Patent ID: 7313987

Claim:
A ratchet tool comprising: a handle comprising a chamber, a pair of recesses, a ring retainer, a platform, a groove, a bore, and a stopper; the recesses being adjacent to the chamber, the ring retainer being disposed in a lower portion of the chamber, the groove being disposed in an upper portion of the chamber, the platform being adjacent to the recesses, the bore being disposed near the platform, the bore containing the stopper, and the stopper pushing against an opening end of the bore; a tooling sleeve received on the ring retainer in the chamber of the handle comprising an insertion hole and being disposed with teeth and a first gradation on its outer circumference; a first pawl received in one of the recesses of the handle comprising a front end and a rear end with a horizontal plane defined between the front end and the rear end, the front end being provided with teeth corresponding to the teeth of the tooling sleeve, and a first post extending from the horizontal plane; a first elastic member having a first end and a second end opposite to each other, the first end holding against the rear end of the first pawl and the second end holding against the recess containing the first pawl; a second pawl received in the other of the recesses of the handle comprising a front end and a rear end with a horizontal plane defined between the front end and the rear end, the front end being provided with teeth corresponding to the teeth of the tooling sleeve, and a second post extending from the horizontal plane; a second elastic member having a first end and a second end opposite to each other, the first end holding against the rear end of the second pawl and the second end holding against the recess containing the second pawl; a retaining ring comprising a second gradation, a limiting ring corresponding to the platform and the recesses, a limiting groove being provided in the limiting ring, the limiting ring covering up the first pawl, the first elastic member, the second pawl, and the second elastic member, the retaining ring being secured to the handle in conjunction with a locking member inserted into the groove of the handle; and a dialer comprising a dialing handle, a retaining block, and a locking bolt, the dialing handle comprising a through hole and a third gradation, the retaining block comprising a first ear, a second ear, a through hole, a fourth gradation, and a fifth gradation, the first ear holding against the first post and the second post, the second ear being contained in the limiting groove, the fifth gradation of the retaining block holding against the limiting ring, the fourth gradation holding against the dialing handle, and the locking bolt penetrating a packing ring and the through hole of the retaining block to connect the dialer to the limiting ring.