Tools – Wrench – screwdriver – or driver therefor – Handle clutched to head
Patent
1999-01-12
2000-11-28
Smith, James G.
Tools
Wrench, screwdriver, or driver therefor
Handle clutched to head
81 62, 192 431, B25B 1346
Patent
active
061519952
ABSTRACT:
A ratchet mechanism housing assembly for a ratchet screwdriver includes a main body including a compartment defined by a first lateral wall, a second lateral wall, a first end wall, and a second end wall opposite to the first end wall. A tool receiver has an end extended through the second end wall and received in the compartment of the main body. The end of the tool receiver has a ratchet wheel formed thereon. A first pawl includes two protrusions received in two first recesses in the first end wall. A recessed area is defined between the protrusions for fittingly receiving a protruded wall section between the first recesses of the first end wall. The first pawl further includes a first driving part having a first rectilinear edge that bears against a face of one of the teeth of the ratchet wheel. The first driving part further including a first arcuate engaging edge that is opposite to the first rectilinear edge and that bears against a first recessed wall section on the first lateral wall. A second pawl includes a second recess for receiving a protrusion on the second end wall. The second pawl further includes a third recess for engaging with an arcuate wall section of the first lateral wall. The second pawl further includes a second driving part having a second rectilinear edge that that bears against a face of one of the teeth of the ratchet wheel. The second driving part further includes a second arcuate engaging edge that is opposite to the second rectilinear edge and that bears against a second recessed wall section on the second lateral wall. The face born against by the first driving part and the face born against by the second driving part face away from each other.
REFERENCES:
patent: 5379873 (1995-01-01), Shiao
patent: 5910196 (1999-06-01), Huang
Kamrath Alan
Smith James G.
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