Log splitter
OwnerG. B. Kirby Meachaminventor
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Abstract
A log splitter comprising in combination a support, a wedge mounted to the support for vertical movement relative thereto, a hammer bar supported in vertical alignment with the wedge for reciprocal movement relative thereto on the one hand to be raised away from the wedge and on the other hand to be impelled into engagement with the wedge and handle bars at the upper end of the hammer bar for lifting the hammer bar away from the wedge and impelling it into engagement with the wedge.
Claims14
A log splitter comprising in combination a wedge having an upper part comprising a driving head and a lower part comprising a tapered blade, a support supporting the wedge with its driving head uppermost for vertical reciprocal movement, a hammer bar, guide means extending upwardly from the driving head of the wedge within which the hammer bar is supported in vertical alignment with the driving head for movement therein relative to the driving head on the one hand to be raised away from the driving head and on the other hand to be impelled into engagement with the driving head and means comprising handlebars fixed to the upper end of the hammer bar at opposite sides thereof for lifting the hammer bar away from the driving head and impelling it into engagement with the driving head.
A log splitter comprising in combination a support comprising vertically-spaced guide rings, a wedge of circular cross section having a diametral cutting edge defined by flat surfaces converging at an included angle of 30.degree., a tube to the lower end of which the wedge is fixed, said tube supporting the wedge in said guide rings for vertical movement, a hammer bar mounted in said tube for movement therein relative to the wedge at the lower end, said tube being of rectangular cross section and said hammer bar being of circular cross section, a guide lug fixed to the hammer bar with its opposite ends adjacent to the opposite sides of the tube and means for lifting the handlebar away from the wedge and impelling it into engagement with the wedge.
A log splitter comprising a wedge, a guide tube to the lower end of which the wedge is fixed, a hammer bar supported within the guide tube in axial alignment with the wedge for reciprocal movement therein relative to the wedge and means for lifting the hammer bar upwardly within the tube away from the wedge and impelling it downwardly within the tube into engagement with the wedge.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.