US1970721A - Ratchet wrench - Google Patents
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- US1970721A US1970721A US652633A US65263333A US1970721A US 1970721 A US1970721 A US 1970721A US 652633 A US652633 A US 652633A US 65263333 A US65263333 A US 65263333A US 1970721 A US1970721 A US 1970721A
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B25—HAND TOOLS; PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS; MANIPULATORS
- B25B—TOOLS OR BENCH DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, FOR FASTENING, CONNECTING, DISENGAGING OR HOLDING
- B25B13/00—Spanners; Wrenches
- B25B13/46—Spanners; Wrenches of the ratchet type, for providing a free return stroke of the handle
- B25B13/461—Spanners; Wrenches of the ratchet type, for providing a free return stroke of the handle with concentric driving and driven member
- B25B13/467—Spanners; Wrenches of the ratchet type, for providing a free return stroke of the handle with concentric driving and driven member which are gear-operated
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- Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
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- Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
- Y10T74/00—Machine element or mechanism
- Y10T74/15—Intermittent grip type mechanical movement
- Y10T74/1526—Oscillation or reciprocation to intermittent unidirectional motion
- Y10T74/1553—Lever actuator
- Y10T74/1555—Rotary driven element
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- My invention relates to an improvement in ratchet wrenches, and the objects of my improvement are: First, to include all voi! the useful features of ratchet wrenches now in use; and I second, to add a means oi' rapidly screwing or unscrewing a nut or bolt as soon as it is sumciently loosened to turn easily, thus speeding up materiali; the work of applying or removing bolted par I attain these objects by the device illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which:
- Figure 1 is a plan view of the entire wrench and Figure 2 is a side elevation with the frame and one gear shown in section.
- the socket holder 1, controlled by the ratchet dog 2 may be rotated either by turning the main handle 3 in the ordinary way or through the action of'handle 4 acting through the gear train 5, 6, '7, 8. Pinion 5 is associated with gear 6 through the ratchet 9. Meshing o! these two ratchet wheels is insured by spring 10. Springs also control the ratchet dog 2 and handle 4. When used to remove a nut, the socket is fitted to the nut and thewrench turned by handle 3 as in the ordinary ratchet wrench. As soon as the nut has been loosened, handles 3 and 4 are squeezed together and the nut is spun of! with one or more strokes o! handle 4.
- socket holder 1 is prevented from reversing direction by dog 2, and handle 4 is permitted by the ratchet 9 to restore itself under the action p of a suitable spring to normal position after 4being squeezed. Ii the n ut is to be screwed onin- 'stead of removed, the Vsocket is"'applied with the wrench turned over; the nut is spundown and tightened by a reversal of the above process.
- ratchet dog 2 could be applied to wheel 8 as well as to socket holder 1, or that ratchet 9 could be applied to wheels 7 and 8 instead of wheels 5 and 6 without changing the principle upon which the device operates.
- a frame including a handle and a head portion, a socket holder rotatably mounted in said head portion, said socket holder having secured thereto a ilrst gear and a ratchet member, a dogcarried by said trame and engageable with said ratchet member, a gear train carried by said frame one gear of which meshes with said first gear and another gear oi' said train having a ratchet portion, and a second handle pivoted to said fame and having a gear segment at one end meshing with a gear having a second ratchet member in ratchet engagement with the ratchet portion ot said gear train.
- a ratchet wrench a combination of 'a socket holder, a ratchet and a gear forming one unit rotatively mounted in thel frame of said wrench, a dog engaging said ratchet and supported by said frame, a gear. train engaging said gear and socket holder unit and mountedon said frame, a gear of said train having a ratchet portion, a handle pivoted to said i'ram'e and carrying a gear segment meshing with a gear and ratchet unit in ratchet engagement with the ratchet portion of said gear train.
- a ratchet wrench a combination o! a socket holder, a ratchet and a gear forming one unit rotatively mounted in the frame of said wrench, which frame is also the handle, a dog engaging said ratchet and supported by said 9 frame, a gear train engaging said gear and socket holder unit and mounted on said Iframe, a gear of said train having a ratchet portion, a secondary handle pivoted to said frame and carrying a gear segment ⁇ meshing with a gear and ratchet unit in ratchet engagement with the ratchet portion ot said gear train.
Description
A. WALTON RATCHET WRENCH Aug. 21, 1934,
Filed Jan. 2.0, 1933 lNvENoR BY W ATT RNEY o M pw P n u o 5 4 l 2 6 F F I I I I i I I 'IIJ f l l l |l.|. I l l l l l |l.. a windlw L 7 a, 6
Patented Aug. 2l, 1934 PATENT OFFICE r na'rcmir WRENCH Allen Walton,
Cheney, Wash.
Application :mum zo, 1933, send Nn. sszsss s claim.
My invention relates to an improvement in ratchet wrenches, and the objects of my improvement are: First, to include all voi! the useful features of ratchet wrenches now in use; and I second, to add a means oi' rapidly screwing or unscrewing a nut or bolt as soon as it is sumciently loosened to turn easily, thus speeding up materiali; the work of applying or removing bolted par I attain these objects by the device illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which:
Figure 1 is a plan view of the entire wrench and Figure 2 is a side elevation with the frame and one gear shown in section.
The socket holder 1, controlled by the ratchet dog 2, may be rotated either by turning the main handle 3 in the ordinary way or through the action of'handle 4 acting through the gear train 5, 6, '7, 8. Pinion 5 is associated with gear 6 through the ratchet 9. Meshing o! these two ratchet wheels is insured by spring 10. Springs also control the ratchet dog 2 and handle 4. When used to remove a nut, the socket is fitted to the nut and thewrench turned by handle 3 as in the ordinary ratchet wrench. As soon as the nut has been loosened, handles 3 and 4 are squeezed together and the nut is spun of! with one or more strokes o! handle 4. During thisn action, socket holder 1 is prevented from reversing direction by dog 2, and handle 4 is permitted by the ratchet 9 to restore itself under the action p of a suitable spring to normal position after 4being squeezed. Ii the n ut is to be screwed onin- 'stead of removed, the Vsocket is"'applied with the wrench turned over; the nut is spundown and tightened by a reversal of the above process. It will be understood that ratchet dog 2 could be applied to wheel 8 as well as to socket holder 1, or that ratchet 9 could be applied to wheels 7 and 8 instead of wheels 5 and 6 without changing the principle upon which the device operates. It will also be understood that I do not limit myself to any particular gear ratio in proportioning the gears used, nor to any definite number of gears, since in some applications a high gear ratio may be desirable, while in others a lower gear ratio may be better. The device may, oi course, be built in a variety of sizes.
I claim:
1. In a ratchet wrench, a frame including a handle and a head portion, a socket holder rotatably mounted in said head portion, said socket holder having secured thereto a ilrst gear and a ratchet member, a dogcarried by said trame and engageable with said ratchet member, a gear train carried by said frame one gear of which meshes with said first gear and another gear oi' said train having a ratchet portion, and a second handle pivoted to said fame and having a gear segment at one end meshing with a gear having a second ratchet member in ratchet engagement with the ratchet portion ot said gear train.
2. In a ratchet wrench, a combination of 'a socket holder, a ratchet and a gear forming one unit rotatively mounted in thel frame of said wrench, a dog engaging said ratchet and supported by said frame, a gear. train engaging said gear and socket holder unit and mountedon said frame, a gear of said train having a ratchet portion, a handle pivoted to said i'ram'e and carrying a gear segment meshing with a gear and ratchet unit in ratchet engagement with the ratchet portion of said gear train.
3. In a ratchet wrench, a combination o! a socket holder, a ratchet and a gear forming one unit rotatively mounted in the frame of said wrench, which frame is also the handle, a dog engaging said ratchet and supported by said 9 frame, a gear train engaging said gear and socket holder unit and mounted on said Iframe, a gear of said train having a ratchet portion, a secondary handle pivoted to said frame and carrying a gear segment` meshing with a gear and ratchet unit in ratchet engagement with the ratchet portion ot said gear train.
ALLEN WALTON.
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US2505889A (en) * | 1945-12-12 | 1950-05-02 | Foreman Allen Lee | Ratchet type socket wrench |
US2600177A (en) * | 1949-07-14 | 1952-06-10 | Sweeney Mfg Co B K | Socket wrench extension |
US2633044A (en) * | 1950-11-28 | 1953-03-31 | Pasquariello James | Ratchet wrench |
US2703030A (en) * | 1951-02-13 | 1955-03-01 | Stead Rail Anchor Company Ltd | Gear operated ratchet wrench |
US2726563A (en) * | 1952-03-29 | 1955-12-13 | Blackburn George William | Ratchet wrench provided with supplemental head turning means |
US2757564A (en) * | 1955-06-13 | 1956-08-07 | A C Reaves | Broken circle ratchet wrench |
US2764048A (en) * | 1955-02-07 | 1956-09-25 | Leslie V Thompson | Ratchet wrench |
US2817257A (en) * | 1956-05-18 | 1957-12-24 | Thomas J Kniser | Ratchet wrench with supplemental head turning means |
US2830479A (en) * | 1957-02-11 | 1958-04-15 | William C Finn | Gear operated wrench |
US2831384A (en) * | 1956-06-08 | 1958-04-22 | Marvin P Weiss | Plier-type gear operated ratchet tool |
US2863347A (en) * | 1956-04-26 | 1958-12-09 | Gorman R Nelson | Torque-transmitting tool for coupling nuts and the like |
US2972919A (en) * | 1959-03-03 | 1961-02-28 | Alfred R Stalkup | Reversible ratchet wrench |
US3019681A (en) * | 1959-11-20 | 1962-02-06 | Everett D Grissom | Reversible ratchet wrench |
FR2854091A1 (en) * | 2003-04-24 | 2004-10-29 | Jean Claude Maret | Screwing/unscrewing tool e.g. screwdriver, includes cogwheel connected to sprocket wheel that is engaged with another cogwheel which is driven by rack connected with push-button |
US20060107798A1 (en) * | 2004-11-24 | 2006-05-25 | Falzone Loren P | Ratchet-based, torqued-enhanced fastener tool |
DE102005040573B4 (en) * | 2005-08-26 | 2007-11-22 | Bruno Gruber | Ratchet with fast turning device |
US20080028894A1 (en) * | 2005-05-09 | 2008-02-07 | Jean-Claudee Maret | Ratchet Wrench |
DE102014213321A1 (en) * | 2014-06-06 | 2015-12-17 | Rohde & Schwarz Gmbh & Co. Kg | Angle wrench with rotating driving head |
US20160176024A1 (en) * | 2014-12-17 | 2016-06-23 | Stanley D. Winnard | Ratchet wrench |
US20170225304A1 (en) * | 2016-02-06 | 2017-08-10 | Chih-Ying Huang | One-way wrench switchable between two modes |
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US10688629B2 (en) | 2017-04-14 | 2020-06-23 | Tym Labs, L.L.C. | Torque wrench having self-adjusting adapter |
US10882164B2 (en) | 2016-02-24 | 2021-01-05 | Rohde & Schwarz Gmbh & Co. Kg | Hand tool with adjustable fastening head and variable output torque |
US11148264B2 (en) | 2017-04-14 | 2021-10-19 | Tym Labs, L.L.C. | Torque wrench having self-adjusting adapter |
US11267110B2 (en) | 2017-08-02 | 2022-03-08 | Tym Labs L.L.C. | Zero distance tool |
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US2505889A (en) * | 1945-12-12 | 1950-05-02 | Foreman Allen Lee | Ratchet type socket wrench |
US2600177A (en) * | 1949-07-14 | 1952-06-10 | Sweeney Mfg Co B K | Socket wrench extension |
US2633044A (en) * | 1950-11-28 | 1953-03-31 | Pasquariello James | Ratchet wrench |
US2703030A (en) * | 1951-02-13 | 1955-03-01 | Stead Rail Anchor Company Ltd | Gear operated ratchet wrench |
US2726563A (en) * | 1952-03-29 | 1955-12-13 | Blackburn George William | Ratchet wrench provided with supplemental head turning means |
US2764048A (en) * | 1955-02-07 | 1956-09-25 | Leslie V Thompson | Ratchet wrench |
US2757564A (en) * | 1955-06-13 | 1956-08-07 | A C Reaves | Broken circle ratchet wrench |
US2863347A (en) * | 1956-04-26 | 1958-12-09 | Gorman R Nelson | Torque-transmitting tool for coupling nuts and the like |
US2817257A (en) * | 1956-05-18 | 1957-12-24 | Thomas J Kniser | Ratchet wrench with supplemental head turning means |
US2831384A (en) * | 1956-06-08 | 1958-04-22 | Marvin P Weiss | Plier-type gear operated ratchet tool |
US2830479A (en) * | 1957-02-11 | 1958-04-15 | William C Finn | Gear operated wrench |
US2972919A (en) * | 1959-03-03 | 1961-02-28 | Alfred R Stalkup | Reversible ratchet wrench |
US3019681A (en) * | 1959-11-20 | 1962-02-06 | Everett D Grissom | Reversible ratchet wrench |
FR2854091A1 (en) * | 2003-04-24 | 2004-10-29 | Jean Claude Maret | Screwing/unscrewing tool e.g. screwdriver, includes cogwheel connected to sprocket wheel that is engaged with another cogwheel which is driven by rack connected with push-button |
US20060107798A1 (en) * | 2004-11-24 | 2006-05-25 | Falzone Loren P | Ratchet-based, torqued-enhanced fastener tool |
US7137318B2 (en) * | 2004-11-24 | 2006-11-21 | Falzone Loren P | Ratchet-based, torqued-enhanced fastener tool |
US20080028894A1 (en) * | 2005-05-09 | 2008-02-07 | Jean-Claudee Maret | Ratchet Wrench |
DE102005040573B4 (en) * | 2005-08-26 | 2007-11-22 | Bruno Gruber | Ratchet with fast turning device |
DE102014213321A1 (en) * | 2014-06-06 | 2015-12-17 | Rohde & Schwarz Gmbh & Co. Kg | Angle wrench with rotating driving head |
DE102014213321B4 (en) * | 2014-06-06 | 2020-08-06 | Rohde & Schwarz GmbH & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft | L-key with rotatable screwing head |
US10399214B2 (en) * | 2014-12-17 | 2019-09-03 | Stanley D. Winnard | Ratchet wrench |
US20160176024A1 (en) * | 2014-12-17 | 2016-06-23 | Stanley D. Winnard | Ratchet wrench |
US11285585B2 (en) | 2014-12-17 | 2022-03-29 | Stanley D. Winnard | Ratchet wrench |
US10189148B2 (en) * | 2016-02-06 | 2019-01-29 | Chih-Ying Huang | One-way wrench switchable between two modes |
US20170225304A1 (en) * | 2016-02-06 | 2017-08-10 | Chih-Ying Huang | One-way wrench switchable between two modes |
US10882164B2 (en) | 2016-02-24 | 2021-01-05 | Rohde & Schwarz Gmbh & Co. Kg | Hand tool with adjustable fastening head and variable output torque |
US20180297181A1 (en) * | 2017-04-14 | 2018-10-18 | Tym Labs L.L.C. | Torque wrench having self-adjusting adapter |
US10688629B2 (en) | 2017-04-14 | 2020-06-23 | Tym Labs, L.L.C. | Torque wrench having self-adjusting adapter |
US11148264B2 (en) | 2017-04-14 | 2021-10-19 | Tym Labs, L.L.C. | Torque wrench having self-adjusting adapter |
US11453104B2 (en) * | 2017-04-14 | 2022-09-27 | Tym Labs L.L.C. | Torque wrench having self-adjusting adapter |
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