Patent ID: 8567447

Claim:
A multipartite mechanical press for pipelines with flanged connections comprising a fixed flange, a movable flange, and metallic seals; wherein said multipartite mechanical press includes: a base plate multipartite; a support plate multipartite fixed to said base late multipartite; a movable plate multipartite positioned between said base plate multipartite and said support plate multipartite; a pair of straight crossbars, wherein each straight crossbar is slotted longitudinally on a face opposite to that one fixed to the base plate; a pair of crossbars with opposite inclined planes, wherein each crossbars with opposite inclined planes is slotted longitudinally on its inclined face opposite to its straight face, which is fixed to said movable plate; a pair of screws with opposite threads, that is, with a right-hand thread along a given section of one end and a left hand thread along a given section at the other end; and two pairs of wedges with a wide face, a narrow face, a inclined face, and a opposite face to it, wherein each wedge is inserted in each said screw with opposite threads by a threaded hole which passes from the wide face to a narrow face, and the inclined face and the opposite face has protruding T-sections which inserted into the slots of said straight crossbar and said crossbar with opposite inclined planes, so that it slides in a guided way; and wherein additionally, said multipartite mechanical press takes advantage of the fixed flange, the movable flange and the metal seals of said flanged connection of the pipeline.