Wrench (Patent No: 235511)

Inventor: Bjornson, Sigfred

Location: Bentley

Comments: see Bentley and district early history; biographical information; moved with parents from US 1904; 7 brothers; owned blacksmith shop in Bentley; "a top welder"

Description: Carl Bjorson, Sigfried Bjornson and Emil Bjornson, co-inventors, all of Bentley, Alberta, Canada, 13th November, 1923. Filed 23rd April, 1923. Serial No. 276,621.

Claim.—In a wrench in combination with a stationary jaw having a handle extending therefrom, a casing mounted thereon, a movable jaw including a jaw member and a shank extending through and slidable in the casing, a pawl, pivoted in the back of the handle within the said casing engaging teeth formed upon the said shank, a coiled spring between the said pawl and the handle to maintain contact between the pawl and the teeth upon the shank, a suitable stop formed upon the base of the shank to engage the back of the handle and limit the swing of the movable jaw and a pin member secured into the said pawl and projecting through a slot in the casing member for taking the pawl out of engagement with the shank.

Claim allowed, 1.