Woodworking – Splitting machine – Tapered or wedge shaped product
Patent
1993-08-02
1994-02-08
Bray, W. Donald
Woodworking
Splitting machine
Tapered or wedge shaped product
144193R, 144366, 4147458, 4147463, B27L 700
Patent
active
052841936
ABSTRACT:
An improved log splitter having a first frame; a wedge fixedly attached thereto and extending outwardly therefrom; a carriage mounted for reciprocation upon the first frame; an abutment plate fixedly attached to the carriage and extending outwardly therefrom in alignment with the wedge and so arranged to split a log between the abutment plate and the wedge; and a hydraulic cylinder for reciprocating the abutment plate and carriage toward and away from the wedge, together with: a second frame rotatably mounted to the first frame so that the first frame may rotate relative thereto about an axis; a hydraulic piston-and-cylinder operably interposed between the first and second frame for rotating the first frame about its longitudinal axis; and a log support cradle extending outwardly from the carriage, with rollers on the cradle to ease positioning of a log. The first frame rotates between a loading position, in which a log on the ground is gripped between the abutment plate and the wedge, and a splitting position, in which the log is split, with the log being lifted onto the splitter as the first frame rotates.
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Crowder Albert C.
Mires Ronald E.
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