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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7882868 | Compact and portable wood splitter The present invention concerns a compact, portable, lightweight, easily transportable, quickly operating wood splitting apparatus, using a knife which cuts a log or piece of wood that is deposed on a platform. This compact and portable wood splitter is actuated by a... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7334615 | Log splitter A self-contained, or externally actuated, hydraulic log splitter which includes a frame on which is slidably mounted an assembly of a specially designed push plate secured at one end to a reversible hydraulic cylinder and at the other to a splitting table carrying l... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7255143 | Quad wedge tip up log splitter A uniquely configured quad wedge allows for the creation of a tip-up log splitter that is capable of multiple splits in a single stroke of the drive mechanism. The quad wedge is attached to the piston of a hydraulic cylinder, and is slidably mounted to a framework t... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7252081 | Method of producing split concrete blocks The present invention provides a method of producing split casted concrete blocks. The method comprises the steps of providing a production plate adapted to support one or more casted blocks. One or more of these blocks are casted on the production plate. A parting ... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7228881 | Wood processor A wood processor including a motor vehicle having a bed structure, a clamping device on the bed structure for clamping a wood log and positioning it in a first processing position, a power saw for cutting predetermined length members from the wood log, and a splitti... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7198081 | Log splitter A portably log splitter is provided. The log splitter comprises a base having a pair of one-piece side members, and a support member to which the one-piece side members are attached. The support member and the one-piece side members form a seat that is adapted to re... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7188646 | Kit to form a wood splitting apparatus A splitting wedge is provided for splitting wood. The wedge includes an upwardly facing impact surface, a collar adapted to slidably engage a vertical guide track and a downwardly facing cutting edge. The wedge is adapted to slide down the guide track and cut into a... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7104296 | TSS16 EZ clean swinging bypass splitter box A log splitting system comprises a splitter box, having entrance and discharge sections, each with top, bottom and sidewalls, and open entrance and discharge ends. A first set of cutting blades in the entrance section divides that section into at least two, first se... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7104295 | Two-stage two-stroke log splitting system A log splitting system comprises a splitter box, having top, bottom and sidewalls, and open entrance and discharge ends. A first set of cutting blades secured adjacent to the entrance end divides the entrance end into at least two, first sections. A second set of cu... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7096901 | Manually operated apparatus for splitting wood Manually operated apparatus for splitting wood includes at least one axe-shaped blade vertically arranged on a support base. The at least one axe-shaped blade has an upward facing cutting edge. The axe-shaped blade is structured and arranged to receive thereon a low... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7077121 | Block impact splitter A block impact splitter is comprised of a support frame connected on a swivel to a stationary frame. A hammer is provided with a hammer head and secured to a pivotal arm pivotally connected to the support frame at a pivot connection. An actuating piston has a cylind... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7040363 | Kit to form a wood splitting apparatus A kit to form a wood splitting apparatus. The kit includes a guide track (14,16) capable of assembly and disassembly. The guide track is adapted for mounting (40) to a vertical support. A splitting wedge (22) is provided which is adapted to enga... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7011123 | Block hoist A new or retrofit block hoist for conventional, hydraulic-powered log splitters assists in the lifting, maneuvering, and positioning of large diameter, heavy logs that require multiple radial splits to section them for firewood, comprising a boom, pulley and cable s... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6749178 | Lift adapter for log splitter In combination with a portable log splitter having a wheel mounted support frame, a splitter frame mounted on the support frame, a power driven means disposed on the splitter frame for splitting wood, a towing bar engageable with the wheel mounted support frame and ... | 06/15/2004 |
| 6705364 | Log splitting apparatus and method of use of the same A method and an apparatus for splitting logs which includes a combination of an impact wrench and a conical screw-form wedge. A first step involves providing an impact wrench and a conical screw-form wedge. A second step involves coupling the conical screw-form wedg... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6609545 | Wood cutting head structure A cutting head structure for a wood splitter utilizing a frame member. The frame member includes a bottom, a pair of sides, and a top to form an open chamber. The open chamber has a first opening for receiving a wood mass and a second opening to receive t... | 08/26/2003 |
| 6520226 | Highly maneuverable log splitting system A method and apparatus is taught for engaging, positioning, and splitting logs. A wedge section of a skid steer loader coupling device is received in a lip section of a log splitting system coupling device. A body section of the skid steer loader coupling... | 02/18/2003 |
| 6408907 | Wood splitting attachment A wood splitting attachment primarily for use with a skid steer loader that allows the wood splitter to be operated in the horizontal or vertical mode, can be easily connected to a skid steer loader and with a wedge extractor that allows the splitting wed... | 06/25/2002 |
| 6390160 | Chopping machine The chopping machine includes a crosscutting device for cutting the timber, a feeder for feeding the timber in its longitudinal direction to the crosscutting device and a splitting apparatus operated by a splitting cylinder for splitting a cut block of ti... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6386249 | Affordable firewood splitting kit The invention is a man-portable firewood splitter and is affordable for personal use. It uses an off-the-shelf hydraulic car jack, an off-the-shelf firewood splitting wedge, and a platform that is configured so that it combines the other two units to prov... | 05/14/2002 |
| 6325118 | Wood splitter A wood splitting apparatus has a parting blade and a platen which undergo reciprocating motions in mutually opposite directions by means of a pair of hydraulic cylinders. After the parting blade splits off a portion of a sawn log horizontally, the portion... | 12/04/2001 |
| 6318424 | Multi-purpose hydraulic press, metal bending, and log splitting apparatus A multi-purpose hydraulic press, metal bending, and log splitting apparatus is disclosed. An hydraulic ram, having a piston cylinder for extending and retracting a piston rod driven by an hydraulic power means, is rigidly affixed to an elongated I-beam fr... | 11/20/2001 |
| 6289953 | Splitting apparatus An apparatus for splitting a wood board into two separate sheets, comprising a pair of parallel drive shafts rotatable in the opposite directions, a series of toothed wheels fixed on each of the drive shafts at a predetermined spaced interval, each toothe... | 09/18/2001 |
| 6289955 | Adjustable, portable wood splitting apparatus An adjustable, portable wood splitting apparatus is provided having a pair of linearly elongated, telescoping cylindrical base members forming a V-shaped base diverging outwardly from an apex, a bracket base member, a linearly elongated, vertically extend... | 09/18/2001 |
| 6244313 | Method and devices for splitting wood The invention concerns a method and accessory for splitting wood. The logs are loaded into a ring (2) to essentially fill it and, if desired, are compressed into a tightly packed bundle, splitting taking place using an impact-bar type device.... | 06/12/2001 |
| 6152973 | Compressed wood fuel pellet and method and machine for making same A method and machine for making a new and improved compressed wood fuel pellet. The method comprising the steps of severing a wafer of tree trunk or branch, punching or splitting a small portion along the grain in the wafer, confining each portion across ... | 11/28/2000 |
| 6135178 | Wood splitting device A device for splitting wood comprises a rotatable and movable cutting device. A splitting blade is positioned on one end of the cutting device which acts to split the wood when the cutting device is advanced in a direction towards the wood. The cutting de... | 10/24/2000 |
| 6112784 | Rail buster Provided herein is a device useful for splitting logs into rail sections useful in making fences. The device includes a longitudinal cutting means which permits the entire log placed into the device to be cleaved along its length dimension in one operatio... | 09/05/2000 |
| 6092572 | Log splitter with manually operated hydraulic jack A compact, lightweight, easily operated log splitter having a conventional manually operated hydraulic jack mounted on a base in an adjustable-length frame having four legs extending between the base and a plate supporting a splitting wedge at the opposit... | 07/25/2000 |
| 6076576 | Log splitter A wood splitter having an elongated beam including a center rail, a horizontally disposed top surface and a horizontally disposed bottom surface defining a pair of channels. A first push member is attached at an end of the beam. An elongated frame is posi... | 06/20/2000 |
| 5971044 | Tool with parallel corners for splitting wood A wood-splitting tool includes at least one system with n parallel elemental wedges (3a, 3b, 3c, . . . 3n) which in succession are given a movement for penetrating the wood. The system for actuating the wedges can be a hydraulic, chain-type, connecting ro... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5967206 | Hydraulic log splitter with drag hoist A log splitter of the kind having a hydraulic ram for driving a log into a confronting wedge for splitting it, the ram and the wedge being mounted on opposite respective ends of a supporting rail. This splitter includes a hydraulically powered drag hoist ... | 10/19/1999 |
| 5941292 | Tool for rock breaking and log splitting A tool 10 for rock breaking, log splitting and similar operations includes a plate 12 having a plurality of identical apertures 14 formed therethrough. A frame 16 comprised of a skirt 18 formed from lengths of angle iron and a plurality of legs also forme... | 08/24/1999 |
| 5921299 | Firewood splitting machine A firewood splitting machine is composed of a support frame, a cutter mounted on one end of the support frame, an oil pressure cylinder mounted on another end of the support frame, and an oil injecting device mounted in the support frame. The oil pressure... | 07/13/1999 |
| 5921300 | Log-splitting device A power log splitter includes a base (28) and a wedge (12) and a ram (34) mounted on the base for receiving a log (31) lengthwise between them. A motor (16) turns a cam means (26) to deliver a series of short, quick blows onto one of the wedge (12) and ra... | 07/13/1999 |
| 5803141 | Combination wood splitter and loader Apparatus mountable to a support vehicle for splitting and loading firewood the apparatus which includes: a. a rigid connecting member, the connecting member having a proximal component and a distal component, the proximal component mountable to the suppo... | 09/08/1998 |
| 5722471 | Tool for rock breaking and log splitting A tool 10 for rock breaking, log splitting and similar operations includes a plate 12 having a plurality of identical apertures 14 formed therethrough. A frame 16 comprised of a skirt 18 formed from lengths of angle iron and a plurality of legs also forme... | 03/03/1998 |
| 5704374 | Hand-driven wood splitter The present invention relates to a hand-operated wood-splitter with striking weight (1) movable along a rod (2) connected at its lower end to an axe or splitting wedge (5). The invention is characterized in that the rod (2) for the striking weight (1) is ... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5651404 | Multi-stage log splitter A wood splitting assembly includes two wood splitting stages mounted on a trailer or truck bed. A first stage for splitting large diameter wood pieces is adapted to be transported in a substantially horizontal orientation to be pivoted to a vertical orien... | 07/29/1997 |
| 5575319 | Log splitting apparatus for use with conventional vehicle jacks Log splitting apparatus for use in combination with a conventional vehicle jack includes a base for removably receiving and supporting the jack thereon and a first support connected to and extending upwardly from the base. A second support is connected to... | 11/19/1996 |
