Combine Wood Sawing and Splitting Machine (Patent No: 248749)

Inventor: Anderson, Lester Carl

Location: Bittern Lake

Comments: see The Bitter 'n Sweet: the history of the Bittern Lake-Sifton district; biographical information; moved to Bittern Lake with parents 1905; haying; International Harvester dealer; m Lilian Russell 1919; cleared land; farmed; seed grower; retired to Camrose

Description: Lester Carl Anderson, Bittern Lake, Alberta, Canada, 21st April, 1925. Filed 27th April, 1923. Serial No. 276,715.

Claim.—1. In a combined wood sawing and splitting machine, a supporting frame, a rotatably mounted an driven saw carried by the frame, a reciprocating wood splitting axe and a conveyer carried by the frame for receiving the wood cut by the saw and delivering the same rearwardly to a location adjoining the axe.

3. In a combined wood sawing and splitting machine, a frame, a driven rotatably mounted saw positioned centrally of the frame and located towards one side thereof, a pair of pivotally mounted elevated opposed rocker beams located at opposite sides of the frame and extending lengthwise thereof, said beams having their rear ends overhanging the rear ends of the frame, a wood splitting axe secured to the rear end of each rocker beam, said axes being reciprocated in the vertical plane in the rocking of the beam, means for alternately reciprocating the forward ends of the beams to give a chopping and return stroke to each axe, chopping blocks located at the rear corners of the frame beneath the axes and a driven endless conveyer mounted within the frame and adapted to receive the wood blocks cut by the saw and deliver the same rearwardly to the chopping blocks.

5. In a combined wood sawing and splitting machine, a substantially rectangular frame having the rear part open, a transversely extending rotatably mounted saw shaft mounted centrally on the frame, a wood cutting saw secured to the shaft and positioned within but towards one side of the frame, a pair of opposed elevated lengthwise extending pivotally mounted rocker beams carried by the sides of the frame and suitably guided for vertical swinging movement, said beams having their rear ends located above the rear comers of the frame, similar chopping axes secured to the rear ends of the rocker beams, chopping blocks mounted on the rear corners of the beams beneath the axes, a forwardly positioned transversely extending crank shaft carried by the frame and having the cranks thereof oppositely disposed, connecting rods connecting the cranks with the forward ends of the rocker beams, an endless conveyer mounted within and carried by the rear part of the frame and adapted to receive the wood block cut by the saw and deliver the same towards the chopping blocks, and means for driving the conveyer, saw shafts and crank shaft.

Claims allowed, 10.