Patent ID: 8425171
Filing Date: 2013-04-23
Classification: E21B

Abstract:
1. A racking assembly for receiving and storing at least one pipe, the racking assembly comprising a setback assembly including a selectively rotatable member having a plurality radial slots sized to receive a first portion of the at least one pipe in sliding engagement, and a base placed distal from the selectively rotatable member and coupled thereto so as to permit mutual rotation, said base arranged to support the at least one pipe on a support face of said base; a barrier located about a peripheral edge of the base, such that the setback assembly rotates relative to the barrier, said barrier arranged to prevent the at least one pipe from moving radially from said base, said barrier having a gap sized to permit selective lateral movement of the at least one pipe, and; a pipe delivery system comprising a support block for supporting the at least one pipe; said base having at least one slot sized to allow the support block to project from or retract into said base, said slot further sized to prevent said pipe to pass there through, and; a trolley arranged to move the block from a pipe receiving position to a pipe delivery position said pipe delivery position coinciding with the position at which the block retracts into the base so as to deliver the pipes to the base; wherein mutual rotation of the selectively rotatable member and the base permit alignment of the gap and a selected slot of said selectively rotatable member, and so permitting the pipe stands to be moved laterally into said setback assembly, with the support block arranged to move along said slot, projecting from said slot with said pipe and to selectively retract below said base so as to position the pipe on said base.