Equipment for stowing and handling rods used in drilling rigs

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EP 0 978 628 A3

(12)	EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88)	Date of publication A3:
	28.06.2000 Bulletin 2000/26

(43)	Date of publication A2:
	09.02.2000 Bulletin 2000/06

(21)	Application number: 99113660.7

(22)	Date of filing: 14.07.1999

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: E21B 19/14, E21B 19/15

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
	Designated Extension States:
	AL LT LV MK RO SI

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Priority:

06.08.1998 IT TO980687

(71)	Applicant: SOILMEC S.p.A.
	47023 Cesena, Forli (IT)

(72)	Inventor:
	Riva, Giovanni 16035 Rapallo (GE) (IT)

(74)	Representative: Lotti, Giorgio et al
	c/o Ing. Barzanò & Zanardo Milano S.p.A. Corso Vittorio Emanuele II, 61 10128 Torino 10128 Torino (IT)

(54)	Equipment for stowing and handling rods used in drilling rigs

(57) 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).

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