US3563392A - Pipe racking platforms for drilling rig masts and the like - Google Patents
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- ABSTRACT A safety device for maintaining racked pipe Int. against lateral displacement once the is racked in lace Fidd ofSearch 211/60, and secured within the rack by a safety device which in the 608; /52, 214/152, 25 present instance, comprises a series ofchains extending across the racking beams, with means on the racking beams, such as [56] References cued recesses to receive the chains. Provision is made to hang up UNnED STATES PATENTS each of the chains once a row of racked pipe is removed from 1,251,615 1/1918 Arey /85X between the beams which receive the pipe.
- FIG. 1 is a perspective view taken from a side and above a pipe-racking platform showing pipe-racking beams or fingers extending outward therefrom, notched bars being shown on the upper side thereof, showing transverse chains secured to the racking platform and extending thereacross, and showing one of the chains supported on a hook;
- the numeral 1 designates generally a well-drilling rig having an upstanding mast or derrick which is designated generally at 2.
- a racking platform designated generally by the numeral 4 is hingeably attached to the mast or derrick 2 by a longitudinal pivot member 8 which permits the platform to hinge from a vertical position to a horizontal position, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 3.
- Support cables 10 hold the platform 4 in horizontal position when the mast is in the erected position, as shown in FIG. 3.
- the platform 4 has spaced-apart fingers 12 secured to a side of the platform so as to form pipe-receiving slots 14 therebetween.
- the fingers 12 have upstanding bars 16 weldably secured thereon as indicated at 15, which bars have spaced-apart notches 18 formed therein, in the upper side thereof, and which notches are of a width and depth to receive a link of chain 20 therein when the link thereof is in edgewise relation thereto, but which slots are sufficiently narrow to prevent the chains 20 from being moved through the slots when the links thereof are in a flatwise position. Therefore, when a link of the chain 20 is positioned edgewise in the slot 18, the adjacent links, when turned fiatwise, form abutments to hold the chain against longitudinal movement, as will best be seen in FIG. 4.
- the racking may continue until the last stand of pipe is placed in a slot 14, with the last chain being lowered into notches l8 to hold the stands of pipe against lateral movement. Then additional stands of pipe may be placed between fingers 12 and into slots 14 on the opposite side of the finger board and the same procedure repeated until all the pipe is racked and secured in place.
- the portion of the chain 20 retaining the particular stands in slots 14 is removed to enable the removal of the stands of pipe, which process is continued until all the stands of pipe are removed from the slots 14.
- the chain 20 is hung on one of the respective hooks 22, so it will not be in the way of removing other stands of pipe from slots 14.
- the notched bars 16 in H05. and 6, having notches 18 therein, are identical with the notched bars 16 as shown in FIGS. 1 through 4, and the chain 30 is of the same generalcharacter as the chain 20 in the aforementioned form of the invention; however, the chain must be of sufficient length to pass longitudinally along approximately one-half the length of the outer finger to which it is attached, and to the most distant notch 18 thereon and to pass transverselyacross all the fingers so that the chain links may drop individually into each of the notches 18.
- the chain 30 is moved outward to perform a safety function, that is, to prevent the pipe 19 shifting laterally.
- a length of chain means having links associated with the platform, which chain means is adapted to abridge between at least two fingers;
- link-engaging means on at least one of said outwardly extending fingers to engage a link of said chain to maintain said chain against longitudinal movement when said chain means is in abridging relation between certain of said fingers.
- a safety device for pipe-racking platforms as defined in claim 1 wherein:
- said link-engaging means is an upstanding bar means having notches formed therein on the upper side thereof a spaced distance apart;
- said bar means is secured to and extending longitudinally of certain of said fingers.
- a safety device for pipe-racking platforms as defined in claim 2 wherein:
- each of said outwardly extending fingers has said bar means thereon in which bar means notches are formed in the upper side thereof a spaced distance apart;
- said notches on said bar means being arranged in transverse rows to retain links of chain therein;
- said chain means associated with said platform is a plurality of chains
- each said chain extends across a plurality of notched bar means with a link on each chain complementally engaging a notch in each said notched bar means, so as to form pipe retainer means between a plurality of fingers to prevent lateral movement of pipe with respect thereto.
- a frame adapted to be, supported on the mast a spaced distance above the terrain; b. a plurality of spaced-apart fingers, one end of each of said fingers being secured to said frame and extending outwardly therefrom in substantially parallel relation to form slots therebetween, the spacing between said fingers being at least the diameter of the pipe to be received therebetween;
- each bar having notches formed therein in the upper side thereof in substantially transversely aligned relation, and spaced apart a distance at least the diameter of the pipe to be received in said slots;
- each said chain being secured to said frame in substantially aligned relation with rows of slots in said upstanding bars.
- a safety device for pipe-racking platforms as defined in claim 2 wherein the length of chain means is associated with said upstanding bar means intermediate the length thereof, which chain is adapted to pass transversely across said upstanding bar means to engage notches therein at spaced intervals throughout the length of said upstanding bar means.
- a safety device for pipe-racking platforms as defined in claim 2 wherein:
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US4380297A (en) * | 1980-02-27 | 1983-04-19 | Ingram Corporation | Pipe storage system |
US6202863B1 (en) * | 1997-03-11 | 2001-03-20 | G & P Enterprises, Ltd. | Sucker rod cradle apparatus |
US6513605B1 (en) * | 1999-11-26 | 2003-02-04 | Bentec Gmbh Drilling And Oilfield System | Apparatus for handling pipes in drilling rigs |
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US1716559A (en) * | 1928-01-11 | 1929-06-11 | Thomas A Myers | Well-derrick device |
US1718395A (en) * | 1928-05-01 | 1929-06-25 | Frank T Mccoy | Tube rack for derricks |
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US2075711A (en) * | 1936-07-10 | 1937-03-30 | Albert M Gilley | Method and means for transporting logs |
US2141097A (en) * | 1937-04-09 | 1938-12-20 | Thomas J Umphres | Derrick pipe rack |
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US1251615A (en) * | 1917-02-03 | 1918-01-01 | Jay J Hern | Sucker-rod hanger. |
US1716559A (en) * | 1928-01-11 | 1929-06-11 | Thomas A Myers | Well-derrick device |
US1718395A (en) * | 1928-05-01 | 1929-06-25 | Frank T Mccoy | Tube rack for derricks |
US1971609A (en) * | 1933-03-07 | 1934-08-28 | Harrah William Franklin | Tubing and drill pipe rack |
US2075711A (en) * | 1936-07-10 | 1937-03-30 | Albert M Gilley | Method and means for transporting logs |
US2141097A (en) * | 1937-04-09 | 1938-12-20 | Thomas J Umphres | Derrick pipe rack |
US2765646A (en) * | 1952-10-22 | 1956-10-09 | Ite Circuit Breaker Ltd | Equipment interlocks |
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US4380297A (en) * | 1980-02-27 | 1983-04-19 | Ingram Corporation | Pipe storage system |
US6202863B1 (en) * | 1997-03-11 | 2001-03-20 | G & P Enterprises, Ltd. | Sucker rod cradle apparatus |
US6513605B1 (en) * | 1999-11-26 | 2003-02-04 | Bentec Gmbh Drilling And Oilfield System | Apparatus for handling pipes in drilling rigs |
US20140332483A1 (en) * | 2013-04-15 | 2014-11-13 | Tracto-Technik Gmbh & Co. Kg | Rod Magazine |
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Owner name: WILSON OIL RIG MANUFACTURING COMPANY ,707 NORTH SC Free format text: ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST.;ASSIGNOR:WICHITA-WILSON, INC.;REEL/FRAME:003841/0875 Effective date: 19801112 |
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Owner name: JONES AND LAUGHLIN INDUSTRIES, INC., P.O.BOX 22500 Free format text: ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST.;ASSIGNOR:WILSON OIL RIG MANUFACTURING COMPANY, 707 NORTH SCOTT ST., WICHITA FALLS, TX 76307 A CORP. OF DE;REEL/FRAME:003922/0232 Effective date: 19810622 Owner name: CONTINENTAL EMSCO COMPANY, 1810 COMMERCE ST., DALL Free format text: ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST.;ASSIGNOR:JONES AD LAUGHLIN INDUSTRIES, INC., A DE CORP.;REEL/FRAME:003922/0239 Effective date: 19810623 |
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Owner name: WILSON-WICHITA, INC., Free format text: CHANGE OF NAME;ASSIGNOR:TRANS-POWER, INC.;REEL/FRAME:004464/0630 Effective date: 19790322 |