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Abstract

A ratchet tool includes a handle with a shaft extending therefrom onto which a base member, a plate and an adjusting member are respectively mounted. The base member has two pawl members biasedly received in the first end thereof so as to engage with the elongated grooves in the shaft and each of the pawl members has a bar engaged therewith wherein the bars are pivotally connected to the base member. The plate fixedly connected to the base member has three positioning dents and the adjusting member has a rod extending therefrom which is located between the two bars, a ball is received in one of the three positioning dents and biased by a spring received in the adjusting member. When rotating the adjusting member, one of the bars is moved to remove the corresponding pawl member from the elongated groove so that the effective direction of the shaft to be rotated is decided by the operation of the adjusting member.

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First Claim