Patent ID: 8757135

Claim:
A splitting wedge, comprising: a wedge sleeve and an external sleeve, each of which is formed of two halves, the halves of the external sleeve being held together elastically; and a wedge, wherein either of i) a lower part of the external sleeve is provided with a groove of the external sleeve, and an upper part of the wedge sleeve is provided with a flange of the wedge sleeve, the groove of the external sleeve and the flange of the wedge sleeve being arranged substantially perpendicularly with respect to a direction of motion of the wedge, whereby the wedge sleeve is connected to the external sleeve by arranging the flange in the groove, or ii) the upper part of the wedge sleeve is provided with a groove of the wedge sleeve and the lower part of the external sleeve is provided with a flange of the external sleeve, the groove of the wedge sleeve and the flange of the external sleeve being arranged substantially perpendicularly with respect to the direction of motion of the wedge, whereby the wedge sleeve is connected to the external sleeve by arranging the flange in the groove, wherein the flange is provided with a shoulder, and the groove is provided with a mating groove such that the shoulder is arranged in the mating groove, and wherein, when the wedge is pushed downwards, the halves of the wedge sleeve are pushed away from one another, and correspondingly push the halves of the external sleeve away from one another at a lower end thereof.