Patent ID: 7225708

Claim:
A ratchet tool comprising: a cartridge for attaching to a tool handle, including a chamber formed therein, and including two channels formed therein and communicating with said chamber thereof, a tool member rotatably engaged into said chamber of said cartridge, and including a gear provided thereon, two pawls slidably received in said channels of said cartridge respectively, and each including at least one tooth formed therein, and each including a recess formed therein, means for biasing said at least one tooth of said pawls to selectively engage with said gear of said tool member, and a control ferrule rotatably attached onto said cartridge, for engaging with said pawls, and for controlling an engagement of said pawls with said gear of said tool member, wherein said pawls each includes a rotary member provided thereon and rotatably engaged in said recess of said pawls and engaged between said control ferrule and said pawls, for forming a reduced contact area between said control ferrule and said rotary member, and for allowing said pawls to be effectively moved relative to said cartridge and said tool member and to be disengaged from or to be engaged with said gear of said tool member by said control ferrule.