Geared clickless socket wrench
View Patent ↗A geared socket wrench hand tool is disclosed. The socket wrench is a clickless wrench allowing for more precise movement of the socket. The socket wrench, through a series of gears, can rotate in infinitesimally small rotations.
1. A geared rotating socket wrench capable of infinitesimally small incremental rotations, comprising:
a handle with a proximal end, a distal end, a front surface and a rear surface wherein the distal end comprises a first plate and the first plate comprises two through holes;
a rotating driver head disposed perpendicular to the front surface of the distal end wherein a socket can be disposed thereon and the rotating driver head can rotate in a clockwise or counterclockwise direction;
a lever mounted on the rear surface of the handle near the distal end thereof and connected to a second plate comprising a cutout that can pivot about a drag ring mounted to the cutout for selecting clockwise or counterclockwise direction of the rotating driver head;
a first rotating gear with a plurality of teeth disposed on its perimeter connected by a first shaft to the rotating driver head;
a second rotating gear mounted on a shaft on the second plate with a plurality of teeth disposed on its perimeter wherein the teeth on the first gear rotatingly mate with the teeth on the second gear; and
two third gears fixed to the handle mounted laterally relative to and respectively disposed on either side of the second rotating gear wherein one of the third gears will engage the second gear when the user moves the lever to engage one of the through holes and thereby rotates the socket in the desired direction and allows the socket to turn and will disengage from the second gear to prevent the driver head from rotating in a direction not selected by the lever.