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US 2019/0376353 A1Published application
System and method for automated pipe handling
AssigneeGordon Bros. Supply, Inc.
InventorsRobert Gordon, Bobby Fisk, Ronald Gillespie, Charles Harjo, David Williams
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Abstract
A pipe handling apparatus and method for using the pipe handling apparatus is described. The pipe handling apparatus can be used by putting a boom of the pipe handling apparatus in a nesting position. The boom of the pipe handling apparatus is pivotally mounted to a base and at least one arm. In the nesting position, a pivot point between the at least one arms and the boom is moved within an elongated slot of the boom and the length of the at least one arm is simultaneously adjusted.
Claims1
A method, comprising:
- in a nesting position of a boom of a pipe handling apparatus pivotally mounted to a base and at least one arm of the pipe handling apparatus in which the at least one arm is pivotally mounted to the boom and the base and with the arm having a length;
- simultaneously moving a pivot point between the at least one arm and the boom within an elongated slot defined within a mechanical structure of the boom and adjusting the length of the at least one arm.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.