E - Fixed Constructions – 21 – B
Patent
E - Fixed Constructions
21
B
E21B 19/00 (2006.01) E21B 33/04 (2006.01)
Patent
CA 2517773
An alignment apparatus for mounting on a drilling rig and having a head with jaw members for movement into a pipe engaging position to thereby contact an upper portion of a pipe on a circumference of the pipe opposite to the head so as to hold the pipe in alignment with the well head. The head includes a V-block for engagement of the pipe for engagement with the circumference of the pipe at the side of the pipe adjacent the head. The head includes a control structure for providing individual settings of the jaw members, each setting being an optimum setting for a particular pipe size over an extended range of pipe sizes. The V-block also has means for setting its position at individual predetermined positions for optimum positioning in relation to each individual optimum setting of the jaw members.
Pusch Allen A.
Saruwatari Kevin
Burns Kenneth M.
Parks William D.
Pusch Allen A.
Saruwatari Kevin
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