Patent ID: 6502475
Filing Date: 2003-01-07
Classification: B27C,Y10T

Abstract:
A planer including a rotatable cutterhead with an input shaft, a motor drivingly coupled to the cutterhead, and at least one feed roller, the planer comprising:a multi-speed gear assembly drivingly engaged with the motor and the at least one feed roller, wherein the a multi-speed gear assembly comprises: a drive gear attached to the input shaft; first and second input gears mounted on a common rotatable shaft, the second input gear in meshing engagement with the drive gear; a three-gear set rotatable as a unit, the three-gear set including a middle gear in meshing engagement with the first input gear, and a first outer gear and a second outer gear; and first and second output gears mounted on an output shaft and being independently rotatable about the output shaft, the first output gear in meshing engagement with the first outer gear and the second output gear meshing engagement with the second outer gear; and an actuator operably attached to the multi-speed gear assembly and constructed to selectively cause the multi-speed gear assembly to transmit a first rotational speed from the motor to the at least one feed roller when the actuator is moved in a first axial direction and to selectively cause the multi-speed gear assembly to transmit a second rotational speed from the motor to the at least one feed roller when the actuator is moved in a second axial direction, wherein the actuator is operably coupled to the output shaft to selectively engage one of the first and second output gears to the output shaft.