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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 12, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 19, 2021
Applicant:
Vacuworx Global, Llc, Tulsa, OK (US);
Inventor:
Keith A. Sparks, Ii, Tulsa, OK (US);
Assignee:
Vacuworx Global, LLC, Tulsa, OK (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B66C 1/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B66C 1/0281 (2013.01); B66C 1/0256 (2013.01); B66C 1/0293 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system and method for moving objects such as drill, pipe with vacuum power. A vacuum beam () is mounted on a boom. A vacuum pad () is pivotally attached to the vacuum beam (). A power device () is operatively connected to a vacuum pump () with a drive belt () for creating vacuum pressure. Vacuum pressure from the vacuum pad () is used to grasp and release the object, e.g., the drill pipe.