Patent ID: 7455090

Claim:
A planer comprising: a shoe, the shoe defining a first aperture; a body mounted on the shoe, the body defining an exhaust passage having a first exhaust aperture on a first side of the body and a second exhaust aperture on a second side of the body, and including a wall, the wall defining a recess; a cutting drum rotatably mounted within the recess, the drum having a periphery and a portion of the periphery of the cutting drum projects through said first aperture in the shoe; an expulsion aperture formed in said wall connecting said recess to said exhaust passage, the exhaust passage extending from the expulsion aperture to the exhaust apertures; a motor mounted within the body to rotatingly drive the cutting drum; a cutting blade mounted on the periphery of the drum and adapted for cutting a work piece when the drum is rotating, the cutting action of the blade causing debris created by the cutting to be ejected from the recess through said expulsion aperture into said exhaust passage; an airflow generator comprising a fan for producing an airflow within the body; a conduit defined within the body for directing the airflow from said airflow generator through a port into said exhaust passage at a location adjacent said expulsion aperture; wherein said exhaust passage is configured so that the airflow from said conduit that is directed through said port into the exhaust passage flows in a substantially upward direction from said port to said first and second exhaust apertures to entrain and remove debris ejected from the recess; and a removable deflector having an inner end and an outer end, the deflector insertable through one of the first exhaust aperture and the second exhaust aperture and connectable to the exhaust passage for guiding the airflow and entrained debris from within the body to outside of the body.