Firewood storing and dispensing apparatus

Apparatus for storing a quantity of firewood logs or the like and for dispensing said logs individually as desired, comprising an upright furniture-type cabinet housing, a substantially enclosed log storage compartment in the upper end of said housing, a generally upright partition in said compartment dividing it into two side-by-side sub-compartments each configured and dimensioned for containing logs singly stacked one above another, a log delivery opening in the lower end of each sub-compartment of a predetermined size adapted for passage therethrough of one said log, a pair of screw members threadedly mounted in said housing to extend across said delivery openings in sequence for selective threaded movement reciprocably thereacross for operation first selectively to obstruct and to open delivery opening of one said sub-compartment for gravitationally dispensing logs therefrom and, after said logs in said one sub-compartment have all been dispensed, selectively to obstruct and to open said delivery opening of the other said sub-compartment for gravitationally dispensing logs therefrom, a log cradle adapted for supporting one log and operably associated with a jack to be selectively movable vertically between a raised log receiving position immediately adjacently below said delivery openings and a lowered log dispensing position, and an across opening in said housing for access to said cradle at said dispensing position for removal of a log from said cradle.

Apparatus for storing a quantity of firewood logs or the like and for dispensing said logs individually as desired, comprising an upright furniture-type cabinet housing, a substantially enclosed log storage compartment in the upper end of said housing, a generally upright partition in said compartment dividing it into two side-by-side sub-compartments each configured and dimensioned for containing logs singly stacked one above another, a log delivery opening in the lower end of each sub-compartment of a predetermined size adapted for passage therethrough of one said log, rotary spindle means having opposed restricting positions and a log cradle area therebetween and arranged for rotary movement between a restricting position extending across said delivery openings with said log cradle area disposed for receiving a log through either thereof and a dispensing position wherein a log in said cradle area will fall therefrom and one said restricting portion is disposed in said delivery openings for preventing dispensing of other logs, a pair of screw members threadedly mounted in said housing to extend across one said delivery opening for selective threaded movement reciprocably thereacross for operation first selectively to obstruct said delivery opening of sub-compartment for gravitationally dispensing logs from the other sub-compartment by said spindle means and, after said logs in said other sub-compartment have all been dispensed, selectively to open said delivery opening of sub-compartment for gravitationally dispensing logs therefrom by said spindle means, a log cradle adapted for supporting one log and operably associated with a jack to be selectively movable vertically between a raised log receiving position immediately adjacently below said delivery openings and a lowered log dispensing position, and an access opening in said housing for access to said cradle at said dispensing position for removal of a log from said cradle.