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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 20, 2001
Filed:
Feb. 11, 1999
Daniel J. O'Brien, Cambria, CA (US);
Chih-Ming Wu, Kaohsiung City, TW;
Other;
Abstract
A torsion screwdriver includes a positioning sleeve, a locking tube, a plurality of locking cylinder rods, a curved spring strip, a rotary member, a coupling sleeve, and a bit-driving shaft. The locking tube is disposed in the positioning sleeve, and is formed with rod-retaining slots for receiving the locking cylinder rods. The curved spring strip has one end connected to the locking tube, and the other end abutting against a projection at a front end of the positioning sleeve. The coupling sleeve is disposed in a sleeve-receiving hole of the locking tube, which is communicated with the rod-receiving slots, such that rotation of the positioning sleeve in a first direction results in co-rotation of the coupling sleeve with the positioning sleeve, whereas rotation of the positioning sleeve in a second direction results in idle rotation of the positioning sleeve relative to the coupling sleeve. The rotary member is coupled to the locking tube for co-rotation therewith, and the coupling sleeve is retained rotatably on the rotary member. The bit-driving shaft extends into the coupling sleeve, and is formed with keys for engaging keyways in the coupling sleeve to allow removable and non-rotatable coupling of the bit-driving shaft with the coupling sleeve.