Enhanced ratchet
OwnerIvan Kibbyinventor
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Abstract
A ratchet including a handle and a head connected to the handle. The ratchet further includes a rotating drum rotationally mounted within the head. A top edge of the rotating drum is open and a bottom edge of the rotating drum is closed by a surface. A rotating head extends from the surface of the rotating drum. One or more pawls within the head interact with the rotating drum to drive the rotating drum and rotating head in a first direction or a second direction in response to a force being applied to the handle. The ratchet includes a direction toggle connected to the one or more pawls being operable to engage the one or more pawls for selecting to drive the rotary head of the rotating drum in the first direction or the second direction corresponding to a first position or a second position of the direction toggle, respectively.
Claims21
A ratchet, comprising:
- a handle;
- a head connected to the handle;
- a rotating drum rotationally mounted within the head, a top edge of the rotating drum being open, a bottom edge of the rotating drum being closed by a surface, a rotating head extends from the surface of the rotating drum, a pair of pawls within the head interact with the rotating drum to drive the rotating drum and the rotating head in a first direction or a second direction in response to a force being applied to the handle;
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- a direction toggle connected to the pair of pawls by a pair of linkages retractable substantially parallel to the handle, wherein one of the linkages is connected to a first pawl of the pair of pawls and the other linkage is connected to a second pawl of the pair of pawls, the direction toggle being operable to engage the pair of pawls for selecting to drive the rotating head of the rotating drum in the first direction, the second direction, or neither direction corresponding to a first position, a second position, and a third position of the direction toggle, respectively.
An enhanced ratchet, comprising:
- a handle;
- a head connected to the handle;
- a rotating drum rotationally mounted with the head, an outer surface of the rotating drum being covered by teeth, a top edge of the rotating drum being open, a bottom edge of the rotating drum being closed by a surface, a rotating head is integrated with the surface of the rotating drum, wherein a socket is substantially seated in the rotating drum when attached to the rotating head;
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- a direction toggle accessible at an end of the handle, the direction toggle operably connected to a first pawl and a second pawl through a pair of linkages extending through the handle, one of the linkages connected to the first pawl and another of the linkages connected to the second pawl, the first and the second pawl being operable to engage the teeth for driving the rotary head of the rotating drum in a first mode, a second mode, or a third mode, corresponding to a first position, second position, and third position of the direction toggle.
A method for utilizing an enhanced ratchet comprising:
- receiving a socket within a rotating drum of the enhanced ratchet, the socket being secured to a rotating head attached to the rotating drum, the socket being seated substantially within a ratchet head of the enhanced ratchet rotationally securing the rotating drum;
- receiving positioning of a direction toggle corresponding to one of three modes, the first mode corresponding to a clockwise driving force and a counter-clockwise ratcheting direction, the second mode corresponding to a counter-clockwise driving force and a clockwise ratcheting direction, and the third mode corresponding to the clockwise driving force and the counterclockwise driving force, the direction toggle being connected to a pair of retractable linkages wherein one linkage is connected to a first pawl of a pair of pawls and the other linkage is connected to a second pawl of the pair of pawls for selecting one of the three modes;
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- applying a driving force to the socket in response to receiving the positioning of the direction toggle in one of the three modes.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.