EUGENE M BROOKS
Medical Practice in Bloomfield, MI

5924341, Jul 20, 1999

Mar 22, 1996

8/848083

Eugene M. Brooks - Bloomfield Hills MI

B25B 1346

81 582

Disclosed is a novel means for connecting and disconnecting fluid line couplings usually encountered in the automotive, refrigeration, and plumbing industries. The present invention comprises a common ratcheting handle adapted to receive a plurality of standard sized cogwheels. Independently, a cogwheel, having peripheral radially extending gear teeth and a central polygonal aperture intersected by a free opening is slidably positioned along a tubular conduit and onto a nut. The handle, having a cradle, is mated to the cogwheel and worked ratchet fashion to achieve a desired task. Said cradle has a set of oppositely situated spring biased pawls which simultaneously work the flats of the cogwheel teeth and intermittently collapse into a chamber thereby assuring that at least one pawl is in contact with the cogwheel to apply rotational force and to prevent accidental separation of the cogwheel from the handle. To reverse the direction of the rotational force the handle is turned around and refitted to said cogwheel.