Rotation control device for a tool
OwnerCheng-Wei Suinventor
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Abstract
A rotation control device for a tool is disposed between a handle and a tool head and essentially comprises two ratchet wheels, a spring and two C-shaped snap rings. The two ratchet wheels are symmetrically arranged, so that when being pressed, the respective ratchet wheels will be subjected to the same force and move the same distance, thus making the engagement between the ratchet wheels and the tool head more assured while avoiding the stuck fault and improving the convenience in use.
Claims5
A rotation control device for a tool being disposed between a handle with two first ratchet portions and a tool head with a second ratchet portion, comprising:
- two identical ratchet wheels disposed between the handle and the tool head in such a manner that the two ratchet wheels are selectively adjusted between a close position where the two ratchet wheels are abutted against each other and a separated position where the two ratchet wheels are separated and located away from each other, each of the ratchet wheels is provided with a ratchet portion on an outer periphery thereof, a receiving groove in an inner surface thereof, and a protrusive press portion on an outer surface thereof, the ratchet portions of the two ratchet wheels are selectively engaged with the second ratchet portion of the tool head or simultaneously engaged with the first and second ratchet portions, the press portion of each of the ratchet wheels is smaller in outer diameter than the ratchet portion of the respective ratchet wheels, when in the close position, the ratchet portions are engaged with the second ratchet portion of the tool head, so that the handle and the tool head are able to pivot with respect to each other, and when in the separated position, the ratchet portions of the ratchet wheels are engaged with the first and second ratchet portions simultaneously, so that the handle and the tool head are fixed in a non-rotatable manner to each other;
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- a spring disposed between the two ratchet wheels and having its two ends pressed against receiving grooves of the two ratchet wheels to maintain the two ratchet wheels in the separated position in normal conditions.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.