Patent ID: 7104296

Claim:
A splitter box assembly for use in a log segment splitting system comprising; a splitter box member having a top wall, a bottom wall, and two sidewalls, an open entrance end and an open discharge end, and including an entrance end section housing a first set of cutting blades and a discharge end section housing a second set of cutting blades, the entrance end section and discharge end section pivotally hinged together at each top wall thereof and secured together in register by moveable fasteners connecting adjacent sidewalls of the entrance end section and the discharge end section, the moveable fasteners include a pair of trunion mounted cylinders, each pivotally connecting adjacent sidewalls of the entrance end section and discharge end section, the trunion mounted cylinders adapted for pivoting the discharge end section out of alignment with the entrance end section; the first set of cutting blades secured interior the entrance end section of the splitter box member adjacent the open entrance end thereof, the first set of cutting blades dividing the open entrance end into at least two, first sections; the second set of cutting blades secured interior the discharge end of the splitter box member adjacent the open discharge end thereof, the second set of cutting blades dividing each splitter box member first section into at least two, second sections; and each cutting blade of the first and second sets having a cutting edge oriented toward the open entrance end of the splitter box member.