Patent ID: 6516690
Filing Date: 2003-02-11
Classification: B25B

Abstract:
A ratchet tool comprising:a ring-shaped head and a handle extending from said head, a recess defined in an inner periphery of said head and a ball and a first spring received in said recess; an engaging member rotatably received in said head and having a toothed outer periphery, a pawl having a toothed surface defined in a first side thereof and said toothed surface engaged with said toothed outer periphery of said engaging member, a notch defined in a second side of said pawl and one of two ends of said second side of said pawl removably engaged with said inner periphery of said head, and a selection member received in said head and having a receiving hole defined in a first side thereof, two curved surfaces defined in said first side of said selection member, a pin and a second spring received in said receiving hole, said pin biased by said second spring and engaged with said notch, one of said two ends of said second side of the pawl being smoothly engaged with one of said two curved surfaces of said selection member, a selection lever connected to said selection member and a protrusion extending from a second side of said selection member, said ball engaging with said protrusion.