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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 28, 2021
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2019
Applicant:
Canrig Robotic Technologies As, Sandnes, NO;
Inventor:
Svein Soyland, Kverneland, NO;
Assignee:
Canrig Robotic Technologies AS, Sandnes, NO;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 19/24 (2006.01); E21B 19/16 (2006.01); E21B 19/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 19/24 (2013.01); E21B 19/06 (2013.01); E21B 19/16 (2013.01);
Abstract
A pipe guide comprising a first arm comprising a first set of guides; and a second arm comprising at least one guide, wherein all guides of the first set of guides are adapted to bias against an external portion of a pipe, and wherein a pressure of each of the guides against the pipe is adapted to be above a threshold pressure necessary to guide a secondary pipe relative to the pipe. In an embodiment, the first set of guides comprises a plurality of bodies and at least one of the bodies of the first set of guides is adapted to be rotatable about a rotational axis with respect to the first arm.