Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Power tong
- Patent Title (中): 动力钳
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Application No.: US12379090Application Date: 2009-02-12
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Publication No.: US08109179B2Publication Date: 2012-02-07
- Inventor: Allan Stewart Richardson
- Applicant: Allan Stewart Richardson
- Agent Anthony C. Edwards
- Main IPC: B25B13/50
- IPC: B25B13/50 ; E21B19/16

Abstract:
A power tong continuously rotates tubulars for spinning and torquing threaded connections. Continuous rotation is achieved through a rotating jaw having grippers that grip the tubular and continuously rotate with it. Hydraulic and electrical power necessary for actuating the grippers is generated on board. A serpentine belt system turns the motors of the on-board hydraulic power unit and electric generators to supply the grippers with hydraulic and electrical power. The serpentine belt system is driven by a secondary drive mounted on a fixed frame. The rotating jaw is rotatably mounted to the fixed frame and driven during continuous three hundred and sixty degrees of rotation by a primary drive, mounted on the fixed frame. A fixed jaw is also mounted to the frame. Tubular grippers on the fixed jaw grip a first side of a tubular joint. The grippers on the rotating jaw grip the opposite second side of the tubular joint. High torque low-rotational speed applied to the rotating jaw torques the joint. Low torque high-rotational speed applied to the rotating jaw spins the joint.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100199812A1 Power tong Public/Granted day:2010-08-12
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