment state against the cover.

Claims

1. A machine tool comprising:

a moving portion configured to move within a machining area;

a fixed portion provided within the machining area;

a line-shaped member having elasticity, the line-shaped member having one end side fixed to the moving portion and another end side fixed to the fixed portion; and

an interference portion provided within the machining area, wherein, when the moving portion is moved in a direction to come close to the fixed portion, the line-shaped member is bent and then a portion of the line-shaped member is brought into abutment against the interference portion;

wherein a friction reduction portion is provided at a portion of the interference portion against which the line-shaped member is brought into abutment, and is configured to reduce friction between the interference portion and the line-shaped member when the line-shaped member is moved relative to the interference portion in a state of being held in abutment against the interference portion, wherein;

the moving portion is a spindle head configured to move in a vertical direction;

the line-shaped member is a supply pipe configured to supply cutting fluid; and

the interference portion is a cover configured to cover the machining area.

2. The machine tool according to claim 1, wherein:

the friction reduction portion comprises rollers provided at the interference portion.

3. The machine tool according to claim 1, wherein:

the friction reduction portion comprises a table provided slidably on a guide provided at the interference portion.

4. The machine tool according to claim 3, wherein:

a surface of the table against which the line-shaped member is brought into abutment is slanted so that one end portion of the surface on a side of a direction in which the line-shaped member moves relative to the interference portion when the moving portion is moved in the direction to come close to the fixed portion is located to be closer to the line-shaped member than an opposite end portion of the surface.

5. The machine tool according to claim 3, further comprising:

an urging member configured to urge the table in a direction opposite to a direction in which the table is moved along the guide by abutment of a portion of the line-shaped member against the table when the moving portion is moved in the direction to come close to the fixed portion.

6. A machine tool comprising:

a moving portion configured to move within a machining area;

a fixed portion provided within the machining area;

a line-shaped member having elasticity, the line-shaped member having one end side fixed to the moving portion and another end side fixed to the fixed portion; and

an interference portion provided within the machining area, wherein, when the moving portion is moved in a direction to come close to the fixed portion, the line-shaped member is bent and then a portion of the line-shaped member is brought into abutment against the interference portion;

wherein a friction reduction portion is provided at a portion of the interference portion against which the line-shaped member is brought into abutment, and is configured to reduce friction between the interference portion and the line-shaped member when the line-shaped member is moved relative to the interference portion in a state of being held in abutment against the interference portion, wherein;

the moving portion is a worktable configured to move in a horizontal direction;

the line-shaped member is a supply pipe configured to supply cutting fluid; and

the interference portion is a cover configured to cover the machining area.

7. The machine tool according to claim 6, wherein:

the friction reduction portion comprises rollers provided at the interference portion.

8. The machine tool according to claim 6, wherein:

the friction reduction portion comprises a table provided slidably on a guide provided at the interference portion.

9. The machine tool according to claim 8, wherein:

a surface of the table against which the line-shaped member is brought into abutment is slanted so that one end portion of the surface on a side of a direction in which the line-shaped member moves relative to the interference portion when the moving portion is moved in the direction to come close to the fixed portion is located to be closer to the line-shaped member than an opposite end portion of the surface.

10. The machine tool according to claim 8, further comprising:

an urging member configured to urge the table in a direction opposite to a direction in which the table is moved along the guide by abutment of a portion of the line-shaped member against the table when the moving portion is moved in the direction to come close to the fixed portion.