Abstract: A ratchet screwdriver having a base assembly including a handle and an insert, and having a cap rotatable on the base assembly, and there is pawl mechanism which is controlled by the cap. There is an intervening member in the form of a detent to serve as a stop for restricting the axial movement of the cap relative to the base assembly, so the cap cannot be removed from the base assembly until the detent is released. The detent, or other parts of the screwdriver, can serve as a rotation stop for the cap which has selective positions for setting the ratcheting position of the screwdriver.

Abstract: A ratchet opener comprises a rod body; a ratchet device having a seat; a top surface of the seat having two axial grooves; each groove being installed with a spring and a ratchet block; an adjusting sheet placed above the seat; and a ratchet sheet being installed above the adjusting sheet. Each ratchet block has a teethed inclined surface; the teeth surfaces of the two ratchet blocks are symmetrical to a center of the seal. A center of the adjusting sheet is installed with a second via hole; and the ratchet block is installed with a non-round buckling hole corresponding to the cylinder at the lower end of the rod body. In use, by controlling the adjusting sheet, the objects of unidirectional, bi-directional, and idle rotations are achieved. The operation is easy.

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: 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 includes a head with an engaging wheel rotatably received in a through hole in the head and a recess is defined in an inner periphery of the through hole so as to receive two pawls therein. A recessed area is defined in a surface of the head and a bridge portion is located between the through hole and the recessed area. A space is defined in an underside of the bridge portion and in communication with the through hole. Each pawl has a protrusion and the space allows the protrusions of the pawl to be inserted in the recess without any orientation adjustment. A control member is rotatably received in the recessed area and has a concavity for retaining the two protrusions therein.

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: In a selective one-way wrench, a handle projects from an annular head. The annular head defines a first space and a second space communicated with the first space. A gear is rotationally put in the first space and includes a toothed external face. A direction controller is put in the second space and includes two pawls and a spring installed between the pawls each including a rod formed thereon and a toothed face. A driver is put rotationally in the second space and includes two fingers selective one of which contacts the rod of selective one of the pawls so as to bring the toothed face of the selected pawl into engagement with the toothed external face of the gear. A direction switch is installed rotationally on the annular head and operably connected with the driver.

Abstract: A selective one-way wrench includes a handle, an annular head, a gear, a direction controller and a direction switch. The handle projects from an annular head. The annular head defines a first space and a second space communicated with the first space. The gear is rotationally put in the first space. The gear includes a toothed external face. A direction controller is put in the second space. The direction controller includes two pawls and a spring installed between the pawls. Each of the pawls includes a toothed face. The direction switch includes a first element installed rotationally on the handle and a second element put in the second space and operably connected with the first element for bringing the toothed face of selective one of the pawls into engagement with the toothed external face of the annular gear.

Abstract: A ratcheting tool includes a handle, a head, and a drive member having a gear wheel rotatably mounted in a compartment of the head. An end of the drive member extends beyond the compartment. A pawl is mounted in the compartment and includes teeth for engaging with the teeth of the gear wheel. A switching plate is mounted to the end of the drive member and is pivotable between two positions. The switching plate includes a ring portion and a thumb piece. The ring portion includes a recessed portion, and a retainer is mounted on the recessed portion and partially engaged in an engaging groove in the end of the drive member. The thumb piece includes a protrusion on an underside thereof for engaging with a recess in the pawl such that the pawl is moved when the thumb piece is turned.

Abstract: A socket tool includes a handle and a socket is movably mounted to one of two ends of the handle. A groove and a plurality of notches are defined in the outer periphery of the end of the handle. The socket has two passages defined through a wall of the socket and an angel is defined between each one of the passages and a radius of the socket. A positioning pin extends through the wall of the socket and is engaged with the groove of the handle. The two passages are located at two different longitudinal positions from an end of the socket. A bead and a spring are respectively received in each of the passages, and one of the two beads is engaged with one of the notches by moving the socket on the end of the handle. Each of the two beads engaged with the notch decides the direction that the socket drives an object accommodated in the socket.

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 ratcheting tool includes a body and a gear disposed in the body. The gear defines a plurality of teeth on a circumference of the gear so that the gear teeth define a first arc having a first radius. A pawl is disposed in the body so that the pawl is movable laterally with respect to the gear between a first position, in which the pawl is disposed between the body and the gear so that the body transmits torque through the pawl in a first rotational direction, and a second position, in which the pawl is disposed between the body and the gear so that the body transmits torque through the pawl in an opposite rotational direction. The pawl defines a plurality of teeth facing the gear, and the pawl teeth define a second arc having a second radius larger than the first radius.

Abstract: A ratchet tool includes a head with a toothed driving member and a pawl respectively received therein. The pawl has a protrusion which is engaged with a recessed area defined in an underside of a pawl shifting member on one of two sides of the head of the tool, so that the pawl is urged to engage with the toothed driving member by shifting a lever on the pawl shifting member. A spring and a bead are received in a hole defined in a top of the pawl shifting member. A cap is engaged with the head so as to position the driving member and includes an extension which is covered on the pawl shifting member and has two positioning recesses. The bead is engaged with one of the two positioning recesses.

Abstract: A ratchet wrench includes a wrench body, a ratchet wheel, a pawl member, a control member, a direction control member, and a locking plate. Thus, the pawl member engages the ratchet wheel rigidly and closely, so that the pawl member and the ratchet wheel have the optimum locking state.

Abstract: A ratchet device comprises a control body, a ratchet body, and a ratchet shifter. The control body is provided with two sets of arresting members symmetrical to each other. The ratchet body is provided with a toothed portion which is engaged with two of the four arresting members at the time when the control body is turned clockwise or counterclockwise, thereby resulting in enhancement of torsion and stability of the ratchet body. The tooth number of the toothed portion of the ratchet body can be so increased as to enhance maneuverability of the ratchet device, without compromising the torsion of the ratchet body.

Abstract: The invention relates to a T-handle ratchet wrench including a lateral bar and a ratchet set. The lateral bar has a hollow connection part located in the center of the lateral bar and used for installing the ratchet set. Two flanks of the lateral bar make up a handgrip, respectively. The top of ratchet set is provided with a rotation button while a vertical bar extends downwardly from the rotation button. At least one of the handgrips includes a pivotal ear with a through hole, and the pivotal ear can be fitted into an insertion slot with a through hole at the free end of the lateral bar. A pivotal pin then passes through the through hole in the pivotal ear and the through hole in the insertion slot. This permits a pivotal movement of the handgrip on the pivotal pin. Accordingly, this configuration will considerably minimize the occupied space in packing, transport, storage and carrying. Particularly, the operators can more easily apply his force on the driver under special operation environments.

Abstract: An apparatus is disclosed for accessing a Network Interface Device of a telecommunications network. The apparatus has a main body having a first end, a second end, and an interior cavity. The interior cavity is open at the first end and extends into an interior region of the main body. The interior cavity is bound by a side wall and terminates within the main body at an end wall. The second end of the main body has at least one of a square drive, a socket, and a screwdriver bit, with the square drive for attaching conventional sockets, extensions, and other tools. The second end of the main body thus allows for engagement with various types and sizes of fasteners.

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 ratcheting wrench includes a handle, a head extending from an end of the handle and having a hole communicated with a compartment in the end of the handle, a drive member rotatably mounted in the hole of the head, and a ratcheting mechanism. The drive member includes an inner periphery for securely holding a fastener-driving member, allowing joint rotation when the drive member is turned. A retainer is mounted around the end of the drive member and has two resilient portions extending into the hole of the drive member via the slots for rotatably holding the drive member in the hole of the head and for securely, releasably holding the fastener-driving member in the hole of the drive member.

Abstract: A wrench structure includes a drive head formed with a receiving chamber and having an end face formed with a direction control recess. The end face of the drive head is formed with a spacing portion. Thus, the spacing portion is continuously extended through the end face of the drive head and is not broken, so that the end face of the drive head is continuously extended through the drive head and is not broken, thereby preventing the stress from being concentrated on the portion between the receiving chamber and the direction control recess of the drive head, such that the structural strength of the drive head can be enhanced.

Abstract: A ratchet driver having a ratchet control assembly and a driver assembly rotatable relative to the ratchet control assembly. A ratchet sleeve operatively connected to the driver assembly and having inwardly facing first and second control openings. The ratchet control assembly having first and second slots, having first and second stop slides, respectively, mounted therein. Moving mechanism to move the stop slides within the first and second control openings, respectively, stop slide control mechanism movable to a position to move said first stop slide out of the first control opening and allow the second stop slide to be in the second control opening and to move stop slide control means to a position to move the second stop slide out of the second control opening and allow the first stop slide to be in the first control opening, and to move the stop slide control means to a position to allow the first and second stop slides to be in the first and second control openings.

Abstract: A multipurpose socket wrench includes a handle having a box at one end, a driving member, the driving member having a hollow ratchet unit disposed at one side and coupled to the box of the handle and a coupling unit with equiangularly spaced pawls disposed at the other side, and a socket for use with the driving member and the handle to rotate a bolt or nut, the socket having a polygonal coupling hole disposed at one side and adapted to receive the workpiece and a plurality of pawls equiangularly spaced at the other side for engagement with the pawls of the driving member for enabling the socket to be driven by the handle to rotate the workpiece.

Abstract: An anti-gridlock 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, a first rod and a second rod. The claws can easily enter the recess since the first rods can move 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 second rods of the claws can impinge each other in order to push one of the claws from the annular gear.

Abstract: A gear wrench allowing easy force application, having: a head, formed with a receiving compartment thereon for receiving a gear ring, the head extending along a first plane; a tail, extending along a second plane; and a neck, provided between and integrally formed with the head and the tail; characterized in that: the first plane is parallel to the second plane, and the neck obliquely extends from the head towards the tail to form a height difference between thee head and the tail. As such, the vertical component of force may be eliminated or minimized so as to effectively reduce occupational hazards; the horizontal component of force may also be increased such that the operator only requires a lower force to effectively tighten or loosen up a fastener.

Abstract: A ratchet wrench having a rigid locking structure includes a wrench body, a ratchet wheel, a pawl member, and a restoring member. Thus, the support blocks of the pawl member are urged on the wall of the receiving chamber of the wrench body, thereby forming a double-support or multi-support structure between the pawl member and the wall of the receiving chamber of the wrench body, so that the locking teeth of the pawl member are engaged with the ratchet teeth of the ratchet wheel actually, closely, rigidly and stably, thereby increasing the efficient torque of the ratchet wrench, and thereby facilitating the user operating the ratchet wrench.

Abstract: An apparatus is provided for connecting an annular gear of a wrench with a socket. The apparatus includes a joint and a C-ring. The joint includes a first insert for insertion in the annular gear, a second insert extending from the first insert for insertion in the socket and a neck formed at the first insert. The C-ring includes a middle section, two lateral sections extending from the middle section and two ends each extending from one of the lateral sections. Before the first insert is inserted in the annular gear, the middle section and the ends contact the neck while the lateral sections extend from the neck.

Abstract: A wrench includes a head with an engaging wheel rotatably received in a through hole in the head and a recess is defined in an inner periphery of the through hole so as to receive two pawls therein. A recessed area is defined in a surface of the head and a bridge portion is located between the through hole and the recessed area. A space is defined in an underside of the bridge portion and in communication with the through hole. Each pawl has a protrusion and the space allows the protrusions of the pawl to be inserted in the recess without any orientation adjustment. A control member is rotatably received in the recessed area and has a concavity for retaining the two protrusions therein.

Abstract: A ratchet tool comprises a head having a hole and a ratchet mechanism received in an inner periphery of the hole, an engaging member rotatably engaged with the hole and the ratchet mechanism, and a first ring connected to a side of the engaging member and located above a surface of the head; a periphery of the first ring exceeding a periphery of the head; the first ring including a flange extending inwards from an inner periphery of the first ring; a textured surface is formed on an outer surface of the first ring; and a second ring connected to another side of the engaging member. The ring and the engaging member are formed as a one-piece member.

Abstract: A wrench structure includes a drive head formed with a receiving chamber and having an end face formed with a direction control recess. The end face of the drive head is formed with a spacing portion. Thus, the spacing portion is continuously extended through the end face of the drive head and is not broken, so that the end face of the drive head is continuously extended through the drive head and is not broken, thereby preventing the stress from being concentrated on the portion between the receiving chamber and the direction control recess of the drive head, such that the structural strength of the drive head can be enhanced.

Abstract: A socket replaceable ratchet wrench generally comprises a base body of the wrench, in which a pair of pawls, a control rod, a force block, an oscillating piece and a socket. The timely engagement and disengagement between the pawls and the socket can be accomplished by virtue of the cooperation between the control rod and the oscillating piece so as to provide an effect of multipurpose. In addition, by taking advantage of the conical surface of the force block to enable the two pawls to move along it and then force the same to disengage from the teeth of the socket, such that socket can be removed and replaced.

Abstract: A ratchet wrench is disclosed. The ratchet wrench is characterized in that the head portion has a tool connector cavity, and has a ratchet cavity adjacent to one side of the handle for communication with the tool connector, the ratchet block is positioned within the ratchet block cavity which can automatically move forward, the top face of the head portion corresponding to the top edge of the ratchet cavity is a notch for engaging with a covering plate; the middle section of the external edge is a tool connector is formed into a position-limiting circular slot, and the ratchet block having a ratchet wall with ratchet teeth is provided with position-limiting block which can correspondingly engage with the circular slot, and the top face of the ratchet block is protruded with a trigger rod passed through the covering plate, and the center of the covering plate is a corresponding T-shaped trigger recess, thereby a ratchet wrench is obtained.

Abstract: A ratchet driver having a ratchet control assembly and a driver assembly rotatable relative to the ratchet control assembly. A ratchet sleeve operatively connected to the driver assembly and having inwardly facing first and second control openings. The ratchet control assembly having first and second slots, having first and second stop slides, respectively, mounted therein. Moving mechanism to move the stop slides within the first and second control openings, respectively, stop slide control mechanism movable to a position to move said first stop slide out of the first control opening and allow the second stop slide to be in the second control opening and to move stop slide control means to a position to move the second stop slide out of the second control opening and allow the first stop slide to be in the first control opening, and to move the stop slide control means to a position to allow the first and second stop slides to be in the first and second control openings.

Abstract: A ratcheting tool driver has a handle and a ratcheting body that includes a plurality of recesses for receiving a plurality of pawls having teeth formed thereon. A cover is axially secured to the ratcheting body and rotates relative to the body over a limited distance. The cover is formed so that it interacts with the plurality of pawls, which are operatively received in the body recesses so that they engage and disengage teeth formed on a socket ring. The socket ring contains a plurality of teeth on its outer circumference, is received in an axial bore formed in the ratcheting body, and operatively engages the pawl teeth.

Abstract: A reversible ratchet-type wrench includes a handle and a head extended from the handle and having a hole. A web is defined between the handle and the head, and a cavity is defined in the web and communicated with the hole. The web further includes a compartment having a first end communicated with the cavity and a second end communicated with outside, thereby leaving a bridge in the web. A drive member is rotatably mounted in the hole of the head. A pawl is mounted in the cavity and includes a first side with ratchet teeth for releasably engaging with teeth on an outer periphery of the drive member. A switch member includes a turn-piece for manual operation and an actuating plate extended from the turn-piece and rotatably received in the second end of the compartment of the head. The switch member is switchable between two positions for changing ratcheting direction of the drive member.

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 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 wrench comprises a box end having a compartment and a cavity, a ratchet wheel rotatably mounted in the compartment, and a pawl mounted in the cavity for engaging with the ratchet wheel. An inner periphery defining the compartment of the box end allows universal movement of the ratchet wheel. Retaining edges are formed on an outer periphery of the ratchet wheel for engaging with the pawl to thereby prevent disengagement of the ratchet wheel from the compartment of the box end.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a T-handle ratchet wrench which includes a connection part located in the center of a main bar, while two flanks make up a handgrip. A driver extension goes through the connection part and a ratchet set can be assembled right inside the connection part. Meanwhile, a non-circular driver head or female part at the other end can attach onto various size sockets, thereby completing a simple T-handle ratchet wrench. In addition, the ratchet wrench has telescopic bars attached to the sides of the handgrip that can extend the length of the handgrip, which makes it easier for one to handle.

Abstract: The invention relates to a T-handle ratchet wrench including a lateral bar and a ratchet set. The lateral bar has a hollow connection part located in the center of the lateral bar and used for installing the ratchet set. Two flanks of the lateral bar make up a handgrip, respectively. The top of ratchet set is provided with a rotation button while a vertical bar extends downwardly from the rotation button. At least one of the handgrips includes a pivotal ear with a through hole, and the pivotal ear can be fitted into an insertion slot with a through hole at the free end of the lateral bar. A pivotal pin then passes through the through hole in the pivotal ear and the through hole in the insertion slot. This permits a pivotal movement of the handgrip on the pivotal pin. Accordingly, this configuration will considerably minimize the occupied space in packing, transport, storage and carrying. Particularly, the operators can more easily apply his force on the driver under special operation environments.

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 ratchet wheel screwdriver structure includes a rod, a handle, and a control unit. The rod has a turning part at one end and a ratchet wheel at the other end. The ratchet wheel can be locked in the hinge hole on the handle, and the handles has a receiving hole at each side of the ratchet wheel. The receiving hole has a control unit on the spring part, which provides a recessed space for the ratchet to pass through. At the bottom of the recessed space, there is a 2-tiered block, which can prop the ratchet wheel at the bottom side to limit the ratchet wheel to turn towards it from the recessed space. An operator can press the control part of at each side of the ratchet wheel to drive the ratchet wheel in two directions.

Abstract: A high twisting ratchet wrench comprises a wrench body, a ratchet body, an adjusting means; two brake blocks, and two elastomers. The ratchet body, brake blocks and elastomers are installed in a head at one end of the wrench body. Each brake block is installed within one of two actuating grooves in inner edges of the head. An outer peripheral surface of each brake block has a plurality of buckling teeth. The head of the wrench body has two actuating grooves for receiving the brake blocks. Each actuating groove has a rectangular shape. A cross sectional view of each brake block has a rectangular shape. Thus, the area of the buckling teeth is increased so as to increase a contact area of the brake blocks and the ratchet body and thus the twisting force of the wrench body applied to an object locating within the ratchet body is enhanced.

Abstract: A driving tool includes a block and an impactor received in a front and a rear chambers of a handle, a driving shank attached to the block, and a plunger engaged between the block and the impactor. The impactor includes a cavity formed in one end for selectively receiving the tip of the plunger and for impacting onto the plunger and the block and the driving shank when the tip of the plunger is aligned with and engaged into the cavity of the impactor. The block has a guide device for guiding the block and the driving shank to rotate relative to the handle.

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 ratchet tool includes a head having a hole and a ratchet mechanism is received in an inner periphery of the hole. An engaging member is rotatably engaged with the hole and the ratchet mechanism. A ring is connected to a side of the engaging member and located above a surface of the head so that the engaging member can be manually rotated by rotating the ring and a nut engaged with the engaging member can be removed from a threaded rod that the nut was mounted to.

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 includes a handle and a head extended from the handle. The handle includes a transverse receptacle communicated with a hole in the head and a cavity that communicates with the transverse receptacle. Two pawls are mounted in the transverse receptacle and each include a first side for releasably engaging with a drive member in the hole of the head and a second side abutting against an inner longitudinal wall of the transverse receptacle. A switch member is rotatably mounted in the cavity of the handle and includes an actuating portion for selectively moving one of the pawls to a position not engaging with the drive member. The switch member further includes two support portions for selectively supporting a portion of the other pawl that disengages from the inner longitudinal wall of the transverse receptacle, thereby supporting the other pawl that engages with the drive member.

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: 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.