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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 07, 2023
Filed:
Oct. 18, 2019
Applicant:
Weatherford Technology Holdings, Llc, Houston, TX (US);
Inventors:
Arne Tjark Becker, Houston, TX (US);
Kevin Wood, Houston, TX (US);
Assignee:
Weatherford Technology Holdings LLC, Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 19/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 19/161 (2013.01);
Abstract
A power tong including a rotary gripping apparatus having a rotary base having a first jaw and at least one rotary arm movable relative to the rotary base between an open position and a closed position, the at least one rotary arm having a second jaw. A gap is present between the rotary base and the at least one rotary arm for receiving the tubular when the at least one rotary arm is in the open position. The gap is closed when the at least one rotary arm is in the closed position.