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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:
Sep. 28, 1999
Filed:
Oct. 16, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Frank McCann, Ta Ya Hsiang, Taichung Hsien, TW;
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B25B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
81 632 ; 81 63 ; 192 43 ;
Abstract
A ratchet wrench includes a head having a slot for receiving a pawl. A driving member and an actuator are rotatably engaged in the head. A spring is engaged in the actuator and includes an arm engaged in an oblong hole of the pawl for allowing the actuator to rotate and to move the pawl to either of the narrower ends of the slot. The driving member may be rotated by the head in one direction when the pawl is engaged in one of the narrower ends of the slot and may be rotated in a reverse direction when the pawl is engaged in the other narrower end.