| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 414745100 | CYLINDRICAL BAR HANDLING DEVICE | 23 |
| 20090180856 | BAR FEEDER - Disclosed is a bar feeder, which is capable of reliably loading a bar onto a guide rail with a simplified structure. The bar feeder | 07-16-2009 |
| 20090191041 | Feeder device for bars and relative feeding method - Device and method to pick up and remove from a bundle one or more bars in order to arrange them for use in an operating machine. The device comprises first magnetic means to separate from the bundle an end segment of a plurality of bars and to arrange at least the end segments of plurality bars on a plane distanced with respect to the bundle. The device comprises second magnetic means to pick up, from the first magnetic means, at least one bar at a time from the plurality of bars and to unload the at least one bar in a desired release position. | 07-30-2009 |
| 20100183418 | Pipe manipulating apparatus - An arbor, arranged for attachment to a drilling rigs overhead support and drilling fluid circuit, has a cross frame with axles that support telescoping link arms to carry a single stand elevator at their lower end. The link arms have provision, at their top end, to tilt about a horizontal axis. The link arms can extend an amount greater than their minimum length. | 07-22-2010 |
| 20100310347 | FORMATION AND ROTATIONAL APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CYLINDRICAL WORKPIECES - A formation and rotation apparatus for use in forming and rotating interconnected sections of a cylindrical workpiece, including a frame and a head arranged within the frame, the head defining two slots and being operatively rotated via an integral drive assembly. A first slide block is slidably disposed within one of the two slots, and a second slide block is disposed within another of the two slots, each of the first and the second slide blocks include a cutting wheel and a beading wheel for successively forming each of the interconnected sections. An armature having an axis of rotation is also provided, along with a gripping mechanism being operatively connected to the armature. A drive mechanism selectively rotates the armature about the axis of rotation after the gripping means has closed about one of the interconnected sections. | 12-09-2010 |
| 20110274529 | ROBOTIC DEVICE FOR INSERTING OR REMOVING ROD-LIKE ELEMENTS - The invention relates to a handling system for transporting, removing or inserting rod-like elements. Furthermore, the invention relates to a method for transporting, removing or inserting rod-like elements. | 11-10-2011 |
| 20120219396 | Workpiece Handling Systems and Related Devices and Methods - In some aspects, an unloading device for a pipe processing system includes a depositing carriage having a depositing surface for depositing a pipe during and/or after a pipe processing operation, the depositing carriage being configured to move in a longitudinal direction of the pipe, and a supporting carriage having a supporting member for the pipe, the supporting member having a wall for radially supporting the pipe, and the supporting carriage being configured to move in a longitudinal direction of the pipe, where the depositing surface of the depositing carriage and/or the supporting member of the supporting carriage is configured to move in at least one other direction in addition to the longitudinal direction of the pipe so that the depositing carriage and the supporting carriage can be at least partially moved past each other along the longitudinal direction of the pipe. | 08-30-2012 |
| 20120321428 | METHOD OF MASS FLOW CONTROL AND DEVICES FOR MASS FLOW CONTROL - The method of control consists in altering the flow path by means of swing and/or slide shiftable movable elements ( | 12-20-2012 |
| 20140356120 | ROD LOADER ATTACHMENT - A rod loader attachment for loading an elongate rod or pipe. The attachment comprises an elongate support member designed to be positioned substantially parallel to a rod or pipe. A plurality of rod gripping units is mounted at spaced intervals on the support member. Each rod gripping unit comprises a pair of holding arms for gripping the rod or pipe between the holding arms. Each holding arm in the rod gripping units is independently activated by a spring actuator. | 12-04-2014 |
| 414745300 | Heat exchanger tube bundle handling device | 1 |
| 20110110755 | Device and Method for Removing a Bundle from a Heat Exchanger - Device for removing a bundle from the casing of a heat exchanger, comprising a carrier frame provided with pulling means for removing the bundle from the casing, wherein the carrier frame is adapted to hold the bundle removed from the casing, wherein the device is provided with hoisting means for hoisting the carrier frame, wherein the hoisting means comprise at least one gripper and wherein the device is also provided with connecting means for connecting the gripper releasably to the carrier frame. | 05-12-2011 |
| 414745400 | Pipe laying | 3 |
| 20090297317 | APPARATUS FOR LIFTING PIPELINES - Apparatus for the lifting of pipelines, includes a frame having two vertical side beams and a transverse top beam interposed between the vertical beams. Two concave and symmetrically disposed supporting members pivotally connect to the two vertical beams, respectively, and are configured to achieve a pipe supporting position without applying a radial inwardly directed force to the bottommost portion of the pipe when the frame is suitably lowered and the supporting members are suitably pivoted. A driving unit is disposed within, and fixedly attached to, each of the supporting members, for generating a linear downwardly directed force; a force transmitting element connected to a driving unit rod along which a corresponding driving unit housing is slidingly displaceable. A control unit independently controls each of the driving units; and at least one connector releasably connects the two supporting members to one another when the supporting members are in a pipe supporting position. The control unit is adapted to immobilize the force transmitting elements against a trench bed in a pre-lifting mode when a first force is generated by the driving units, and to lift each of the driving unit housings together with the corresponding supporting member with respect to the corresponding force transmitting element in a lifting mode when a suitable second force greater than the first force is generated by each of the driving units. | 12-03-2009 |
| 20150330532 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR THE INSTALLATION OF CABLES OR PIPES IN TUNNELS - An apparatus for installing cables or pipes in tunnels comprises a motorised vehicle. A cable/pipe positioning arm is at each end of the vehicle, which is controllable to move a cable/pipe from a temporary installation position to a final installation position. One or more cable/pipe sagging arms are spaced from the positioning arm at the other end of the vehicle which are controllable to apply a desired amount of sagging to a length of cable/pipe between adjacent final installation positions. The apparatus can be driven along the cable/pipe performing the positioning and sagging in a single sequence and in either direction. | 11-19-2015 |
| 414745500 | Vehicle having supporting wheel or wheel substitute | 1 |
| 20170232991 | Pallet for Tubular Down-Hole Tools | 08-17-2017 |
| 414745700 | Sequentially acting, diverse handling devices | 3 |
| 20110008143 | FEEDING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR BARS - A device and method to feed bars which picks-up and removes selectively from a bundle one bar in order to dispose the bar for use in an operating machine. The device including first magnetic members, which separate from the bundle an end segment of a plurality of bars and dispose the end segments of the plurality of bars on a plane distanced with respect to the bundle, and second magnetic members, which cooperate with the first magnetic members so as to pick-up at least one bar at a time from the plurality of bars and to prepare the bar for sending to the operating machine. The device also includes third magnetic members, which temporarily hold the bar or bars picked-up by the first magnetic members, forming substantially a pick-up plane, in an intermediate step, from which the second magnetic members selectively pick-up the bars to be sent to the machine. | 01-13-2011 |
| 414745800 | Changing orientation of cylindrical bar | 1 |
| 20130251491 | Pipe Handling Apparatus - The invention relates in general to pipe handling apparatus to position pipe through a range of horizontal and vertical positions. In one embodiment a pipe handling apparatus comprises a longitudinal base having a longitudinal axis, a boom carrying member slidably mounted to the longitudinal base for axial movement there-along, member actuating means operable to move the boom carrying member axially relative to the longitudinal base, a boom supported by the boom carrying member, the boom having a trough adapted for receiving at least one section of pipe therein and boom actuating means operable to raise and lower the boom. | 09-26-2013 |
| 414745900 | Including ramp and elevator means | 1 |
| 414746100 | Oscillating or reciprocating elevator | 1 |
| 20100266379 | Rebar Separator - A rebar separator having a crossbar situated atop one or, preferably, two vibrational insulators which are preferably inflatable cushions. Preferably, there are two or more such crossbars on one or two inflatable cushions. At least one vibrational motor is in contact with at least one crossbar. And preferably each crossbar slopes from a first end to a second end. A source of fluid is in communication with each inflatable cushion. Preferably, the vibrational insulators are placed on top of first and second longitudinal channels of a horizontal rack. | 10-21-2010 |
| 414746400 | Including ramp and retractable stop or ejector | 1 |
| 20160094002 | Wire Singulating Device - A wire singulating device includes a stationary plate and a movable plate that define a wire funnel and a wire channel therebetween. The movable plate is movable relative to the stationary plate to control a width of the wire channel. The wire funnel receives a wire bundle that includes plural wires. The wire channel is below the wire funnel and receives the wires from the wire funnel through a top opening in the wire channel. The wire channel directs the wires one at a time to a take away zone below a bottom opening of the wire channel. A wire transfer member below the bottom opening of the wire channel has a slot that receives the wire in the take away zone. The wire transfer member moves relative to the stationary plate and the movable plate to separate the wire in the slot from the wire bundle. | 03-31-2016 |
| 414746700 | Comprising roller or endless belt | 4 |
| 20110027057 | SUPPLY STATION - The invention relates to a wire feed station of a wire shaping machine, said station including grooved rollers functioning in pairs and rotating in reverse directions with respect to each other. The wire is clamped between said rollers by these moving closer to one another. Both rollers of the same pair of driving rollers are supported at the front of the same bearing block unit, said bearing block being elastically deformable to absorb a relative movement of the rollers. Preferably, said bearing block also supports an endless transmission screw on which are engaged a couple of transmission wheels coaxial with the driving rollers which they drive into rotation. More particularly, a bearing block is deformed so that a relative movement of the rollers results in a rotation-deformation of the bearing block about the transmission screw axis. | 02-03-2011 |
| 20120003072 | DEVICE FOR GRIPPING AND HANDLING ELONGATED CYLINDRICAL BODIES, SUCH AS PIPES OR THE LIKE - A device for gripping and handling elongated cylindrical bodies, such as pipes or sections of piping (T) | 01-05-2012 |
| 20130195602 | ROLLER BED WITH ELECTRICAL CLUTCH - The present invention relates to a roller bed ( | 08-01-2013 |
| 20150071753 | RACK TYPE PIPE FEEDER FOR A PIPE FUSION MACHINE - A rack feeds sticks of pipe to a machine for serial fusion to the trailing end of a pipeline. Multiple independent spaced apart feeders support transverse bundles of sticks of pipe on beams. Legs which support the beams above the ground have jacks to vary the height and slope of the beams. The slope is set so that sticks tend to roll toward the lower front end of the beam where roller assemblies receive the sticks of pipe as they are manually rolled, one at a time, off the beams. All of the rack components are modular and interchangeably connectable so that the feeder can be quickly adapted for a variety of conditions and applications. The level of the lead end of the pipe can be hydraulically adjusted for vertical orientation with the fusion machine and the pipe fed on by hydraulically powered roller to provide a single operator system. | 03-12-2015 |
| 414746800 | Comprising carriage | 3 |
| 20090067975 | DEVICE FOR TRANSFERRING AN OBJECT FROM A PRINTING MACHINE CHUCK TO A SUPPORT AND DISTANCING PIN - A device for transferring objects ( | 03-12-2009 |
| 20140205417 | Trolley Apparatus - A cartridge of tubulars may be removably positioned with a carriage, and the carriage may move the cartridge transversely, vertically, and/or rotationally to roll tubulars on an adjacent tubular receiving member using only gravity from a selected tier of tubulars without human contact. A single trolley disposed with the tubular receiving member both pushes and pulls tubulars toward or away from the drilling deck. | 07-24-2014 |
| 20160172813 | Wire Transfer System Having Wire Singulating Device | 06-16-2016 |
