Patent ID: 8020592

Claim:
A handheld planer power tool, said tool comprising: a base which contacts with a top surface of a workpiece from which portions of material are to be removed by the tool passing therealong; a housing depending from the base and in which is mounted a drum in a chamber; the drum including at least one blade mounted thereon, the drum driven by a motor provided as part of the tool to rotate and move the blades into contact with the workpiece to remove material therefrom; and said planer power tool including a guard which is located to be movable between a first position masking an opening to one side of the chamber in which the blade drum is mounted, and a second position in which the opening to the chamber is exposed and in which the guard lies in a recess in the housing, wherein the guard has two movement components between the first and second positions, the first movement component being a pivotable movement from the first position to an intermediate position wherein said guard pivots from a point located at an offset distance from the opening into the chamber and the second movement component being an axial movement from the intermediate position to the second position; wherein said guard is moved between said first and intermediate positions and between said intermediate and second positions via user operation of an actuation member located on the housing.