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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 21, 2004
Filed:
May. 13, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Michael T. DeKeuster, Racine, WI (US);
Michael L. Foster, Kenosha, WI (US);
Assignee:
Snap-on Incorporated, Pleasant Prairie, WI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B25B 1/346 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B25B 1/346 ;
Abstract
A ratchet wrench is provided which includes a handle having a head on the handle, a rotatable gear disposed in the head and having ratchet teeth, and a pivotable pawl engaged with the gear to allow ratcheting rotation of the gear in a first direction and prevent ratcheting rotation of the gear in a second direction. An obstruction is engageable with a cam surface at the base of the pawl in order to prevent the pawl from self-reversing.