US 4,374,532 AGranted

Wood splitting device

OwnerJames A. Regioninventor

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Abstract

A wood splitting device for attachment to the hydraulic cylinder of a tractor mounted end loader, comprising an elongated work table on which a log or other piece of wood is placed, a splitting wedge member at one end of the work table surface, a ram head connected to the piston of the hydraulic cylinder after disconnection from the end loader bucket to press the log against the wedge member causing it to split, the ram head including inturned guide arms extending downwardly from opposite sides of its base and inwardly to seat in longitudinal grooves along opposite sides of the elongated work table and beneath the surface thereof to hold the ram head on the work table surface as it is moved from a retracted position to an extended position by operation of the hydraulic cylinder, the work table being held in position by a frame member rigidly connected to one arm member of the end loader.

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A log splitting device for connection to a powered machine mounted implement which has at least one powered reciprocating arm to manipulate said implement, such reciprocating arm being disconnectible from said implement, said log splitting device including a mounting frame for connection to said powered machine mounted implement, log splitting means on said mounting frame in alignment with said one powered reciprocating arm when said log splitting device is connected to said powered machine mounted implement, said mounting frame including elongated track means extending along said mounting frame at a location between said log splitting means and said one powered reciprocating arm when said log splitting device is connected to said powered machine mounted implement, a ram head slidingly and captively mounted on said track means for reciprocal movement between a retracted position away from said log splitting means and an extended position toward said log splitting means, said ram head being connected to said one powered reciprocating arm to drive said ram head between said retracted and said extended positions, wherein said powered machine mounted implement is a tractor mounted end loader having a pair of extending lifting arms connected to a bucket for raising and lowering said bucket, said end loader including a pair of hydraulically powered reciprocating arms each positioned in spaced apart relationship with respective ones of said pair of lifting arms and each connected to said bucket to pivot said bucket on said lifting arms between a turned-upright and a turned-over position, said one powered reciprocating arm being one of said pair of hydraulically powered reciprocating arms, and rigid immobilizing connecting means to rigidly connect said mounting frame of said log splitting device to one of said lifting arms and to said bucket to immobilize said bucket and prevent pivoting thereof on said lifting arms when said one reciprocating arm is connected to said ram head of said log splitting device.

A log splitting device for connection to a powered machine mounted implement which has at least one powered reciprocating arm to manipulate said implement, such reciprocating arm being disconnectible from said implement, said log splitting device including a mounting frame for connection to said powered machine mounted implement, log splitting means on said mounting frame in alignment with said one powered reciprocating arm when said log splitting device is connected to said powered machine mounted implement, said mounting frame including elongated track means extending along said mounting frame at a location between said log splitting means and said one powered reciprocating arm when said log splitting device is connected to said powered machine mounted implement, a ram head slidingly and captively mounted on said track means for reciprocal movement between a retracted position away from said log splitting means and an extended position toward said log splitting means, said ram head being connected to said one powered reciprocating arm to drive said ram head between said retracted and said extended positions, wherein said mounting frame of said log splitting device includes first connecting means to connect said log splitting device to said powered machine mounted implement, said powered machine mounted implement includes second connecting means to cooperatively act with said first connecting means to connect said log splitting device to said powered machine mounted implement, and locator means to align said first and second connecting means prior to connection of said log splitting device to said powered machine mounted implement.

A log splitting device for connection to a powered machine mounted implement which has at least one powered reciprocating arm to manipulate said implement, such reciprocating arm being disconnectible from said implement, said log splitting device including a mounting frame for connection to said powered machine mounted implement, log splitting means on said mounting frame in alignment with said one powered reciprocating arm when said log splitting device is connected to said powered machine mounted implement, said mounting frame including elongated track means extending along said mounting frame at a location between said log splitting means and said one powered reciprocating arm when said log splitting device is connected to said powered machine mounted implement, a ram head slidingly and captively mounted on said track means for reciprocal movement between a retracted position away from said log splitting means and an extended position toward said log splitting means, said ram head being connected to said one powered reciprocating arm to drive said ram head between said retracted and said extended positions, wherein said powered machine mounted implement is a tractor mounted end loader having a pair of extending lifting arms for connection normally to a bucket but in which the bucket has been removed, said end loader including a pair of hydraulically powered reciprocating arms each positioned in spaced apart cooperative relationship with respective ones of said pair of lifting arms and each normally connected to said presently removed bucket for pivoting between a turned-upright and turned-over position, said one powered reciprocating arm being one of said pair of hydraulically powered reciprocating arms, and locking means to immobilize said other of said pair of hydraulically powered reciprocating arms to prevent it from reciprocating forward and rearward when said first mentioned hydraulically powered reciprocating arm has hydraulic pressure applied thereto to reciprocate in a forward and rearward direction.

A log splitting device for connection to a powered machine mounted implement which has at least one powered reciprocating arm to manipulate such implement, such reciprocating arm being disconnectible from said implement, said log splitting device including a mounting frame for connection to said powered machine mounted implement, log splitting means on said mounting frame in alignment with said one powered reciprocating arm when said log splitting device is connected to said powered machine mounted implement, said mounting frame including elongated track means extending along said mounting frame at a location between said log splitting means and said one powered reciprocating arm when said log splitting device is connected to said powered machine mounted implement, a ram head slidingly and captively mounted on said track means for reciprocal movement between a retracted position away from said log splitting means and an extended position toward said log splitting means, said ram head being connected to said one powered reciprocating arm to drive said ram head between said retracted and said extended position, including log dislodging means to dislodge a log from said log splitting means in the event it fails to completely split.

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