Abstract: A portable wood splitter is disclosed having a splitter frame adjustably mounted to a support frame. In one embodiment the support frame is wheel supported and in another embodiment the support frame is mountable to a vehicle such as a tractor for transport. The splitter includes a splitter beam with a blade mounting slide plate powered to move toward and away from a platform at a lower beam end. The slide plate includes safety features to avoid finger injury. A double gib adjustment on the slide plate facilitates adjustment for wear and enables centering adjustments of the blade on the beam. The beam is mounted to the support frame by a clamp arrangement that will facilitate selective longitudinal adjustment of the beam relative to the frame. The beam is pivotal, on the first embodiment between a horizontal position overlying a towing tongue and an upright position.

Abstract: A block stripper and stroke limiting is described for use in wood splitters in which a blade is driven by toward and away from a stationary wood support surface. The attachment includes a stop that can be selectively positioned along the splitter frame to abut operatively with the blade as it is withdrawn from its fully extended position. A new blade starting position may be determined by selectively positioning the stop along the frame and by securing the stop to engage and resist retraction of the blade beyond the newly selected starting position. A wood stripping device is mounted to the stop and is adjustable therewith to selected positions along the splitter frame. The stripper will operate at any position along the stroke length of the cylinder to strip bound, partially-split wood from the splitting blade as it is retracted to the selected starting position.

Abstract: A blade type wood splitter is described including a blade guarding housing that is movable along with the blade to engage a wood block prior to contact of the block by the cutting edge of the blade. The housing rests against the wood block as the blade is driven through and later is retracted with the blade following the splitting operation. The housing includes a peripheral wood engaging edge that substantially circumscribes the cutting edge of the blade and is normally spaced therefrom toward the platform on which the wood blocks are received. This edge may first engage the wood block as the blade is moved toward splitting contact with the block. The edge may therefore provide ample warning to an operator who has inadvertently placed fingers in the path of the blade by contacting the fingers before the blade descends to cause injury.