Patent ID: 11255140

Abstract:
A drill rod handler (30) for use on a drilling rig (10). In at least one embodiment, the drill rod handler (30) comprises a boom (32) having jaws (38) for releasably grasping a drill rod (14) in at least two spaced apart positions along the length of the drill rod, and a boom positioning means for positioning the boom so that the jaws may grasp a drill rod (14) from a rod storage (18) on the drilling rig or from another rod storage at a different location (16). In another embodiment, a drill rod handler comprising a boom having jaws for releasably grasping a drill rod in at least two spaced apart positions along the length of the drill rod, a boom tilt mechanism for raising or lowering an end of the boom and a drill rod when the drill rod is grasped by the jaws; and an interconnect for connection to the end of the boom for stabilising the end of the boom with respect to the a mast (20) of the drilling rig (10) when the boom (32) is in a rod presentation position.