Chain breaking tool

A chain breaking tool for use with detachable sprocket chains of the type with links which include a generally rectangular shaped frame with a male end or pintle and an open sided female end or sleeve at the other end, the pintle of one link being received in the sleeve of an adjoining link to connect the two, said tool comprising an elongated body member having at least one cross sectionally L-shaped clamp slidably positioned thereon for longitudinal and transverse movement, at least one vertically standing side section on said elongated body member adjacent said clamp and means for moving said clamp toward said side section to effect a clamping action on a chain positioned on its edge with its links disposed vertically therebetween, an offset tapered arcuate area formed in one end of said elongated body member and disposed between said clamp and said side section and beneath engaged ends of two links in said chain whereby downward movement imparted one of said two links brings the same into engagement with said offset tapered arcuate area to impart sideward motion to said link and facilitate its separation from the other of said two links.