(19)
(11) EP 1 118 433 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
02.04.2003 Bulletin 2003/14

(43) Date of publication A2:
25.07.2001 Bulletin 2001/30

(21) Application number: 00126902.6

(22) Date of filing: 08.12.2000
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: B25B 13/46
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE TR
Designated Extension States:
AL LT LV MK RO SI

(30) Priority: 16.12.1999 US 464563
13.03.2000 US 523625

(71) Applicant: Hu, Bobby
Taichung (TW)

(72) Inventor:
  • Hu, Bobby
    Taichung (TW)

(74) Representative: LOUIS, PÖHLAU, LOHRENTZ & SEGETH 
Postfach 3055
90014 Nürnberg
90014 Nürnberg (DE)

   


(54) Reversible ratcheting tool with a smaller head


(57) A ratcheting tool includes a handle (11) and a head (12) with a compartment (13). A drive member (20) includes a first end (22), a second end, and a gear wheel (21) formed between the first end and the second end. The gear wheel is rotatably mounted in the compartment and includes a toothed outer periphery. A pawl (30) is mounted in the compartment and includes a toothed side facing the gear wheel teeth (211). A reversing plate (50) is mounted to the first end (22) of the drive member and pivotable about the rotational axis of the gear wheel (21) between a first position and a second position. The reversing plate (50) is operably connected to the pawl (30) for moving the pawl between a first ratcheting position and a second ratcheting position.






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