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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 1998
Filed:
Feb. 10, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Clair L Tiede, Mukwonago, WI (US);
Assignee:
Beere Precision Medical Instruments, Inc., Racine, WI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B25B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
81 62 ; 192 431 ;
Abstract
A ratcheting screwdriver with a handle and a gear rotatable therein and two pawls engageable between the handle and the gear, for selective ratcheting action. A ring is rotatable on the handle for removing the pawls from engagement with the gear, and springs yieldingly bias the pawls into engagement with the gear. The ring has recesses on a circular wall for receiving portions of the pawls in pivoting the pawls into engagement with the gears.