Woodworking – Process – Mechanical cutting or shaping
Reexamination Certificate
2011-05-03
2011-05-03
Self, Shelley (Department: 3725)
Woodworking
Process
Mechanical cutting or shaping
C144S004600, C144S193200, C144S195800
Reexamination Certificate
active
07934525
ABSTRACT:
A hands-free wood (log segment) splitting apparatus and method of employing a mobile vehicle having mounted thereon the splitting apparatus. The splitting apparatus includes a mount removably secured to the mobile vehicle and having secured thereon a rotatable auger, the location of the mount and the components carried thereon being safely remote from an operator. Control over the positioning of the apparatus, including the auger relative to a to-be-split log segment, control over the movement of the auger relative to the log segment being split, restraining the log segment from undesired movement relative to the spinning auger, and other related actions, are effected by the operator from the remote location and without exposure of the operator to personal injury from the splitting apparatus. Guides are provided for entry thereof into a split to serve as impediments to collapse of the split portions of the log segment against the auger.
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Bolton Stoney Dale
Self Shelley
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