Abstract: A rescue vehicle has a crane boom, hoist winch and rescue winch mounted on a crane turret that is rotatable about a vertical axis. A cable from the respective winches are extended along the crane boom to an associated block that is mounted near the outer end of the boom. Another block is mounted on the bumper of the vehicle to receive the cable from the rescue winch. The rescue winch is ten to twenty times more powerful than the hoist winch. During a vehicle retrieval operation the rescue winch is used to provide the horizontal pulling power while the hoist winch is used to provide the vertical pulling power. A Y-shaped stay bar is mounted on the block on the bumper and is used to support the crane boom at its outer end.

Abstract: Apparatus for cutting and splitting logs, preferably into firewood wherein both the cutting and the splitting of the log are performed in the same operation, the tree trunk is placed on a foundation, and guided comprising a foundation with post members upstanding therefrom and two vertically-disposed knives in a T-shaped configuration operating vertically between said posts, the lateral edges of at least one knife member being guided in a guide member. The knives are driven downwardly toward the log so that the tree is cut crosswise and split longitudinally in the same working operation.

Abstract: A solar panel, comprising a closed body of thermal insulation material with a transparent surface on at least one side thereof, the body having one or more countersunk sections which are lower than the side edges and optional support members, and is surrounded by a transparent sleeve such that one or more air spaces are formed between said sleeve and said lowered sections, the body and the sleeve together constituting an element which is adapted to be installed between structural members in a building or itself constituting an independent wall/roof member.