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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 6854945 | Drift pin cap and method of using same In combination, an elongated tool having a striking end and a tapered insertion end and a drift pin cap. The drift pin cap includes a cap body having an upper end, a lower end and at least one side wall extending between and connecting the upper end and the lower en... | 02/15/2005 |
| 6533004 | Wood-splitting tool A wood-splitting impact tool with an enhanced wood-splitting function by virtue of its improved penetration and its reduced recoil. Improving the penetration of the wedge is achieved by fabricating the wedge of aluminum, titanium, graphite composite or al... | 03/18/2003 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 5690316 | Timber wedge An improved timber wedge featuring an elongated wedge shaped body formed of natural materials such as wood or plastic or other synthetic material. The wedge shaped body is protected from hammer blows incurred during use by a removable impact protection ca... | 11/25/1997 |
| 5492159 | Log-cutter splitter The present invention relates to a log cutter-splitter device which cuts and splits logs into two or more pieces in one pass of the cutting mechanism. The cutter-splitter includes a wedge and a primary splitting blade for splitting a log along its length,... | 02/20/1996 |
| 5290012 | Wedge for tree harvesting having an improved drive head An improved wedge for the felling of trees. The wedge is of a synthetic material and has a metal insert integrally molded at its base or head end. The insert, which is molded flush with the head end of the wedge body receives the impacting blows of a driv... | 03/01/1994 |
| 5188159 | Wedge A typical wood splitting wedge which has been modified to provide a retractable penetrating point capable of being extended beyond the wedges cutting edge to assist in the introduction the wedge into the grain of the wood.... | 02/23/1993 |
| 5144995 | Apparatus for splitting loose objects such as tree trunks Apparatus for splitting tree trunks by forcing a splitting element into the tree trunk while manipulating the tree trunk. The tree trunk is manipulated by a grab to abut against support and to be cleft by a vehicle-mounted splitting element which is movab... | 09/08/1992 |
| 5107911 | Log splitting device The present invention is directed to a log splitting device. It is, in combination, a manually operated, power jack hammer device with a tool attached thereto having a vertical shaft and the shaft having a log splitting head located thereon. The power jac... | 04/28/1992 |
| 5090125 | Cutting tool A cutting tool formed of ferrous steel includes an elongate blade plate with a coextensive lower sharpened terminal edge, with a blade plate mounted orthogonally to an upper terminal edge of the blade and a handle fixedly mounted to the blade plate. A gua... | 02/25/1992 |
| 4932127 | Hand tools convertible for chopping and splitting A hand tool convertible for chopping and splitting comprises a head including a blade end with a cutting edge, an eye hole extending in an axial direction through the head for receiving a handle, a pair of opposing major side faces extending from the cutt... | 06/12/1990 |
| 4905746 | Log splitter A log splitter having a log splitting unit slidably mounted on a vertical post. The splitting unit has a guiding member slidably mounted on the post with a support arm extending from the guiding member in a direction transverse to the post. A splitting me... | 03/06/1990 |
| 4825918 | Wood splitting leverage sledge The present disclosure is directed to a log splitting sledge. The sledge has a cutting blade projecting from a lower face of the head of the sledge. One face of the blade is integral with a side face of the head and extends at an angle of about 12 degrees... | 05/02/1989 |
| 4751949 | Wood chipping A wood cutting machine having a knife-like blade for cutting and chipping wood into large pieces. The blade is oriented at an angle to the direction of wood grain thereby lowering the force required to cut the wood.... | 06/21/1988 |
| 4630659 | Winch-powered wood splitter A winch-powered wood splitting device designed for attachment to a motor vehicle is disclosed. A rectangular support frame is provided, in which a splitting blade and blade guide rails are positioned. An abutment member is attached to the support frame op... | 12/23/1986 |
| 4625782 | Log splitter A log splitting machine having a disk-like blade rotatable about an axis and able to split a log in a single 360° rotation about said axis. The blade has two parts, each of which performs a different function. The first part of the blade has a spiral-sha... | 12/02/1986 |
| 4537235 | Wood splitter The invention is a tool which is used for splitting sections of wood into smaller pieces. In this invention a handle is secured to a wedge-shaped metal piece having a ridge on one side, and to this piece a second driving metal piece is fastened in such a ... | 08/27/1985 |
| 4509573 | Convertible log splitting device A wedge capable of being converted from a conventional mode into a log-quartering mode is disclosed.... | 04/09/1985 |
| 4488585 | Firewood quartering splitter wedge A firewood splitting wedge tool for splitting quarters at one time from a log. The tool is formed integrally of metal with a cross-shaped cross section formed by four wedge blades each having the same wedge taper extending from a flat cross-shaped top sur... | 12/18/1984 |
| 4470441 | Hydraulic wood splitter A hydraulic wood splitter is disclosed which is configured for highly efficient and convenient wood splitting operation. In order to retain wood being split in proper position on the frame of the splitter, the construction includes a wood-retaining config... | 09/11/1984 |
| 4467851 | Splitting device A log splitter comprising a head portion having a cutting edge with two pivoting members each pivoting member contains cutting and thrust levers located on a single pivot point. The cutting levers are located along the head portion cutting edge. The thrus... | 08/28/1984 |
| 4465113 | Roller maul A splitter head including a body generally symmetrical about a central vertical plane, the lower portion of the body being bounded by opposed smooth-surfaced side walls converging downwardly to terminate in a cutting edge lying in the central plane. Space... | 08/14/1984 |
| 4462441 | Quartering wedge A splitter wedge construction for selectively halving or quartering a workpiece such as a log including a first wedge having an upper anvil head and vertical elongated shank terminating in a downwardly directed cutting edge, the shank being provided with ... | 07/31/1984 |
| 4456044 | Starter wedge for splitting wood A starter wedge for splitting wood includes an elongated metallic body having two opposed wedging surfaces which converge from a head end toward a penetrating end. The body is also provided with two spaced longitudinally extending sides between such ends.... | 06/26/1984 |
| 4451024 | Felling wedge A felling wedge comprising a main body portion of plastic material and a cap of hard metal material. The cap is secured to the plastic by a stud which depends from the cap and is embedded in the plastic. The cap is designed to receive the impact blows of ... | 05/29/1984 |
| 4445555 | Wood splitting tool An improved wood splitting tool which incorporates improved multiple wedge means adapted to engage the wood with successively increasing wedge angles and decreasing area contact whereby the efficiency of the wood splitting tool is increased and wood of va... | 05/01/1984 |
| 4440205 | Wedge and axe head An axe or wedge has a head with a cutting surface along an edge thereof. A pair of levers are pivotally mounted in transverse apertures formed in the head so as to pivot in opposite directions about a common axis aligned with the cutting edge. Stop means ... | 04/03/1984 |
| 4405005 | Firewood splitter A firewood splitter comprises an elongate bar and a wedge-shape splitting tip connected to the bottom end of the bar. A slide hammer has an elongate sleeve slidably received over the bar between the top end and the splitting tip. The sleeve has a top end ... | 09/20/1983 |
| 4391311 | Log splitting device A splitting blade having a wedge disposed at its midpoint with the cutting surface extending below the splitting blade, the splitting blade being slideably connected between upright tubular metal rails. The rails are secured to a metal base plate by short... | 07/05/1983 |
