IP Library Granted Patent US 6,907,803
Granted Patent B2
US 6,907,803 · App. 10/092,596 · Granted Jun 21, 2005

Single-direction operation type ratchet wrench structure

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Patent No.
US 6,907,803
App. No.
10/092,596
Granted
Jun 21, 2005
Kind
B2
Abstract

A single-direction operation type ratchet wrench structure includes an elongated handle, and an identification portion. The handle has one end provided with a socket end, and a ratchet wheel is mounted in the socket end and operated in one direction only. The identification portion is mounted on the handle, and mates with a rotation direction of the ratchet wheel for locking or unlocking a workpiece, so that when a user holds the handle of the single-direction operation type ratchet wrench structure, he may directly identify the correct rotation direction for locking or unlocking the workpiece by the location and the direction of the identification portion on the handle, thereby facilitating the user operating the single-direction operation type ratchet wrench structure.

Claims (15)

1. A single-direction operation type ratchet wrench structure, comprising:

an elongated handle having one end provided with a socket end, two opposite side edges, two opposite side end faces, and a ratchet wheel mounted in the socket end and rotatable in only one direction; and

an identification portion mounted on the handle for identifying a rotational direction of said ratchet wrench structure for locking or unlocking a workpiece, said identification portion being formed on at least one of the side edges and the side end faces spaced from said socket end to provide a tactile identification to a user of said rotational direction of said ratchet wrench structure immediately when the user holds said elongated handle.

2. The single-direction operation type ratchet wrench structure in accordance with claim 1 , wherein the identification portion is provided with concave streaks.

3. The single-direction operation type ratchet wrench structure in accordance with claim 1 , wherein the identification portion is provided with convex streaks.

4. The single-direction operation type ratchet wrench structure in accordance with claim 1 , wherein the identification portion is bonded on the handle.

5. The single-direction operation type ratchet wrench structure in accordance with claim 1 , wherein the identification portion includes multiple serially arranged upper oblique streaks each directed toward a direction

opposite to the socket end of the handle.

6. The single-direction operation type ratchet wrench structure in accordance with claim 1 , wherein the identification portion includes multiple serially arranged lower oblique streaks each directed toward the direction of the socket end of the handle.

7. The single-direction operation type ratchet wrench structure in accordance with claim 1 , wherein the identification portion includes multiple serially arranged serrated teeth formed on a side end face of the handle, thereby increasing the user's touch sensation.

8. The single-direction operation type ratchet wrench structure in accordance with claim 7 , wherein the serrated teeth of the identification portion are distributed along the entire side end face of tile handle, thereby increasing the user's touch sensation.

9. The single-direction operation type ratchet wrench structure in accordance with claim 1 , wherein the identification portion includes multiple intermittently arranged oblique streaks formed on a side edge of the handle, thereby increasing the user's touch sensation.

10. The single-direction operation type ratchet wrench structure in accordance with claim 1 , wherein the identification portion includes multiple serially arranged arrow-shaped streaks formed on a side edge of the handle.

11. The single-direction operation type ratchet wrench structure in accordance with claim 7 , wherein the serrated teeth of the identification portion are distributed along one entire side end face of the handle, thereby increasing the user's touch sensation, and the identification portion includes an arrow-shaped streak formed on a surface of the socket end of the handle, thereby facilitating the user identifying the direction of operation of the socket end of the handle.

12. The single-direction operation type ratchet wrench structure in accordance with claim 1 , wherein the identification portion includes multiple serially arranged serrated teeth formed on one of the side end faces of the handle, thereby increasing the user's touch sensation, and the identification portion includes an arrow-shaped streak formed on the handle and located opposite to the socket end of the handle, thereby facilitating the user identifying the direction of operation of the socket end of the handle.

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