Patent ID: 6622597
Filing Date: 2003-09-23
Classification: B25B

Abstract:
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 an engaging hole formed therein, a tool member received in said engaging hole of said driving stem, means for detachably securing said tool member to said driving stem, said detachably securing means including a guide passage formed in said driving stem and communicating with said engaging hole of said driving stem, a rod slidably received in said guide passage of said driving stem, and a rod biasing means for biasing said rod to move inward of said engaging hole of said driving stem and to engage with said tool member, for detachably securing said tool member to said driving stem, and said guide passage of said driving stem being a U-shaped slot flush on said driving stem, to perpendicularly receive said rod in said guide passage of said driving stem, a pair of pawls is slidably engaged in said longitudinal channels of said housing respectively, means for biasing said pawls is 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.