Patent ID: 7240742

Claim:
A pipe handling device for storing and transporting pipe sections to and from a spindle axis of a horizontal boring machine, the pipe handling device comprising: a support member having a first end and a second end and positioned such that the support member is located above the spindle axis and such that the first end is on a first side of the spindle axis and the second end is on a second side of the spindle axis; a discharge point at the first end of the support member; a magazine having a plurality of columns to receive and store pipe sections parallel to the spindle axis, the magazine being movable between a plurality of positions, the plurality of positions being defined by the position of the magazine when different columns of the magazine are aligned with the discharge point; wherein the support member prevents pipe sections from being discharged from each of the plurality columns that stores a pipe section and is not aligned with the discharge point; and a transfer assembly moveable between at least a first position and a second position, the transfer assembly comprising: a pipe delivery member; and wherein in the first position the pipe delivery member is aligned with the discharge point and in the second position the pipe delivery member is aligned with the spindle axis.