Portable type handling apparatus
Abstract
Abstract A PIPE HANDLING APPARATUS FOR RACKING PIPE WHICH INCLUDES A PAIR OF CARS SLIDABLY RECEIVED UPON AN ELONGATED TRACK WITH THE CARS BEING POSITIONED ALONG THE TRACK IN A PIPE RECEIVING RELATIONSHIP WITH RESPECT TO A PIPE DELIVERY CHUTE. THE CARS INCLUDE A LATCH MEANS WHICH ENABLES MOVENT OF ONE OF THE CARS TO IMPART MOVEMENT TO THE REMAINING CAR. THE FIRST CAR IS POSITIONED ADJACENT THE CHUTE TO RECEIVE ONE END OF A PIPE, WHEREUPON THE PIPE IS TRANSPORTED BY THE CAR LONGITUDINALLY ALONG THE TRACK UNTIL THE REMAINING MARGINAL END PORTION OF THE PIPE IS RECEIVED BY THE SECOND CAR. A LATERALLY ARRANGED CONVEYOR MEANS TRANSPORTS THE PIPE AWAY FROM THE TRACK AND ONTO A PIPE RACK, WHEREUPON THE CARS ARE AGAIN POSITIONED IN PIPE RECEIVING RELATIONSHIP WITH RESPECT TO THE TRACK AND THE CHUTE IN ORDER TO RECEIVE THE NEXT JOINT OF PIPE.
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