Adjustable work platform for pipe and casing stabbing operations
AssigneeSuperior Rig Solutions, Inc.
InventorsVince Morelli, Darcy Ludwing
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Abstract
A stabbing basket, for a rig and for supporting a worker while stabbing joints of tubular members together during running operations, comprises a frame member for mounting the stabbing basket to the rig, a platform to support the worker, a carriage to slidably mount the platform to the frame member, vertical power means for moving the carriage vertically with respect to the frame member, an articulating boom, interconnecting the platform with the carriage, said articulating boom comprising a first segment and a second segment, and at least one pivoting actuator positioned between the first segment and the second segment.
Claims11
A stabbing basket for a rig and for supporting a worker during running operations, comprising:
- a frame member for mounting the stabbing basket to the rig;
- a platform to support the worker;
- a carriage to slidably mount the platform to the frame member;
- vertical power means for moving the carriage vertically with respect to the frame member;
- an articulating boom, interconnecting the platform with the carriage and to facilitate horizontal and vertical movement of the platform relative to the carriage and frame member, said articulating boom comprising a first segment and a second segment, the first segment and second segment each having a distal end and a proximate end, the proximate end of the first segment being pivotally connected to the carriage, the distal end of the first segment being pivotally connected to the proximate end of the second segment, and the distal end of the second segment being pivotally connected to the platform;
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- at least one pivoting actuator and a second pivoting actuator positioned between the distal end of the first segment and the proximate end of the second segment, wherein said at least one pivoting actuator and said second pivoting actuator are connected in a substantially mutually perpendicular arrangement.
A stabbing basket for a rig and for supporting a worker during running operations, comprising:
- a platform to support the worker;
- an articulating boom, interconnecting the platform with the rig and to facilitate horizontal and vertical movement of the platform relative to the rig, said articulating boom comprising a first segment and a second segment, the first segment and second segment each having a distal end and a proximate end, the proximate end of the first segment being pivotally connected to the rig, the distal end of the first segment being pivotally connected to the proximate end of the second segment, and the distal end of the second segment being pivotally connected to the platform;
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- at least one pivoting actuator and a second pivoting actuator positioned between the distal end of the first segment and the proximate end of the second segment, wherein said at least one pivoting actuator and said second pivoting actuator are connected in a substantially mutually perpendicular arrangement.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.