Biasing arrangement for a pawl of a reversible ratchet-type wrench

A reversible ratchet-type wrench comprising:

• a handle;
• a head extended from the handle and including a hole, a web being defined between the handle and the head, a first cavity being defined in the web and communicated with the hole, the web further including a compartment communicated with the first cavity;
• a drive member rotatably mounted in the hole of the head, the drive member including a plurality of teeth formed on an outer periphery thereof;
• a pawl mounted in the first cavity and including a first side with a plurality of ratchet teeth for releasably engaging with the teeth of the drive member, the pawl further includes a second side with a recess that faces the compartment;
• a coil spring having a first end slidably received in the recess and a second end;
• a switch member including a turn-piece and an actuating plate extended from the turn-piece and rotatably received in the compartment of the web, the switch member being switchable between two ratcheting positions for changing ratcheting direction of the drive member, the actuating plate including a first side that faces the first cavity, the first side of the actuating plate including a receptacle for receiving the second end of the coil spring, with the receptacle including an inner receptacle section spaced from the first side and of a size for slideably receiving and maintaining the coil spring in a linear manner therein, with the receptacle including an enlarged outer receptacle section extending between the first side and the inner receptacle section and being of a size enlarged from the inner receptacle section and allowing the coil spring to extend in a nonlinear manner therein;
• the coil spring urging the ratchet teeth of the pawl to engage with the teeth of the drive member.