Woodworking – Splitting machine – Tapered or wedge shaped product
Patent
1986-04-04
1987-07-14
Bray, W. D.
Woodworking
Splitting machine
Tapered or wedge shaped product
144193E, 144366, B27L 700
Patent
active
046796070
ABSTRACT:
A mechanical log splitter in which relative motion is imparted between a cleaving blade and a log longitudinal the axis thereof and the log is split by the cleaving blade being forced thereinto. All moving parts of the log splitter disclosed, except for a log-impelling block that forces each log onto the cleaving blade, are enclosed for safety reasons within an elongated support frame which is preferable made of metal pipe. Riding within the support frame, supporting the log-impelling block and releasably secured thereto to facilitate maintenance, is an elongated carriage, which may also be cylindrical. An activating means housed within support frame at one end of the cylinder drives the carriage and log-impelling block to splitting logs against the cleaving blade of the device. The cleaving blade comprises an elongated tapered body portion of either conical or pyramidal shape having the apex thereof directed toward the approaching log and a longitudinal axis parallel to the motion thereof. The body portion is attached to a planar footing having a knife-like edge also oriented toward the oncoming log and defining a plane containing longitudinal axis of the body portion. The cleaving blade design facilitates splitting of each log along its own self-defined line of least resistance.
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