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US 2021/0331297 A1Published application
Inline ratcheting mechanism
AssigneeSnap-on Incorporated
InventorBen T. Schulz
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Abstract
An inline ratcheting mechanism for motorized hand tools that includes a drive body, a ratchet shaft, ratchet pawls, a reversing collar, and a reversing switch adapted to cause the reversing collar to engage or disengage the ratchet pawls with ratchet teeth of the ratchet shaft.
Claims18
A tool comprising:
- a driver assembly including:
- a lug adapted to drive a work piece;
- a drive body coupled to a drive body cap;
- a ratchet shaft disposed in the drive body and including ratchet teeth;
- first and second ratchet pawls adapted to move axially along the ratchet shaft and selectively engage the ratchet teeth;
- and
- a reversing collar adapted to be selectively positioned in either one of first and second positions via a reversing switch, to thereby cause the first and second ratchet pawls to move axially along the ratchet shaft,
- wherein when the reversing collar is disposed in the first position, the first pawl engages, and the second pawl disengages, the ratchet teeth, and when the reversing collar is disposed in the second position, the first pawl disengages, and the second pawl engages, the ratchet teeth.
5 more elements
A ratcheting mechanism for a motorized hand tool, comprising:
- a drive body cap;
- a drive body coupled to the drive body cap;
- a ratchet shaft disposed in the drive body and including ratchet teeth;
- first and second ratchet pawls adapted to axially move along the ratchet shaft;
- a reversing collar adapted to axially move the first and second ratchet pawls to selectively engage the ratchet teeth;
- and
- a reversing switch adapted to selectively dispose the reversing collar in either one of first and second positions,
- wherein when the reversing collar is disposed in the first position, the first pawl engages, and the second pawl disengages, the ratchet teeth, and when the reversing collar is disposed in the second position, the first pawl disengages, and the second ratchet pawl engages, the ratchet teeth.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.