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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 24, 2018
Filed:
May. 14, 2016
Applicant:
Forum Us, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Inventors:
Joshua Brandon Meuth, Giddings, TX (US);
Timothy Sherbeck, Katy, TX (US);
Aaron Bryant, Tornball, TX (US);
Assignee:
FORUM US, INC, Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 19/00 (2006.01); E21B 19/15 (2006.01); E21B 19/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 19/15 (2013.01); E21B 19/14 (2013.01);
Abstract
A skate drive and tubular clamping system for a catwalk. The system includes first and second actuators configured to move a skate and a clamp. The system includes a biasing device coupled to the skate and configured to bias the clamp between and open and clamped position based on a tension force between forces applied by the first and second actuators and a clamping threshold force. The first and second actuators may be flexibly coupled to the skate drive and tubular clamping system, such as by cables, and remotely mounted on a trough of the catwalk.