Wrench

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10315291-B2
Application number	US-201415325256-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 11, 2014
Priority date	Jul 11, 2014
Publication date	Jun 11, 2019
Grant date	Jun 11, 2019

Abstract

The present invention provides a wrench, and its structure includes a guide rod, a first pawl mounted on the guide rod, a sliding member sheathed on the guide rod, a second pawl mounted on the sliding member and matching with the first pawl, and a toothed block disposed on the sliding member and matching with the guide rod. The toothed block has a first position and a second position. When the toothed block is in the first position, the toothed block is slidable along the guide rod toward the first pawl, and is locked in the direction away from the first pawl. When the toothed block is in the second position, the toothed block is slidable along the guide rod toward or away from the first pawl.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A wrench, comprising: a guide rod, a first pawl mounted on the guide rod, a sliding member sheathed on the guide rod, and a second pawl mounted on the sliding member and matching with the first pawl, wherein the wrench further comprises a toothed block disposed on the sliding member and matching with the guide rod, the toothed block having a first position and a second position;
wherein the sliding member is provided with a sloping surface matching with the toothed block, a first angle being provided between the sloping surface and the guide rod; the first angle enabling the toothed block to be subject to an acting force perpendicular to the guide rod and pointing toward the guide rod when the wrench is clamping a workpiece; and
wherein the wrench is configured such that when the toothed block is in the first position, the toothed block is locked; and when the toothed block is in the second position, the toothed block is unlocked.

2. The wrench as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first position refers to a position where the toothed block is located when the toothed block is engaged with the guide rod; the second position refers to a position where the toothed block is located when the toothed block and the guide rod are detached.

3. The wrench as claimed in claim 1 , wherein, when the toothed block is in the first position, the toothed block is slidable along the guide rod toward the first pawl, and is locked in the direction away from the first pawl; when the toothed block is in the second position, the toothed block is slidable along the guide rod toward or away from the first pawl.

4. The wrench as claimed in claim 1 , wherein an engagement portion where the guide rod is engaged with the toothed block is provided with unidirectional teeth having a unidirectional orienting effect, wherein when the sliding member is pushed toward the first pawl, the toothed block is slidable along a toothed surface of the unidirectional teeth, so that the sliding member moves along the guide rod and comes close to the first pawl; when the sliding member is pushed away from the first pawl, a sliding movement of the toothed block along the toothed surface of the unidirectional teeth is obstructed, so that a sliding movement of the sliding member along the guide rod is locked.

5. The wrench as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first angle is arranged to be less than 90°.

6. The wrench as claimed in claim 1 , wherein an engagement portion where the guide rod is engaged with the toothed block is provided with unidirectional teeth having a toothed surface, the toothed surface obstructing the sliding movement of the toothed block away from the first pawl, a second angle being provided between the toothed surface and the sloping surface, the second angle enabling the unidirectional teeth to still be able to lock the toothed block when the unidirectional teeth deform.

7. The wrench as claimed in claim 6 , wherein, the second angle is arranged to be greater than 0°.

8. The wrench as claimed in claim 7 , wherein a reserved space is arranged between the toothed block and the sliding member, the reserved space enabling the toothed block to rotate by an angle allowing the toothed block to conquer the locking of the toothed block with respect to the guide rod produced due to the second angle, so that the toothed block is detached from the guide rod; meanwhile, the reserved space enabling a plurality of teeth on the toothed block to automatically locate position to be engaged with the guide rod.

9. The wrench as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the wrench further comprises a connecting rod connected to the toothed block.

10. The wrench as claimed in claim 9 , wherein the wrench further comprises a pushbutton connected to the toothed block by the connecting rod, when a pressing force is applied to the pushbutton, the connecting rod being able to transfer the pressing force to the toothed block, so that the toothed block is detached from the guide rod; when the pressing force applied to the pushbutton is canceled, the toothed block being able to reset to be engaged with the guide rod.

11. The wrench as claimed in claim 10 , wherein a third angle is provided between the connecting rod and the sloping surface, and meanwhile, a fourth angle is provided between the connecting rod and the guide rod, the third angle and the fourth angle enabling the pressing force to which the pushbutton is subject to conquer the friction force between the toothed block and the sloping surface, so that the toothed block is detached from the guide rod.

12. The wrench as claimed in claim 11 , wherein the third angle and the fourth angle are both arranged to be less than 90°.

13. The wrench as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the wrench further comprises a pushbutton and a connecting rod, the pushbutton, the connecting rod and the toothed block forming into a connecting member provided to be sheathed on the guide rod.

14. The wrench as claimed in claim 13 , wherein the sliding member is provided with a first portion extending along the guide rod toward the first pawl, and the second pawl is embedded in the first portion.

15. The wrench as claimed in claim 14 , wherein a portion of the pushbutton is embedded in the cavity, and another portion of the pushbutton protrudes out of the sliding member.

16. The wrench as claimed in claim 14 , wherein the second pawl is provided with a hang tab embedded in the second portion and fixedly connected to the second portion by a pin rod.

17. The wrench as claimed in claim 16 , wherein the wrench further comprises a clamping surface provided on the first pawl and the second pawl.

18. The wrench as claimed in claim 13 , wherein the sliding member is further provided with a second portion provided to be sheathed on the guide rod, the second portion being provided with a cavity arranged therein, the connecting member being arranged in the cavity.

19. The wrench as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first pawl is connected to the guide rod by a fixing pin arranged with a snap slot used for mounting a snap ring.

20. The wrench as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the wrench further comprises a second spring being able to apply pressing force to the toothed block.

21. The wrench as claimed in claim 20 , wherein one end of the second spring contacts the toothed block, and the other end contacts a coverplate fixedly connected to the sliding member.

22. The wrench as claimed in claim 21 , wherein the outside of the sliding member is provided with a first concave part, and the coverplate is embedded in the first concave part, the coverplate being fixedly connected to the sliding member by a screw.

23. The wrench as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the sliding member is further provided with a thumb abutting part facilitating an operator to push the sliding member to move.

Assignees

• Hangzhou Great Star Tools Co Ltd
• Hangzhou Great Star Ind Co Ltd

Inventors

• Wang Min

Classifications

• B25B13/22 Primary

  by ratchet action or toothed bars · CPC title

• B25B13/5058

  Linearly moving or adjustable, e.g. with an additional small tilting or rocking movement · CPC title

• B25B13/12

  the jaws being slidable · CPC title