Abstract: A ratchet head assembly has a reversing knob with a metal shaft coupled to the pawl assembly of the ratchet mechanism and an enlarged-diameter plastic head insert molded around the outer end of the shaft and having a diameter two to three times that of the shaft and a density no greater than about one-fifth that of the shaft. Thus, the reversing knob has a low inertia so that it is not susceptible to self-reversing or self-locking during operation of the ratchet mechanism.

Abstract: An improved collet lock arrangement for a hand-held power tool having a housing is provided. The collet lock arrangement includes a powered rotatable shaft including a base portion and distal end portion defining a collet for adaptably connecting a driver tool attachment thereto and a locking structure for securely locking the shaft to the housing to selectively prevent the shaft from rotating when in a locked position while allowing the shaft to freely rotate in an unlocked position. The locking structure has a locking sleeve coaxially coupled around the shaft for axial movement relative thereto between the locked and unlocked positions, a clamp nut fixedly connected to the housing, and a sleeve guide non-rotatably coupling the locking sleeve to the clamp nut. The clamp nut and sleeve guide are coaxially arranged for coaxially receiving therethrough the shaft and the locking sleeve.

Abstract: A rotary air motor has a liner disposed within a tool housing and having a cylindrical bore therethrough. A rotor having radially slidable vanes is eccentrically rotatably mounted in the bore by bearings in the plates of the liner, the vanes cooperating with the rotor and the liner to define a plurality of rotating variable volume fluid compartments. A fluid inlet port in one end plate communicates sequentially with the fluid compartments. First and second exhaust ports respectively formed in the end plates also communicate sequentially with the fluid compartments, but the two exhaust ports are angularly offset from each other so that the fluid compartments communicate first with the exhaust port remote from the entry end plate and then with the exhaust port at the entry end plate. The exhaust passage from the remote exhaust port passes along the outside of the liner back to the entry end plate, thereby ensuring cooling of both ends of the motor.