Patent ID: 6070502
Filing Date: 2000-06-06
Classification: B25B

Abstract:
A ratchet box wrench comprising:a frame having two chambers at two ends;a packing member fitted in an intermediate portion of a frame and having two recesses at two ends, each of said recesses being formed with two grooves;a first lug mounted in one of said chambers and provided with a pin at a top thereof;a second lug mounted in another one of said chambers and provided with a pin at a bottom thereof;a pair of outer plates fastened on two sides of said packing member, each of said outer plates having two circular openings at two ends thereof and a slot close to one of said circular openings;a pair of switching members each having an elongated portion at an end having a longitudinal open slit at an intermediate portion thereby forming two arms each with a projection engageable with said grooves of said packing member, said switching member having a raised portion formed with two protruded lines at two opposite sides thereof, another end of said switching members being provided with a hook and a shoulder disposed on one of said first and second lugs;two ratchet box installed in said two chambers;a pair of pawls each rotatably mounted on one of said outer plates and disposed in one of said chambers, each of said pawl having two teeth at one end engageable with teeth of said ratchet box and a cavity and a cavity at another end;a pair of springs each having a circular loop adapted to engage with said pin of one of said first and second lugs, a side loop engaged with a hook of said switching member, and a leg fitted in said cavity of one of said pawls; andtwo buttons each engaged with said raised portion of a respective one of said switching members.