US Patent Issued to DMG MORI on Oct. 27 for "Work machine" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,773,733, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to DMG MORI Co. LTD. (Nara, Japan).

"Work machine" was invented by Takeshi Otawa (Nara, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A processing machine includes: a cover body that forms a machining area, and a storage area separated from machining area; an additive manufacturing head; and a head stocker. The additive manufacturing head performs additive manufacturing on a workpiece in machining area. Head stocker stores additive manufacturing head in storage area. Head stocker includes: a head holding part that holds the additive manufacturing head; and a swing mechanism part that swings head holding pa...