Switch-positioning device of a ratchet wrench
OwnerYi-Min Liinventor
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Abstract
A ratchet wrench includes a head, a toothed wheel, a pawl and a switch. The head includes two bores in communication with a pothole in communication with a chamber via a channel. The channel includes a broad section between two tapered sections. The toothed wheel is rotatable in the chamber. The switch is pivotable in the pothole and includes a tunnel with a first end in communication with the broad section of the channel and a second end in communication with the pothole. A spring is compressed between a detent and a ball. The detent includes an end connected to the pawl and another end movable in the tunnel. The ball includes a portion in the tunnel and another portion insertable in a selected one of the bores when the detent moves the pawl into a corresponding one of the tapered sections of the channel.
Claims5
A ratchet wrench comprising:
- a head comprising a chamber, a pothole, a channel via which the chamber is in communication with the pothole, and a positioning dent made in a floor of the pothole, wherein the channel comprises two tapered sections and a broad section between the tapered sections;
- a toothed wheel located in the chamber;
- a pawl movable between the tapered sections of the channel via the broad section;
- an arched plate extending between a wall of the pothole and a switch and comprising two bores in communication with the pothole and a boss inserted in the positioning dent to prevent the arched plate from rotation relative to the head;
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- the switch being pivotable in the pothole and comprising:
- a tunnel with a first end in communication with the broad section of the channel and a second end in communication with the pothole;
- a detent comprising a first end connected to the pawl and a second end movable in the tunnel;
- a spring comprising a first end in contact with the second end of the detent and a second end;
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- a ball comprising a first portion in contact with the second end of the spring and a second portion insertable in a selected one of the bores when the detent moves the pawl to a corresponding one of the tapered sections of the channel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.