Abstract: A firewood splitting machine is composed of a support frame, a cutter mounted on one end of the support frame, an oil pressure cylinder mounted on another end of the support frame, and an oil injecting device mounted in the support frame. The oil pressure cylinder consists of a cylindrical body, a piston, a rod member, a subsidiary piston, and a subsidiary rod member. The piston is located in the cylindrical body such that an oil pressure space is formed between the piston and a rear end cover of the cylindrical body. The rod member is fastened at one end thereof with the piston such that another end of the rod member is jutted out of a front end cover of the cylindrical body. A pivoting hole is extended along the direction of the longitudinal axis of the rod member such that the pivoting hole is in communication with the oil pressure space.

Abstract: An auxiliary rule of the tile cutter has a body provided centrally and axially with a long slot. The body is further provided at one end thereof with an arm portion perpendicular to the body which is further provided with a connection portion. The arm portion is fastened detachably at one end thereof with the connection portion such that the arm portion can be coupled in reverse with the connection portion so as to facilitate the use of the auxiliary rule by a left-hander or a right-hander.

Abstract: A tile cutting gauge comprises mainly a semi-circular protractor and a guide rod pivotally fastened to the protractor. A length ruler is slidably mounted on the straight side of the protractor, while a baffle means is slidably mounted to the guide rod in such a manner that it can be moved upward, downward, leftward, and rightward. The desired length and angle of the tile intended to be cut are measured respectively by means of the length ruler and the guide rod. The tile intended to be cut is held securely by the length ruler and a baffle means so as to permit an operator to make a cutting mark on the tile along the guide rod.

Abstract: An improved ceiling fan having lighting fixture comprises mainly a shaft with a fastening end fastened to the ceiling and with a free end of a predetermined length extending downwardly, a main body fastened to the free end of the shaft and provided with a swivel portion, lighting fixtures arranged under the main body, a plurality of fan blades fastened respectively to the swivel portion of the main body and between the lighting fixtures and the ceiling, and a light reflecting apparatus disposed at the upper end of the main body and provided with means to emit light of an intensity capable of projecting on the ceiling from which the ceiling fan is suspended.

Abstract: A protractor has a main body, a frame and an indicating means. The main body comprises a vertically arranged flat board provided with two pressing edges attached integrally and respectively to upper and lower sides thereof and with a slot. Each of the pressing edges has a plane portion facing outwardly. The frame is disposed inside the slot and is provided with two positioning arms and an arcuate portion bridging the two positioning arms and having scales marked thereon. The indicating means has a shaft base mounted on the frame and a pointer mounted pivotally on a shaft mounted on the shaft base. The pointer has one end extending to reach the scales and other end provided with a balancing weight serving to keep the pointer to remain perpendicular to a horizontal surface, against which an object intended to be measured is set, at the time when the plane portion of the main body is placed on the measured surface of the object.

Abstract: A manually-operated tile cutter comprises mainly a base, a measuring piece, and a guiding bar. The base is provided at one end thereof with a stopper consisting of a stopper face perpendicular to the cutting direction and of a guide slot parallel to the stopper face. The measuring piece is composed of a length measuring portion and an angle measuring portion disposed at one end of the length measuring portion. The length measuring portoin is disposed slidably in the guide slot. The guiding bar is pivotally arranged on the angle measuring portion so as to point out on the angle measuring portion the angle formed by the guiding bar and the length measuring portion. The cutter therefore guides and holds the tile intended to be cut in a vertical manner. The guiding bar can be also used to point out the angle and to support the tile when the cutter is doing an angular cutting of the tile.