| 20120006565 | PIPE GUIDE FOR SNUBBING UNITS - A pipe guide apparatus for guiding a pipe during snubbing of the pipe includes a pair of hydraulic cylinders and cylinder rods; a stationary guide affixed between a bottom jack plate and a top jack plate, comprising a stationary pipe guide; a travelling jack plate affixed to the cylinder rods; a travelling pipe guide in sliding engagement with the cylinder rods and connected to the travelling jack plate by a lift rod. The stationary pipe guide and the travelling pipe guide each define a pipe opening and has a flexibly resilient guide member having an opening with a diameter closely matching the outside diameter of the pipe being snubbed. | 01-12-2012 |
