Patent ID: 6935211
Filing Date: 2005-08-30
Classification: B25B,B25G

Abstract:
1. A ratchet tool comprising: a housing including a pair of longitudinal channels formed therein, a seat rotatably secured to said housing and including a first end facing toward said housing and having a plurality of teeth formed therein, said seat including a cylindrical member extended therefrom and having an aperture formed therein, a driving stem engaged in said aperture of said cylindrical member, said driving stem including a first end having an engaging hole formed therein, a tool member received in said engaging hole of said driving stem, a pair of pawls slidably engaged in said longitudinal channels of said housing respectively, means for biasing said pawls to move longitudinally relative to said housing to engage with said teeth of said seat, and means for selectively disengaging said pawls from said teeth of said seat to control a rotational direction of said seat by said housing, and said driving stem including a second end having a narrower neck formed therein to define a head thereon, for engaging with and driving tool elements, a provision of said narrower neck in said second end of said driving stem permitting said driving stem to rotate relative to the tool elements.