Patent ID: 7617963

Claim:
An apparatus for repairing welded joints connecting an elbow between first and second pipes, the apparatus comprising: a first clamp subassembly for attachment to the first pipe, a second clamp subassembly for attachment to the second pipe, and an elbow restraint subassembly for attachment to the elbow, the first clamp subassembly having a first strut fixedly inserted through a part of the first clamp subassembly, the second clamp subassembly having a second strut fixedly inserted through a part of the second clamp subassembly, the elbow restraint subassembly including a plurality of components for attaching the first strut and the second strut to one another and to the elbow restraint subassembly so that the elbow restraint subassembly and the first and second clamp subassemblies are fixedly positioned with respect to one another, and thereby the first and second pipes prevented from separating from the elbow.