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US 8,696,289 B2Granted
Cartridge tubular handling system
AssigneeFriede Goldman United, Ltd.
InventorsPaul Stephen Tetley, Daniel B. Holsberg, Calvin Vinal Norton
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Abstract
A cartridge of tubulars may be removably positioned with a carriage, and the carriage may move the cartridge transversely, vertically, and/or rotationally to roll tubulars on an adjacent tubular receiving member using only gravity from a selected tier of tubulars without human contact. A single trolley disposed with the tubular receiving member both pushes and pulls tubulars toward or away from the drilling deck.
Claims25
A tubular storage and handling system for holding a plurality of tubulars, comprising:
- a cartridge having a first tier support member configured for supporting a first tier of tubulars;
- said cartridge having a first tier opening configured to allow the tubulars on said first tier of tubulars to roll from said cartridge first tier support member;
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- a first retractable pin and a second retractable pin positioned with said first tier opening and configured to be moveable between a blocking position to block said first tier of tubulars from moving through said first tier opening, and a retracted unblocked position to allow said first tier of tubulars to move through said first tier opening, wherein when said first retractable pin moves away from said second retractable pin to said retracted unblocked position the plurality of tubulars on said first tier of tubulars are configured to roll from said cartridge first tier support member.
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A tubular storage and handling system for holding a plurality of tubulars, comprising:
- a cartridge having a first tier support member configured for supporting a first tier of tubulars;
- said cartridge having a first tier opening configured to allow said first tier of tubulars to roll from said cartridge first tier support member;
- a first retractable pin positioned with said first tier opening and configured to be moveable between a blocking position to block said first tier of tubulars from moving through said first tier opening, and a retracted unblocked position to allow said first tier of tubulars to move through said first tier opening, wherein when said first retractable pin moves to said retracted unblocked position from said blocking position the plurality of tubulars on said first tier of tubulars are configured to roll from said cartridge first tier support member;
- said cartridge having a second tier support member configured for supporting a second tier of tubulars;
- said cartridge having a second tier opening configured to allow said second tier of tubulars to roll from said cartridge second tier support member, and
- a second retractable pin positioned with said second tier opening and configured to be moveable between a blocking position to block said second tier of tubulars from moving through said second tier opening, and an unblocked position to allow said second tier of tubulars to move through said second tier opening.
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A tubular storage and handling system for holding a plurality of tubulars, comprising:
- a cartridge having a first tier support member configured for supporting a first tier of tubulars;
- said cartridge having a first tier opening configured to allow the tubulars on said first tier of tubulars to roll from said cartridge first tier support member;
- a first retractable pin positioned with said first tier opening and configured to be moveable between a blocking position to block said first tier of tubulars from moving through said first tier opening, and a retracted unblocked position to allow said first tier of tubulars to move through said first tier opening, wherein when said first retractable pin moves to said retracted unblocked position the plurality of tubulars on said first tier of tubulars are configured to roll from said cartridge first tier support member;
- a tubular receiving member;
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- a tubular indexing system comprising a first indexing member and a second indexing member, wherein said first indexing member and said second indexing member configured to be independently moveable for blocking the rolling of a tubular while allowing a selected tubular to roll from said cartridge, wherein said tubular indexing system configured to be moveably attached with said tubular receiving member to move between a loading position and an unloading position.
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A method for loading a plurality of tubulars from a cartridge to a tubular receiving member, comprising the steps of:
- removably positioning a cartridge with a tiltable structural member;
- tilting said cartridge to an angle so that the plurality of tubulars are configured to roll towards a cartridge opening;
- and
- retracting a first retractable pin and a second retractable pin to unblock the tubulars on a first tier of said cartridge to allow the plurality of tubulars to roll through said cartridge opening;
- wherein said first pin is retracted away from said second pin during the step of retracting.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.