Flexible band coupling with tapped insert

Claim 1

A REPAIR CLAMP FOR REPLACING A LEAKING OR A PULLED DIRECT TAPPED OUTLET FITTING IN A FLUID CONDUIT, COMPRISING IN COMBINATION: A FLEXIBLE METAL BAND EXTENDING AROUND THE PIPE AND HAVING AN OPENING ALIGNED WITH THE ORIFICE IN THE PIPE FOR THE REMOVED DAMAGED FITTING; A GASKET BETWEEN THE PIPE AND SAID BAND; A PAIR OF RIGID LUG MEMBERS FIXED TO THE ENDS OF SAID BAND; BOLT MEANS SUPPORTED BY SAID LUG MEMBERS FOR PULLING THE LUGS TOGETHER TO TIGHTEN SAID BAND, SAID BAND HAVING AN OUTWARDLY PROJECTING AREA SURROUNDING SAID BAND OPENING; A TAPPED INSERT MEMBER HAVING A CURVED BASE PORTION SEATED WITHIN THE RECESS FORMED BY SAID PROJECTING AREA IN SAID BAND AND AN INTEGRAL BOSS PORTION WITH A THREADED BORE EXTENDING THROUGH SAID BAND OPENING, THE OUTER PERIPHERY OF THE BASE PORTION OF THE INSERT MEMBER BEING COMPLETELY ENCLOSED BY THE BAND SAID BASE PORTION HAVING END PORTIONS TAPERED IN CROSS SECTION WITH SPACED APART PROJECTIONS AT SAID END PORTIONS FORMING AN IRREGULAR SHAPED EDGE PATTERN, WHEREBY WHEN SAID BAND IS TIGHTENED SAID FITTING IS SECURED TIGHTLY BETWEEN SAID BAND AND SAID GASKET AND THE GASKET MATERIAL IS ALLOWED TO FLOW BETWEEN THE END PROJECTIONS, THEREBY FORMING AN EFFECTIVE SEAL AROUND THE FITTING BASE PORTION SAID GASKET HAVING A CIRCUMFERENTIAL LENGTH GREATER THAN THE CIRCUMFERENCE LENGTH OF SAID INSERT MEMBER.