Wrench having a greater driving strength

• US 5,295,422 A
• Filed: 04/23/1993
• Issued: 03/22/1994
• Est. Priority Date: 04/23/1993
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Easco Hand Tools Incorporated (Danaher Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Jessie Chow
• Inventors: Chow, Jessie
• Primary Examiner(s): Watson, Robert C.
• Application Number:
  US08/051,239
• Time in Patent Office: 333 Days
• Field of Search: 81/124.3, 81/177.85
• US Class Current: 81/124.3
• CPC Class Codes: B25B 13/461 with concentric driving and driven member
• CPC Class Codes: B25B 23/0035 Connection means between socket or screwdriver bit and tool

Abstract

A wrench for driving an object includes a circular engaging surface formed in a head portion, a number of ribs are formed in the circular engaging surface and extended radially inwards of the engaging surface, and the object includes a number of depressions for receiving the ribs such that the contact area between the ribs and the depressions are increased when the object is driven by the wrench.

Claims

1. A ratchet wrench assembly for driving a headed fastener, comprising:

a) a wrench having a handle portion and a head portion located at one end of the handle portion, the head portion defining an opening;

b) a sleeve located in the opening such that the sleeve may rotate with respect to the head portion in one direction and may rotate with the head portion in an opposite direction, the sleeve defining an inner, substantially cylindrical engaging surface having a plurality of substantially semi-cylindrical ribs projecting radially inwardly from the inner cylindrical engaging surface; and

,

c) a socket having a protion for engaging a headed fastener and a barrel portion defining a plurality of depressions each having a substantially semi-circular cross-sectional configuration to receive the semi-cylindrical ribs therein, whereby the semi-cylindrical ribs and the semi-cylindrical depressions from contact surfaces when the barrel portion of the socket is inserted into the sleeve to be driven by the wrench.

2. The ratchet wrench assembly of claim 1 further comprising:

a) a slot defined by each of the substantially semi-circular ribs, the slots being in alignment with each other to form a first annular groove;

b) a second annular groove defined by the outer surface of the barrel portion of the socket located such that the first and second annular grooves are in alignment when the socket is located in the sleeve; and

,

c) a ring member engaged with the first and second annular grooves so as to retain the socket in the sleeve member.