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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 07, 2019
Filed:
Apr. 29, 2016
Bly Ip Inc., Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Christopher Allen Wright, North Bay, CA;
David Robert Ritter, North Bay, CA;
Anthony Charles William Markham, Trout Creek, CA;
BLY IP INC., Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Abstract
Drill rod alignment devices, systems, and methods for aligning a drill rod with a drill string in a hand-free manner. A drill rod alignment device can have an arm assembly, rod engagement assembly, and a receiving channel secured to the rod engagement assembly. The arm assembly is moveable from a parked position to a deployed position, and the rod engagement assembly is moveable from an open position to a closed position. With the arm assembly in the deployed position, the drill rod alignment device contacts a drill rod and receives a portion of the drill rod within the receiving channel. The arm assembly is moveable to a closed position in which the drill rod is secured within the receiving channel.