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Elevator with securing apparatus and method of moving tubulars

US10570679B2 · kind B2 · utility

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11References

21Claims

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Assignee

FORUM US, INC. · US

Inventors

Frederik Stoldt · Hamburg, DE
Victor Manuel Eslava Moreno · Hamburg, DE
Robert Dugal · Georgetown, CA
Robert Arlen Holifield · Houston, US

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 8, 2017
Grant date	Feb 25, 2020
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 22, 2037

Classification

Technology area (CPC E)Fixed Constructions
CPC primaryE21B19/06
WIPO fieldCivil engineering
WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

An elevator for moving a tubular having a tubular body and a joint section comprises an elevator body, a securing apparatus having a first blocking apparatus and a second blocking apparatus biased in a blocking position where a throat of the elevator is blocked, and an actuation apparatus coupled to the first blocking apparatus and the second blocking apparatus and adapted to manually move both the first blocking apparatus and the second blocking apparatus from the blocking position to a non-blocking position.

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