Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Pipe handling apparatus
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Application No.: US15656894Application Date: 2017-07-21
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Publication No.: US10584541B2Publication Date: 2020-03-10
- Inventor: Padira Reddy , Ashish Gupta , Denver Lee
- Applicant: Nabors Drilling Technologies USA, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US TX Houston
- Assignee: NABORS DRILLING TECHNOLOGIES USA, INC.
- Current Assignee: NABORS DRILLING TECHNOLOGIES USA, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Houston
- Agent Adolph Locklar
- Main IPC: E21B15/00
- IPC: E21B15/00 ; E21B19/14 ; E04H12/34

Abstract:
A pipe handling apparatus includes a lower mast, upper mast, and trailer. The lower mast and upper mast may be pivotably coupled at a hinge point. The trailer may be coupled to the lower mast by a hydraulic cylinder. The pipe handling apparatus may be transported to a drilling rig and the lower mast mechanically coupled to the drilling rig. The upper mast may be pivoted relative to the lower mast at the hinge point. The lower mast and upper mast may be pivoted from the horizontal position to the vertical position by the hydraulic cylinder.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180030788A1 PIPE HANDLING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2018-02-01
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