Ratchet tool

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9770813-B2
Application number	US-201414369795-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 13, 2014
Priority date	Jun 13, 2014
Publication date	Sep 26, 2017
Grant date	Sep 26, 2017

Abstract

A ratchet tool includes a shaft member, a handle and a ratchet mechanism, in which the handle is connected to the ratchet mechanism, and the shaft member extends into the interior of the ratchet mechanism along the central axle of the ratchet mechanism from the front end of the ratchet mechanism and is connected to the ratchet mechanism. The shaft member includes a shaft and an extension portion which passes through the rear end of the ratchet mechanism along the central axle of the ratchet mechanism from the front end of the ratchet mechanism and is connected to the ratchet mechanism, and the shaft is designed to be integrated with or separated from the extension portion. Such a design of the shaft member solves the wobble problem of the shaft. The ratchet tool of the present invention also includes a lighting device. The ratchet tool of the present invention requires small turning force when turning back and has strong capacity of torque transferring, and at the same time achieves lighting feature.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A ratchet tool, comprising a shaft member, a handle and a ratchet mechanism, wherein the handle is connected to the ratchet mechanism, and the shaft member extends into the interior of the ratchet mechanism along the central axle of the ratchet mechanism from the front end of the ratchet mechanism and is connected to the ratchet mechanism; the shaft member includes a shaft and an extension portion, and the shaft is designed to be integrated with the extension portion.

2. The ratchet tool according to claim 1 , wherein the shaft member passes through the rear end of the ratchet mechanism along the central axle of the ratchet mechanism from the front end of the ratchet mechanism and is connected to the ratchet mechanism.

3. The ratchet tool according to claim 1 , wherein the shaft member is connected to the ratchet mechanism in a removable way.

4. The ratchet tool according to claim 3 , wherein the shaft member has a first end away from the handle and a second end adjacent the handle, the first end or the second end is able to extend into the interior of the ratchet mechanism along the central axle of the ratchet mechanism from the front end of the ratchet mechanism and is connected to the ratchet mechanism.

5. The ratchet tool according to claim 1 , wherein the extension portion extends into the interior of the ratchet mechanism and passes through the rear end of the ratchet mechanism along the central axle of the ratchet mechanism from the front end of the ratchet mechanism and is connected to the ratchet mechanism.

6. The ratchet tool according to claim 5 , wherein the shaft is designed to be separated from the extension portion.

7. The ratchet tool according to claim 5 , wherein the ratchet mechanism includes a pawl base symmetrically arranged with two partially rotatable pawls: a first pawl and a second pawl, along both sides of the central axle on the pawl base, and a direction switching member for controlling the positional state of the two pawls, the direction switching member has thereon two stopping blocks: a first stopping block and a second stopping block at the outside of the two pawls respectively for pushing the first pawl and the second pawl respectively, a pawl sleeve is arranged outside the first and second pawls and the first and second stopping blocks, the inner wall of the pawl sleeve has annularly distributed inner pawl teeth, and the pawl sleeve engages with the teeth on the first pawl and the second pawl.

8. The ratchet tool according to claim 7 , wherein the end of the shaft adjacent the handle is provided with a key slot matching the pawl sleeve and used for securing the shaft and the pawl sleeve.

9. The ratchet tool according to claim 7 , wherein the end of the shaft adjacent the handle is provided with an axle end, which matches the pawl sleeve and is used for securing the shaft and the pawl sleeve.

10. The ratchet tool according to claim 9 , wherein the axle end is a hexagonal axle end.

11. The ratchet tool according to claim 7 , wherein the number of the inner pawl teeth of the pawl sleeve is larger than 60.

12. The ratchet tool according to claim 11 , wherein the number of the inner pawl teeth of the pawl sleeve is 72.

13. The ratchet tool according to claim 7 , wherein the number of the teeth of the first pawl is larger than 3, and the number of the teeth of the second pawl is larger than 3.

14. The ratchet tool according to claim 13 , wherein the number of the teeth of the first pawl is 5, and the number of the teeth of the second pawl is 5.

15. The ratchet tool according to claim 7 , wherein a positioning device connecting the direction switching member is also arranged outside the pawl sleeve.

16. The ratchet tool according to claim 15 , wherein the positioning device is an annular sleeve arranged around the outside of the pawl sleeve.

17. The ratchet tool according to claim 15 , wherein the ratchet tool further includes a lighting device, the positioning device including a cavity where the light device is mounted.

18. The ratchet tool according to claim 17 , wherein the lighting device includes an electric circuit board and a power mounted on the electric circuit board.

19. The ratchet tool according to claim 5 , wherein the extension portion is provided with an axle slot, which matches a fastening ring and makes the extension portion not movable relative to the ratchet mechanism in axial direction.

Assignees

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

Inventors

• Wang Weiyi

Classifications

• B25B23/18

  Devices for illuminating the head of the screw or the nut · CPC title

• B25B15/04 Primary

  with ratchet action · CPC title