ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,599,997, issued on April 14, was assigned to DMG MORI Co. LTD. (Nara, Japan).
"Processing machine" was invented by Takeshi Otawa (Nara, Japan), Syuichi Nishi (Nara, Japan) and Hajime Kimura (Nara, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A processing machine includes a splash guard, a tool spindle that is provided inside a processing area and holds a tool, and an automatic tool changer that is movable between an internal-side tool changing position inside the processing area and a standby position outside the processing area and changes the tool held by the tool spindle at the internal-side tool changing position. The splash guard includes ...