Patent ID: 6282993
Filing Date: 2001-09-04
Classification: B25B

Abstract:
A ratchet tool comprising:a shank and a head connected to an end of said shank, said head having a hole and a recess defined in an inside of said hole, two identical plates respectively connected to two sides of said head and each plate having a ring portion engaged with said hole, a tongue portion extending from each said ring portion and engaged with said recess, a slot and an aperture respectively defined through said tongue portion;a ring member rotatably received in said hole in said head and said ring member having a toothed outer periphery, said ring member having a polygonal inside, a pawl member received in said recess and having a curved toothed surface defined in a first end of said pawl member, said curved toothed surface facing said ring member, a protrusion extending from a top of said pawl member and said protrusion movably received in said slot, anda pushing member having a first end thereof engaged with a second end of said pawl member, a second end of said pushing member engaged with an inside of said recess, said second end of said pawl member located opposite to said curved toothed surface, an elongated hole defined in said pushing member and a pin extending through said two apertures in said two plates and said elongated hole.