SINGLE JOINT ELEVATOR HAVING DEPLOYABLE JAWS

摘要

The present invention provides an apparatus and a method for lifting a single joint of pipe. The single joint elevator ( fig.2 ) of the present invention comprises, in one embodiment, a pair of deployable jaws (30) cooperating with a pair of static jaws (36) to secure a pipe within the slot (13) of a generally horseshoe-shaped body. The deployable jaws of the single joint elevator of the present invention may be rotatably deployable or translatably deployable, or both.