Patent ID: 6349619
Filing Date: 2002-02-26
Classification: B25B

Abstract:
A ratchet tool comprising:a housing including a chamber formed therein and including an internal gear provided therein, a shank rotatably secured to said housing and received in said chamber of said housing, said shank including a pair of notches formed therein and including a part it ion formed between said notches thereof, and including a pair of actuating surfaces, said notches of said shank being defined between said partition and said actuating surfaces respectively, said shank including a pair of bulges extended inward of said notches of said shank, a first pawl and a second pawl rotatably received in said notches of said shank respectively and engageable with said actuating surfaces of said shank, for engaging with said internal gear and for controlling a driving direction of said housing relative to said shank, said first and said second pawls each including a cavity formed therein for receiving said bulges of said shank and for rotatably securing said first and said second pawl, to said shank, biasing means for biasing said first pawl and said second pawl to engage with said internal gear, and means for selectively disengaging said first pawl and said second pawl from said internal gear, said actuating surfaces of said shank being engaged with said first and said second pawls for solidly engaging said first and said second pawls with said internal gear.