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A radial wedge flange clamp comprising a pair of flanges each comprising a plurality of peripheral flat wedge facets having flat wedge surfaces and opposed and mating flat surfaces attached to or otherwise engaged with two elements to be joined and including a series of generally U-shaped wedge clam

A radial wedge flange clamp comprising a pair of flanges each comprising a plurality of peripheral flat wedge facets having flat wedge surfaces and opposed and mating flat surfaces attached to or otherwise engaged with two elements to be joined and including a series of generally U-shaped wedge clamps each having flat wedge interior surfaces and engaging one pair of said peripheral flat wedge facets. Each of said generally U-shaped wedge clamps has in its opposing extremities apertures for the tangential insertion of bolts to apply uniform radial force to said wedge clamps when assembled about said wedge segments.

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1. A radial wedge flange clamp comprising:A) a pair of flanges each comprising: I) a central aperture defining a periphery; II) a plurality of individual, radially disposed, peripheral flat wedge facets spaced about said periphery and attached to or engaged about two elements to be joined and each o

1. A radial wedge flange clamp comprising:A) a pair of flanges each comprising: I) a central aperture defining a periphery; II) a plurality of individual, radially disposed, peripheral flat wedge facets spaced about said periphery and attached to or engaged about two elements to be joined and each of said peripheral flat wedge facets having an opposed facing flat surface and an oppositely facing wedge-shaped surface,; and III) a plurality of generally U-shaped and abutting wedge clamps having a pair of opposing interior wedge shaped surfaces and opposing extremities, arranged to engage a mating pair of said oppositely facing wedge-shaped surfaces from each of said flanges and equal in number to the number of said plurality of peripheral flat wedge facets; each of said generally U-shaped wedge clamps engaging one mating pair of said peripheral flat wedge facets and having in their opposed extremities a pair of registering apertures for the tangential insertion of threaded bolts from one of said abutting generally U-shaped wedge clamps to another of said generally U-shaped wedge clamps thereby providing the application of uniform radial force to said wedge clamps when said bolts are concurrently tightened thereby forcing said wedge clamps against said flat wedge facets and said flat surfaces toward each other.