Patent ID: 7213491

Claim:
A ratcheting tool comprising: a first gear including a peripheral engagement surface and axial gear teeth on a first side; a second gear having axial gear teeth and disposed so that the first gear axial gear teeth are engageable with the second gear axial gear teeth to provide a ratchet disc assembly; a drive member having an opening having an inner diameter surface disposed for receiving the ratchet disc assembly therein so that the peripheral engagement surface of the first gear engages the inner diameter surface of the drive member in order to transfer torque between the drive member and the ratchet disc assembly; and an axially movable reverse ring coupled to the ratchet disc assembly for axially adjusting the position of at least one of the first and second gears between a first position and a second position, in the first position the first and second gears being in engagement so that the ratchet assembly will ratchet in a first direction and transmit torque in a second direction, and in the second position the first and second gears being out of engagement.