Tractor mounted log splitter
OwnerArnold D. Dircksen, David H. Dirckseninventors
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Abstract
The log splitter includes a contilivered I-beam that connects at one end to a three point tractor hitch. An hydraulically activated pusher plate slides along the I-beam to engage one end of a log placed on the beam and drives the log through a wedge-shaped splitting member having two angles of divergent. The tractor supports and adjusts the elevation of the log splitter and provides the fluid drive therefor. A ramp secured to the I-beam assists in loading heavy logs onto the splitting surface and to support the I-beam on the ground.
Claims6
A log splitter adapted to be supported by and operated from a tractor comprising an I-beam providing a base member adapted to support a log to be split, a connector frame at one end of said base member to effect cantilevered support of said base member from a tractor, log abutment means slidably mounted on said base member adapted to engage one end of a log, a wedge-shaped member on said base in opposed relation to said abutment means and adapted to engage the opposite end of a log, drive means on said base having power transfer means connectable to a tractor power system and operatively connected to said abutment means for sliding said abutment means on said base member to thereby effect relative movement between said abutment means and said wedge-shaped member to force said wedge-shaped member through a log, and ramp means connected to the web of said I-beam and extending outwardly and downwardly therefrom to facilitate the rolling of a log onto said base member and to stabilize the base member when resting on the ground.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.