IP Library Granted Patent US 9,617,804
Granted Patent B2
US 9,617,804 · App. 14/719,140 · Granted Apr 11, 2017

Drill rod magazine

Inventor: Hannes Rainer Buettner (Hollenbach, DE)
Assignee: BAUER Deep Drilling GmbH
E21B19/14A47B43/00
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Patent No.
US 9,617,804
App. No.
14/719,140
Granted
Apr 11, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

The invention relates to a drill rod magazine for vertical storage of drill rod elements, having a box-like basic frame which has a support area, vertical side walls and at least one horizontal receiving shelf, which is designed to receive and hold the drill rod elements. The basic frame has a laterally open access area, via which the drill rod elements can be inserted into the basic frame. It is provided according to the invention that the side walls are arranged parallel to each other and each have at least one pivot bearing with a horizontally orientated pivot axis, the at least one receiving shelf is mounted pivotably with respect to the side walls, and the basic frame is designed to be collapsible, wherein the basic frame can be unfolded from a folded-up position into an operating position.

Claims (21)

1. Drill rod magazine for vertical storage of drill rod elements, said drill rod magazine comprising,

a frame that is box shaped, said frame having a support area, vertical side walls and at least one horizontal receiving shelf configured to receive and hold the drill rod elements,

wherein the frame has a laterally open access area to receive the drill rod elements inside the frame,

wherein the vertical side walls are arranged parallel to each other and each vertical side wall has at least one pivot bearing with a horizontally oriented pivot axis, the at least one horizontal receiving shelf is configured to be pivotable with respect to the vertical side walls, and the frame is configured to be collapsible, wherein the frame can be unfolded from a folded-up collapsed position into an operating position, and

wherein an adjusting cylinder arrangement is provided with at least one adjusting cylinder configured to position the frame from the folded-up collapsed position to the operating position.

2. Drill rod magazine according to claim 1 , wherein the adjusting cylinder arrangement has at least two adjusting cylinders which are arranged parallel to each other along one of the vertical side walls.

3. Drill rod magazine according to claim 1 , wherein each vertical side wall is constructed from at least two wall elements, the pivot bearings are arranged between the at least two wall elements.

4. Drill rod magazine according to claim 3 , wherein the at least two wall elements are constructed of a truss formed from metal.

5. Drill rod magazine according to claim 1 , wherein the vertical side walls are respectively joined to the support area via a pivot bearing.

6. Drill rod magazine according to claim 1 , wherein at least one laterally projecting support is arranged on the support area, wherein a support arm is pivotably mounted to the at least one laterally projecting support.

7. Drill rod magazine according to claim 1 ,

wherein one of the vertical side walls has a first wall element and a second wall element adjacent to the first wall element, the at least one adjusting cylinder is coupled to the first wall element on one side and an elbow lever mechanism with two elbow levers on the other side, one of the elbow levers of the two elbow levers is joined to the first wall element and the other elbow lever of the two elbow levers is joined to the second wall element.

8. Drill rod magazine according to claim 7 , further comprising a support arm wherein the support arm is connected directly or via a coupling lever to the second wall element.

9. Drill rod magazine according to claim 1 , wherein the frame has at least one vertical intermediate wall which is arranged between and parallel to the vertical side walls.

10. Drill rod magazine according to claim 9 , wherein the vertical side wall and the vertical intermediate wall are formed of wall elements, wherein the intermediate wall and one of the vertical side walls are formed with the same number of wall elements, and the other side wall of the vertical side walls is connected to a support arm and has a smaller number of wall elements.

11. Drill rod magazine according to claim 10 , wherein the vertical side walls and the at least one vertical intermediate wall are pivotably mounted on the support area via a respective baseboard, each of the respective baseboards have a different height.

12. Drill rod magazine for vertical storage of drill rod elements, said drill rod magazine comprising,

a frame that is box shaped, said frame having a support area, vertical side walls and at least one horizontal receiving shelf configured to receive and hold the drill rod elements,

wherein the frame has a laterally open access area to receive the drill rod elements inside the frame,

wherein the vertical side walls are arranged parallel to each other and each vertical side wall has at least one pivot bearing with a horizontally oriented pivot axis, the at least one horizontal receiving shelf is configured to be pivotable with respect to the vertical side walls, and the frame is configured to be collapsible, wherein the frame can be unfolded from a folded-up collapsed position into an operating position, and

wherein the open access area for the drill rod elements is formed on the at least one receiving shelf by tracks, the tracks are cantilevered horizontally away from a transverse beam to the open access area.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 16, 2021
From: BAUER DEEP DRILLING GMBH
To: BAUER MASCHINEN GMBH
Reel/Frame 057184/0189 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 23, 2017
From: BAUER MASCHINEN GMBH
To: BAUER DEEP DRILLING GMBH
Reel/Frame 041361/0670 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 21, 2015
From: BUETTNER, HANNES RAINER
To: BAUER MASCHINEN GMBH
Reel/Frame 035694/0144 →
Priority Claims (1)
EP 14169255 · May 21, 2014 · regional
Continuity (1)
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