Patent ID: 7814946

Claim:
A hydraulically powered wood splitting operatively attached to a powered machine comprising: a powered machine having an hydraulic system and at least one movable arm member; a frame member attached to the at least one movable arm of the powered machine; a reversible drive hydraulic motor member mounted to the frame member, the hydraulic motor member including a drive shaft extending therefrom, the hydraulic motor member including a pair of hydraulic power lines attached to the hydraulic system of the powered machine; a power shaft rotatably mounted to the frame member and operatively connected at a first end to the drive shaft of the hydraulic motor member; and a rotationally operative implement member connected to a second end of the power shaft, comprising a conical splitting screw member having a pointed tip, a threaded, conical exterior surface and a shaft protruding opposite the pointed tip thereof, the protruding shaft comprising the power shaft rotatably mounted to the frame member and operatively connected at a first end to the drive shaft of the hydraulic motor member; whereby an operator of the powered machine actuates the conical splitting screw member through rotation of the power shaft by the reversible drive hydraulic motor.