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Elevator with securing apparatus and method of moving tubulars

US10927616B2 · kind B2 · utility

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20Claims

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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	Jan 29, 2020
Grant date	Feb 23, 2021
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 29, 2040

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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