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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 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 |
| 7287563 | Vehicle-mounted cutting tool A vehicle-mounted cutting tool is disclosed. The tool broadly includes a supporting member mounted to a vehicle, a pivotable member pivotally coupled with the supporting member, and a slidable member slidably coupled with the supporting member. Contact with an objec... | 10/30/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7243646 | Apparatus and method for shearing reinforced concrete piles and metal piles and crushing reinforced concrete piles An apparatus (10) for shearing off reinforced concrete piles and metal piles, casing and conductor pipes, and crushing reinforced concrete piles has a frame (11) with first and second ends and a cutter blade (41) movably mounted on the frame dri... | 07/17/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7208896 | Electric jack load balancing method and device An electric jack load balancing method and device for reducing the difference in load carried by each jack of a pair of electric jacks while adjusting the attitude of a platform. The device includes a controller configured to reduce the difference in load carried by... | 04/24/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7159627 | Manual log splitting device A manual log splitting device for splitting a log has a first assembly including a base plate for resting of the log and a first upright extending upwardly from the base plate. A second assembly having an upright sleeve, impact plate, and wedge assembly, is axially ... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7134464 | Log splitter A log splitter which includes an elongated frame having a reservoir for hydraulic fluid a wedge secured to one end of the frame and a hydraulic cylinder and ram/piston secured to the other end of the frame. The ram/piston being movable toward and away from the wedge... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7124794 | Bi-directional equal force log splitter A bi-directional log splitter having at least two stationary splitting wedges and a moveable ram therebetween for splitting wood, said splitter being mounted on a trailer where the splitter exerts a substantially equal force for both the exertion and the retraction ... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7108029 | Wood splitter with multiple wood splitting wedges on a rotating member A woodsplitting machine has a plurality of wedges of various sizes and configurations radially attached to a rotational member mounted on the frame behind the log cradle such that an operator can quickly and easily rotate the appropriate wedge into position dependin... | 09/19/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7066223 | Log splitting apparatus A hydraulic log splitter attachment for a skid steer loader includes a mounting framework attached to a vertical elongate beam. A piston/cylinder combination with a rod for movement between retracted and downwardly extended configurations mounts to the beam. A wedge... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7052404 | Rail positioning device for retractable bumper assembly A rail positioning device for use with a retractable bumper assembly that includes an elongated rail movable between a retracted position and an elevated position supported by a plurality of rail support members to prevent bowling balls from entering a bowling lane ... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7040362 | Log splitter A log splitter comprising: a base; a lever having one end portion hingably attached to the base; a wedge slidably attached to a hinged end portion of the lever, to slidably reciprocate along the lever when the lever is swung; a log support for a cut log; and, an upp... | 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 |
| 6948489 | Stone cutter A rock cutter for splitting stones is disclosed which shows a support surface for holding the rock and a first blade and a second blade which may be positioned to hold the rock between the first and second blades and on the support surface along with a means for mov... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6769464 | Log splitter system A log splitter system for splitting logs in an efficient manner. The log splitter system includes a support beam, a loader connecting structure for attaching to a tractor loader, a main engaging member slidably attached to the support beam, a splitting wedge attache... | 08/03/2004 |
| 6763864 | Log splitter attachment A log splitter attachment is provided for splitting logs on a loader including a pair of lift arms for supporting a bucket. The attachment comprises a frame supporting a blade and a log pusher thereon for sliding movement relative to one another and an actuator acti... | 07/20/2004 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
