Abstract: A multi-functional ratchet wrench has a wrench body, a ratchet, a pawl, a trigger, a lug connector and a socket connector. The wrench body has a head in which the ratchet is rotatably mounted and the pawl control the direction of rotation when moved by the trigger connected to the pawl. The lug connector is formed on one side of the ratchet, and the socket connector formed on the opposite side of the ratchet. The socket connector comprises a connecting tube, an outer collar and a latching device. The connecting tube selectively holds a tool bit. The outer collar is mounted slidably on the connecting tube. The latching device is clamped between the connecting tube and the outer collar to cause the outer collar to stay in position to hold the tool bit in the connecting tube. Thereby, the ratchet wrench can selectively use different tool bits.

Abstract: A wrench includes a handle, a clutch, a detent, a controller, a gear and a C-ring. The handle includes an annular head defining a circular space, a pothole not overlapping the circular space, a channel for communicating the circular space with the pothole, a recess and an annular groove both defined in a wall of the circular space. The clutch includes two claws put in the recess and a spring put between the claws. Each of the claws includes a toothed face and a rod. The claws can easily be put into the recess since the rods can be moved through the channel. A controller is put rotationally in the pothole for moving the rods. The gear is put in the circular space. The gear includes a toothed face for engagement with the toothed face of one of the claws. The C-ring includes an external edge put in the annular groove, an internal edge for retaining the annular gear in the circular space and a gate projecting from an upper face for blocking the channel.

Abstract: A ratchet wrench includes a handle and an annular head formed on the handle. The annular head defines a first space, a second space in communication with the first space and a third space in communication with the second space. An annular gear is positioned rotationally in the first space. In the second space is a direction controller including two pawls and a spring between the pawls. Partially in the third space is a direction switch for engaging selective one of the pawls with the annular gear. The direction switch defines a recess. On the annular head is a spring-biased rod detent for automatic insertion into the recess after the direction switch is moved partially in the third space, thus locking the direction switch to the annular head while allowing the rotation of the direction switch on the annular head.

Abstract: A ratchet tool includes a handle having a number of inner teeth, a cartridge rotatably received in the handle and having a driving shank and having three side surfaces. Three pawls are rotatably attached to the side surfaces of the cartridge and each includes two end portions each having one or more teeth for engaging with the teeth of the handle, in order to control the driving direction of the cartridge relative to the handle. A control member includes three spring-biased projections for engaging with the pawls and for forcing the teeth of either of the end portions of the pawls to engage with the teeth of the handle, and to control the driving direction of the cartridge relative to the handle.

Abstract: A ratchet wrench includes a base connected to a handle and a cylindrical top on the base has two recesses for receiving two pawls therein. Each recess includes a hole in an inner bottom thereof so that the two pawls are pivotably inserted in the two holes by their respective shafts. A ring is rotatably mounted to the cylindrical top and has a concaved area for allowing at least one of the two pawls to be extended outward. A driving member having a skirt portion which has teeth defined in an inner periphery thereof and the teeth are engaged with at least one of the two pawls. The base is easily to be manufactured and the two shafts of the two pawls are easily to be assembled in the recesses.

Abstract: A ratchet socket tool includes a socket having a toothed protrusion extending axially from an end thereof and a tube is mounted on the first end of the socket. A driving member rotatably inserts into the tube and has a passage defined axially therethrough and a recess is defined in an inner periphery of the passage so that a pawl is movably engaged with the recess and has a toothed surface for being engaged with the toothed protrusion of the socket. A biasing member has a first end engaged with a notch defined in an inner periphery of the tube and a second end of the biasing member extends through a hole defined through a wall of the driving member and engaged with a concavity in the pawl so as to push the pawl to engage with the toothed protrusion.

Abstract: Ratchet wrench has its head comprising an opening, a recess on a wall of the opening, a channel having one end open to the recess and the other blind end in the handle, and a trough on the handle proximate the wrench head, a reversing pawl in the recess and including a top groove and a rear cavity, a push button on the trough adapted to move between first and second positions by cooperating with a spring depressible detent for carrying out clockwise driving and counterclockwise ratcheting or vice versa, a reversing lever having one portion disposed on the groove and the other portion received in a slot of the push button, a spring biaser including one end in the cavity and the other end in the blind end of the channel, and a socket fastened in the opening and being meshed with pawl teeth of the reversing pawl.

Abstract: A driving member securing device for a hand tool includes a control member which has a skirt portion and a flange extends from an inner periphery of a central hole of the control member. The flange has a plurality of projections. The hand tool has a toothed wheel rotatably received in the head of the hand tool and an engaging hole is defined through the toothed wheel. The driving member has an insertion which is inserted into the engaging hole of the toothed wheel and includes a plurality of ridges and grooves. A groove is defined in the ridges and the grooves so that the flange of the control member is movably engaged with the groove to secure the driving member.

Abstract: A hand tool aided screwdriver related to a ratchet screwdriver that allows operation in changed direction includes a handle, a ratchet holder, a socket, and a chock. The ratchet holder is inserted into a chamber in the handle. The socket is inserted into the ratchet holder. The ratchet holder is provided with an outer ratchet to engage with an inner ratchet in the chock. The chock having a hexagon outer surface to be held by an open end of a spanner to apply force together with the screwdriver in mounting or dismounting a work piece.

Abstract: A ratchet tool comprising a handle, a cartridge attached to the handle, a barrel rotatably received in the cartridge and having a gear and having a non-circular engaging hole, and one or more driving stems each having a non-circular end segment selectively engaged with the engaging hole of the barrel, for allowing the driving stems to be selectively rotated by the barrel. Two pawls are slidably received in the cartridge and each has one or more teeth biased to selectively engage with the gear of the barrel, and a control ferrule includes an actuator for selectively disengaging the teeth of the pawls from the gear of the barrel, to control the driving direction of the barrel and the driving stem.

Abstract: The present invention is an improved ratcheting mechanism for a tool that includes a number of bearings disposed within the mechanism that maintain the alignment of a gear forming a part of the mechanism with the remainder of the parts of the mechanism. The bearings are disposed within a housing for the mechanism and serve to align and allow the free rotation of a shaft connected to the gear. The bearings, by maintaining the alignment of the shaft and gear with the remainder of the mechanism, prevent the gear from experiencing any lateral or axial displacement with respect to the remainder of the mechanism. Further, the various components of the mechanism are effectively sealed to the housing in order to provide a fluid tight mechanism for use in a variety of different applications.

Abstract: A wrench includes a body, a control device, a pawl and a joint. The body includes a handle and a ring. The control device includes a disc pivotally received in the ring and a stem projecting from the disc and including upper, lower and intermediate sections. The pawl is connected with the disc and formed with a toothed end for engagement with the teeth of the ring and two arc-shaped sides. The joint includes a disc received in the ring, an insert installed beneath the disc, stops installed on the disc for selective engagement with the arc-shaped sides of the pawl, and a ball detent trapped in a hole defined in the insert for selective engagement with one of the intermediate and lower sections of the stem.

Abstract: A ratcheting driver for rotationally driving a piece and having a handle and pivotal pawls engageable with a driven gear and being capable of ratcheting and driving in both rotational directions. A cap is rotatable relative to said handle and it has a web for pivoting the pawls out of engagement with the gear. Through the selective rotation of the cap, the setting of the pawls is established. A spring positions the pawls in driving positions, and the cap has surfaces which disengage the pawls from the gear upon rotation of the cap. A method of arranging the driver is included.

Abstract: A wrench assembly includes a handle and a wrench. The handle includes a head. The wrench includes a first annular ring non-rotationally put in the head of the handle, a second gear rotationally installed in the first annular ring for engagement with a tool bit and a one-way driving device arranged between the first annular ring and the second gear so that the first annular ring can drive the second gear in a direction through the one-way driving device.

Abstract: A selective one-way bit-driving apparatus includes a shaft for connection with a handle, a bit receiver including a plurality of teeth formed on an internal face, two one-way drivers pivotally connected with the shaft and each formed with a plurality of teeth for engagement with the teeth of the bit receiver and a switch installed on the shaft for causing the engagement of the teeth of at least one of the one-way drivers with the teeth of the bit receiver.

Abstract: The ratchet wrench of this invention includes a jaw adjustment assembly connected with a jaw and gear assembly carried by a wrench head. Components of the jaw adjustment assembly include a scroll plate inside a cap operated by a jaw adjustment disk located above the cap. The jaw adjuster disk is connected with the scroll plate using a snap ring. Components of the jaw and gear assembly include a pair of jaws supported and guided inside a gear unit with the aid of parallel support rails. The support rails connect the rear unit with the jaws and support the jaw and gear assembly from a wrench head and handle. The two assemblies are pressed and held together by a splined inner surface of the cap interfacing with a splined outer surface of the gear unit. A typical pawl assembly provides the ratchet operation of the ratchet wrench.

Abstract: An improved low profile ratchet wrench comprising a rotatable head and a handle, wherein a lever projecting from the free end of the handle permits selective adjustment of the unidirectional rotation of the ratchet wrench. The lever eccentrically rotates so as to urge a cam and cam teeth to engage the teeth of a ratchet wheel, thereby selecting an appropriate unidirectional path. In use, the unidirectional path may be changed by eccentrically rotating the lever in the opposite direction previously selected, thus permitting reversal of the ratchet head.

Abstract: A ratcheting mechanism for a hand-held tool is provided. The mechanism includes a housing having a central opening and a pair of slots disposed on opposite sides of the opening. Each slot has an arcuate or circular end portion opposite the central opening which circumscribes an arc of greater than 180° in order to pivotally retain a generally circular stem of a pawl therein. Due to the presence of a pair of biasing members within the housing, each pawl is biased inwardly towards the central opening and into engagement with teeth located on the exterior of a gear rotatably disposed within the central opening. A cap rotatably connected to the housing over the pawls and the central opening is able to selectively disengage one of the pawls to allow the rotation of the gear within the central opening in a specified direction.

Abstract: A multipurpose, bi-lateral multi-axial ratcheting hand tool. The ratcheting hand tool may be used in multiple positions and in varying angles for loosening or tightening various fasteners as well as using other tools that may be attached to the tool. The ratcheting Allen wrench includes a first handle and a second handle, a bi-directional ratchet hingedly fastened between the first handle and the second handle, and multiple tools hingedly fastened to the first handle and the second handle that may be easily accessed and foldably stored within the handle when not in use.

Abstract: A ratchet tool includes a head and a ratchet mechanism for rotation about a first axis, a body for carrying a tool element, and a handle coupled to the head for rotation about a second axis perpendicular to the first axis, where the handle is movable axially between first and second positions. The ratchet tool is configured such that torque can be imparted to the body, to rotate a tool element carried thereby, by turning the handle about the second axis when the handle is in the first position or by moving the handle about the first axis when the handle is in the second position.

Abstract: A operating device for a screwdriver includes a body partially secured in a handle of the screwdriver, a barrel partially and pivotally received in the body and a controller pivotally mounted on the body for controlling an operated direction of the operating device.

Abstract: A ratchet tool includes a head with an engaging member rotatably received in a hole in the head and a recess is defined in an inner periphery of the hole so as to receive a pawl therein. A chamber is defined in a side of the head and communicates with the recess. A knob is rotatably received in the chamber and a biasing member is connected between the pawl and the knob. The biasing member is a V-shaped member and includes two insertions which are connected to a side of the pawl, and a peak portion which is securely connected to a protrusion extending eccentrically from an inside of the knob. The pawl is shifted by the biasing member when rotating the knob.

Abstract: Ratchet socket for fitting onto a screwed member. The ratchet socket is drivable by a tool to wrench the screwed member. The ratchet socket includes: a cylindrical main body formed with at least one internal circular hole and at least one through hole formed on the circumference of the main body and communicating with the circular hole; and a ratchet mechanism including a ratchet wheel rotatably disposed in the circular hole, a dog member movably accommodated in the through hole and a resilient hoop fitted around the main body to exert a resilient force onto the outer side of the dog member, keeping the dog member resiliently engaged with the ratchet wheel. When the dog member is engaged with the ratchet wheel, the ratchet mechanism provides a ratchet effect and the main body of the socket is one-way drivingly engaged with the ratchet wheel.

Abstract: A joint apparatus is provided for firmly connecting a head of a wrench with a socket. The joint apparatus includes a joint and a retainer. The joint includes a first portion for releasable engagement with the head of the wrench and a second portion for releasable engagement with a socket. The retainer is attached to the first portion of the joint for abutting the head of the wrench, thus avoiding the joint escaping the head of the wrench.

Abstract: A pass through socket (12) and wrench (10) combination is disclosed wherein a first drive member (22a, 22b) is provided on the socket's exterior surface and a second drive member (24) is provided on the front side of the ratchet wrench's wheel (26) for engaging the socket's first drive member (22a, 22b) to enable the socket (12) to be driven with the wrench (10). The wrench's wheel (26) defines an axially aligned through hole (30) extending through the wheel (26) for receiving an insertable end of the socket (12) through the front side of the wheel (26). Socket retention means, preferably a snap ring mounted on the front side of the ratchet wheel (26), is also provided.

Abstract: A wrench includes a handle, a clutch, a detent, a controller, a gear and a C-ring. The handle includes an annular head defining a circular space, a pothole not overlapping the circular space, a channel for communicating the circular space with the pothole, a recess and an annular groove both defined in a wall of the circular space. The clutch includes two claws put in the recess and a spring put between the claws. Each of the claws includes a toothed face and a rod. The claws can easily be put into the recess since the rods can be moved through the channel. A controller is put rotationally in the pothole for moving the rods. The gear is put in the circular space. The gear includes a toothed face for engagement with the toothed face of one of the claws. The C-ring includes an external edge put in the annular groove, an internal edge for retaining the annular gear in the circular space and a gate projecting from an upper face for blocking the channel.

Abstract: A ratcheting mechanism for a hand-held tool is provided. The mechanism includes a housing having a central opening and a pair of slots disposed on opposite sides of the opening. Each slot has an are arcuate or circular end portion opposite the central opening which circumscribes an are of greater than 180° in order to pivotally retain a generally circular stem of a pawl therein. Due to the presence of a pair of biasing members within the housing, each pawl is biased inwardly towards the central opening and into engagement with teeth located on the exterior of a gear rotatably disposed within the central opening. A cap rotatably connected to the housing over the pawls and the central opening is able to selectively disengage one of the pawls to allow the rotation of the gear within the central opening in a specified direction.

Abstract: A quick rotation wrench includes a driving portion, a wrench body, and an angle adjustment structure. The angle adjustment structure includes a control knob, two pawl members, two positioning members, and an elastic member. Thus, the included angle between the wrench body and the driving portion can be adjusted freely and arbitrarily. In addition, the included angle between the wrench body and the driving portion can be adjusted easily and conveniently. Further, the control knob is mounted on the wrench body, so that the user can use his one hand to press the control knob and operate the wrench body easily and conveniently, thereby facilitating the user operating the quick rotation wrench.

Abstract: A saw having an angle adjustable blade includes a handle and a blade. The handle includes a body and a ratchet structure. The ratchet structure includes a positioning member and a ratchet rod. Thus, the angle of the blade relative to the handle may be adjusted arbitrarily by rotating the blade relative to the handle, without having to change and adjust the angle of the handle, thereby facilitating the user operating the handle, and thereby preventing the user's wrist from being hurt.

Abstract: A wrench includes a drive head, a drive member, a plurality of locking teeth mounted on either one of the inner wall of the drive head and the drive member, and a locking device mounted on either one of the inner wall of the drive head and the drive member. The locking device includes at least two driving blocks each formed with a locking end engageable with the locking teeth to drive the drive member. The locking ends of the at least two driving blocks are respectively engaged with the locking teeth at different time. Thus, the locking device has a smaller driving angle for driving the drive member.

Abstract: This invention relates an improvement of the torque transfer mechanism exclusively applied to the socket wrench. General speaking, it is an improvement made on the prior art of the socket wrench now popular and available in the tool market. Inside the shank of the socket wrench, it contains a rotary rod connected with a bevel gear which is further meshed with a ring gears on the wrench head. Without changing the profile of the socket wrench, it forms a torque transfer mechanism with robust structure and easy assembly. It provides stable and practical output of the torque for tightening and loosening the bolt.

Abstract: A ratchet tool includes a head having a hole for receiving an engaging member therein and a recess is defined in an inner periphery of the hole so as to receive a pawl which is engaged with the engaging member. A passage is defined through the head and communicates with the recess. Two notches are defined in an inner periphery of the passage. A shifter member is rotatably received in the passage and has a lever is located on an outside of the head. A bead and a spring are received in a hole of the shifter member and the bead is engaged with one of the two notches. The spring is engaged with a second side of the pawl.

Abstract: A operating device for a screwdriver includes a body partially secured in a handle of the screwdriver, a barrel partially and pivotally received in the body and a controller pivotally mounted on the body for controlling an operated direction of the operating device.

Abstract: A wrench structure includes a wrench handle, a drive body, two directional blocks, and a direction control member. The wrench handle has a drive head formed with a receiving chamber for mounting the drive body and a guide slot for mounting each of the two directional blocks. The drive head has an end face formed with a direction control recess and a spacing portion located between the receiving chamber and the direction control recess, for enhancing the structural strength of the wrench handle. The direction control recess is formed with a limit portion for limiting and guiding each of the two directional blocks, so that each of the two directional blocks may be moved to a determined position exactly, thereby changing the direction of operation of the wrench handle and the drive body actually.

Abstract: A ratcheting tool, such as a screwdriver, having a handle with gear and two pawls movable into selective driving engagement with the gear by movement of an actuator on the handle. A spring is anchored on the handle and extends into contact with the two pawls for urging the pawls into engagemnt with the gear.

Abstract: A wrench structure includes a wrench handle, a drive body, two directional blocks, and a direction control member. The wrench handle has a drive head formed with a receiving chamber for mounting the drive body and a guide slot for mounting each of the two directional blocks. The drive head has an end face formed with a direction control recess and a spacing portion located between the receiving chamber and the direction control recess, for enhancing the structural strength of the wrench handle. The direction control recess is formed with a limit portion for limiting and guiding each of the two directional blocks, so that each of the two directional blocks may be moved to a determined position exactly, thereby changing the direction of operation of the wrench handle and the drive body actually.

Abstract: The present application relates to a ratchet wrench with improved force distribution between the pawl and the ratchet gear.

Abstract: A ratchet screwdriver includes a drive shaft inserted into a shaft-receiving space of a shaft-mounting seat, a regulator sleeved rotatably around one end of the shaft-mounting seat to selectively push two pawls that are mounted in the shaft-receiving space, and a handle fixed on the shaft-mounting seat. The pawls selectively engage a ratchet wheel fixed on the drive shaft when the regulator is moved to first and second angular positions relative to the shaft-mounting seat.

Abstract: A ratchet device for a screwdriver includes a body partially secured in a handle of the screwdriver, a barrel partially and pivotally received in the body and a controller pivotally mounted on the body for controlling an operated direction of the ratchet device.

Abstract: In a ratchet wrench, rotation of an output shaft of an air motor is transmitted to a ratchet unit via a reduction gear unit in order to rotate a spindle connected to the ratchet unit, and the ratchet unit is accommodated within a ratchet housing. The ratchet wrench includes a cover plate which covers one face of the ratchet housing opposite the other face thereof from which the spindle projects. A pair of reverse buttons are disposed on the cover plate to be slidable along a direction parallel to an output shaft of the air motor. A pair of reverse arms rotatably are attached to the reverse buttons, each reverse arm being movable together with the corresponding reverse button. The ratchet wrench further includes a reverse gear which the reverse arms engage upon movement of the reverse arms caused by sliding movement of the reverse buttons.

Abstract: A ratchet includes a handle and a head, the head has an open receiving surface wherein an insert is disposed therein and of a size smaller than the open receiving surface. A portion of the open receiving surface includes a bearing surface against which the insert rotates, the insert configured for engaging a conventional head of bolt or the like. A movable stop is disposed within another portion of the open receiving surface adjacent the insert and the bearing surface in a manner such that when the insert is caused to rotate in one direction relative to the bearing surface the stop is frictionally drawn into lodging engagement with the insert and bearing surface to preclude further rotation of the insert and fixably secure relative position between the insert and the bearing surface whereby the rotation of the threaded member is effected and when the insert is caused to rotate in an opposite direction, the stop is driven into a dislodged position.

Abstract: An adaptor comprises a housing, a body, a pawl, and a switch member. The housing includes an end for engaging with a socket. The body includes a first end to be engaged in a box end of a wrench and a second end received in a compartment defined in the other end of the housing. A pawl is pivotally mounted in a transverse groove in the body and includes two toothed sides. A switch member includes a first end for manual operation and a second end engaged with the pawl. The switch member is pivotable between two positions corresponding to two opposite ratcheting directions to selectively urge an associated one of the toothed sides of the pawl to engage with the toothed inner periphery of the housing.

Abstract: A ratchet screwdriver includes a drive shaft inserted into a shaft-receiving space of a shaft-mounting seat, a regulator sleeved rotatably around one end of the shaft-mounting seat to selectively push two pawls that are mounted in the shaft-receiving space, and a handle fixed on the shaft-mounting seat. The pawls selectively engage a ratchet wheel fixed on the drive shaft when the regulator is moved to first and second angular positions relative to the shaft-mounting seat.

Abstract: A wrench device has a bearing-type clutch for providing a unidirectional rotational force and an opposite unidirectional independent rotation. The device includes at least one bearing movably disposed in a tapering space between primary and secondary bodies. A displacement member engages and dislodges the at least one bearing from a binding location to a free location. A switch is pivotally disposed on the secondary body. A pivot member or gear is pivotally disposed between the switch and the displacement member such that pivoting the switch in one rotational direction results in movement of the displacement member in an opposite rotational direction.

Abstract: A reversible ratchet wrench which uses a pawl that can be moved between a right position and a left position. The pawl is in continuous connection with a rotatable ratchet wheel. The ratchet wheel rotates freely in a clockwise direction when the pawl is in the right position and is fixed to the wrench body when in the left position. The ratchet wheel rotates freely in a counterclockwise direction when the pawl is in the left position and is fixed to the wrench body when in the right position. A drive plate is mounted on the panel and is connected to a mechanism which is manually moved to cause the pawl to move.

Abstract: A ratcheting tool includes a handle and a head with a compartment. A drive member includes a first end, a second end, and a gear wheel formed between the first end and the second end. The gear wheel is rotatably mounted in the compartment and includes a toothed outer periphery. A pawl is mounted in the compartment and includes a toothed side facing the gear wheel teeth. A reversing plate is mounted to the first end of the drive member and pivotable about the rotational axis of the gear wheel between a first position and a second position. The reversing plate comprises a retainer block operably connected to a recess in an upper end of the pawl for moving the pawl between a first ratcheting position and a second ratcheting position.

Abstract: A ratchet structure of a screwdriver includes a seat body disposed on a handle, a ratchet mechanism and an outer collar. The seat body has a stop wall projecting therefrom. The stop wall defines a central receiving space and an opening. The seat body has a projecting post at the opening to divide the opening into a left split and a right split. A stem is fitted in the receiving space. The ratchet mechanism includes a left dog and a right dog respectively disposed at the left and right splits. The post is formed with a left and a right projecting section. The middle sections of the left and right dogs are formed with left and right notches in which the left and right projecting sections are respectively cooperatively inlaid. The left and right dogs swing about the projecting sections to disengage from the toothed section of the stem.

Abstract: A ratchet structure of a screwdriver, including a seat body disposed on a handle of the screwdriver, a ratchet mechanism and a cap member. The seat body is formed with a central cavity through which a stem of the ratchet mechanism is fitted. Two sides of the cavity are formed with left and a right chambers which symmetrically extend for receiving therein a left and a right dogs of the ratchet mechanism. The seat body is formed with two projecting sections respectively corresponding to the left and right dogs for supporting the same. The cap member is formed with a projecting block corresponding to the left and right dogs. When turning the cap member, the projecting block pushes and deflects the left dog or the right dog to disengage from a toothed section of the stem so as to control the rotational direction of the stem driven by the seat body.

Abstract: A ratchet structure of a screwdriver, including a seat body disposed on a handle, a ratchet mechanism and an outer collar. The seat body has a substantially C-shaped stop wall axially projecting from the seat body. The stop wall defines a central receiving space and an opening. The seat body has a projecting post at the opening to divide the opening into a left split and a right split. A stem of the ratchet mechanism is fitted in the receiving space of the seat body. The ratchet mechanism includes a left dog and a right dog respectively disposed at the left and right splits of the seat body. The post is formed with a left and a right projecting sections. The middle sections of the left and right dogs are formed with left and right notches in which the left and right projecting sections are respectively cooperatively inlaid.

Abstract: A ratchet tool includes a handle and a head in which an engaging member is received therein and a pawl is engaged with the engaging member. A link is pivotably received in the handle. A first end of the link is engaged with the pawl and a second end of the link is connected to a control member which is rotatably mounted to the handle. An intermediate portion of said link is pivotally connected to a base member in the handle.