Socket adaptor for ratchet
US6257096A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 30, 2000 |
| Grant date | Jul 10, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 30, 2020 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB25B23/0035
- WIPO fieldMachine tools
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A socket adaptor is mounted to a box end of a ratchet-type ring spanner of the type having a hollow ratchet wheel rotatably mounted in the box end. The socket adaptor includes a disc, a mediate section projected from the disc and releasably engaged with the hollow ratchet wheel mounted in the box end of the wrench, and a distal socket engaging portion beyond the hollow ratchet wheel. The mediate section of the socket adaptor has an outer periphery for releasably engaging with an inner periphery of the hollow ratchet wheel to rotate therewith. The distal socket engaging portion is to be releasably engaged with a socket.
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