APPLIANCE FOR WOOD SPLITTING Russian patent published in 1996 - IPC

FIELD: agriculture. SUBSTANCE: appliance for wood splitting has a bed frame, U-shaped frame that carries a bearing member for vertical movement on it with cleaver attached to it, and a cleaver drive having a rope installed on a pulley, one end of the rope is linked with the cleaver. In addition, the cleaver drive has a drum, ratchet and switch installed on an axle to provide forced and free (by the action of gravity of the bearing member and cleaver) rotation of the drum; the other end of the rope is secured on the drum. EFFECT: facilitated procedure. 2 cl, 2 dwg