Patents Assigned to Malcolm H. Wech, Jr.
  • Log lifter
    Patent number: 4431362
    Abstract: Apparatus for lifting logs from ground level to a bed of a log splitting machine including at least two arms forming a loading rack for the logs and a pivotally mounted lifting arm assembly which is selectively engaged and operated by rearward motion of a slideably mounted sled which is a part of the log splitting machine. The loading rack may be actuated by lifting a catch pin into contact with a pin on the sled of the splitting machine or it may be disengaged at operator's selection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 1981
    Date of Patent: February 14, 1984
    Assignee: Malcolm H. Wech, Jr.
    Inventors: Malcolm H. Wech, Jr., Lockwood L. Smiley