Patents by Inventor Lewell Seidell Adair

Lewell Seidell Adair has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Pipe racking system
    Patent number: 4044895
    Abstract: A vertically elongated container for drill pipe depends from and opens upwardly through the drilling platform of an offshore drilling rig in closely spaced relation to the rotary table. A power controlled pivotally mounted chute is associated with the container and selectively moves between a first position inclined toward the rotary table for the introduction and removal of pipe to and from the container by the derrick apparatus, and a substantially vertical position within the container for cooperation with handling apparatus utilized to manipulate the pipe within the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 1976
    Date of Patent: August 30, 1977
    Assignee: Barney Silis Adams, Jr.
    Inventor: Lewell Seidell Adair