Patent ID: 8141923
Filing Date: 2012-03-27
Classification: B66C,E21B

Abstract:
1. An elevator to grip a rigid shoulderless pipe segment having a substantially circular cross-section to be hoisted, the elevator comprising: a body having a slot therein to laterally receive the rigid shoulderless pipe segment; at least one deployable jaw coupled to the body and movable between a removed position generally disposed within the body, permitting the rigid shoulderless pipe segment to enter the slot, and a deployed position, the at least one deployable jaw having a slip; and at least one actuator operatively coupled between the body and the at least one deployable jaw such that the at least one actuator moves the at least one deployable jaw between the removed position and the deployed position; wherein the at least one deployable jaw is lockable in the deployed position to prevent lateral removal of the rigid shoulderless pipe segment from the slot.