Patent ID: 6715382
Filing Date: 2004-04-06
Classification: B25B

Abstract:
A ratchet tool comprising:a head having a hole defined therethrough and a recess defined in an inner periphery of the hole, a passage defined through the head and communicating with the recess, two notches defined in an inner periphery of the passage; an engaging member rotatably engaged with the hole; a pawl movably received in the recess and a toothed surface defined in a first side thereof, the toothed surface engaged with the engaging member, and a shifter member rotatably received in the passage and having a lever on an outside of the head, a through hole defined through the shifter member and a bead and a spring received in the through hole, the bead engaged with one of the two notches, the spring engaged with a second side of the pawl, the shifter member having an insertion hole and a retaining plate is inserted therein, the retaining plate including a transverse bar which is located in parallel with an end of the pawl and limits the spring in the through hole.