Rotating control device head installer and remover
AssigneeProTorque Connection Technologies, Ltd.
InventorsSteven Haggart, Landon McDonald
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Abstract
A device and method for installing a pipe into a rotating control device (RCD) head and for removing a pipe out from a RCD head are described. The device includes a body section for receiving and securing a RCD head placed thereon; and a scoping section configured to secure a first end of the pipe, and to push the first end of the pipe into a bore of the RCD head or to pull the first end of the pipe out from bore of the RCD head. The body section is configured to be substantially stationary when the scoping section pushes the first end of the pipe into the bore of the RCD head, or when the scoping section pulls the first end of the pipe out from the bore of the RCD head.
Claims26
A device for installing a pipe to a rotating control device (RCD) head or for removing the pipe from the RCD head, comprising:
- a body section for receiving and securing a RCD head placed thereon;
- and
- a scoping section configured to secure a first end of the pipe, and to horizontally push the first end of the pipe into a bore of the RCD head or to horizontally pull the first end of the pipe out from bore of the RCD head,
- wherein the body section is configured to be substantially stationary when the scoping section pushes the first end of the pipe into the bore of the RCD head, or when the scoping section pulls the first end of the pipe out from the bore of the RCD head.
A method of installing a pipe into a RCD head, comprising:
- securing a RCD head placed in a body section of a RCD head installer;
- securing a first end of a pipe on a pipe retention member on a scoping section of the RCD head installer;
- and
- inserting the first end of the pipe into a front end bore of the RCD head by horizontally pushing the scoping section towards the body section.
A method of removing a pipe out from a RCD head, comprising:
- securing a RCD head placed in a body section of an RCD head installer;
- securing a first end of a pipe on a pipe retention member on a scoping section;
- and
- removing the first end of the pipe out from a front end bore of the RCD head by horizontally pulling the scoping section away from the body section.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.