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US 12,280,963 B2Granted
Continuous pipe feeder machine which avoids clamping against welded joints of a pipe
AssigneeUniversal Hdd
InventorVasily Anischenko
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Abstract
A continuous pipe feeder machine which avoids clamping against welded joints of a pipe is provided. The continuous pipe feeder machine is especially suitable for use in pipeline and tunnel construction. The system includes soft pads for moving a pipe. The soft pads of the machine for moving the pipe are located at strategic locations on the machine so that a pipe fed into the machine gets moved without the pads compressing and damaging the welded joints of the pipe.
Claims7
A pipe feeder machine for moving a pipe comprising:
- a housing having a frame wherein the frame has a front, a back, a first side, a second side, a top, a bottom and an interior;
- a passageway extending completely through the interior of the frame of the housing wherein the passageway receives a pipe;
- at least one track within the interior of the frame wherein the track has a pad and wherein the pad rotates around the track;
- wherein the pad has a length when laid out in a flat orientation;
- a rotary element for rotating the pad around the track;
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- and wherein a length of the pad in the flat orientation is identical to a length of the entire pipe.
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