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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 06, 1989
Filed:
Jul. 16, 1987
Applicant:
Inventor:
Damon T Slator, Houston, TX (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B25B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
81 5718 ; 81 5715 ;
Abstract
An improvement is made to jaw designs for power tongs and back-up units. The jaw is formed having a cavity whose opening is oriented toward the pipe to be gripped. An elongated die is movably mounted in the cavity effectively closing off the cavity. The die has a gripping surface adapted to contact the pipe. A resilient member, preferably synthetic rubber or other elastomer or a substantially incompressible fluid, is disposed within the cavity adjacent the die. Uneven loads on the die are redistributed through the hydraulic action of the resilient member with a resultant equal distribution of the loads on the die.