Patents
US 8905160 B1: Drill pipe handling assembly
- Granted
- 2014-12-09
- Filed
- 2009-09-03 application 12584318
- Type
- Utility · 20 claims
- Elsewhere
- Google Patents ↗ · USPTO patent document ↗ · USPTO Patent Center record ↗
Abstract
An assembly for handling drill pipes includes a basket for drill pipes arranged in rows and columns, and a support table that has a drill pipe receiver. The support table moves laterally with respect to the drill pipe basket between a plurality of column alignment positions and an external position which locates the drill pipe receiver laterally outside of the basket. The support table also moves between the plurality of column alignment positions and the external position. The drill pipe handling assembly also includes a drill pipe elevator assembly and a loader arm assembly comprising a loader arm having a pipe gripper. The loader arm moves between a table alignment position in which the pipe gripper may grab or release a drill pipe when the support table is in the external position and a drilling alignment position in which the pipe gripper may grab or release a drill pipe.
Source: PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 (ipg141209.xml).
Assignees
| Assignee | Type | Place | Also on furp.org | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Astec Industries, Inc. 26 patents | US company or organization | Chattanooga, TN | ASTEC INDUSTRIES INC SEC filer EXACT medium confidence: identical full name, one of each nationally | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Inventors
| Inventor | Place | Patents | Person page | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claudio Carrafiello Verzilli | Knoxville, TN | 11 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Justin Wheeler | Knoxville, TN | 3 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Tim Smith | Lenoir City, TN | 7 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
CPC categories
| Subclass | Category | First group | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| E21B | Earth or rock drilling; obtaining oil, gas, water, soluble or meltable materials or a slurry of minerals from wells | E21B19/087 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Cooperative Patent Classification, as currently assigned (one row per subclass).
Assignments and security interests
| Recorded | What | From | To | Reel/frame | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-07-02 | Release of security interest Release of security interest at reel/frame 062153/0169 | WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT signed 2025-07-01 | ASTEC, INC. CHATTANOOGA, TN ASTEC INDUSTRIES, INC. CHATTANOOGA, TN ROADTEC, INC. CHATTANOOGA, TN TELSMITH, INC. CHATTANOOGA, TN CARLSON PAVING PRODUCTS, INC. CHATTANOOGA, TN KOLBERG-PIONEER, INC. YANKTON, SD BREAKER TECHNOLOGY, INC. THORNBURY POWER FLAME INCORPORATED PARSONS, KS ASTEC MOBILE SCREENS, INC. STERLING, IL JOHNSON CRUSHERS INTERNATIONAL, INC. EUGENE, OR GEFCO, INC. HIXSON, TN | 71787/926 | PASDL, file of 2026-10-15 |
| 2022-12-19 | Security interest Security interest Security interest | ASTEC, INC. signed 2022-12-19 ASTEC INDUSTRIES, INC. signed 2022-12-19 ROADTEC, INC. signed 2022-12-19 TELSMITH, INC. signed 2022-12-19 CARLSON PAVING PRODUCTS, INC. signed 2022-12-19 KOLBERG-PIONEER, INC. signed 2022-12-19 BREAKER TECHNOLOGY, INC. signed 2022-12-19 POWER FLAME INCORPORATED signed 2022-12-19 ASTEC MOBILE SCREENS, INC. signed 2022-12-19 JOHNSON CRUSHERS INTERNATIONAL, INC. signed 2022-12-19 GEFCO, INC. signed 2022-12-19 | WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION CHARLOTTE, NC | 62153/169 | PASDL, file of 2026-10-15 |
| 2020-02-07 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | ASTEC INDUSTRIES, INC. signed 2020-02-06 | GEFCO, INC. ENID, OK | 51749/531 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
| 2009-09-03 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | SMITH, TIM signed 2009-09-02 VERZILLI, CLAUDIO signed 2009-09-02 WHEELER, JUSTIN signed 2009-09-02 | ASTEC INDUSTRIES, INC. CHATTANOOGA, TN | 23233/202 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
Documents recorded with the USPTO Assignment Recordation Branch that list this patent. A security interest is a lender’s claim on the patent as collateral; a release ends it.
USPTO bulk data: PatentsView granted patents, disambiguated (PVGPATDIS) for patents, assignees, inventors, places and CPC categories; the USPTO Patent Assignment Dataset (ECORSEXC) for assignments and security interests. Patents filed in the last 20 years. No claims or full text. Links to other records are by name (and state): EXACT means the identical full name and state; FUZZY means a looser name match, with the confidence shown.