Abstract: A pipe handling apparatus comprising a plurality of pipe supports having articulated arms for lifting a joint of pipe and moving it laterally across a recess by means of a temporary support spanning the recess and thereafter moving the pipe back into a trough received in the recess. The apparatus also includes means for tipping trough to roll out a joint of pipe carried therein and inclined guide means for guiding and directing the pipe as it is discharged from the trough.

Abstract: Pipe handling apparatus for transporting pipe in a pipe carrier between a pipe rack and a derrick floor wherein the pipe carrier is supported by a first cable and is manipulated between the pipe rack and the derrick floor by a second cable which is operably connected to a lateral displacement means mounted with the pipe carrier for lateral displacement of the pipe carrier and the pipe therein as the pipe carrier nears the derrick floor thereby to position the pipe for unloading at the derrick floor without detrimental contact of the pipe with any object to accomplish such lateral displacement.