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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8083461 | Boom with guard A boom configured to maneuver large objects, such as sections of pipe, which comprises a machine guard assembly having a support member. The support member includes an outer support surface with a protective layer disposed thereon. ... | 12/27/2011 |
| 7213716 | Crane The within invention concerns a crane with a superstructure that rotates on a vertical axle, a boom coupled to the superstructure in such manner as to luff on a horizontal axle, luffing equipment for luffing the boom, and an operating ballast that counteracts the mo... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7161115 | Magnetically impelled arc butt welding of pipelines The present invention is a method and a vehicle-mounted apparatus (30) for laying pipelines in which adjacent pipe (17, 28) are joined by the technique of magnetically impelled arc butt welding (MIAB). A MIAB welding head (13) having a welding a... | 01/09/2007 |
| 6939098 | Straddle carrier The straddle carrier comprising separate front and rear towers, each tower being of a generally inverted U shaped configuration and having a pair of ground wheel assemblies which can be spaced apart sufficiently to allow a container to locate between the assemblies,... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6843619 | Apparatus able typically to transform a frame mounted on crawler tracks into a pipe playing machine An apparatus transforms a motorized frame mounted on crawler tracks and having a rotatable horizontal platform, into a pipeline laying machine or the like. A first structure is hinged to the platform on a horizontal axis at one end, at its other end, has a coupling ... | 01/18/2005 |
| 4172688 | Device for anti-rolling signalling for cable laying tractors A signalling device operatively coupled between the side arm or lifting boom of a pipe layer and the frame thereof in a predetermined fixed position such that movement of the signalling device relative to the fixed position, which occurs in response to th... | 10/30/1979 |
| 4166544 | Pipe-laying machine for oil pipelines, conduits and the like A pair of self-propelled vehicles joined by an intermediate bridge having a rigid lifting arm hinged at one end to the intermediate bridge and having a device for gripping and lifting the pipes carried by the free end of the rigid arm such that the rigid ... | 09/04/1979 |
| 4132317 | Pipe laying crane This invention relates to load-lifting machinery and can find utility when applied to pipe laying cranes made use of in constructing large-diameter pipings. The pipe laying crane of the invention comprises the undercarriage carrying the framework with the... | 01/02/1979 |
| 4130925 | Methods of pipeline construction in arctic and subarctic regions Methods of pipeline construction in arctic and subarctic regions and apparatus for carrying out those methods are disclosed. Following the disclosed methods, summer-constructed fabrication yards are established at locations along the pipeline right-of-way... | 12/26/1978 |
| 4130204 | Side boom pipe laying crane with pipe section alignment feature A mobile land vehicle is provided for laying successive pipe sections. The vehicle includes a frame having front and rear ends and ground engaging support means for the frame operative to support and advance the frame from and forwardly over the ground. T... | 12/19/1978 |
| 4108317 | Continuous laying of pipes of large diameter A method of and apparatus for the continuous laying of pipe utilizing a plurality of counterbalanced pipe-laying vehicles wherein each pipe-laying vehicle has a movable-arm lifting crane for maneuvering pipe and a movable-arm balancing crane to effect cou... | 08/22/1978 |
| 4050589 | Pipe laying machines A pipe laying machine for laying large diameter pipes such as gas and oil pipelines, comprising a pair of self-propelled trucks carrying frames supporting a bridge which is adjustable in span and inclination and which carries a lifting device drivable acr... | 09/27/1977 |
| 4020952 | Articulated stand apparatus for laying and recovering pipeline An articulated stand apparatus for laying or recovering pipeline in or from a trench dug in the ground wherein the apparatus is hinged to the side of a tracked means or side boom and includes lifting tackle with a hook. The apparatus includes two rigid frames.... | 05/03/1977 |
| 3956901 | Sewer laying system The sewer laying system comprises a tile carrying and service unit operable to provide pressure for operation of the tile setting apparatus, to carry pallets of tile, to discharge individual tile sections into the area of the ditchline occupied by the til... | 05/18/1976 |
