Powered back-up tongs
CA 1231088 A · Owner: Eckel Manufacturing Company, Inc. · Inventors: Curry, Vern
Overview
Its claims, description and drawings are in the Canadian Patents Database.
Open the CIPO recordAbstract From the Canadian patent
A powered back-up assembly is provided for securing a pipe against rotation. A plurality of heads are supported by a cage plate assembly and are brought, into gripping engagement with the pipe by rotating the cage plate assembly relative to a cam ring fixed to the body of the tong body. The cage plate assembly is rotated by a pair of hydraulic cylinders each connected at one end to a bar pivotably connected to the tong body. A third hydraulic cylinder interconnected between adjacent upper and lower tong bodies may be employed to achieve a reliable scissors tong, whereby the body of the upper tong is rotatable relative to the body of the lower tong.
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Listed from its CIPO record in Patent Yard's archive of Canadian patents past their term. Its claims, description and drawings are in the CIPO record and on Google Patents, and the Claude kit works from them.
Why it's free to use
- Granted January 5, 1988. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended January 5, 2005.
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