Spiked plate and hand tool for removal

摘要

A plate ( 10 ) with spikes ( 11 ) projecting therefrom to impale a log on respective opposite sides of a crack ( 20 ) in the end of the log and wherein the plate has pull tabs ( 18, 19 ) integral therewith and grippingly engageable by a tool ( 30 ) used to remove the plate from the end of the log. A tool for inserting and removing the plate from the log includes means ( 37 ) for driving and means ( 33 ) for removing the plate from the log including a slot ( 35 ) adjacent the impact end of the tool and into which the pull tab on the plate is inserted.