Reversing Patents (Class 81/63.1)
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Patent number: 6609444Abstract: A ratchet tool includes a head with a ratchet mechanism received therein which includes a pawl engaged with an engaging ring, and a switch member urges the pawl toward the engaging ring. A top plate is connected to the switch member and a lever extends from the top plate. The top plate closes an operation recess in the head, wherein the operation recess receives the switch member. A tilt ramp is connected between the outside of the head and the neck of the tool. The lever is located in parallel with the tilt ramp.Type: GrantFiled: November 7, 2002Date of Patent: August 26, 2003Inventor: Chih-Ching Hsien
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Publication number: 20030154826Abstract: The present invention relates to a connector structure for a ratchet wrench. The ratchet wrench includes a wrench body having a distal end provided with a ratchet wheel. The connector structure includes a connector secured in the ratchet wheel, a retaining member secured on an upper portion of the connector and rested on a top of the ratchet wheel, and a washer secured in the inner wall of the connector. Thus, the ratchet wrench may be used to operate and rotate a screwdriver or a socket by co-operation of the connector of the connector structure, thereby greatly enhancing the versatility of the ratchet wrench.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 21, 2002Publication date: August 21, 2003Inventor: Daniel Lee
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Patent number: 6601477Abstract: 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.Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 2002Date of Patent: August 5, 2003Assignee: Ander ChenInventor: Hsiu-Ching Huang
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Publication number: 20030126958Abstract: 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.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 9, 2002Publication date: July 10, 2003Applicant: Great Neck Saw Manufacturers, Inc.Inventor: Qiu Jian Ping
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Publication number: 20030121371Abstract: In a ratchet wrench structure, a fitting sleeve of a sleeve type ratchet wrench is provided with a retaining ball. An elastically movable drive ring is provided externally of the fitting sleeve to control movement of the retaining ball such that an extension sleeve can be quickly assembled to or disengaged from the fitting sleeve. The ratchet wrench thus can adapt to various working environments and can be operated single-handedly to assemble or disengage the extension sleeve and to lock and position the same.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 27, 2001Publication date: July 3, 2003Inventor: Chun-Jung Chiu
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Patent number: 6584875Abstract: A ratchet wrench including: a handle having a head section formed with a circular hole and a cavity; a ratchet wheel rotatably installed in the circular hole; two left and right symmetrical dogs side by side arranged in left and right sides of the cavity, an inner end of each dog being formed with a recess, the two recesses of the dogs being positioned opposite to each other to form a receiving space; two resilient members respectively disposed between the wall of the cavity and the two dogs, when not suffering external force, the resilient members resiliently forcing the dogs toward the ratchet wheel to engage therewith; a shifting member having symmetrical left and right ends which are respectively disposed in the two recesses of the two dogs; and a rotary switch connecting with the shifting member. When turning the rotary switch, the shifting member is angularly displaced to push one dog away from the ratchet wheel, while making the other dog resiliently engaged with the ratchet wheel.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2002Date of Patent: July 1, 2003Inventor: Jackson Deng
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Patent number: 6575060Abstract: 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.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2002Date of Patent: June 10, 2003Assignee: AWI Acquisition CompanyInventors: Yi Chuan Tseng, Wan Chuan Lee
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Patent number: 6575058Abstract: 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.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2002Date of Patent: June 10, 2003Inventor: M. Todd Mitchell
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Patent number: 6568693Abstract: A hand held tool is provided with a handle, a ratcheting mechanism connected to the handle, and a quick release bit coupling device connected to the ratcheting mechanism.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2001Date of Patent: May 27, 2003Assignee: Black & Decker Inc.Inventor: Brian Glass
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Patent number: 6568299Abstract: 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.Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 2001Date of Patent: May 27, 2003Inventor: Bobby Hu
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Patent number: 6543315Abstract: 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.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2002Date of Patent: April 8, 2003Inventor: Ping Wen Huang
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Patent number: 6523439Abstract: 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.Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 2002Date of Patent: February 25, 2003Inventor: Ping Wen Huang
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Patent number: 6520051Abstract: A head of a wrench comprises a hole having a center and a radius. The head further includes a compartment communicated with the hole. A wall defining the compartment has a center of curvature and a radius of curvature. A ratio between the radius of curvature of the wall and the radius of the hole is equal to or greater than 0.5, but less than 1. A distance between the center of the hole and the center of curvature of the wall is selected to form a deeper compartment to thereby improve the torque-bearing capacity.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2002Date of Patent: February 18, 2003Inventor: Bobby Hu
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Patent number: 6516930Abstract: A ratchet mechanism for tools includes a ring member having first bevel teeth and second bevel teeth respectively defined in an outer periphery of the ring member. The first bevel teeth and the second bevel teeth are separated by an annular groove defined in the outer periphery of the ring member. Two pawl members are connected by a spring and each pawl member has third bevel teeth and fourth bevel teeth so as to respectively engage with the first bevel teeth and the second bevel teeth.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2000Date of Patent: February 11, 2003Inventor: Ching Chen
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Publication number: 20030019334Abstract: A ratchet tool in which a receptacle is formed between the head section and the handle. A ratchet block and a spring are disposed in the receptacle. The top face of the receptacle is formed with a slot communicating with the receptacle and outward passing through the main body of the ratchet tool. The top face of the ratchet block is formed with an insertion section in which a driving block is inlaid. The driving block has a driving rod extending through and out of the slot to screw with a push button. By means of pushing the push button, the driving rod is linearly moved within the slot, whereby the driving block drives the ratchet block to change the wrenching direction of the ratchet tool.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 11, 2002Publication date: January 30, 2003Inventor: Hung Yin Wei
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Patent number: 6457387Abstract: A ratcheting tool includes a handle and a head with a compartment. A drive member includes a first end extended beyond the compartment, a second end extended beyond the compartment, 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. The toothed side of the pawl includes a first teeth portion having a first center of curvature and a second teeth portion having a second center of curvature located at a position different from the first center of curvature. A ring is mounted in the compartment and around the first end of the drive member. The ring is operably connected to the pawl such that the ring and the pawl are pivotable about a rotational axis of the gear wheel and that the pawl is movable in a radial direction relative to the ring.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2000Date of Patent: October 1, 2002Inventor: Bobby Hu
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Patent number: 6450067Abstract: A ratchet tool includes a housing having an internal gear, a shank rotatably secured in the housing and having two notches and two actuating surfaces for rotatably receiving two pawls, and a spring for biasing the pawls to engage with the internal gear. A control ferrule is rotatably engaged on the shank and includes two blocks for selectively disengaging the pawls from the internal gear. The actuating surfaces of the shank may be used for solidly engaging the pawls with the internal gear. The shank may be secured to various kinds of handles.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2001Date of Patent: September 17, 2002Inventor: Yung Chung Liao
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Patent number: 6450312Abstract: A ratchet assembly includes a mounting body with an inner tubular hole, a rotating shaft with a ratchet wheel which is received in the tubular hole and which has right and left toothed portions, and right and left pawl members disposed in right and left chambers of the tubular hole and each having a pawl body which is movable to respectively engage or disengage the right and left toothed portions. An actuator is mounted on and is shifted relative to the mounting body between a normal position, where the actuator releases one pawl member to engage the respective toothed portion so as to turn the rotating shaft in a clockwise direction, and depresses the other pawl member to disengage the respective toothed portion, and a reverse position, where the actuator releases the other pawl member to engage the respective toothed portion so as to turn the rotating shaft in a counterclockwise direction.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2001Date of Patent: September 17, 2002Inventor: Chieh-Jen Hsiao
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Patent number: 6450066Abstract: A head of a wrench comprises a hole having a center and a radius. The head further includes a compartment communicated with the hole. A wall defining the compartment has a center of curvature and a radius of curvature. A ratio between the radius of curvature of the wall and the radius of the hole is equal to or greater than 0.5, but less than 1. A distance between the center of the hole and the center of curvature of the wall is selected to form a deeper compartment to thereby improve the torque-bearing capacity.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2001Date of Patent: September 17, 2002Inventor: Bobby Hu
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Patent number: 6435061Abstract: A ratchet screwdriver includes a handle, a main body, a shank, two check plates, a shifter, a position confining plate, and a tubular housing. The check plates are provided with an inclined edge, a reinforcing edge and a protruded edge. The inclined edge is intended to enable the check plates to be effectively actuated by the shifter. The reinforcing edge serves to enhance the structural strength of the check plates. The protruded edge serves to prevent the check plates from displacing. The main body is provided with two protruded ribs to securely position the tubular housing. The position confining plate is provided with two pillars, with one end of the pillars being received in the guided slot of the main body, and with the other end of the pillars being fitted into a recovery spring to enable the position confining plate to return to its original position.Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 2001Date of Patent: August 20, 2002Assignee: Yeh-Hsing Enterprise Co., Ltd.Inventor: Shih-Chi Ho
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Patent number: 6431031Abstract: A ratcheting tool includes a handle and a head with a compartment. A drive member includes a first end extended beyond the compartment, a second end extended beyond the compartment, 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 ring is mounted in the compartment and around the first end of the drive member. The ring is operably connected to the pawl such that the ring and the pawl are pivotable about a rotational axis of the gear wheel and that the pawl is movable in a radial direction relative to the ring. 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.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 1999Date of Patent: August 13, 2002Inventor: Bobby Hu
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Publication number: 20020102143Abstract: A ratchet mechanism of rotating tool including a hollow sleeve fitted in a seat body. A toothed disc is fitted on the sleeve and two movable blocks are respectively fitted with two ends of the sleeve. The movable blocks have toothed sections and are pushed by resilient members to engage with ratchet faces of the toothed disc. A hoop is rotably fitted around the toothed disc. The movable blocks abut against two end faces of the hoop. Each of the end faces has a slope face and each movable block has a projecting block corresponding thereto. When the hoop is rotated, the slope face pushes the projecting block so as to move the movable blocks, whereby the toothed sections of the movable blocks are disengaged from the ratchet faces of the toothed disc or engaged therewith.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 26, 2001Publication date: August 1, 2002Inventor: Chin-Tan Huang
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Publication number: 20020096022Abstract: A ratchet wrench includes a wrench body having a drive head defining a first receiving space, a second receiving space, and a third receiving space. A ratchet wheel is rotatably mounted in the first receiving space and is provided with first teeth. A pawl member is movably mounted in the second receiving space and is provided with second teeth detachably meshing with the first teeth of the ratchet wheel. A control member includes a rotation cylinder rotatably mounted in the third receiving space, a linking lever secured on a first end of the rotation cylinder and pivotally mounted on the pawl member for moving the pawl member to engage with or detach from the ratchet wheel, and a drive handle secured on a second end of the rotation cylinder for driving the rotation cylinder to rotate.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 25, 2001Publication date: July 25, 2002Inventor: Ching Chen
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Publication number: 20020079181Abstract: A ratchet assembly includes a mounting body with an inner tubular hole, a rotating shaft with a ratchet wheel which is received in the tubular hole and which has right and left toothed portions, and right and left pawl members disposed in right and left chambers of the tubular hole and each having a pawl body which is movable to respectively engage or disengage the right and left toothed portions. An actuator is mounted on and is shifted relative to the mounting body between a normal position, where the actuator releases one pawl member to engage the respective toothed portion so as to turn the rotating shaft in a clockwise direction, and depresses the other pawl member to disengage the respective toothed portion, and a reverse position, where the actuator releases the other pawl member to engage the respective toothed portion so as to turn the rotating shaft in a counterclockwise direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2001Publication date: June 27, 2002Inventor: Chieh-Jen Hsiao
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Patent number: 6405618Abstract: Disclosed is a ratchet wrench having a drive head and a handle, the latter defining an elongate body. The body of the wrench is formed with a series of through cavities which are sized in steps for releasibly holding a series of correspondingly sized sockets. The sockets are retained in place frictionally by means of elastomeric inserts carried by and positioned to project inwardly of exposed annular side walls which define the cavities. Conveniently, the stored sockets may be forcibly expelled from the cavities in either of two opposed axial directions. For ready visual identification, markings are provided on the body of the wrench indicating the specific size of each socket-receiving cavity. The described features of the ratchet wrench also enable one quickly to verify the socket size, and allow socket placement over a fastener without requiring that the socket itself be first removed from the tool handle.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2000Date of Patent: June 18, 2002Assignee: WMH Tool Group, Inc.Inventors: Joseph A. Sorensen, Charles Poremba
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Patent number: 6397705Abstract: A direction control arrangement for wrench is constructed to include a body defining a box and a transverse through hole across the box, two stop elements respectively mounted in the transverse through hole at two opposite sides of the box, two steel balls respectively mounted in two distal ends of the transverse through hole, two spring members respectively mounted in the transverse through hole and connected between the stop elements and the steel balls to push the stop elements and the steel balls outwards in reversed directions, and a resilient retainer ring mounted on the body to stop the steel balls from escaping out of the body, the resilient retainer ring having two protruded receiving portions adapted to receive the steel balls alternatively for controlling te working direction of the wrench.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2000Date of Patent: June 4, 2002Inventor: Chih-Ching Hsieh
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Patent number: 6389932Abstract: A ratchet wrench including a main body, a shaft rod having a protruded pillar and a gear, an insertion plate, two check plates, a dial seat, and a housing. The shaft rod is provided with a skidproof head pivoted thereto. The skidproof head has a toothed hole through which the gear of the shaft rod is positioned. The shaft rod is provided in the midsegment with a rear stepped edge which is slidably disposed in an inner fitting hole of the front segment of the skidproof head. The shaft rod is further confined by a bracing element which is disposed between the rear stepped edge and the toothed hole.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2000Date of Patent: May 21, 2002Assignee: Yeh-Hsing Enterprise Co., Ltd.Inventor: Shih-Chi Ho
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Patent number: 6370988Abstract: A ratcheting driver handle has a ratchet body press-fitted axially in one end thereof, the body defining a socket which receives a gear for rotation coaxially with the handle. The socket also receives two pawls respectively disposed above and at opposite sides of the axis and spring-biased into engagement with the gear. A selector cap rotates on the housing and carries a first pin for driving the pawls respectively out of engagement with the gear, depending upon the direction of rotation, to control the ratchet direction. A second pin on the cap engages an over-center leaf spring mounted in the socket below the gear for resiliently retaining the mechanism in either of the forward or reverse conditions. A driver bit has a flattened end which is received through an axial bore in the cap and into a complementarily shaped bore through the gear for rotation therewith, being frictionally retained in place by a retaining ring.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 1996Date of Patent: April 16, 2002Assignee: Snap-on Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Christopher D. Thompson, Joseph R. Hoepfl
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Patent number: 6367354Abstract: A wrench device has a bearing-type clutch for providing a unidirectional rotational force and an opposite unidirectional independent rotation. The wrench device includes both a bearing-type engagement for use at lower torques, and a ratchet pawl for use at higher torques. The bearing is disposed in an irregular space between a primary wall of a primary body and a secondary wall of a secondary body. The space has tapering or narrowing sections in which the bearing binds to fixedly engage the primary and secondary bodies as the primary body rotates in a first rotational direction. A pin or toggle dislodges the bearings so that the primary body may rotate freely in a second, opposing rotational direction while another bearing binds the secondary body to the primary body when the primary body is rotated in the first rotational direction.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2000Date of Patent: April 9, 2002Inventor: M. Todd Mitchell
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Patent number: 6357323Abstract: A wrench includes a handle having a ring-shaped head in which a toothed member is rotatably received. Three protrusions extend radially inward from an inner periphery of the ring-shaped head so as to define three recesses between the protrusions. Two grooves are respectively defined in a top and a bottom of each of the protrusions so as to two elastic members therein. A top cap and a lower cap are respectively mounted to the ring-shaped head. The lower cap has three curved slots defined in a top surface thereof. Three pawl members engaged with the toothed member are movably located in the recesses and each have a pin movably received in the curved slots of the lower cap. The elastic members bias a rear surface of each of the pawl members.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2001Date of Patent: March 19, 2002Inventors: Yuan-Ching Chi, Shyong-Chuan Chen
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Publication number: 20020026858Abstract: A wrench includes a handle and a head extended from the handle. The handle comprises 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 comprises an actuating portion for selectively moving one of the pawls to a position not engaging with the drive member. The switch member further comprises 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.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 9, 2001Publication date: March 7, 2002Inventor: Bobby Hu
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Publication number: 20020017169Abstract: 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.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 1, 2001Publication date: February 14, 2002Inventor: Bobby Hu
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Patent number: 6330843Abstract: A ratchet screwdriver comprises a handle, a ratchet seat body, a rotary shaft rod, a stop plate, an anti-reverse plate, a dial knob seat, a recovery spring, a housing, a lock member, and a screw tip. The ratchet seat body is provided with a slide slot which is in turn provided with two slide edges capable of sliding back and forth along with the anti-reverse plate to support two gears mounted on the rotary shaft rod, thereby making the assembly of the ratchet screwdriver relatively simple.Type: GrantFiled: July 5, 2000Date of Patent: December 18, 2001Inventor: Chang-Ming Lin
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Patent number: 6308594Abstract: A ratchet wrench structure includes a wrench head defining a receiving hole, the receiving hole having one side defining a receiving chamber, a ratchet wheel rotatably mounted in the receiving hole and having an outer periphery provided with a plurality of engaging teeth, a pawl pivotally mounted in the receiving chamber to rotate through a small angle and having a first side provided with a first tooth meshing with the engaging teeth of the ratchet wheel and a second side provided with a second tooth meshing with the engaging teeth of the ratchet wheel, a first locking plate mounted in the receiving chamber and rested on the first side of the pawl, a first elastic member mounted in the receiving chamber and pressed between the first locking plate and an inner wall of the receiving chamber, a second locking plate mounted in the receiving chamber and rested on the second side of the pawl, and a second elastic member mounted in the receiving chamber and pressed between the second locking plate and the inner walType: GrantFiled: December 28, 2000Date of Patent: October 30, 2001Inventor: Chin-Shun Cheng
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Patent number: 6305248Abstract: A ratcheting driver has a shaft rotatable relative to a handle, and a ratchet mechanism between the handle and the shaft. The ratchet mechanism has a body fixed to the handle. A spur gear coaxial with the shaft is mounted in the body so as to be rotatable about a common rotation axis of the shaft and the spur gear. First and second pawls are mounted on the body so as to be tiltable about axes parallel to the rotation axis and on opposite sides of an imaginary plane containing the rotation axis. Each pawl has a free end between its tilting axis and the said plane, and is tiltable between an engaging position, in which its free end intersects the tip cylinder of the spur gear and can abut against the flank of a gear tooth to prevent rotation of the gear in one direction relative to the body, and a non-engaging position, in which its free end lies outside the tip cylinder.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 1999Date of Patent: October 23, 2001Assignee: The Stanley Works LimitedInventor: Stephen Rowlay
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Patent number: 6305250Abstract: A triple-function ratchet device includes a tubular body, a shaft which has a socket wrench and a ratchet bar rotatably disposed into the tubular body and retained by an annular ring, and a control mechanism disposed on the top of the tubular body. The control mechanism is characterized in a pair of pawls which are inserted into the tubular body and operated by a slide through a lever plate. When one of the pawls engages with the ratchet bar, the shaft rotates clockwise or counterclockwise, and when both the pawls engage with the ratchet bar, the shaft is checked without rotation.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2000Date of Patent: October 23, 2001Inventor: Daniel Huang
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Patent number: 6301998Abstract: A ratchet wheel includes an outer periphery. The outer periphery includes a number of arcuate concave teeth each having two sides and an intersection of the two sides. The ratchet wheel includes a center, a line from the center to the intersection dividing an angle between the two sides into two unequal portions, thereby forming asymmetric arcuate concave teeth to provide improved structural strength and improved torque. In another embodiment, the concave teeth are non-arcuate to reduce the formation time for the teeth, thereby reducing the production cost.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2000Date of Patent: October 16, 2001Inventor: Bobby Hu
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Patent number: 6286397Abstract: A portable multi-purpose tool including tools useful for fixing or adjusting equipment used by a persons engaged in in-line skating, a board sport, and the like. The multi-purpose tool includes various implements that are conveniently stored within a tool housing, and are selectively extendable from the tool housing into respective operating positions. At least one of the tools is a socket wrench configured to engage and apply torque to an element to be rotated. The socket wrench may include a ratchet mechanism for controlling the direction in which torque may be applied by the socket.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 1999Date of Patent: September 11, 2001Assignee: Swiss Army Brands, Inc.Inventors: John Merrick Taggart, A. Jeffrey Turner, Edward S. Richardson, Daniel J. Nelsen, Stephen E. Lane, Marc Harrison, Aidan J. Petrie
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Patent number: 6282990Abstract: A low profile substantially flat head power ratchet comprising a pair of spaced shells joined together to for a housing which is tubular at one end for attachment to a pneumatic motor and flat at the other end for operating use in confined areas, said ratchet comprising a gear journaled on a post in the upper shell and a boss on the lower shell, a yoke disposed about the gear and pivotally journaled about the boss, a pair of spaced pawls confined primarily in the yoke but projecting slightly upwards therefrom, and a reversing plate pivotally disposed about the post and lying on the yoke between the pawls, said reversing plate being shaped and sized such that only one of the two pawls may be selectively engaged with the gear at any one given time.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 1999Date of Patent: September 4, 2001Inventor: Montie H. Miner
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Patent number: 6279428Abstract: A ratchet wrench including a main body, a ratchet, a switching unit and two stopper members. The stopper members are slidable within the recesses of the main body to abut against the ratchet so that the ratchet can be only one-way rotated. The ratchet wrench is applicable to the ratchet with teeth projecting from outer side thereof. The stopper members are supported by the main body and the guide block and firmly located. Therefore, the ratchet wrench is able to bear greater working torque and achieve better using effect.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 1999Date of Patent: August 28, 2001Inventor: Chin-Tan Huang
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Patent number: 6272952Abstract: A double-reversible screwdriver and wrench combination hand tool constructed to include: a handle, a main body fastened to one end of the handle, the main body comprising a rear coupling end fastened to the handle, a front end terminating in a T-tube formed of a longitudinal tube and a transverse tube, and a receiving chamber on the middle between the rear coupling end and the front end, a longitudinal spindle mounted in the longitudinal tube, the longitudinal spindle having a rear end terminating in a fixed ratchet wheel suspended inside the main body, and a front end terminating in a coupling portion and disposed outside the longitudinal tube, a coupling socket coupled to the coupling portion of the longitudinal spindle to hold a screwdriver bit, enabling the screwdriver bit to be rotated with the longitudinal spindle, a first bevel gear suspended in the receiving chamber inside the main body and rotated with the longitudinal spindle, a transverse spindle mounted in the transverse tube and rotated with theType: GrantFiled: May 10, 2000Date of Patent: August 14, 2001Inventors: Yu-Tu Hsu, Chang Hsueh-O Hsu
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Patent number: 6267027Abstract: A wrench device has a bearing-type clutch for providing a unidirectional rotational force and an opposite unidirectional independent rotation. The wrench device includes a set of larger and smaller bearings disposed in an irregular space with larger and smaller tapering sections between a primary wall of a primary body and a secondary wall of a secondary body. The space has tapering or narrowing sections in which the bearings bind to fixedly engage the primary and secondary bodies as the primary body rotates in a first rotational direction. A pin or toggle dislodges the bearings so that the primary body may rotate freely in a second, opposing rotational direction while another bearing binds the secondary body to the primary body when the primary body is rotated in the first rotational direction.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2000Date of Patent: July 31, 2001Inventor: M. Todd Mitchell
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Patent number: 6260449Abstract: A ratchet tool includes a head and a toothed member is rotatably received in an interior of the head. An output shaft extends from the toothed member. A frame having two plates is pivotably received in the interior of the head and one of the two plates has a slot defined therethrough. A pawl member received in between the two plates of the frame and a toothed curve surface is defined in a first end of the pawl member so as to engage with the toothed member, and a rib extends from a second end of the pawl member. A spring and a ball are received in the frame and the ball is urged against the second end of the pawl member. A boss extends from the pawl member and is movably received in the slot so as to allow the pawl member to disengage from the toothed member when the output shaft is remained still while the tool is rotated.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2000Date of Patent: July 17, 2001Inventor: Liao I-He
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Patent number: 6253645Abstract: A ratchet screw driver includes a shaft rotatably received in a handle, two follower ratchet gears slidably engaged on and rotated with the shaft, two driving ratchet gears rotatably and slidably engaged on the shaft, and a spring biasing the driving ratchet gears to engage with the follower ratchet gears. A barrel and a ferrule are secured together and rotatably secured to the handle and each has an actuating surface for selectively disengaging the driving ratchet gears from the follower ratchet gears to control the driving direction of the shaft.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 1999Date of Patent: July 3, 2001Inventor: Ching Chou Lin
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Patent number: 6250183Abstract: A ratchet tool includes a cartridge having one end engaged in a handle and having an orifice for rotatably receiving a gear of a sleeve. One or more tool members may be engaged in the sleeve for driving various kinds of fasteners. A ratchet device is engaged in the cartridge for controlling the driving direction of the sleeve relative to the cartridge. A pair of pawls are slidably received in a pair of channels of the cartridge and are biased to engage with the gear. The gear may be selectively disengaged from the gear to control the driving direction of the sleeve.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2000Date of Patent: June 26, 2001Inventor: Shu Chi Chiang
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Patent number: 6240809Abstract: An apparatus comprising a first handle, a second handle, and a ratchet device is disclosed. The ratchet device has an attachment end and a base. The attachment device is rotatable with respect to the base either clockwise or counterclockwise but not both. The ratchet device has a left side and a right side, and the first handle is connected to the base of the ratchet device at the left side of the base. The second handle is connected to the base of the ratchet device at the right side of the base. The first and second handles can be an elongated bars having a first end and a seconds end. The first handle can be connected at its first end to the left side of the base of the ratchet device while the second handle is connected at its first end to the right side of the base. The first ends of the first and second handles may have extensions. The base of the ratchet device may have a recess on its left side and on its right side.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 1999Date of Patent: June 5, 2001Inventor: Joseph Sasarak
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Patent number: 6240810Abstract: A ratchet screwdriver including a ratchet shifter having a dial seat which is concealed by a housing. The dial seat is provided with a bar body and a position confining hole for disposing a tension member. The dial seat is provided at the front end with an urging portion which is juts out of the main body. The main body is provided with a circular rotation member which is provided with a rotating slot corresponding in location to the urging portion of the dial seat. The circular rotation member is provided with a neck portion having an insertion protrusion for pivoting with the main body. The main body is provided in an insertion circular edge with a notch for locating the insertion protrusion.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2000Date of Patent: June 5, 2001Assignee: Yeh-Hsing Enterprise Co., Ltd.Inventor: Shih-Chi Ho
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Patent number: 6237447Abstract: The invention relates to a one-way driving control mechanism of a wrench, which comprises a wrench body, a spinner element, a diameter-variable grommet and a pawl. The head portion of the wrench body has a housing for placing a spinner element, a diameter-variable grommet and a pawl. The middle portion of the spinner element takes the shape of an elliptic cylinder. A diameter-variable grommet consisting of two movable separate segments is set around the circumference of the cylinder. The outside diameter of such a diameter-variable grommet is slightly smaller than the inside diameter of the housing. With twisting the wrench, the spinner element rotates relatively to the wrench body, and then the elliptic cylinder pushes the diameter-variable grommet outward, which make one segment of the grommet jam against the wall of the housing to get one-way fastening. As a result, such a wrench is capable of achieving the virtues of simplifying mechanism and increasing torque.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2000Date of Patent: May 29, 2001Inventors: Chyn-Huei Chen, Shiou-Yih Chen
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Patent number: 6227077Abstract: A ratchet tool includes a cartridge secured to a handle and having an orifice for rotatably receiving a gear of a driving stem. The cartridge includes two apertures for slidably receiving two pins. The pins each includes one or more teeth formed in one or both ends and selectively biased to engage with the gear of the driving stem and to control the driving direction of the driving stem. A control ferrule is rotatably engaged on the cartridge and includes an actuator to selectively disengage the teeth of the pins from the gear of the driving stem.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 1999Date of Patent: May 8, 2001Inventor: Shu Chi Chiang
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Patent number: 6220123Abstract: The present invention relates to the structure of a ratchet wrench, and in particular, to a ratchet wrench which can provides high torque engagement in application, wherein a ratchet wheel is inserted into a circular opening on the wrench head of a common ratchet wrench, and a cavity is provided to the circular opening adjacent to one side of the rod body of the wrench for mounting a restrictive teeth structure, the end terminal of the cavity is provided with a ball hole to contain a spring and a steel ball, and the restrictive teeth structure is urged by the steel ball, thereby the high torque movement of the ratchet wheel is controlled.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 1999Date of Patent: April 24, 2001Inventor: Yu-Tang Chen