US3145802A - Oil well pipe racking platform - Google Patents

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US3145802A
US3145802A US298940A US29894063A US3145802A US 3145802 A US3145802 A US 3145802A US 298940 A US298940 A US 298940A US 29894063 A US29894063 A US 29894063A US 3145802 A US3145802 A US 3145802A
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Homer J Woolslayer
Charles C Chism
Jenkins Cecil
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; MINING
    • E21B—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
    • E21B15/00—Supports for the drilling machine, e.g. derricks or masts
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; MINING
    • E21B—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
    • E21B19/00—Handling rods, casings, tubes or the like outside the borehole, e.g. in the derrick; Apparatus for feeding the rods or cables
    • E21B19/14—Racks, ramps, troughs or bins, for holding the lengths of rod singly or connected; Handling between storage place and borehole

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  • a man stands on a platform near the upper ends of the stands and manipulates each one between the place where he disconnected it from the elevator and the place where the pipe rests in the pipe rack.
  • the rack usually has parallel horizontal fingers extending from one side of the derrick toward the opposite side, and the fingers often have laterally projecting hooks to separate and help hold the pipe stands.
  • the platform on which the man stands is movable so that it can be placed where he can reach the elevator and the part of the pipe rack that is to receive the pipe.
  • the platform usually is located in an area that later must accommodate stands of pipe, so the platform must be moved as the rack is filled up. Where a very large number of stands of pipe is involved, it is diflicult to find a place for a movable platform that will enable the derrick man to reach both the elevator and the most remote area of the pipe rack. As larger setbacks are used, the derrick mans job becomes more and more diflicult. In some cases the fingers, between which the pipe are stood, provide a footing or platform for the man, but with larger diameter pipe the spaces between the fingers becomes so large that the lingers do not provide safe footmg.
  • a horizontal beam is rigidly fastened to the side of a derrick.
  • a plurality of parallel horizontal floor boards that have ends overlying the beam in spaced relation with it.
  • the floor boards extend from the beam inwardly toward the well. Projecting downward from the bottom of each board is a series of hooks spaced lengthwise of the board.
  • the ends of the boards over the beam are ICC FIGS. 3 and 4 are enlarged fragmentary vertical sections taken on the lines III-III and IV-IV, respectively, of FIG. l;
  • FIG. 5 is a further enlarged fragmentary view of one corner of the racking platform, with one of the pivoted fingers turned on edge;
  • FIG. 6 is a fragmentary vertical section of the platform taken on the line VI-VI of FIG. 5;
  • FIG. 7 is a fragmentary vertical section taken on the line VII-VII of FIG. 6.
  • FIGS. l to 4 of the drawings a portion of a standard derrick is shown that is provided with four comer legs 1 rigidly connected by horizontal girts 2 and 3 and the usual braces (not shown).
  • a pipe racking platform Up in the derrick at the level where the derrick man stands there is a pipe racking platform for supporting him and receiving stands of pipe that he releases from the elevator.
  • the foundation of the platform is a rigid horizontal beam 4 that extends along one side of the derrick.
  • This beam may be supported in various ways, but preferably carries brackets S at its opposite ends that can be bolted at different predetermined levels to a pair of parallel upright angle bars 6 and 7 securely fastened to the adjoining girts.
  • a fixed platform 8 Near one Vend of the beam there is a fixed platform 8, the outer end of which is mounted on the beam and the inner end of which is supported by inclined braces 9 that extend down to a horizontal pipe 10. The opposite ends of this pipe are secured to brackets 11 that can be adjusted up or down the upright angle bars 6 and 7 when the position of the fixed platform is changed with beam 4.
  • each of which may be about six inches wide, although the width is not critical. They extend n lengthwise of the fixed platform and their outer ends overlie the beam as shown in FIGS. 5, 6 and 7. Their inner ends are unsupported. Some of these floor boards will be at least as long as the fixed platform, while those farthest from that platform may be even longer, all depending on conditions within the derrick.
  • the boards can be positioned closely enough together to provide safe footing for the derrick man, but they can be swung laterally with their supporting brackets in order to turn the boards on edge to form pipe rack lingers having laterally projecting hooks. Each time a board is turned on edge in this manner it is moved far enough away from the next horizontal board to admit drill pipe stands between them and into the recesses formed by the lateral hooks.
  • FIG. 1 is a fragmentary side view of an oil well derrick, showing our pipe racking platform
  • FIG. 2 is a horizontal section taken on the line Il-II of FIG. l;
  • the pivoted ends of the horizontal boards are spaced from the beam by suitable spacers, such as small angle members 16 secured to the bottoms of the floor boards and normally resting on top of the beam.
  • suitable spacers such as small angle members 16 secured to the bottoms of the floor boards and normally resting on top of the beam.
  • a long narrow metal board 19 similar to the others but serving only as a fixed finger, from the inner face of which a plurality of longitudinally spaced hooks 20 project more or less horizontally toward the movable floor boards.
  • the distance between the free ends of the hooks and the adjoining horizontal floor board is great enough to permit pipe stands to be moved along the space between that board and the hooks and into the spaces between the hooks.
  • the fixed finger is braced by an inclined brace 21 extending from its inner and downwardly and outwardly to upright angle bar 7.
  • an adjustable horizontal pipe support finger 22 extends across the derrick and has its ends secured to angle brackets 23 that are detachably connected to two of the girts 3.
  • the stands of pipe held by the fixed finger also lean against this supporting finger, which takes the weight of the pipes and prevents them from bending the fixed finger.
  • each horizontal floor board 13 Projecting downward from the bottom of each horizontal floor board 13 is a series of hooks 25 spaced longitudinally of the board.
  • these hooks are beneath the platform as shown in FIGS. 6 and 7 and serve no purpose.
  • the derrick man swings the adjacent floor board up and over toward the fixed finger 19 and down on edge on the beam to form the second finger. This swinging can be done by means of a handle 26 secured to the outer end of the floor board.
  • Rotation of the floor board from a horizontal to a vertical or ori-edge position swings its hooks up into horizontal position and simultaneously blocks the spaces between the hooks on the fixed finger so that the pipes are locked therein as shown in FlG. 5. Due to the distance that Ithe fioor board was swung laterally, enough space is provided between the outer ends of its hooks and the adjacent or second pivoted floor board to admit pipes between them.
  • An oil well pipe racking platform for use at a high elevation beside a string of drill pipes, the platform comprising a plurality of parallel horizontal floor boards, a series of hooks spaced longitudinally of each board and projecting downward from its bottom, supporting means for one end of the boards, means for rigidly fastening said supporting means to a support, means pivotally connecting the boards to said supporting means 0n parallel horizontal axes, and manually operable means for pivoting the boards on said axes to turn the boards on edge to form racking fingers having hooks projecting laterally therefrom.
  • An oil well pipe racking platform for use at a high elevation beside a string of drill pipes, the platform comprising a horizontal beam, means for rigidly fastening the beam to a support, a plurality of parallel horizontal lioor boards at one side of the beam having ends overlying it, a series of hooks spaced longitudinally of each board and projecting downward from its bottom, brackets rigidly secured to said board ends, means pivotally connecting the brackets to the beam on parallel horizontal axes to support the boards, and manually operable means for swinging the boards on said axes in a common direction to turn the boards on edge to form racking fingers having hooks projecting substantially horizontlaly therefrom.
  • An oil well pipe racking platform including means spacing said ends of the fioor boards from said beam before the boards are turned on edge.
  • An oil well pipe racking platform in which there is a fixed racking finger at the side of the platform toward which said boards are swung, said fixed finger being spaced from the adjacent floor board, and a series of hooks spaced longitudinally of the fixed finger and projecting laterally from the side next to said adjacent floor board.
  • An oil well pipe racking platform including a fixed floor member disposed at the side of the racking platform away from which said floor boards are swung.
  • An oil well pipe racking platform for use at a high elevation beside a string of drill pipes, the platform comprising a horizontal beam, means for rigidly fastening the beam to a support, a plurality of parallel horizontal fioor boards at one side of the beam having ends overlying it, a series of hooks spaced longitudinally of each board and projecting downward from its bottom, a bracket rigidly secured to each of said board ends and projecting downwardly and laterally outward away from one edge of the board, means located laterally outward of said board edge pivotally connecting the bracket to the beam on a horizontal axis, and manually operable means for swinging the board on said axis to turn the board on edge to form a racking finger having hooks projecting substantially horizontally therefrom.

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BE651293D BE651293A (fr) 1963-07-31 Plate-forme a rateliers pour tubes de forage petrolier
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GB14914/64A GB991696A (en) 1963-07-31 1964-04-10 Oil well pipe racking platform
NL646405499A NL144027B (nl) 1963-07-31 1964-05-15 Pijpstelling voor het nabij de bovenzijde steunen van in verticale stand geplaatste pijpsecties, bestemd voor een boortoren of boormast.

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US4335792A (en) * 1980-08-07 1982-06-22 Mahan Michael S Working board for drilling rig
US4549663A (en) * 1983-02-16 1985-10-29 Scott S. Corbett, Jr. Storage system for trailer frames
EP0144425A4 (fr) * 1983-05-23 1987-11-25 Hitachi Construction Machinery Machine de forage vertical.

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US2094506A (en) * 1937-04-09 1937-09-28 Thomas J Umphres Derrick pipe rack
US2161719A (en) * 1938-08-04 1939-06-06 Ira T Minyard Platform and pipe rack for oil well derricks
US2412020A (en) * 1945-06-15 1946-12-03 Emsco Derrick & Equip Co Working platform arrangement for portable derricks

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US2094506A (en) * 1937-04-09 1937-09-28 Thomas J Umphres Derrick pipe rack
US2161719A (en) * 1938-08-04 1939-06-06 Ira T Minyard Platform and pipe rack for oil well derricks
US2412020A (en) * 1945-06-15 1946-12-03 Emsco Derrick & Equip Co Working platform arrangement for portable derricks

Cited By (3)

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US4335792A (en) * 1980-08-07 1982-06-22 Mahan Michael S Working board for drilling rig
US4549663A (en) * 1983-02-16 1985-10-29 Scott S. Corbett, Jr. Storage system for trailer frames
EP0144425A4 (fr) * 1983-05-23 1987-11-25 Hitachi Construction Machinery Machine de forage vertical.

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