Equipment handling apparatus and method
AssigneeW.P.R.W.M.D.M., L.L.C.
InventorsMichael Duane Metcalf, William Paul Rudisill Walker
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Abstract
A method of handling a work piece includes providing an equipment head that is coupled to and translatable along a mast defining a first axis, the equipment head including a head shaft defining a second axis non-parallel to the first axis, and providing a second shaft that is rotatable about a third axis non-parallel to the second axis. The method includes attaching a drive assembly to the second shaft, where the drive assembly is offset from and substantially parallel to the head shaft. The method includes moving the work piece with the drive assembly relative to at least one of the first axis, the second axis, and the third axis.
Claims11
A method of handling a work piece comprising:
- providing an equipment head that is coupled to and translatable along a mast defining a first axis, the equipment head including a head shaft defining a second axis non-parallel to the first axis;
- providing a second shaft that is rotatable about a third axis non-parallel to the second axis;
- attaching a drive assembly to the second shaft, the drive assembly offset from and substantially parallel to the head shaft;
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- moving the work piece with the drive assembly relative to at least one of the first axis, the second axis, and the third axis.
A method of handling a work piece comprising:
- providing an equipment head that is coupled to and translatable along a mast defining a first axis, the equipment head including a head shaft defining a second axis non-parallel to the first axis;
- mounting an adaptor shaft housing to the head shaft, the adaptor shaft housing co-axial with and maintaining a second shaft that is rotatable about a third axis non-parallel to the second axis,
- mounting a drive assembly to an end of the adaptor shaft housing and engaged with the second shaft, the drive assembly offset from and substantially parallel to the head shaft;
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- moving the work piece with the drive assembly relative to at least one of the first axis, the second axis, and the third axis.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.