Abstract: A portable pipe inspection system having a removable storable pull-handle and a detachable wheel assembly that may be front-mounted is disclosed. The portable pipe inspection system may include a wireless transceiver and intelligent battery system. The pipe inspection system may be configured to be operated in a horizontal position to provide enhanced stability in sloped or uneven environments.

Abstract: A well pump extractor, which includes a base rotably supporting a spindle, a pipe guide, and a pipe catch, extracts a well pump from within a well by winding electrical wiring attached to the pump around the spindle. During an extraction, a pipe guide guides the path of water pipe connected to a pump. If the electrical wiring fails mechanically during an extraction, the pipe catch catches the water pipe, which prevents the pump from falling to the bottom of the well.

Abstract: A tool and method for removing a film from a surface is provided, wherein the tool can include a frame, a handle operably coupled to the frame, a number of wheels operably coupled to the frame, a cylinder rotatably coupled to the frame, an arm rotatably coupled to the frame, and a number of separating devices operably coupled to the arm. In some embodiments, the wheels can rotate about one or more axes parallel to the surface. The cylinder, which collects the removed film, rotates about an axis that can also be parallel to the surface. The arm can rotate about an axis that can also be parallel to the surface.

Abstract: A well pump puller, which includes a base, a support element supporting a spindle, and an elastic element, extracts a well pump from within a well by winding electrical wiring attached to the pump around the spindle. During an extraction, at least a portion of any arising yank forces are absorbed by deformation of the elastic element, which reduces the risk of the wiring failing mechanically. A spindle can include a rotation element for rotating the spindle; a spindle lock and safety latch to limit rotation of the spindle; a wire guide to guide the wire; a pipe guide to guide a water pipe connected to the pump; a pipe catch to catch the pipe if the wiring fails; and a drill abutment that can abut a drill used to rotate the rotation element.

Abstract: Apparatus, devices, systems and methods for removing automatically removing fixed carpeting such as glued down carpeting from spaces. The apparatus can include a motor powered winch having a hook end that can grip about a raised edge of the carpet. The winch can be anchored to a doorway by clamping ends of a telescopic bar to doorjamb members about the doorway opening. An operator can operate the winch by remote control and be spaced outside the room that the carpet is being removed from. Another version can include a U-shaped telescopic clamp arrangement so that the winch is also spaced outside the room from which the carpet is being removed. Another version includes a carpet grabbing plate adapter having hooks on a top side and carpet grabbing teeth extending below. The clamp ends of the telescopic bar can be locked to the upper hooks on the carpet grabbing plate. Another version has a double jawed carpet grabber with a pair of handles and teeth with channel members for enhanced carpet edge grabbing.

Abstract: A jack for lifting the nose gear on a lightweight aircraft including a wheeled tray adapted to hold weights, a handle for manually moving the jack, and a winch mounted on the jack. The winch including a line adapted to attach to a tie down point on a tail section of the aircraft. A method of using the jack to service the nose gear of a light aircraft including the steps of, loading a weight on a tray, wheeling the tray under a tail section of the aircraft, attaching a line to a tie down point on the airplane opposite the nose gear, and winching the line to apply a downward force on a tail section of the aircraft to lift the nose gear of the airplane off the ground.

Abstract: Described are a tensioning device and a stand having a tensioning device of this type. In a stand for clamping rod-shaped units (Christmas trees), a flexible force transfer element (wire rope) (4) is wound on a rotatable tensioning body (5) and thus tightened. The rotatable tensioning body (5) is rotated about its rotation axis (18) by means of a drive wheel (7) which is connected non-rotatably to the tensioning body and whose diameter is several times larger than that of the tensioning body (5). A safety catch (6) prevents the tensioning body (5) from turning backwards automatically into the locking position and allows the tensioning body (5) to turn backwards into the release position.

Abstract: A portable device for extracting a pig from a pipeline which uses a lifting means to raise or lower the device and wheels or other suitable means to allow for the device to be easily and quickly moved into position with minimal man power improving the efficiency and safety of the pig extraction process.

Abstract: A machine of pulling out a cable from duct includes a main rotation jig connected to a hydraulic pressure motor and rotated contacting with the cable so as to pull out the cable, a winch rotated with the main rotation jig so as to stretch the pulled-out cable, a sub rotation jig mounted to be movable back and forth adjacent or separated from the main rotation jig and to be rotatable so as to stretch the cable between the main rotation jigs, and a table equipped with the main rotation jig, the winch and the sub rotation jig, and mounted vertical to the surface. The machine pulls out a cable in the fixed state to reduce the working area and labor force as well as to increase and control a traction power.

Abstract: A carpet removal or stripping method and system (machine) employs a common dolly. The backside of the dolly member has a plurality of teeth. A motorized winching system is coupled to the front side of the dolly member. A dual purpose safety shield covers the teeth during transportation and serves as a protective screen for the user during carpet removal operation of the invention machine. The winching system automates carpet peeling activity with the dolly member lying backside down during operation, and the teeth provide an anchoring effect. A pull bar removably grasps the subject carpet. A cable is coupled between the winching system and the pull bar. The winching system takes up or pulls the cable and hence the pull bar, such that the carpet is peeled away and separated from the subfloor.

Abstract: A carpet removal system for efficiently removing carpet from a floor. The carpet removal system includes a leverage member, an engaging member for engaging the carpet to be removed, and a connecting member connected between the leverage member and the engaging member. The leverage member is an elongate structure which allows for the connecting member to be attached at various locations for providing various leverage forces. The leverage member includes a footplate having a plurality of engaging teeth for engaging the flooring.

Abstract: The present invention provides a portable pulling apparatus suitable for mounting in an exit pit during installation of a pipeline. A portable pulling apparatus of the invention includes an elongated stake having a lower end portion configured for insertion into the ground and an upper end portion. A winch including a pulling cable is mounted on the upper end portion of the stake by a suitable fixture. The winch can then operate to exert a horizontal pulling force on a cable and is secured against movement when the lower end portion of the stake is inserted into the ground. Such a pulling apparatus can be used in a method of installing an underground pipe according to the invention.

Abstract: A cable pulling machine in which all of the operative mechanisms are mounted on a trailer for portability. The machine has an internal combustion engine driving a hydraulic pump supplying fluid pressure to a hydraulic motor on a winch spool which holds a length of line for pulling cable through a conduit. The trailer has, at its distal end, a pair of splayed legs allowing the trailer to be backed over-top of the job site conduit so as to position a boom mounted on the trailer to have the boom free end positioned over the conduit. The boom is adjustable for angle of incidence with respect to the ground for achieving a proper pulling angle. The ends of the splayed legs have adjustable jack rods for leveling the trailer.

Abstract: A carpet stripping device for stripping adhesively secured carpeting from an underlying subfloor. The device incorporates a base supporting a winch drum to which power is transmitted through a gearbox and mechanical clutch by a variable speed electric motor. The base incorporates a plurality of anchoring teeth fixed to the base's undersurface, and a wheeled supporting frame including a plurality of pivotally linked members selectively positionable between an elevated position whereby the assembly is movable, to an anchored position whereby the wheels are raised, lowering the base, such that the anchoring teeth penetrate underlying carpeting thereby securing the winch. A gripping jaw assembly having gripping teeth fixed to both upper and lower jaw elements is secured to a portion of carpet located remote from the anchored assembly, and connected by a winch cable. Activating the driving motor and engaging the clutch allows a user to easily strip carpeting by pulling the gripping jaw toward the anchored winch.

Abstract: The apparatus includes a frame having two vertical legs and a horizontal bridge beam. A chain hoist is mounted on an eye nut on the bridge beam. A primary chain and a secondary chain are suspended from the chain hoist. The secondary chain is connected to an object to be lifted. The secondary chain may be connected to C-shaped clamps, which are placed on the edge of the object to be lifted. After the object has been broken free of the ground, the frame may be tilted about a horizontal axis, to pull the object from the ground.

Abstract: A connecting bracket for a tripod support comprises a trapezoidally shaped base plate, two hollow cylindrically shaped receptacles mounted on the same side of the base plate at the inclining ends thereof, and an elongated metal rod receptacle mounted on the other side of the base plate at the center thereof. The rod comprises an upper leg-engaging portion and a lower hook-shaped portion. The tripod support formed thereby can be used to support a winch assembly as well as the object to be lifted, i.e. an automobile engine. In another embodiment, the two cylindrical receptacles are replaced by elongated metal rods.

Abstract: An apparatus for lifting a blow-out preventer during oil or gas drilling operations includes a base frame which can be manually positioned atop the rotary table of the drilling platform of the drilling rig used to drill the well. The apparatus further includes a pair of winches which can be lowered to preselected positions on the base frame, after positioning the base frame on the rotary table, and secured to the base frame via pins that extend through clevises that are welded to the base frame and through apertured lugs that are welded to the winches and extend into the clevises. The blow-out preventer is lifted by the winches via cables that are wrapped on reels of the winches and passed through the base frame and rotary table to the blow-out preventer to which the cables are attached.

Abstract: An apparatus adapted to exert traction on the frame of a vehicle to straighten or reshape the same and characterized by having the front or forward portion free of the winch and of the actuating mechanism for the winch, by allowing to operatively reach a frame at a point higher than the apparatus and close to the floor, by a chain extending along the cable and forming a safety guard for the operator, and by being portable in the trunk of a car. This apparatus includes a base plate, wheels rollably supporting the base plate and including a swivelling wheel to easily position the apparatus on the floor relative to a vehicle, a removable post, a winch rearward of the post, a cable running on a cable guide pulley mounted on the upper end of the post, a chain anchoring the base plate on the floor, and another chain holding the post upright and forming a guard over the cable between the winch and the post.