Patent ID: 9598918
Date: 2017-03-21
CPC Classifications: E21B

Claim:
1. A system for facilitating the connection of a first tubular to a second tubular used in the oil and gas exploration and extraction industries, the system comprising: a tubular handling device comprising: a tubular engagement apparatus comprising: wherein the tubular handling device and the tubular engagement apparatus are operably connected so that the tubular handling device engages and retrieves the first tubular from a V-door to raise the first tubular to a vertical position, and wherein once in the vertical position, the tubular engagement apparatus engages an interior surface or an exterior surface of the first tubular; and a spider apparatus comprising a plurality of slip assemblies evenly distributed about a central axis, wherein each slip assembly comprises a slip back with an inclined load bearing surface, a slip with a load bearing surface in sliding abutment with the inclined load bearing surface of the slip back, one or more die inserts with gripping surfaces, and a hydraulic or pneumatic cylinder; wherein the slips and slip backs have cavities that together form a cylindrical cavity in the slip assembly between the slips and slip backs and the hydraulic or pneumatic cylinders are mounted in the cylindrical cavity to be in axial alignment with the movement of the slip as the slips travel up or down the inclined surfaces of the slip backs.