RATCHET AND SOCKET ASSEMBLY

摘要

A ratcheting tool has a drive tang with a socket retaining detent and a linkage to engage the detent. A locking element is disposed movably between a first position wherein the locking element engages the linkage when a first actuator is in a first position so that the locking element blocks movement of the linkage so that the detent remains in a socket-retaining position and a second position in which the locking element disengages the linkage. A storage device for retaining sockets has a frame and one or more docks attached to the frame, each dock having a first retainer member, a second retainer member, and a third retainer member, at least one of which is selectively movable with respect to a socket receiving space so that a socket is removable from the socket receiving space.

主权项

1. A ratcheting tool for driving a socket, the ratcheting tool comprising:
a body having a head that defines a cavity and having an elongated handle extending away from the head; a ratchet member comprising annular ratchet portion disposed in the cavity so that the ratchet portion is rotatable about an axis and a drive tang extending from the ratchet portion externally of the body and so that the drive tang rotates with the ratchet portion about the axis; a pawl disposed in the body in communication with the ratchet portion selectively between
a first position in which the pawl transmits torque from the body to the ratchet portion in a first rotational direction with respect to the axis and ratchets with respect to the ratchet portion in response to torque from the body in a second rotational direction with respect to the axis opposite the first direction, anda second position in which the pawl transmits torque from the body to the ratchet portion in the second rotational direction and ratchets with respect to the ratchet portion in response to torque from the body in the first rotational direction; a detent disposed in the drive tang so that the detent is reciprocally movable in a direction transverse to the axis between a first position and a second position, wherein the first position extends further from the axis than does the second position; a linkage extending through the drive tang to engagement with the detent, wherein the linkage is accessible at a surface of the ratcheting tool, wherein the linkage engages the detent so that when the linkage is in a first position, the detent is in its first position and so that actuation of the linkage to a second position causes the linkage to move the detent to its second position; and a locking element disposed pivotally with respect to the ratchet member, the locking element being pivotal between a first position wherein the locking element engages the linkage when the linkage is in its first position so that the locking element blocks the actuation of the linkage and a second position in which the locking element disengages from the linkage with respect to the locking element's first position.