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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 19, 2025
Filed:
May. 25, 2021
Applicant:
Snap-on Incorporated, Kenosha, WI (US);
Inventor:
Joshua M. Beer, Kenosha, WI (US);
Assignee:
Snap-on Incorporated, Kenosha, WI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B25B 21/00 (2006.01); B25B 23/00 (2006.01); B25F 5/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B25B 21/004 (2013.01); B25B 23/0028 (2013.01); B25F 5/02 (2013.01);
Abstract
A pawl mechanism for an indexable tool and adapted to selectively transmit rotational motion of a yoke of the tool to a drive lug of the tool in one of first and second rotational directions. The pawl mechanism including a pawl carrier, first and second pawls pivotably coupled to the pawl carrier, and a selector switch rotatably coupled to the pawl carrier and adapted to selectively position the first and second pawls to transmit rotational motion of the yoke to the drive lug in one of the first and second rotational directions.