Reversible rachet wrench with integrated dual pawl and spring and cam unit

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 5174176
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07803588

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A reversible ratchet wrench has a housing containing a ratchet wheel and a reversing pawl unit which includes two pawls respectively connected by leaf springs to a pivotally mounted reversing cam, all in a unitary one-piece construction. The reversing pawl unit is pivotally movable by a reversing lever between first and second conditions, wherein the two pawls respectively engage the ratchet wheel for accommodating rotation thereof in opposite directions. The reversing lever has a cam follower which cammingly engages a cam surface on the housing to resiliently hold the reversing lever in the selected one of its two positions.

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SNAP-ON INCORPORATED2801 80TH STREET KENOSHA WI 53141-1410

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Krivec, Bert Wauskesha, WI 28 618

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