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| 20080202088 | Apparatus and method for handling a cutting device - An apparatus for holding a vegetation cutting device. The cutting device includes a cutting head, a handle attached to the cutting head, and a power unit attached to the handle and supplying power to the cutting head. The apparatus comprises a clamp member having disposed therein the device handle, and wherein the clamp member including a cylinder member. The apparatus further comprises a pole support operatively associated with the cylinder member, a knob and stem for selectively attaching the clamp member to the pole support, and an angle adjustment plate operatively attached to the pole support. The apparatus further comprises a caster, operatively attached to the pole support, for rotatably moving the cutting head, apertures for orienting the angle adjustment plate to a proper orientation with respect to the wheel member, and a tab operatively attached to the pole support for rotating the pole support to align with the apertures. | 08-28-2008 |
| 20090025352 | Apparatus and Method for Handling a Cutting Device - An apparatus for holding a vegetation cutting device. The cutting device includes a cutting head, a handle or shaft attached to the cutting head, and a power unit attached to the handle and supplying power to the cutting head. The apparatus comprises a clamp member having disposed therein the device handle or shaft, and wherein the clamp member includes a pole support member. The apparatus further comprises a pole support operatively associated with the pole support member, a knob and stem for selectively attaching the clamp member to the pole support, and an angle adjustment plate and wheel assembly operatively attached to the clamp member via an offset plate for rotatably moving the cutting head. The apparatus also includes apertures for orienting the angle adjustment plate to a proper orientation with respect to the wheel assembly, and a tab operatively attached to the pole support for rotating the pole support to align with the apertures. | 01-29-2009 |
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| 20100132938 | CONDUCTOR PIPE STRING DEFLECTOR AND METHOD OF USING SAME - An apparatus for deflecting a tubular string preferably comprising at least one side nozzle near the lower end of a first tubular string. The nozzle permits passage of a fluid therethrough from the first tubular string bore and deflects the first tubular string in a substantially horizontal direction. A second tubular string may be lowered over the deflected first tubular string. The second tubular string and the first tubular string are preferably lowered into the sea floor for maintaining their deflection. A method for deflecting a first tubular string and securing the first tubular string in the deflected state preferably comprises lowering the first tubular string axially so that the lower end of the first tubular string is near the sea floor. Preferably, a fluid, such as seawater, is propelled down through the bore of the first tubular string and through at least one side nozzle near the lower end of the first tubular, wherein the fluid moving through the side nozzle deflects the first tubular string. The first tubular string end is preferably lowered into the sea floor for maintaining the deflection of the first tubular string. A second tubular string may then be slidably lowered over the first tubular string for deflecting the second tubular string. | 06-03-2010 |
| 20100270033 | TUBULAR GUIDING AND GRIPPING APPARATUS AND METHOD - A method and an apparatus to guide a tubular member are described herein. The apparatus includes a bore with a longitudinal axis extending therethrough and configured to support a tubular member, the apparatus having a first opening formed at a first side thereof, a second opening formed at a second side thereof, and an inner wall extending from the first opening to the second opening. The apparatus further includes a first guiding member disposed adjacent to the first opening of the bowl and a second guiding member disposed adjacent to the second opening of the bowl. | 10-28-2010 |
| 20100319932 | LARGE DIAMETER TUBULAR LIFTING APPARATUSES AND METHODS - A method to add a joint of pipe to a conductor string includes securing the conductor string with a spider, grasping an upper end of the joint of pipe with a segmented-ring elevator, engaging a plurality of slips of the elevator with an outer profile of the joint of pipe, raising the grasped joint of pipe from non-vertical to vertical, positioning the vertical joint of pipe atop the secured conductor string, attaching the joint of pipe to the conductor string, releasing the conductor string from the spider, and retaining the joint of pipe and the conductor string with the segmented-ring elevator. | 12-23-2010 |
| 20110147011 | APPARATUS AND METHOD TO SUPPORT A TUBULAR MEMBER - Apparatuses and methods are disclosed herein relating to an apparatus to support a tubular member. The apparatus includes a bowl having a longitudinal axis extending therethrough, in which the bowl includes an inner wall formed about the longitudinal axis that is tapered with respect to the longitudinal axis. The apparatus further includes a plurality of slip assemblies movably disposed within to the bowl and having a tapered outer surface and a tapered inner surface with respect to the longitudinal axis. The tapered outer surface of the plurality of slip assemblies is configured to engage the tapered inner wall of the bowl. Further, the bowl may include a shoulder disposed on the inner wall that extends towards the longitudinal axis with respect to the inner wall. Each of the plurality of slip assemblies may be configured to engage the shoulder of the bowl. | 06-23-2011 |
