Patent ID: 7134620

Claim:
An electric ice planer comprising: a bottom base provided with a receptive surface and an insert post with an insert hole; a frame base combined on said bottom base and provided with an insert rod to fit in said insert hole of said insert post of said bottom base, a hollow space, an opening beside said hollow space, and an insert groove formed in a wall defining said opening, and a switch fixed on a sidewall of said frame base; a transmitting mechanism installed in said hollow space of said frame base, said transmitting mechanism composed of a motor, a worm formed as a shaft of said motor, a worm gear engaging said worm, and a gear engaging with said worm gear; a stationary cap combined on an upper surface of said frame base, said stationary cap provided with an opening corresponding to said opening of said frame base, an annular stop edge formed in an annular wall defining said opening, said stop edge having a notch, said wall defining said opening provided with a hole, said cap further provided with a recess and a groove formed in said recess and extending down to a bottom, a micro switch fixed on an underside of said stationary cap; a lift cap pivotally connected on said opening of said cap and having a side provided with a pivotal base, said pivotal base having a projection on an outer wall; a plane base positioned vertically in said opening of said cap and having a hollow space, two slits formed in a straight line in a bottom wall of said hollow space, a plane fitted in said slits of said bottom wall, a central shaft provided in said hollow space, said plane base further having an annular stop edge in an upper section, a notch formed in a sidewall of said stop edge, a position block fixed under said stop edge, an annular subordinate gear put on said stop edge and engaging said gear of said transmitting mechanism, said subordinate gear having plural insert grooves; and, an ice container installed in said hollow space of said plane base and having a hollow space, a shaft sleeve formed vertically in said hollow space, said hollow space having a helical guide member, an vertical opening formed between a start point of said helical guide member and an end point of said helical guide member, said ice container further having a flange on an upper end, said flange having plural insert blocks on its underside, and a rotatable button provided to insert in a top of said shaft sleeve of said ice container.