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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2024
Filed:
Jul. 26, 2022
Applicant:
Tracto-technik Gmbh & Co. KG, Lennestadt, DE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
TRACTO-TECHNIK GmbH & Co. KG, Lennestadt, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 19/15 (2006.01); E21B 19/087 (2006.01); E21B 19/14 (2006.01); E21B 19/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 19/087 (2013.01); E21B 19/14 (2013.01); E21B 19/15 (2013.01); E21B 19/20 (2013.01);
Abstract
The invention relates to a control for at least one retainer of a transfer device for a rod section of a ground drilling device, wherein the ground drilling device is configured for moving a drill string, and the transfer device is configured for transferring the received rod section from a position in a rod magazine to a position on the drill string or vice versa, and the control is configured to move the retainer between a position above the rod magazine and the position on the drill string while the drill string is still moving.