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Date of Patent:
Feb. 03, 2026

Filed:

Aug. 15, 2024
Applicant:

Canrig Robotic Technologies As, Sandnes, NO;

Inventors:

Tor Berge, Stavanger, NO;

Kjetil Næsgaard, Røyneberg, NO;

Roberto Gentile, Stavanger, NO;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 19/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 19/164 (2013.01);
Abstract

A pipe handler that can include a wrench assembly with a backup tong and a torque wrench, and a rotary actuator coupled to the torque wrench, wherein rotation of the rotary actuator about a second axis rotates the torque wrench about a first axis. An iron roughneck that can include a torque wrench configured to rotate about a first axis, and a rotary actuator coupled to the torque wrench, the rotary actuator having a second axis about which the rotary actuator rotates, where the second axis and the first axis are substantially parallel with each other and spaced apart from each other, and where rotation of the rotary actuator about the second axis rotates the torque wrench about the first axis.


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