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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8079796 | Apparatus for delivering a tubular to a wellbore An apparatus for delivering a tubular to a well center, which apparatus comprises means which, in use, inhibit swinging motion of the tubular while it is suspended from an elevator. ... | 12/20/2011 |
| 7473065 | Oilfield pipe-handling apparatus A trailer-mounted pipe-handling apparatus has an elongate cradle swivelable about a longitudinal swivel axis for loading or offloading pipe at a well site. With the cradle horizontal, and swiveled into a loading position, loading arms receive a pipe from a loading r... | 01/06/2009 |
| 7246987 | Solid motor transport trailer with rotatable chock supports Methods and apparatus are provided for transporting a solid rocket motor, rocket or other object. A transport for an object suitably includes a trailer having a longitudinal axis. A tail support coupled to the trailer has a notch configured to receive a pin affixed ... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7163367 | Multi-position height adjustment system for a pipe handling apparatus A system for adjusting the height of a boom on a pipe handling apparatus. A cavity is formed in the base between proximal and distal ends. The boom is nestable in said cavity and has a distal end guided along the base. A pivoting member is pivotally coupled to said ... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7021880 | Pipe handling apparatus for presenting sections of pipe to a derrick work floor having a high-speed carriage assembly A pipe handling apparatus for raising and lowering pipe to and from a raised derrick work floor. The apparatus comprises a longitudinally-extending base, with a longitudinally-extending cavity therein. An elongate, longitudinally-extending boom member is provided, w... | 04/04/2006 |
| 6994505 | Pick-up and lay-down system and method A pick-up and lay-down pipe handling system and method provides a telescopingly extendable pipe trough which is telescopingly extendable from a lift frame. The lift frame is preferably pivotally moveable with respect to a support. A tilting mechanism is operable for... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6969223 | Pipe handling apparatus A pipe handling apparatus for transporting pipe between a position adjacent a pipe storage rack and a rig floor elevated above the pipe storage rack is provided. The pipe handling apparatus includes a support frame, substantially horizontally disposed platform suppo... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6926488 | Horizontal drill pipe racker and delivery system Stands (43) of multiple lengths of drill pipe, for oil and gas drilling are individually supported in a storage bin (28, 29) in an array of plural layers of plural numbers of stands. The individual stands are held in cooperating notches (41, 42)... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6877942 | Ramp trailer for oil field tubulars The trailer is operative to carry tubulars (drill collars or drill pipe) to a service rig and raise them to the level of the rig floor so that the rig elevators can latch onto them and stand them up in the derrick. The trailer has a roller-equipped carriage operativ... | 04/12/2005 |
| 6719515 | Pipe handling apparatus A pipe handling apparatus for transporting pipe between a position adjacent a pipe storage rack and a rig floor elevated above the pipe storage rack is provided. The pipe handling apparatus includes a support frame, substantially horizontally disposed platform suppo... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6695559 | Apparatus for delivering a tubular to a wellbore An apparatus for delivering a tubular (9) to a well centre, which apparatus comprises means (13, 14) which, in use, inhibit swinging motion of the tubular (9) whilst it is suspended from an elevator.... | 02/24/2004 |
| 6533519 | Pipe handling apparatus A pipe handling apparatus for transporting a joint of pipe between a position adjacent a pipe storage rack and a rig floor elevated above the pipe storage rack is provided. The pipe handling apparatus includes a support frame, substantially horizontally d... | 03/18/2003 |
| 6527493 | Handling of tube sections in a rig for subsoil drilling A drive unit (1) for a subsoil drilling rig comprises a drive unit (5), an engagement unit (12) for releasably engaging a tube section (13) extending therefrom in a drilling direction and a gripper (15) movable relative to the engagement unit (12) between... | 03/04/2003 |
| 6079925 | Method and apparatus for lifting oilfield goods to a derrick floor The lifting assembly 10. 110 is provided for lifting oilfield tubular members T onto the floor of a derrick D. The assembly includes a lower base 12 which is positioned at a selected location relative to the derrick, and an upper platform 14 pivotally con... | 06/27/2000 |
| 4315709 | Apparatus for transporting the male ends of threaded tubing, pipe, or the like A process for protecting the threaded male end of tubing or the like in a drilling operation when, e.g., tubing is pulled from the ground comprising placing the male end of tubing in a transport means including a base on at least one rolling means and tra... | 02/16/1982 |
| 4202653 | Pipe handling apparatus Various pipe handling systems including bridge crane and swing crane embodiments for storing and moving small diameter drill pipe, larger diameter casing pipe and still larger diameter riser pipe to and from a common axial transport between a drilling rig... | 05/13/1980 |
| 4129221 | Pipe handling apparatus Various pipe handling systems including bridge crane and swing crane embodiments for storing and moving small diameter drill pipe, larger diameter casing pipe and still larger diameter riser pipe to and from a common axial transport means between a drilli... | 12/12/1978 |
