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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:
Sep. 21, 1993
Filed:
Mar. 12, 1991
Applicant:
Inventor:
Graham M Ruark, Houston, TX (US);
Assignee:
Weatherford U.S., Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
73862621 ; 73726 ; 7386225 ;
Abstract
An apparatus and method including a load cell mounting apparatus movably mounted on a load cell which applies either of two types of loads to the load cell as one type of load. The apparatus and method for applying either a tensile load or a compressive load to a load cell as a tensile load; and a tong assembly with such apparatus or in another aspect, for applying either a tensile load or a compressive load to a load cell as a compressive load; and, a tong assembly with such apparatus.