Bed for a machine tool

Claim 1

A machine tool comprising a feed shaft for moving a working stage on a bed of a machine tool relative to said bed, a stage movement guide for guiding the movement of said working stage, a cover means for covering an upper surface of said stage movement guide, a plurality of chip scraping wipers provided on said feed shaft and said cover, and means for collecting matter, wherein said bed has a first hole arranged above said collecting means and an inclined top surface for guiding matter which has fallen on said bed from said working stage toward said first hole, said stage movement guide comprises first and second guideways for supporting the upper surface of said working stage and guiding the movement of said working stage, said cover means comprises first and second stage guide covers for separately covering upper surfaces of said first and second guideways respectively, each of said first and second stage guide covers having an upper surface with an inclined portion, and said plurality of chip scraping wipers comprises first and second wipers for covering said first and second stage guide covers respectively and a third wiper for covering said feed shaft, whereby said first, second and third wipers wipe upper surfaces of said first and second stage guide covers and said feed shaft respectively through motion of said covers and said feed shaft relative to said bed.