Log splitter

• Main Authors: HU XICHUAN, ZHANG QINGLIN
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 15.10.2014
• Subjects: MANUFACTURE OF VENEER, WOODEN STICKS, WOOD SHAVINGS, WOODFIBRES OR WOOD POWDER; NAILING OR STAPLING MACHINES IN GENERAL; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; REMOVING BARK OR VESTIGES OF BRANCHES; SPLITTING WOOD; TRANSPORTING; WORKING OR PRESERVING WOOD OR SIMILAR MATERIAL

The utility model discloses a log splitter which comprises a splitter seat, a support, a splitting cutter, an adjustment device and a feeding device. The support is vertically connected to the splitter seat, and the splitting cutter is connected to the support through the adjustment device and located in a work area formed by the support and the splitter seat; the adjustment device comprises a hand wheel and a screw rod, one end of the screw rod is fixedly connected to the hand wheel, and the other end of the screw rod is connected with the splitting cutter by penetrating through a threaded hole in the support; the feeding device is located at one end of the splitter seat and comprises a feeding body and a drive body used for driving the feeding body to feed, and the drive end of the drive body is connected with the feeding body through a push rod. The log splitter is additionally provided with the adjustment device, the height of the splitting cutter can be automatically adjusted according to needs so that timbers of various large sizes can be processed, and the defect that the height of a splitting cutter of a log splitter in the prior art can not be adjusted is overcome; in addition, a locking device used in cooperation with the adjustment device is further arranged, and reliability of log splitting of the log splitter is guaranteed.