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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 19, 2022
Filed:
Aug. 19, 2020
The Charles Machine Works, Inc., Perry, OK (US);
Max A. Metcalf, Stillwater, OK (US);
Taylor C. Culpepper, Edmond, OK (US);
The Charles Machine Works, Inc., Perry, OK (US);
Abstract
A sensor assembly supported on a horizontal directional drilling machine adjacent a magazine. The magazine includes a plurality of vertical columns configured to store a plurality of pipe sections. The sensor assembly comprises an elongate tower that suspends a rigid support structure above the plurality of columns. The rigid support structure includes a sensor housing that carries a plurality of proximity sensors. The proximity sensors correspond with the columns in one-to-one relationship. The proximity sensors measure values indicative of the number of pipe sections contained within each column and transmit the measured values to a processor included in the drilling machine.