Patent ID: 6575058
Filing Date: 2003-06-10
Classification: B25B

Abstract:
A bearing clutch device, comprising:a) a secondary body rotatably coupled to a primary body and defining a tapering space therebetween; b) at least one bearing, movably disposed in the tapering space, and movable between a free location, and a binding location in which the at least one bearing lodges between the primary and secondary bodies; c) a displacement member, movably disposed in the tapering space, engagable with the at least one bearing to dislodge the at least one bearing from the binding location to the free location, the displacement member having teeth; d) a switch, pivotally disposed on the secondary body, having teeth; and e) a gear, pivotally disposed between the switch and the displacement member, having teeth engagable with both the teeth of the displacement member and the teeth of the switch such that pivoting the switch in one rotational direction results in movement of the displacement member in an opposite rotational direction.