Patent ID: 7188966

Claim:
A hand tool with an illuminator comprising: a hand tool, including a handle associated with an operating end; a lamp bracket fastened at a predetermined position on the handle having an accommodating space; a pathway running through the operating end from the handle and connected with a pinhole on the wall of the lamp bracket; a conductive assembly disposed inside the accommodating space of said lamp bracket comprising a first conductive strip, a second strip and at least one battery connected to said first and second conductive strips at its anode and cathode respectively wherein the first conductive strip and the at least one battery are positioned immovably in said accommodating space; a lamp which includes a bulb and two terminal pins fixed within the pathway wherein the bulb comes into close proximity with the operating end of the hand tool while the two terminal pins properly extend into said accommodating space through said pathway and the pinhole on the wall of the lamp bracket, wherein one of the terminal pin is electrically connected with the first conductive strip and the other terminal pin is associated with the second conductive strip; a cap tightly fitting the opening of said lamp bracket; and a switch mounted in and properly projects from the cap having a fixing component on the bottom surface that connects with the second conductive strip through an opening at the bottom of the cap, wherein the length of the opening is greater than the length of the fixing component.