Power-operated

Claim 1

A POWER-OPERATED, HAND-MANIPULATED, BLOCK PLANE COMPRISING A BODY FORMED AT ITS FORWARD END WITH A TRANSVERSELY EXTENDING MOTOR COMPARTMENT, SAID BODY BEING ALSO FORMED IN ITS MEDIAL PORTION WITH A CUTTER COMPARTMENT EXTENDING TRANSVERSELY OF THE BODY BELOW AND ADJACENT THE REAR SIDE OF SAID MOTOR COMPARTMENT AND BEING OPEN AT THE BOTTOM, A CUTTER JOURNALLED IN SAID CUTTER COMPARTMENT FOR ROTATION ABOUT AN AXIS EXTENDING LENGTHWISE OF THE CUTTER COMPARTMENT, SAID BODY INCLINING UPWARDLY FROM THE REAR END THEREOF AND MERGING ABOVE SAID CUTTER COMPARTMENT ON A CONCAVE SURFACE WITH A PROJECTION LOCATED INTERMEDIATE THE ENDS OF SAID MOTOR COMPARTMENT, SAID PROJECTION BEING ARRANGED SUBSTANTIALLY IN THE VERTICAL PLANE OF THE CENTER OF GRAVITY OF THE BLOCK PLANE AND EXTENDING REARWARDLY AND INCLINING UPWARDLY FROM THE TOP WALL OF SAID MOTOR COMPARTMENT, A TRANSMISSION COMPARTMENT EXTENDING LATERALLY FROM THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE BODY AND INCLINING UPWARDLY FROM SAID CUTTER COMPARTMENT TO THE CENTRAL AREA OF THE RIGHT END OF SAID MOTOR COMPARTMENT, SAID TRANSMISSION COMPARTMENT BEING LOCATED TO THE RIGHT LATERALLY FROM SAID PROJECTION TO PROVIDE A GRIP AREA ENCOMPASSED BY THE SECOND, THIRD AND FOURTH FINGERS OF THE RIGHT HAND WHEN SAID PROJECTION IS STRADDLED BY THE THUMB AND FIRST FINGER, A MOTOR MOUNTED IN SAID MOTOR COMPARTMENT AND MOTION TRANSMITTING MEANS IN SAID TRANSMISSION COMPARTMENT OPERATIVELY CONNECTING SAID MOTOR TO SAID CUTTER.