Patent ID: 8454296
Filing Date: 2013-06-04
Classification: E21B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An apparatus, comprising: a plurality of indexers mounted in a corresponding plurality of recesses in an upper surface of a support structure and cooperatively operable to urge a tubular member towards or away from an elongate indentation in the upper surface of the support structure; a plurality of kickers each operably coupled to a corresponding one of the plurality of indexers and operable to urge the tubular member into or out of the elongate indentation; and a plurality of first and second actuators, wherein each first actuator is operable to raise and lower an outer end of a corresponding one of the plurality of indexers relative to the upper surface of the support structure and also relative to a corresponding one of the plurality of kickers, each second actuator is operable to raise and lower an inner end of a corresponding one of the plurality of indexers relative to the upper surface of the support structure, and each second actuator is further operable to deploy and stow a corresponding one of the plurality of kickers simultaneously with the raising and lowering, respectively, of the inner end of a corresponding one of the plurality of indexers.