Patent ID: 8196494

Claim:
A system for high speed operation of a ratchet style wrench which has a handle portion and a spinning drive portion capable of engaging a fastener which is to be operated upon, the system comprising: a continuous loop elongated drive belt having an inner surface and an outer surface, wherein the inner surface has an engaging structure thereon, and wherein the outer surface is substantially smooth; a belt holding structure positioned to hold the belt in a desired orientation, wherein the belt holding structure is positioned outside the drive belt and adjacent to the substantially smooth outer surface so that the outer surface of the belt and the holding structure do not substantially interfere with one another as the belt is pulled, and wherein the holding structure causes a first portion of the drive belt to be held in operational contact with a portion of the drive structure of the wrench so that force can be applied by a user to a free end of the belt which is unattached to any portion of the wrench.