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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 19, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 26, 2016
Applicant:
Forum Us, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Inventors:
Juan Arbelaez, Houston, TX (US);
Gerardo Guerra, Houston, TX (US);
Joshua Brandon Meuth, Giddings, TX (US);
Assignee:
FORUM US, INC., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B66F 19/00 (2006.01); F16D 63/00 (2006.01); E21B 19/14 (2006.01); E21B 7/02 (2006.01); E21B 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16D 63/008 (2013.01); E21B 7/02 (2013.01); E21B 15/003 (2013.01); E21B 19/14 (2013.01);
Abstract
In one embodiment, a traverse system configured to move a catwalk relative to a beam, is provided. The system includes a body, an upper brake pad coupled to the body and configured to contact a side of a flange of the beam and a lower brake pad coupled to the body and configured to contact an opposing side of the flange, and an actuator coupled to at least one of the brake pads and configured to move the brake pads between a gripping position that grips the flange and an open position that spaces one of the brake pads away from the flange.