Ratchet Wrench
AssigneePard Hardware Industrial Co., Ltd.
InventorJian Liang Lin
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Abstract
A wrench includes a handle, a plate, a toothed wheel, a pawl, a switch and two detents. The handle includes a box end made with two spaces in communication with each other. The plate covers the spaces and includes two recesses in an upper side. The toothed wheel is inserted in the first space. The pawl is movable in the first space. The pawl includes a recess. The switch is inserted in the second space and includes a radial bore and a longitudinal bore. The first detent includes a portion inserted in the radial bore and another portion inserted in the recess of the pawl. The second detent includes a portion inserted in longitudinal bore and another portion for insertion in a selected one of the recesses of the plate.
Claims7
A wrench including:
- a handle including a box end made with a first space and a second space in communication with the first space;
- a plate attached to the handle to cover the first and second spaces, wherein the plate includes two recesses in an upper side;
- a toothed wheel inserted in the first space;
- a pawl movable in the first space between two positions, wherein the pawl can be engaged with the toothed wheel and jammed between the box end of the handle and the toothed wheel so that the toothed wheel can be rotated by the box end of the handle via the pawl, wherein the pawl includes a recess;
- a switch rotationally inserted in the second space, wherein the switch includes a radial bore and a longitudinal bore;
- a first detent including a portion inserted in the radial bore and another portion inserted in the recess of the pawl;
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- a second detent including a portion inserted in longitudinal bore and another portion for insertion in a selected one of the recesses of the plate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.