Floating traverse system
AssigneeForum US, Inc.
InventorsJuan ARBELAEZ, Gerardo GUERRA, Joshua Brandon MEUTH
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Abstract
In one embodiment, a traverse system configured to move a catwalk relative to a beam, is provided. The system includes a body, an upper brake pad coupled to the body and configured to contact a side of a flange of the beam and a lower brake pad coupled to the body and configured to contact an opposing side of the flange, and an actuator coupled to at least one of the brake pads and configured to move the brake pads between a gripping position that grips the flange and an open position that spaces one of the brake pads away from the flange.
Claims20
A traverse system configured to move a catwalk relative to a beam, the system comprising:
- a body;
- an upper brake pad coupled to the body and configured to contact a side of a flange of the beam and a lower brake pad coupled to the body and configured to contact an opposing side of the flange;
- and
- an actuator coupled to at least one of the brake pads and configured to move the brake pads between a gripping position that grips the flange and an open position that spaces one of the brake pads away from the flange.
A catwalk system for transferring tubulars, the catwalk system comprising:
- a frame for supporting the catwalk;
- a beam table comprising a plurality of spaced-apart beams that supports the frame;
- and
- a brake device for moving the frame relative to a flange of one of the beams, the brake device comprising:
- a brake body comprising a housing having a slot formed therein that is sized greater than a thickness of the flange;
- an upper brake pad for contacting a side of the flange and a lower brake pad for contacting an opposing side of the flange disposed in the brake housing;
- and
- an actuator coupled to at least one of the brake pads for moving the brake pads between a gripping position that grips the flange and an open position that spaces one of the brake pads away from the flange.
A method for moving a frame relative to a drill floor, the method comprising:
- providing a frame;
- providing a plurality of spaced-apart beams that support the frame, each of the beams having a flange and a longitudinal length positioned substantially normal to a longitudinal length of the frame;
- and
- moving the frame along the longitudinal length of one of the beams by gripping one of the flanges with a brake device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.