Patent ID: 8387489

Claim:
A multi-size ratchet wrench, comprising a wrench handle having two ends of which at least one forms a head, which comprises a fitting assembly adapted to drive a work piece, the head further comprising a switch lever assembly for switchably setting the fitting assembly to a driving direction; wherein the fitting assembly comprises a ratchet wheel arranged inside the head and a rotatable block arranged inside the ratchet wheel, the ratchet wheel forming a centrally located through channel having opposite bearing portions, the rotatable block being rotatable inside the ratchet wheel about a first rotational axis that is perpendicular to a second rotational axis of the ratchet wheel of the fitting assembly, the rotatable block having a circumferential surface forming one or a plurality of fitting sections that is perpendicular to the first rotational axis, the head of the wrench handle having a wheel compartment in which the fitting assembly is received, the head also having at a different portion a switch compartment that communicates the wheel compartment and receives switch lever assembly therein, the wheel compartment and the switch compartment being provided at a top thereof with a cover ring that is retained in positioned by a circlip, the two bearing portions of the ratchet wheel of the fitting assembly having opposite and aligned shaft notches, the rotatable block having opposite side surfaces forming shaft portions corresponding to the shaft notches, one of the bearing portions of the ratchet wheel of the fitting assembly having a surface facing the rotatable block and forming one or a plurality of receiving holes, each of which receives and retains therein a resilient positioning assembly that functions to releasably fix the rotatable block, the rotatable block having a surface forming one or a plurality of positioning slots corresponding and engageable with the resilient positioning assemblies, the switch lever assembly comprising a pawl block arranged inside the head, the pawl block having an end facing a circumference of the ratchet wheel and forming a first toothed section and a second toothed section and an opposite end forming a first holding notch and a second holding notch respectively corresponding to the first and second toothed sections, the head receiving therein a resilient holding assembly that releasably holds the pawl block in position, the switch lever assembly further comprising a switch lever extending outside the head.