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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7934525 | Hands free wood splitter 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... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7556072 | Log splitting apparatus and method for its use An apparatus and methods for splitting logs includes a hydraulic power unit, for driving a wedge against a log, held in a fixed position, between the wedge and an anvil. The hydraulic power unit is manually powered, and can provide driving forces at two different sp... | 07/07/2009 |
| 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 |
| 7140089 | Processor-controlled carving and multi-purpose shaping device One embodiment of the present invention is a compact, low-cost, lightweight, versatile and easy-to-operate, processor-controlled carving and multi-purpose shaping device (“PCCMPS machine”). The PCCMPS machine that represents one embodiment of the present inventi... | 11/28/2006 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7029045 | Doe Antlers A Doe Antlers is a device designed for retrieving wild game animals such as deer or other animals of similar size. Doe Antlers consists of a yoke, yoke handles, an adjustment fastener, a hook, and hand grips. The yoke can be manufactured of tubular or solid material... | 04/18/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6732774 | Multi-purpose farm apparatus A multi-purpose farm apparatus capable of being easily transported and which can be used to perform a variety of tasks. The multi-purpose farm apparatus comprises a trailer, a combination baler and wood splitter and a hydraulic system mounted thereon. The combinatio... | 05/11/2004 |
| 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 |
| 6698479 | Log catcher A log catcher for catching and holding logs which fall from a log splitter which is supported upon an I-beam. The log catcher comprises five parallel cylindrical rods each having two ends, a horizontal first cross-beam attached to the rods at one end, and... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6640852 | Four-way log splitter and handler A device for handling and splitting logs is characterized by a unique mechanism for holding logs while they are cut into sections of a desired length and then simultaneously splitting the cut sections into quarters. The log holding apparatus is arranged o... | 11/04/2003 |
| 6609547 | Log splitter attachment for a skid loader The log splitter of the present invention is interchangeably mounted to a skid loader in the same manner as conventional attachments, wherein the skid loader longitudinal axis and log splitter longitudinal axis are perpendicular. The log splitter has a mo... | 08/26/2003 |
| 6546976 | Computer designed ergonomic upright wood splitter systems and methods A wood splitter comprising a support structure, a table assembly, a ram assembly, and wedge member, and a control means. The support structure supports the table assembly. The control system energizes the ram assembly to force the wedge towards the table ... | 04/15/2003 |
| 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 |
| 6453958 | Log splitting device A splitting device for splitting logs comprising a base having an upright member secured thereto, a carriage moveable along said upright member, an axe portion also moveable along said upright member and carrying an axe head, the moveable carriage being r... | 09/24/2002 |
| 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 |
| 6390162 | Log splitter A log splitter is disclosed as employing a fluid driven hammer adapted to impart successive log splitting movements to a log splitting element, a manually operable parallelogram linkage for supporting the hammer for vertical movement relative to an upper ... | 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 6010585 | Manufacturing apparatus for a construction material made of woody material and mortar A manufacturing apparatus for a woody strand cement board, in which a woody group material and cement are combined to form a construction material. The construction material is fire resistant and has a strength comparable to a lumbered raw wood product. T... | 01/04/2000 |
| 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 |
| 5957175 | Adjustable log splitting head An adjustable multi-wedge splitting head for a log splitting apparatus includes a vertically oriented stationary post securing a slideably positionable first multiple splitting wedge assembly, and a vertically oriented stationary splitting wedge mounted f... | 09/28/1999 |
| 5934348 | Method and apparatus for the fabrication of strands A method and an apparatus for fabricating strands from round wood are disclosed. The strands have a length of between 200 and 350 mm in the direction of the wood fibers and have a width of between 1 and 15 mm. The strands are fabricated from profiled logs... | 08/10/1999 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 5894873 | Apparatus for processing logs Logs are cut to firewood length and split on a trailer that has a jacking foot at the trailer tongue and that defines an elongated bed for supporting the log lengthwise of the trailer. A superstructure pivotably supports a chainsaw for cutting the log, an... | 04/20/1999 |
| 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 |
| 5791389 | Apparatus and method for forming firewood logs Apparatus and method for processing relatively large tree logs into relatively small firewood logs using two spaced apart cutting stations, a central conveyor, a transfer station and a splitter station wherein relatively large tree logs are placed sequent... | 08/11/1998 |
| 5711357 | Adjustable log splitting head An adjustable multi-wedge splitting head for a log splitting apparatus equipped with a ram for axially advancing pre-cut logs toward the splitting head in a horizontal direction includes a vertically oriented stationary post and a stationary triangular sp... | 01/27/1998 |
