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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 2025
Filed:
Feb. 13, 2023
The Charles Machine Works, Inc., Perry, OK (US);
Pete Ramos, Enid, OK (US);
Rick G. Porter, Perry, OK (US);
Aleksander S. Wolfe, Stillwater, OK (US);
The Charles Machine Works, Inc., Perry, OK (US);
Abstract
A horizontal directional drilling machine having a modular pipe loader system. The system comprises a first and second pipe loader assembly supported on a drill frame. Each assembly supports a shuttle arm. The shuttle arms are configured to move independently of one another along a shuttle path that is traverse to a longitudinal axis of the drill frame. Movement of each shuttle arm is powered by an actuator supported on each pipe loader assembly. Each pipe loader assembly includes a sensor used to measure parameters related to the position of each shuttle arm relative to the drill frame. A controller analyzes the measured parameters and directs operation of each actuator in order to keep the shuttle arms moving in unison during operation.