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  • Pipe handling apparatus for pipe laying barges
    Patent number: 4067450
    Abstract: Pipe handling apparatus for pipe laying barges, sometime called lay barges, wherein pipe is lifted from an incoming pipe conveyor to a transverse rack, from one rack position to another, and from the rack to the pipe line-up conveyors, by a series of pivotal lifting means which lift, move, and deposit the pipe without impact or shock, whereby the pipe and any concrete or other coating on the pipe is not damaged. In addition to the novel pipe transferring means, the invention presents a novel universally adjustable line-up conveyor apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 1976
    Date of Patent: January 10, 1978
    Assignee: Midcon Pipeline Equipment Co.
    Inventor: J. C. Birdwell