Pipe handling system

An apparatus for transferring lengths of pipe laterally between a pipe handling apparatus having an elongated frame and a pipe rack located on one side of said elongated frame comprising:

• a first arm and a second arm positioned in spaced relation on said one side of said frame next to said pipe rack, each said arm having first and second ends,
• a connection means for pivotally connecting each said first end to said frame for pivotal movement about generally parallel first and second pivot axes lying in generally the same horizontal plane,
• a pivoting means for pivoting said first arm about said first axis and said second arm about said second axis,
• said pivoting means comprising a fluid actuated cylinder means,
• said fluid actuated cylinder means comprising two cylinder means, each of said two cylinder means having first and second ends,
• each said first cylinder means ends being pivotally coupled to said frame at a location below said connection means,
• said second end of one of said cylinder means being pivotally coupled to said first arm at a first coupling point positioned between said first and second ends of said first arm and on a lower surface of said first arm,
• said second end of the other of said cylinder means being pivotally coupled to said second arm at a second coupling point positioned between said first and second ends of said second arm on a lower surface of said second arm,
• a trough means having a first end pivotally coupled to said second end of said first arm and a second end pivotally coupled to said second end of said second arm,
• said trough means being capable of supporting a length of pipe,
• said pivoting means causing said trough means to move in a substantially vertical manner, and
• a tilting means for tilting said trough means laterally in opposite directions.