Patent ID: 6240810
Filing Date: 2001-06-05
Classification: B25B

Abstract:
A ratchet screwdriver comprising a handle having a main body which is provided with a fastening seat, said main body provided at a front end thereof with an axial hole having a heart hole, said main body further provided in a top thereof with two locating slots in communication with said axial hole, said main body being fastened pivotally at the front end thereof to a shaft rod having a gear and a pillar, said main body further provided with two reversing plates which are disposed in said two locating slots such that said two reversing plates are engaged with said gear, said reversing plates provided with a dial seat having two resilient press plates, said main body provided in an underside with an insertion slot for receiving a stop plate, said main body being fitted into a housing such that a rotation stopping plate of said housing is retained in a recess of a rear edge of said main body, said main body provided at the front end with a circular rotation member; wherein said dial seat is completely concealed by said housing and is provided with a bar body, a position confining hole, and a tension element, said dial seat further provided at the front end with an urging portion which is juts out of said circular rotation member via said slide slot of said main body, said circular rotation member provided with a rotation slot corresponding to said urging portion of the front end of said dial seat, said rotation slot provided in a bottom with a plurality of locating portions and guide slide portions, said circular rotation member provided on a neck portion with an insertion protrusion by means of said insertion protrusion said circular rotation member is pivoted in an insertion circular edge of said main body, said insertion circular edge provided with a notch for locating said insertion protrusion.