Patent ID: 8006683
Filing Date: 2011-08-30
Classification: B28B,B28D

Abstract:
1. A tool for splitting a block of masonry into at least two blocks, the tool being constructed and arranged for reciprocal motion along a path defining a splitting plane with which the block of masonry is aligned for splitting generally along the splitting plane, the tool comprising: a support; a plurality of at least three splitter segments each having a splitting edge, the splitter segments being fixed to the support and arranged so that the splitting edges are in substantially side-by-side relation and form a substantially continuous splitting blade; and, the splitter segments alternately angling in opposite directions with respect to each other and with respect to the splitting plane so that the splitter segments successively progress further along the splitting plane with each splitter segment starting at a different location along the splitting plane and ending at a different location along the splitting plane; and the substantially continuous blade is constructed to form a roughened, and substantially non-faceted surface.