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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 13, 1984
Filed:
Nov. 14, 1983
Gary E Watson, Mequon, WI (US);
James R Doornek, Mequon, WI (US);
Douglas Dynamics, Inc., Milwaukee, WI (US);
Abstract
A log splitter comprising a frame generally in the shape of a right triangle having three legs lying in a vertical plane. The frame includes an elongated horizontal member forming the first leg of the right triangle, the elongated horizontal member including a first end, a second end, and an upper surface adapted to support a log. The frame also includes an elongated second member forming the hypotenuse of the right triangle and being positioned below the elongated horizontal member, the elongated second member including a first end and a second end. The first end of the elongated second member is fixedly attached to the first end of the elongated horizontal member. The second end of the elongated second member is adapted to rest on a supporting surface. The frame further includes a wedge member including upper and lower portions, the upper portion of the wedge member extending upwardly from the second end of the elongated horizontal member and having a splitting edge, and the lower portion of the wedge member forming the third leg of the right triangle and being secured to the second end of the elongated horizontal member and to the second end of the elongated second member and supporting the second ends in rigidly spaced apart relation. The log splitter also includes means for supporting the first end of the elongated horizontal member and the first end of the elongated second member above the supporting surface and ram means for pushing a log along the upper surface of the elongated horizontal member toward the splitting edge of the wedge member for splitting the log with the wedge member.