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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 29, 2003
Filed:
Jul. 26, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Joerg Eric Schulze-Beckinghausen, Garbsen, DE;
Bernd-Georg Pietras, Wedemark, DE;
Assignee:
Weatherford/Lamb, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B25B 1/700 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B25B 1/700 ;
Abstract
An apparatus for facilitating the connection of pipes which apparatus comprises a rotary ( ) and jaws ( ), characterised in that all of said jaws ( ) are active and are actuable by pressurised fluid.