1. An interchangeably manual or automatic ratchet wrench tool comprising: a handle including a chamber defined in the head end thereof and having an internal gear provided therearound, and including a longitudinal channel arranged therethrough and communicating with said chamber;
a cartridge received in said chamber of said handle and including an actuation bar attached to the bottom thereof, and including two lateral cavities and a longitudinally large-diametered bore all fixed thereon;
two pawls received in said two lateral cavities of said cartridge and biased against by springs respectively, and including a plurality of teeth affixed thereon for engagement with said internal gear of said handle, and including arcuate slots secured therein individually;
a direction controlling member received in said chamber of said handle and including a rotary stem extended from the bottom thereof and fitted in said large-diametered bore, at the predetermined positions of said direction controlling member where are in response to said arcuate slots of said pawls and adjacent to said rotary stem being extendedly mounted two pins respectively, which may be inserted into said arcuate slots, besides, said direction controlling member further including a peripheral gear disposed around the bottom thereof;
a stud member and a shank member both fitted through and in said longitudinal channel of said handle, a first end of said stud member having an engaging block and a second end thereof extending out of said longitudinal channel of said handle, a first end of said shank member having a pinion for engagement with said peripheral gear of said direction controlling member and a second end portion thereof engaging said engagement block of said stud member;
further comprising a selector mechanism for couplingly driving said shank member by said stud member, said selector mechanism including a fitting cylinder having an arresting rim fixed on the bottom thereof for receiving a spring and said stud member within said fitting cylinder, a peripheral groove formed around said stud member, a confining peg fastened into said fitting cylinder; and a locking pillar fixed to said second end portion of said shank member;
wherein said stud member is limitedly moveable outward and inward in said fitting cylinder, such that said engaging block of said stud member may clutch with said locking pillar of said shank member.
2. The interchangeably manual or automatic ratchet wrench tool as claimed in claim 1, wherein said selector mechanism further comprises an aperture formed on said handle, a mounting block fitted onto said handle and including a fastening orifice in response to said aperture affixed thereon, by screwing a bolt with a threaded opening of said fitting cylinder, said fitting cylinder may be pushed along said aperture to move forward and backward so as to urge said engaging block of said stud member to clutch with said locking pillar of said shank member.
3. The interchangeably manual or automatic ratchet wrench tool as claimed in claim 1 further comprising an electric hand grip having a motor placed therein coupled to the rear end of said handle, and said stud member fittingly joined to an output spindle of said motor so as to obtain an electric operation.
4. The interchangeably manual or automatic ratchet wrench tool as claimed in claim 1 further comprising a hand grip, having an adaptor element coupled thereto, fittingly connected to said stud member of said handle, so as to obtain a manual operation.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
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1. A sorting apparatus for executing a sorting process of deliveries with addresses, comprising:
a storage unit which stores at least one of i) a seal description information database which registers description information of a seal indicating foreign mail in a predetermined country, ii) an address format database which registers a plurality of types of address formats associated with an arrangement of individual elements that form a description of an address in correspondence with country groups, iii) an address word database which registers specific words used to describe addresses of respective countries in native languages in correspondence with countries, iv) a delivery area code format information database which registers information indicating description formats of delivery area codes of respective countries in correspondence with countries, and v) a country name identification word database which registers country name identification words used to identify respective countries in correspondence with countries;
a reading unit which reads information on a sheet attached to the postal matter;
a recognition unit which recognizes an address region on the sheet from the information read by the reading unit;
a detection unit which executes at least one of i) detection of the seal description information, ii) detection of an address format associated with an arrangement of individual elements which forms an address description, iii) detection of a specific word included in an address, iv) detection of a description format of a delivery area code, and v) detection of a country name identification word, from the information of the address region recognized by the recognition unit;
a collation unit which executes at least one of i) collation of the seal description information detected by the detection unit with reference to the seal description information database in the storage unit, ii) collation of the address format detected by the detection unit with reference to the address format database in the storage unit, iii) collation of the word detected by the detection unit with reference to the address word database in the storage unit, iv) collation of the description format of the delivery area code detected by the detection unit with reference to the delivery area code format information database in the storage unit, and v) collation of the country name identification word detected by the detection unit with reference to the country name identification word database in the storage unit; and
a first determination unit which determines, on the basis of respective collation results of the collation unit, whether or not the delivery is foreign mail.
2. The apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:
a second determination unit which determines a country name as a destination of the delivery on the basis of the respective collation results of the collation unit, when the first determination unit determines that the delivery is foreign mail.
3. The apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the address word database registers words indicating areas or thoroughfares in respective countries in correspondence with countries.
4. The apparatus according to claim 2, wherein:
the collation unit executes not less than two collations, and
the second determination unit acquires respective collation results of the collation unit as scores for each country, and determines that a country with a highest total of scores is a destination of the delivery.
5. The apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the second determination unit multiplies the scores of the collation results of the collation unit by different weighting coefficients, and then calculates a total of the scores for each country.
6. The apparatus according to claim 4, wherein:
various words used to describe addresses in respective countries are registered in the address word database in descending order of frequency of use, and
the second determination unit assigns higher scores to words with higher frequencies of use, and then calculates a total of the scores for each country.
7. An address information determination method, which is applied to a sorting apparatus for executing a sorting process of deliveries with addresses, comprising:
saving, in one storage medium, at least one of i) a seal description information database which registers description information of a seal indicating foreign mail in a predetermined country, ii) an address format database which registers a plurality of types of address formats associated with an arrangement of individual elements that form a description of an address in correspondence with country groups, iii) an address word database which registers specific words used to describe addresses of respectively countries in native languages in correspondence with countries, iv) a delivery area code format information database which registers information indicating description formats of delivery area codes of respective countries in correspondence with countries, and v) a country name identification word database which registers country name identification words used to identify respective countries in correspondence with countries;
reading information on a sheet attached to the postal matter;
recognizing an address region on the sheet from the read information;
executing at least one of i) detection of the seal description information, ii) detection of an address format associated with an arrangement of individual elements which forms an address description, iii) detection of a specific word included in an address, iv) detection of a description format of a delivery area code, and v) detection of a country name identification word, from the recognized information of the address region;
executing at least one of i) collation of the seal description information detected by the detection with reference to the seal description information database in the storage medium, ii) collation of the address format detected by the detection with reference to the address format database in the storage medium, iii) collation of the word detected by the detection with reference to the address word database in the storage medium, iv) collation of the description format of the delivery area code detected by the detection with reference to the delivery area code format information database in the storage medium, and v) collation of the country name identification word detected by the detection with reference to the country name identification word database in the storage medium; and
making first determination as to whether or not the delivery is foreign mail on the basis of respective collation results in the collation.
8. The method according to claim 7, further comprising:
making second determination of a country name as a destination of the delivery on the basis of the respective collation results in the collation, when it is determined in the first determination that the delivery is foreign mail.
9. The method according to claim 8, wherein the address word database registers words indicating areas or thoroughfares in respective countries in correspondence with countries.
10. The method according to claim 8, wherein:
the collation comprises executing not less than two collations, and
the second determination comprises acquiring respective collation results in the collation as scores for each country, and determining that a country with a highest total of scores is a destination of the delivery.
11. The method according to claim 10, wherein the scores of the collation are multiplied by different weighting coefficients, and a total of the scores are then calculated for each country.
12. The method according to claim 10, wherein:
various words used to describe addresses in respective countries are registered in the address word database in descending order of frequency of use, and
the second determination comprises assigning higher scores to words with higher frequencies of use, and then calculating a total of the scores for each country.