DRILL PIPE HANDLING APPARATUS

摘要

Drill pipe handling apparatus for taking pipe from a well derrick floor to a pipe rack, wherein the pipe is transferred to a lower pivotable pipe support disposed in proximity to the pipe rack, and the pipe is then gradually lowered from said pipe support onto the pipe rack by a pivoting of the pipe support, and with the pipe supported during its lowering on a pair of pipe support arms extending laterally relative to the pipe support and pivoting in response to the weight of the pipe thereon.