Wrench

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10589404-B2
Application number	US-201515565205-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 5, 2015
Priority date	May 5, 2015
Publication date	Mar 17, 2020
Grant date	Mar 17, 2020

Abstract

Disclosed is a wrench, which is used for wrenching a workpiece and comprises a unidirectional transmission mechanism. The unidirectional transmission mechanism comprises rollers, a first member and a second member at least partially sheathed in the first member. The first member is fixedly provided at a wrenching portion of the wrench, and the second member is used for mating with the workpiece. The directions of the rotating torque from the wrenching portion are a first direction and a second direction along the axis of rotation of the first member. With regard to one of the rotating torque of the first direction and the rotating torque of the second direction, the second member is stationary relative to the first member so as to output the rotating torque to the workpiece; and with regard to the other one thereof, the second member rotates relative to the first member without outputting the rotating torque to the workpiece. The torque of the unidirectional transmission mechanism can meet the demand of using a wrench, and at the same time, the unidirectional transmission mechanism remains silent in use and has the characteristic of wear resistance of bearings.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A wrench for wrenching a workpiece, comprising:
a wrenching portion and a gripping portion, the gripping portion extending and being connected at its extending end with the wrenching portion;
a unidirectional transmission mechanism comprising rollers, a first member and a holder at least partially sheathed in the first member; the first member is fixedly provided at the wrenching portion of the wrench, the holder is used for accommodating the rollers and receiving the workpiece;
wherein the directions of the rotating torque from the wrenching portion are a first direction and a second direction along an axis of rotation of the first member; for one of the rotating torque of the first direction and the rotating torque of the second direction, the roller causes the workpiece to be stationary relative to the first member so as to output the rotating torque to the workpiece; and for the other one of the rotating torque of the first direction and the rotating torque of the second direction, the roller causes the workpiece to rotate relative to the first member without outputting the rotating torque to the workpiece;
wherein a first surface of the first member facing the holder is a smooth curved surface, the holder is provided with a plurality of spaces spaced apart in a direction perpendicular to the axis of rotation, each of the rollers is respectively accommodated in each of the spaces; the space has a first opening facing the first surface and a second opening facing the workpiece, the roller comes into contact with the first surface through the first opening, thereby being able to be driven by the first member, the roller comes into contact with the workpiece through the second opening; the space defined by the first surface and the surface of the workpiece is a movement room for the roller therein, the roller driven by the first member is moving from a part to the first part, the roller in the first part can rotate freely and the roller in the second part is sandwiched between the first member and the workpiece; and
wherein the roller is a pin roller or a needle roller, and at least one end of the pin roller or the needle roller has a protrusion; the holder is further provided with a limit structure, which does not allow the roller to detach from the space, and the limit structure is a sliding slot; and the protrusion is embedded into the sliding slot.

2. The wrench as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the wrench further comprises an elastic member arranged in the first part, the elastic member extends in a direction from the first part to the second part and abuts the roller so that the roller is sandwiched between the first member and the workpiece.

3. The wrench as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the roller is a ball roller, a pin roller or a needle roller, the width of the second opening is less than the diameter of the ball roller, the pin roller or the needle roller, so that the roller does not detach from the space.

4. The wrench as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the holder is further provided with an elastic ejector pin for abutting the workpiece.

5. The wrench according to claim 1 , wherein the roller is a pin roller or a needle roller, the diameter of a middle part of the pin roller or the needle roller is less than the diameters of an upper part and a lower part thereof; the holder is further provided with a limit structure which makes the roller do not detach from the space, and the limit structure is a partly U-shaped elastic sheet; the middle part of the pin roller or the needle roller is clipped into a U-shaped part of the elastic sheet, the upper part and the lower part of the pin roller or the needle roller are used for contacting with the first member and the workpiece.

6. The wrench as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the wrench further comprises a retaining ring abutting an end face of the holder to confine the movement of the holder in the direction of the axis of rotation.

7. The wrench as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the wrench further comprises a snap spring for abutting the retaining ring, the snap spring fits with an annular groove provided in the wrenching portion to prevent the retaining ring from detaching from the wrenching portion in the direction of the axis of rotation.

8. The wrench as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the wrench is provided with two wrenching portions, the gripping portion is connected between the two wrenching portions.

Assignees

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

Inventors

• Wang Min

Classifications

• B25B13/462 Primary

  the ratchet parts engaging in a direction radial to the tool operating axis · CPC title

• B25B23/0007

  Connections or joints between tool parts · CPC title

• B25B13/481

  for operating in areas having limited access · CPC title

• B25B13/46 Primary

  of the ratchet type, for providing a free return stroke of the handle · CPC title

• B25B13/04

  of ring jaw type · CPC title