Tools – Wrench – screwdriver – or driver therefor – Handle clutched to head
Patent
1998-08-31
2000-06-06
Smith, James G.
Tools
Wrench, screwdriver, or driver therefor
Handle clutched to head
192 431, B25B 1346
Patent
active
060705019
ABSTRACT:
A ratchet tool has a ratchet body carrying a ratchet mechanism including a gear and a pair of pawls resiliently urged into engagement with the gear by spring-loaded balls. A handle is releasably received on a post which projects from one end of the ratchet body and is retained thereon by a spring-loaded ball receivable in a circumferential groove in the handle bore to accommodate free spinning thereof. A latching pin in the handle is selectively insertable in any of a plurality of recesses in the ratchet body to lock the handle to the body. A reversing sleeve is rotatably carried by the other end of the ratchet body for engaging the pawls to selectively control the direction of the ratcheting movement. The reversing sleeve has a tubular post which forms a part of an axial push-pull quick-release coupler for releasably retaining a bit in engagement in an axial bore of the ratchet gear.
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Braun John A.
Petruzzi Tomas B.
Smith James G.
Snap-on Tools Company
Thomas David B.
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