US Patent Issued to BROTHER KOGYO on June 16 for "Machine tool" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,654,267, issued on June 16, was assigned to BROTHER KOGYO K.K. (Nagoya, Japan).

"Machine tool" was invented by Masato Kondo (Nagoya, Japan) and Hiroyuki Tanaka (Nagoya, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The machine tool includes a main shaft, a workpiece support part, a tool magazine, a moving mechanism, and an opening-closing mechanism. The main shaft holds a tool. The workpiece support part supports a workpiece processed by the tool. The tool magazine is provided on the workpiece support part and includes a tool holder supporting tools, and an openable and closable magazine cover covering a periphery of the tool holder. The moving m...