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IN A COUPLING, A PAIR OF SEPARATE COUPLING MEANS ADAPTED TO BE INTERENGAGED IN COUPLED RELATION TO CONNECT TOGETHER A PAIR OF SEPARATE MEMBERS, A RING SPLIT INTO A PLURALITY OF SECTIONS ADAPTED TO BE PLATCED IN ENCIRCLING RELATION ON AN ATTACHING SURFACE ASSOCIATED WITH ONE OF SAID SEPARATE MEMBERS AND HAVING A COMBINED CIRCUMFERENTIAL DIMENSIONS LESS THAN THE OUTSIDE CIRCUMFERENTIAL DIMENSION OF SAID ATTACHING SURFACE, AND SAID RING HAVING AN ANNULAR CLAMP SUPPORTING SECTION PROVIDED ON ITS EXTERIOR SURFACE, A CLAMPING DEVICE MOUNTED ON SAID CLAMP SUPPORTING SECTION AND ENCIRCLING SAID RING SECTIONS AND ADAPTED TO CLAMP AND RING SECTIONS TO SAID ATTACHING SURFACE, GRIPPING MEANS CONNECTED AT ONE END TO AND EXTENDING OUTWARDLY FROM ONE END OF SAID SLIP RING AND ENCLOSING THE OTHER OF SAID SEPARAT MEMBER, AND MEANS PROVIDED ON THE SECTIONS OF SAID SPLIT RING FOR CONNECTING SAID CONNECTED END OF SAID GRIPPING MEANS TO SAID SPLIT RING, SAID GRIPPING MEANS BEING COMPOSED OF A PLURALITY OF WIRE STRANDS EXTENDING FROM AND CONNECTED IN CIRCULAR RELATION TO THE SECTIONS OF SAID SPLIT RING BY SAID CONNECTING MEANS AND BEING INTERWOVEN TO FORM AN OPEN MESH STRUCTURE ADAPTED TO BE POSITIONED IN SURROUNDING GRIPPING RELATION OVER SAID OTHER SEPARATE MEMBER.