Patent ID: 7096763

Claim:
A ratchet spanner having a direction control device; comprising: a spanner body having a receiving chamber at a head portion thereof; a ratchet wheel being received in the receiving chamber; a braking groove at a lateral side of the receiving chamber; a direction control groove in the spanner body and communicated to the braking groove; and a lower side of the direction control groove having a left slot and a right slot; a direction control unit received in the direction control groove; the direction control unit including a direction control block, a control sheet, the control sheet having a “T” shape with a transversal bar and a longitudinal bar extended from a middle portion of the transversal bar; an elastic ejecting device; one end of the direction control block being formed with a control portion; and the elastic ejecting device including a steel ball and a spring; the steel ball of the elastic ejecting device being resisted in one of the left slot and the right slot so as to have the effect of positioning; the direction control block being formed with a receiving hole for receiving the elastic ejecting device; the direction control block having a positioning groove near the receiving hole for receiving the control sheet to prevent the elastic ejecting device and the direction control block from sliding out of the spanner body during switching operation; the direction control block having a control portion which is formed as an approximately triangular shape; a plurality of parallel teeth being formed an outer surface of the control portion; and a brake block being received in the braking groove; the brake block being engaged to the ratchet wheel; an upper end of the brake block capable of engaging with the ratchet wheel; a lower side of the brake block having an inserting hole for receiving the spring of the elastic ejecting device so that the elastic ejecting device provides an elastic force to resist against the receiving chamber; the brake block being formed with a notch near the inserting hole; a width of the notch being slightly larger than a width of the longitudinal bar of the control sheet; and the longitudinal bar of the control sheet is received in the notch of the brake block.