Tools – Wrench – screwdriver – or driver therefor – Handle clutched to head
Patent
1994-03-31
1995-09-12
Smith, James G.
Tools
Wrench, screwdriver, or driver therefor
Handle clutched to head
81 584, 81128, B25B 1346
Patent
active
054489318
ABSTRACT:
An adjustable ratchet wrench has a housing carried by a handle. The housing has a generally cylindrical chamber which carries a control member which in turn supports the jaws. The control member is connected to the handle by a ratchet assembly whose setting determines the direction in which the tool may be used to turn a workpiece. The housing also carries a cam disk that engages the jaws and opens and closes them depending upon the direction in which it is rotated. A locking mechanism is provided to prevent the jaws fro opening after they have been adjusted to grip a particular workpiece in response to reactive forces on the jaws. The wrench may also have a powered handle to drive the workpiece.
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Fossella Gregory
Lindenmuth Peter L.
Great Bay Tool Corp.
Smith James G.
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