Abstract: An operating device includes: an operation member capable of being tilted from an operation reference position; a support body supporting the operation member such that the operation member can be tilted first and second movable members each supported by the support body so as to rotate in conjunction with the tilting operation of the operation member; a first magnetic member formed of a magnetic material and provided to the first movable member; a second magnetic member fanned from a magnetic, material and provided to the second movable member; and a permanent magnet supported by the support body so as to face the first and second magnetic members in a first direction while the operation member is positioned at the operation reference position. The first magnetic member and the second magnetic member do not overlap each other seen from the first direction.

Abstract: There is provision of an operating device including: an operation member capable of being tilted from an operation reference position; a support body supporting the operation member such that the operation member can be tilted; first and second movable members each supported by the support body so as to rotate in conjunction with the tilting operation of the operation member; a first magnetic member formed of a magnetic material and provided to the first movable member; a second magnetic member formed from a magnetic material and provided to the second movable member; and a permanent magnet supported by the support body so as to face the first and second magnetic members in a first direction while the operation member is positioned at the operation reference position. The first magnetic member and the second magnetic member do not overlap each other seen from the first direction.

Abstract: A touch pad device includes: an operating unit which includes an operation surface on which an operating body performs a proximity operation, and an illumination portion disposed in the operation surface; a first substrate which has a first surface and a second surface, the first surface being aligned with the operation surface and provided with a detection unit that detects the proximity operation; and a support member configured to integrally support the operating unit and the first substrate, in which the first substrate is provided so as not to overlap the illumination portion, a light source disposed in the vicinity of the illumination portion and outputs light toward the support member side is provided, and a reflective portion configured to reflect the light output from the light source toward the illumination portion is provided at a position that opposes the light source of the support member.

Abstract: A touch pad device includes: an operating unit which includes an operation surface on which an operating body performs a proximity operation, and an illumination portion disposed in the operation surface; a first substrate which has a first surface and a second surface, the first surface being aligned with the operation surface and provided with a detection unit that detects the proximity operation; and a support member configured to integrally support the operating unit and the first substrate, in which the first substrate is provided so as not to overlap the illumination portion, a light source disposed in the vicinity of the illumination portion and outputs light toward the support member side is provided, and a reflective portion configured to reflect the light output from the light source toward the illumination portion is provided at a position that opposes the light source of the support member.

Abstract: A support body holding a touch pad is mounted on a hollow support body of a base member, a space is formed in the base member and extends from its inside to an inside of the hollow support body, a shaft is provided vertically to an operation knob and extends from a back surface of a top surface portion, the touch pad has a through hole through which the shaft is inserted into the space, a rotation detection portion detecting rotating movement of an operation body and a pressing detection portion detecting reciprocating movement of the operation body are provided, and, in the space, the shaft is linked to a rotating movement portion making rotation detection movement for the rotation detection portion with rotating movement of the operation body and a pressing movement portion making pressing detection movement for the pressing detection portion with reciprocating movement of the operation body.

Abstract: An input device includes: a base member including a hollow support body; and an operation body supported so as to at least freely rotate relative to the hollow support body. The operation body includes an operation knob formed in a cylindrical shape with a bottom and having a top surface portion and a plate-shaped capacitance type touch pad provided on a back side of the top surface portion for detecting approach or contact of a finger with respect to the top surface portion. A support body supporting the capacitance type touch pad is mounted on the base member and supports the capacitance type touch pad through an elastic body which elastically urges the capacitance type touch pad against the top surface portion of the operation knob.

Abstract: An input device includes: a base member including a hollow support body; and an operation body supported so as to at least freely rotate relative to the hollow support body. The operation body includes an operation knob formed in a cylindrical shape with a bottom and having a top surface portion and a plate-shaped capacitance type touch pad provided on a back side of the top surface portion for detecting approach or contact of a finger with respect to the top surface portion. A support body supporting the capacitance type touch pad is mounted on the base member and supports the capacitance type touch pad through an elastic body which elastically urges the capacitance type touch pad against the top surface portion of the operation knob.

Abstract: A support body holding a touch pad is mounted on a hollow support body of a base member, a space is formed in the base member and extends from its inside to an inside of the hollow support body, a shaft is provided vertically to an operation knob and extends from a back surface of a top surface portion, the touch pad has a through hole through which the shaft is inserted into the space, a rotation detection portion detecting rotating movement of an operation body and a pressing detection portion detecting reciprocating movement of the operation body are provided, and, in the space, the shaft is linked to a rotating movement portion making rotation detection movement for the rotation detection portion with rotating movement of the operation body and a pressing movement portion making pressing detection movement for the pressing detection portion with reciprocating movement of the operation body.

Abstract: The present invention provides a machine tool capable of reducing residual vibration occurring at the location time, thereby achieving responsiveness to a recent demand for higher acceleration/deceleration speed. The machine tool is configured such that a column 3 is fixed on a bed 2, a spindle head 6 for supporting a spindle 7 is disposed on a front face 3b? of the column 3 to be movable in a Z-axis direction, and a pair of right and left Z-axis ball screws (spindle drive shafts) 22 for driving the vicinity of the gravity center of the spindle head 6 is disposed on the front face 3b? of the column 3 to be symmetrical to each other with respect to a plane that includes an axis C of the spindle head 6 and is parallel to a Y axis, thereby driving the vicinity of the gravity center of the spindle head 6.

Abstract: The present invention provides a machine tool whose width dimension is not increased even when it includes a tool magazine. The present invention includes: a bed; a saddle disposed on the bed to be movable in a forward and backward (Y-axis) direction in a front view of the machine tool; a table disposed on the saddle to be movable in right and left (X-axis) direction; a column fixed on the bed a spindle head disposed on the column to support a spindle and movable in a vertical (Z-axis) direction; an automatic tool changer disposed on a back face side of the column, wherein the column has an opening which allows the back face side and a front face side of the column to communicate with each other, and the automatic tool changer replaces a tool on the spindle side by a tool on a tool magazine side through the opening.

Abstract: The present invention provides a machine tool capable of enhancing approachability to a spindle to improve work efficiency even when it includes a workpiece changer. The present invention includes: a bed; a saddle disposed on the bed to be movable in a forward and backward (Y-axis) direction in a front view of the machine tool; a table disposed on the saddle to be movable in a right and left (X-axis) direction; a column having a shape of a gate bridged over a travel range of the table and fixed on the bed; a spindle head disposed on the column to support a spindle and movable in a vertical (Z-axis) direction; a workpiece changer that turns a workpiece together with a pallet or turns the workpiece independently, for workpiece replacement, between a workpiece standby position set on a back face side of the bed and the table placed at a workpiece change position, the workpiece changer being disposed so as to set the workpiece change position at a position under the column.

Abstract: The present invention provides a machine tool capable of achieving a higher feed rate of a spindle and weight reduction while ensuring necessary stiffness of a column. The present invention includes: a bed; a saddle disposed on the bed to be movable in a Y-axis direction in a front view of the machine; a table disposed on the saddle to be movable in an X-axis direction; a column having a shape of a gate that is bridged over a travel range of the table and has right and left legs fixed on the bed and a beam connecting tops of the right and left legs; and a spindle head disposed on a front face of the beam to be movable in a Z-axis direction.

Abstract: The present invention provides a tool changer of a machine tool capable of suppressing cost increase and preventing size increase of the machine when a tool magazine is mounted. In a tool changer of a machine tool provided with a pallet change mechanism 10 in which a machining-side pallet 11 disposed on a machining area A side and a standby-side pallet 12 disposed on a standby area B side are turned around a turn shaft 14 by a turning member 13 to be automatically changed, a tool magazine 28 holding a plurality of tools T1 to T4 is disposed between the machining-side pallet 11 and the standby-side pallet 12 in the turning member 13 and the tool magazine 28 is turned by the turning member 13 so that the tools T1 to T4 face a spindle 5 disposed on the machining area A side.

Abstract: The present invention provides a machine tool whose width dimension is not increased even when it includes a tool magazine. The present invention includes: a bed 2; a saddle 4 disposed on the bed 2 to be movable in a forward and backward (Y-axis) direction in a front view of the machine tool; a table 5 disposed on the saddle 4 to be movable in right and left (X-axis) direction; a column 3 fixed on the bed 2; a spindle head 6 disposed on the column 3 to support a spindle 7 and movable in a vertical (Z-axis) direction; an automatic tool changer 10 disposed on a back face side of the column 3, wherein the column 3 has an opening A which allows the back face 3b? side and a front face 3b? side of the column 3 to communicate with each other, and the automatic tool changer 10 replaces a tool T on the spindle 7 side by a tool T1 on a tool magazine 11 side through the opening A.

Abstract: The present invention provides a machine tool capable of enhancing approachability to a spindle to improve work efficiency even when it includes a workpiece changer.

Abstract: The present invention provides a machine tool capable of enhancing chip discharge efficiency and improving work efficiency with improved approachability to a spindle. A machine tool according to the present invention is structured such that a recession 2c with a back face side and an upper face side thereof opened is formed at a center portion of a bed 2, Y-axis guide rails 18 and Y-axis ball screws (drive shafts) 16 for guiding and driving the saddle 4 are disposed on right and left saddle supports (edges) 2b of the recession 2c and are covered with right and left Y-axis cutting covers 56, the right and left Y-axis cutting covers 56 are formed in an inclined shape with the recession 2c side thereof becoming lower, and a chip receptor 48 for discharging chips dropped into the recession 2c to a back face side of the bed 2 is disposed in the recession 2c.

Abstract: The present invention provides a tool changer of a machine tool capable of suppressing cost increase and preventing size increase of the machine when a tool magazine is mounted. In a tool changer of a machine tool provided with a pallet change mechanism 10 in which a machining-side pallet 11 disposed on a machining area A side and a standby-side pallet 12 disposed on a standby area B side are turned around a turn shaft 14 by a turning member 13 to be automatically changed, a tool magazine 28 holding a plurality of tools T1 to T4 is disposed between the machining-side pallet 11 and the standby-side pallet 12 in the turning member 13 and the tool magazine 28 is turned by the turning member 13 so that the tools T1 to T4 face a spindle 5 disposed on the machining area A side.

Abstract: The present invention provides a machine tool capable of reducing residual vibration occurring at the location time, thereby achieving responsiveness to a recent demand for higher acceleration/deceleration speed. The machine tool is configured such that a column 3 is fixed on a bed 2, a spindle head 6 for supporting a spindle 7 is disposed on a front face 3b? of the column 3 to be movable in a Z-axis direction, and a pair of right and left Z-axis ball screws (spindle drive shafts) 22 for driving the vicinity of the gravity center of the spindle head 6 is disposed on the front face 3b? of the column 3 to be symmetrical to each other with respect to a plane that includes an axis C of the spindle head 6 and is parallel to a Y axis, thereby driving the vicinity of the gravity center of the spindle head 6.

Abstract: The present invention provides a machine tool capable of enhancing chip discharge efficiency and improving work efficiency with improved approachability to a spindle. A machine tool according to the present invention is structured such that a recession 2c with a back face side and an upper face side thereof opened is formed at a center portion of a bed 2, Y-axis guide rails 18 and Y-axis ball screws (drive shafts) 16 for guiding and driving the saddle 4 are disposed on right and left saddle supports (edges) 2b of the recession 2c and are covered with right and left Y-axis cutting covers 56, the right and left Y-axis cutting covers 56 are formed in an inclined shape with the recession 2c side thereof becoming lower, and a chip receptor 48 for discharging chips dropped into the recession 2c to a back face side of the bed 2 is disposed in the recession 2c.

Abstract: The present invention provides a machine tool capable of achieving a higher feed rate of a spindle and weight reduction while ensuring necessary stiffness of a column. The present invention includes: a bed 2; a saddle 4 disposed on the bed 2 to be movable in a Y-axis direction in a front view of the machine; a table 5 disposed on the saddle 4 to be movable in an X-axis direction; a column 3 having a shape of a gate that is bridged over a travel range of the table 5 and has right and left legs 3a fixed on the bed 2 and a beam connecting tops of the right and left legs 3a; and a spindle head 6 disposed on a front face of the beam 3b to be movable in a Z-axis direction.