Patent ID: 7708005
Filing Date: 2010-05-04
Classification: B28D

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for splitting masonry material, the apparatus comprising: a frame; a table vertically moveable in said frame with an attached lower blade for supporting masonry material to be split; an upper blade positioned in the fame over said table in alignment with said lower blade; a hydraulic jack with a ram and supported in said frame below said table and actuated by an actuating lever for thereby raising said table and lower blade combination with said ram to engage masonry material supported thereon between said upper and lower blades for splitting; and means for raising said table with said attached lower blade and said hydraulic ram more quickly than said jack alone can perform for initial fast engagement of said upper and lower blades with the masonry material to be split upon initial actuation of said actuating lever; said means further including a spring biased lever mechanism actuated by the initial actuation of said actuating lever to provide a continuous compression spring bias between said jack ram and said lever mechanism.