Patent ID: 7520198

Claim:
A ratchet screwdriver comprising: a handle comprising: a body having: a front end; a rear end; an inner surface; a receiving chamber being defined in the body at the rear end and having an opening in the rear end of the body; a front through hole being defined through the front end of the body and communicating with the receiving chamber; two mounting recesses being formed oppositely in the inner surface of the body adjacent to the rear end of the body; a mounting protrusion being smaller than, formed concentrically on and protruding axially from the rear end of the body around the opening of the receiving chamber; and a cap being mounted on the rear end of the body and comprising: a threaded ring being mounted on the mounting protrusion of the body and closing the mounting recesses in the rear end of the body; a cover ring corresponding to and being mounted on the annular lip of the body; and a rear through hole being formed axially through the cap and communicating with the receiving chamber; a ratchet being mounted in the opening of the receiving chamber and engaging the mounting recesses of the body to prevent rotation of the ratchet; a shaft being mounted rotatably in the body and securely on the ratchet and having a proximal end being connected to the ratchet; and a finger ring being mounted securely around the shaft, being smaller than and disposed outside the body.