US996683A - Wrench. - Google Patents
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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
- B25B13/462—Spanners; Wrenches of the ratchet type, for providing a free return stroke of the handle with concentric driving and driven member the ratchet parts engaging in a direction radial to the tool operating axis
- B25B13/463—Spanners; Wrenches of the ratchet type, for providing a free return stroke of the handle with concentric driving and driven member the ratchet parts engaging in a direction radial to the tool operating axis a pawl engaging an externally toothed wheel
Description
W. THOMAS.
V WRENGH.
' APPLIOATJFON FILED DEOJS, 1910.
. 996 683 Patented July 4, 1911 '6' 77 EIELl- J .L I I I Mllllllll I. ll IIILIH Will EI E- WILLIAM THOMAS, OF BOONEVILLE, ARKANSAS.
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Specification of Letters Patent.
Application filed December 3, 1910.
Patented July 1, 1911. Serial No. 595,457.
To all whom it may concern:
Be it known that I, WILLIAM THOMAS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Booneville, in the county of Logan and State of Arkansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Wrenches, of which the following-is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawing.
This invention relates to improvements in wrenches and more particularly to an improved ratchet wrench of extremely simple and efiicient construction.
The primary object of the invention resides in the provision of a wrench of the above character consisting of a rotatable ratchet member and a nut receiving socket member removably carried thereby, the body of the wrench carrying a pair of pivoted pawls for engagement with the ratchet member, and means engaging said pawls to hold the same in yielding engagement with the teeth of the ratchet, said pawls locking the ratchet and wrench shank together in one direction of movement to turn the nut.
A further object of the invention is to provide a wrench which may be easily manipulated, is strong and durable in construction and may be manufactured at a comparatively low cost.
WVith these and other objects in view, the invention consists of the novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described and claimed, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a side elevation of a ratchet wrench constructed in accordance with the present invention; Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section of the head of the wrench; F ig. 3 is a top plan View; and Fig. 4 is a section taken on the line k l of Fig. 2.
Referring in detail to the accompanying drawing, 5'designates the wrench shaft or handle which is preferably offset adjacent to one end and has formed thereon a plate 6 which is of a general circular form. This plate extends in the plane of one face of the handle and a second plate 7 similar to the plate 6 in form is secured to the handle by means of a screw 7 A cog-wheel or ratchet member 8 is arranged between the plates 6 and 7, said member and the plates being provided with openings to receive a socket member 9 which extends from the opposite sides of the wrench as shown in Fig. 3. A
In the operation of my improved wrench, the nut receiving opening 9 which is provided in the socket member 9 is adapted to receive the nut. One of the pawls 16 is now raised while the other pawl locks the ratchet member 8 between the plates 6 for movement with the wrench shank in one direction while in the movement of said shank in the opposite direction, the pawl moves over the teeth of the ratchet, the plate 12 yieldingly holding the pawl upon the ratchet teeth. In this manner the nut may be easily and quickly unthreaded from the bolt, or threaded upon the same by simply reversing the positions of the pawls.
From the foregoing it is thought that the construction and operation of my improved wrench will be readily understood.
The device is extremely simple in construct-ion and may be easily and quickly manipulated with but little exertion on the part of the operator.
The socket member 9 is adapted to be removed from the annular ratchet member and replaced by another having a dilferently shaped opening therein, so that the wrench may receive square, hexagonal, octagonal or nuts of other polygonal forms.
Having thus described the invention what is claimed is A wrench of the character described comprising a shank having a plate integrally formed on one end thereof, a second plate rigidly secured to said shank at one end and extending in parallel relation to the first named plate, an annular ratchet member arranged between said plates, said plates and ratchet member having alined openings therein, a socket member removably disposed through said openings and supporting the ratchet member in position between the plates, a block integrally formed on said first named plate and disposed between the ratchet and said shank, the end of said block being spaced from the end of the shank, a screw rigidly securing the second named plate to said block, pawls pivoted at one of their ends upon opposite sides of said block and movable between said plates, said pawls having ratchet engaging extensions formed thereon and finger-pieces whereby they may be moved to an inoperative position, said pawls and block having longitudinally curved engaging surfaces, a plate arranged between the end of the wrench shank and the end of said block, said shank having a socket therein, a coiled spring arranged in said socket to yieldingly hold the plate in engagement with the end of said block, said plate having a stud thereon extending into the outer end of the spring, said plate extending upon opposite sides of the block for engagement by the pivoted ends of the pawls to yieldingly hold the pawls in their operative or inoperative positions.
In testimony whereof I hereunto aifix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.
WILLIAM THOMAS.
itnesses IV. D. NORMAN, E. N. JORDAN.
Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington. D. C.
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