Patent ID: 7299839

Claim:
A planer comprising: a shoe, the shoe defining an aperture; a body mounted on the shoe, the body defining an exhaust aperture 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 the aperture in the shoe; 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; an airflow generator for producing an airflow within the body; a conduit defined within the body for directing the airflow; the conduit in communication with the exhaust aperture and connected to the recess for entraining and removing debris ejected from the recess; a removable deflector insertable through the exhaust aperture and connectable to the conduit for guiding the airflow and entrained debris from within the body to outside of the body; a flap operatively connected to the body and movable from a first position where the flap closes the exhaust aperture to a second position where the flap does not close the exhaust aperture; and a spring that biases the flap in the first position.