Global Patent Index - EP 0978628 A3

EP 0978628 A3 20000628 - Equipment for stowing and handling rods used in drilling rigs

Title (en)

Equipment for stowing and handling rods used in drilling rigs

Title (de)

Ausrüstung zur Lagerung und Handhabung von Bohrgestängen für Bohranlagen

Title (fr)

Equipement de stockage et de maniement de tiges de forage pour installations de forage

Publication

EP 0978628 A3 20000628 (EN)

Application

EP 99113660 A 19990714

Priority

IT TO980687 A 19980806

Abstract (en)

[origin: EP0978628A2] Equipment (8) for stowing and handling rods (5) used in drilling plants presenting a service well (7) for removing and placing the individual rods (5), and a control unit(8) for moving the rods (5) suitable for moving the rods from and to the service well (7) itself, and presenting, in turn, a preassembled tiltable loader which is able to move between a flat working position and a raised working position in order to arrange the rods (5) on an upright (B) of said service well (7); said equipment also presents a sliding positioning device (21) which is associated with the tiltable loader (13) in order to position each rod (5) in a set-up working position at a determined height along the upright (B) of the service well (7). <IMAGE>

IPC 1-7

E21B 19/14; E21B 19/15

IPC 8 full level

E21B 19/15 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

E21B 19/155 (2013.01)

Citation (search report)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 0978628 A2 20000209; EP 0978628 A3 20000628; IT 1303214 B1 20001102; IT TO980687 A0 19980806; IT TO980687 A1 20000206

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 99113660 A 19990714; IT TO980687 A 19980806