Waler clamp assembly

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A CONCRETE WALL FORM INSTALLATION INCLUDING AS PARTS THEREOF: A PAIR OF FLAT VERTICALLY EXTENDING PANELS ARRANGED IN EDGE-TO-EDGE RELATIONSHIP AND PROVIDED WITH MEANS DEFINING A LOLE AT RIGHT ANGLES TO THE PLANE IN WHICH THE PANELS LIE, A HORIZONTALLY DISPOSED TIE ROD HAVING ONE END PROJECTING THROUGH THE HOLE, TERMINATING A SHORT DISTANCE OUTWARDS OF THE OUTER FACES OF THE PANELS, AND PROVIDED ON ITS EXTREMITY WITH AN ENLARGEMENT DEFINING AN INWARDLY FACING SHOULDER, A HORIZONTAL WALER EXTENDING ACROSS AND BUTTING DIRECTLY AGAINST THE OUTER FACES OF THE PANELS, AND MEANS FOR CLAMPING THE WALER HARD AGAINST THE OUTER FACES OF THE PANELS IN BRIDGING RELATION RELATIVE THERETO, SAID MEANS COMPRISING AN INSEPARABLE CLAMP ASSEMBLY INCLUDING A BRACKET PART CAPABLE OF A LIMITED DEGREE OF FLEXING MOVEMENT, AND AN ATTACHED BUT SEPARATELY FORMED TAPERED WEDGE PART, SAID BRACKET PART BEING OF U-SHAPE DESIGN AND COMPRISING UPSTANDING SPACED PARALLEL INNER AND OUTER LEGS AND A CONNECTING BASE EXTENDING BETWEEN AND CONNECTED TO THE LOWER ENDS OF THE LEGS, SAID LEGS BEING IN THE FORM OF FLAT PLATES, THE UPPER EDGE OF THE PLATE WHICH CONSTITUTES THE INNER LEG OF THE BRACKET PART BEING FORMED WITH AN OUTWARDLY PROJECTING HORIZONTALLY DISPOSED SHELF, THE CORRESPONDING SIDE EDGES OF SAID PLATES BEING PROVIDED THEREIN WITH HORIZONTALLY EXTENDING OPEN-ENDED SLOTS WHICH ARE DISPOSED AT SUBSTANTIALLY THE SAME HORIZONTAL LEVEL, SAID SLOTS STRADDLING THE PROJECTING END OF THE TIE ROD, THE SLOT IN THE PLATE WHICH CONSTITUTES THE INNER LEG BEING IN THE UPPER END REGION OF THE PLATE, THE SLOT IN THE PLATE WHICH CONSTITUTES THE OUTER LEG BEING IN THE CENTRAL REGION OF THE PLATE, SAID WALER BEING DISPOSED ABOVE THE PROJECTING END OF THE TIE ROD AND RESTING UPON THE UPPER FACE OF THE SHELF, SAID PLATE WHICH CONSTITUTES THE OUTER LEG PROJECTING UPWARDLY ABOVE THE OTHER PLATE AND HAVING THE UPPER END PORTION ONLY OF ITS INNER FACE BEARING AGAINST THE OUTER SIDE OF THE WALER, SAID SHELF BEING PROVIDED WITH AN OUTWARDLY PROJECTING DOWNTURNED EAR WHICH EXTENDS BELOW THE HORIZONTAL TIE ROD ON ONE SIDE THEREOF AND PREVENTS LATERAL SHIFTING OF THE TIE ROD IN THE OPEN-ENDED SLOT IN THE PLATE WHICH CONSTITUTES THE INNER LEG, SAID TAPERED WEDGE PART DEFINING A TAPERED RIB HAVING A NARROW AXIAL SLOT THEREIN AND PRESENTING A REGION OF HIGH OFFSET AND A REGION OF LOW OFFSET, SAID RIB BEING INTERPOSED BETWEEN THE ENLARGEMENT AND OUTER FACE OF THE PLATE WHICH CONSTITUTES THE OUTER LEG WITH THE TIE ROD PROJECTING LOOSELY THROUG SAID NARROW SLOT, SAID LAST MENTIONED PLATE BEING ADAPTED WHEN THE WEDGE PART IS DRIVEN TO A HOME POSITION IN THE DIRECTION OF ITS SMALL END TO FLEX AND THUS CONSTRICT THE BRACKET PART AND FORCE THE OUTER LEG OF THE BRACKET PART AGAINST THE WALER TO, IN TURN, FORCE THE WALER HARD AGAINST THE OUTER FACES OF THE PANELS, AN OUTWARDLY PROJECTING GUIDE POST AND STUD CARRIED BY THE PLATE WHICH CONSTITUTES THE OUTER LEG ADJACENT TO THE UPPER END OF THE PLATE AND PROJECTING LOOSELY THROUGH SAID NARROW SLOT, AND MEANS ON THE OUTER END OF THE STUD FOR PREVENTING REMOVAL OF THE WEDGE PART FROM SAID STUD.