Shaft clamping devices

Claim 1

A SHAFT CLAMPING DEVICE COMPRISING A PAIR OF OBLONG SHAFT RETAINING ELEMENTS, SAID SHAFT RETAINING ELEMENTS IN THEIR OPERATIVE POSITION BEING CAPABLE OF ASSUMING AN END-TO-END MUTUAL RELATION, WHILE IN THAT OPERATIVE POSITION SAID SHAFT RETAINING ELEMENTS DEFINING INNER AND OUTER ENDS, SAID SHAFT RETAINING ELEMENTS AT THEIR OUTER ENDS EACH BEING PROVIDED WITH A TRANSVERSE OPENING FOR RECEPTION THEREWITHIN OF A SHAFT, EACH OF SAID SHAFT RETAINING ELEMENTS BEING PROVIDED WITH A LONGITUDINAL BORE, EACH BORE OPENING UPON THE INNER END OF EACH SHAFT RETAINING ELEMENT, THE OPPOSITE END OF EACH BORE BEING IN COMMUNICATION WITH THE RESPECTIVE OPENING, A PIN MEMBER INSERTABLE WITHIN EACH BORE THROUGH THE INNER END OF EACH OF SAID SHAFT RETAINING ELEMENTS, SAID SHAFT RETAINING ELEMENTS BEING CAPABLE OF MUTUAL ROTARY ADJUSTMENT FOR THEREBY BRINGING ABOUT A MUTUAL ANGULAR ASJUSTMENT OF THE TWO SHAFTS, AND MEANS FOR DRAWING THE INNER ENDS OF SAID SHAFT RETAINING ELEMENTS TOWARDS EACH OTHER FOR BRINGING THE INNER ENDS OF SAID PIN MEMBERS IN A CONTACTUAL MUTUAL RELATION FOR THEREBY SHIFTING THE OUTER ENDS OF SAID PIN MEMBERS IN AN ABUTTING FRICTIONAL RELATION WITH THE SHAFTS FOR THEREBY INTERLOCKING THE LATTER WHILE IN THEIR MUTUALLY ADJUSTED ANGULAR RELATION WITH SAID SHAFT RETAINING ELEMENTS.