Patents by Inventor Malcolm H. Wech, Jr.

Malcolm H. Wech, Jr. has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • 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