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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 25, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 01, 2016
Accu-tally, Llc, Magnolia, TX (US);
Charles M. Williams, Marietta, OK (US);
Lance C. Jordan, Cypress, TX (US);
Kevin J. Smith, Magnolia, TX (US);
Patrick A. Burns, Jr., Stephenville, TX (US);
David Maxfield, Weatherford, TX (US);
Phillip Phelps, Fort Worth, TX (US);
Dale Benditz, The Woodlands, TX (US);
ACCU-TALLY, LLC, Magnolia, TX (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for measuring a profile of a tubular string and the components thereof as the tubular string is made up and run into a borehole. The apparatus includes a rotating assembly disposed within a housing, the rotating assembly including a plurality of upper legs, and plurality of lower legs and a plurality of rolling elements, each upper leg having a proximal end and a distal end coupled to an upper ring, each lower leg having a proximal end coupled to a lower ring and a distal end, and each rolling element rotatably coupled to the proximal end of an upper leg and a distal end of a lower leg. The apparatus further includes a sensor for detecting a position of the rolling elements as they engage an exterior surface of a tubular string being made up and run into a borehole from a rig. The apparatus receives the tubular string through aligned central passages in the upper ring, lower ring and the rotating assembly.