Ratchet wrench with one-hand control and neutral capability

Details Ratchet wrench with one-hand control and neutral capability Ratchet wrench with one-hand control and neutral capability

1980-03-03

1981-11-17

Jones, Jr., James L.

Tools

Wrench, screwdriver, or driver therefor

Handle clutched to head

B25B 1346

Patent

active

043004130

ABSTRACT:
A ratchet wrench which includes a pawl disposed to engage a ratchet gear carrying a drive member formed as a square shank, the pawl being selectively movable by a control rod carried in the midportion of the wrench and terminating close to its handle grasping portion and subject to digital manipulation from a grasping hand there in place. The pawl, as moved by the control rod, may be engaged with the ratchet gear to provide either clockwise or counterclockwise torque on the gear and its drive member or disengaged from the ratchet gear altogether to leave that gear and its drive member in a neutral, free-wheeling condition.

REFERENCES:
patent: 685698 (1901-10-01), Sprague
patent: 951056 (1910-03-01), Clark
patent: 1164764 (1915-12-01), Skjervem
patent: 1509632 (1924-09-01), Bracci
patent: 4128025 (1978-12-01), Main et al.

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