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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 04, 2007
Filed:
Sep. 10, 2004
Applicant:
Robert L. Arnold, Wrightsville, PA (US);
Inventor:
Robert L. Arnold, Wrightsville, PA (US);
Assignee:
Easco Handtools, Inc., Simsbury, CT (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B25B 13/46 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A ratcheting tool includes a body, a compartment defined by the body, a gear rotatably disposed in the compartment, and a pawl. The pawl, disposed within the tool, selectively prevents the tool from rotating in one direction while allowing rotation in the opposite direction. The gear defines a plurality of vertically curved teeth. The pawl defines a plurality of vertically curved teeth. The pawl teeth are curved in a manner that mates with the gear teeth. A radius of curvature of the edges of the gear teeth is greater than the radius of curvature of the edges of the pawl teeth.