Patents Examined by Gregory Adam
  • Patent number: 8801356
    Abstract: A kicker/indexer is provided for a pipe handler for moving pipe to and from the drill floor of a drilling rig. The kicker/indexer includes a frame that is configured to attach to a catwalk, a push block drive assembly for receiving and pushing pipe towards a trough located on the catwalk, and a kicker drive assembly for pushing pipe out of the trough. A pipe handler is provided that includes a catwalk attached to a lower frame with a pair of scissor-legs and a trough nested therein, the trough having an end that can be raised and moved towards the drill floor. The trough can further have a skate slidably disposed thereon to pushing pipe on the trough towards to the drill floor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: Markwater Handling Systems Ltd.
    Inventor: Andrew Virgil Gerber