Patent ID: 6044731
Filing Date: 2000-04-04
Classification: B25B

Abstract:
A double-reversible ratchet wrench comprising:a body, said body comprising an elonaged handle, a head axially upwardly extended from one end of said handle at an angle, a receiving chamber provided at said head, said receiving chamber formed of a stepped circular through hole through top and bottom side walls of said head and a notch disposed in communication with said stepped circular through hole at one side, a pin hole at a step inside said stepped circular through hole opposite to said notch, and a pin fastened to said pin hole;a ratchet wheel mounted within the stepped circular through hole inside the head of said body, said ratchet wheel comprising a toothed portion around the periphery thereof, a first coupling portion at one end, and a second coupling portion at an opposite end;a stop block mounted in the notch inside said head of said body, said stop block having a smoothly arched member, two toothed portions bilaterally provided at a front side thereof and alternatively forced into engagement with the toothed portion of said ratchet wheel to limit direction of rotation of said ratchet wheel in said receiving chabmer, and a locating hole at a top side thereof on the middle;a retaining ring mounted around the first coupling portion of said ratchet wheel and fastened to the locating hole at said stop block, said retainer ring having a zigzag section engaged with said pin inside said head of said body;an adjustment member mounted in said receiving chamber inside said head of said body and turned to shift said stop block between two positions, enabling one of the two toothed portions of said stop block to be alternatively forced into engagement with the toothed portion of said ratchet wheel, said adjustment member comprising a circular through hole coupled to the first coupling portion of said ratchet wheel, an outside annular groove around the periphery thereof, and a bottom positioning groove, which receives said retainer ring; anda C-shaped clamp mounted on the outside annular groove of said adjustment member within the stepped circular through hole of said head of said body to secure said adjustment member to the inside of said head of said body.