PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15767636
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2018-10
Patent Classification: ["414", "022550"]

Abstract:
An apparatus for handling pipes (A) for supplying pipes (A) to snubbing units, comprising a footing ( 2 ), located on the surface (C) of the pipe yard (A), and a supporting structure ( 3 ), which is pivoted to the footing ( 2 ). The supporting structure ( 3 ) defines a conveyance line ( 4 ) for at least one pipe (A). Respective means ( 5 ) for grip and conveyance of at least one pipe (A) are arranged at the lateral portions of the structure ( 3 ) in order to transfer the pipe from the surface (C) of the pipe yard (A) to the conveyance line ( 4 ). The supporting structure ( 3 ) comprises:—a guiding frame ( 6 ), which is pivoted to the footing ( 2 );—a slider ( 7 ), which can slide along the guiding frame ( 6 ) and is interposed substantially between the guiding frame ( 6 ) and the footing ( 2 ), the slider ( 7 ) defining, on the face ( 7 b ) directed toward the footing ( 2 ), said conveyance line ( 4 ) for at least one pipe (A) and comprising elements ( 8 ) for gripping and retaining said pipe (A);—a first actuator ( 9 ), which is interposed between the footing ( 2 ) and the guiding frame ( 6 ) and is preset to rotate the guiding frame ( 6 ) with respect to its axis for pivoting to the footing ( 2 ), the guiding frame ( 6 ) being movable, by way of the action of the first actuator ( 9 ), from a configuration for picking up the pipes (A) from the surface (C) of the pipe yard (A), in which the slider ( 7 ) is juxtaposed and parallel to the footing ( 2 ) and is surmounted by the guiding frame ( 6 ), to a pipe (A) delivery configuration, in which the guiding frame ( 6 ) forms an angle with the footing ( 2 ) that substantially corresponds to 90°±10°;—a second actuator ( 10 ), which is interposed between the slider ( 7 ) and the guiding frame ( 6 ), being preset for the translation of the slider ( 7 ) with respect to the guiding frame ( 6 ), with consequent elongation of the supporting structure ( 3 ) up to a length that is close to the sum of the lengths of the guiding frame ( 6 ) and of the slider ( 7 ).

Claim (Index 4):
The apparatus according to  claim 1 , characterized in that said footing ( 2 ) comprises a preliminary lifting unit ( 15 ) for said at least one pipe (A) that is aligned with said line ( 4 ), said preliminary lifting unit ( 15 ) being movable from a position in which it is substantially coplanar with said footing ( 2 ) to a position that is raised with respect to said footing ( 2 ) in order to allow the easy unloading of the at least one pipe (A) from the footing ( 2 ) towards the pipe yard (C) in case of extraction of the pipes (A).

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 31.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 4.21739
- Patent Class: 414.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['11514179', '12443637', '14235930', '11677561', '11017822']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8396592287192074
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4726071723805587
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8029540230853426
- Mean Citation Score: 136.83623400000002
- Max Citation Score: 144.71065
- Similarity Product: 96.8323112867087

Labels:
- Claim Label 101: 1
- Claim Label 102: 1
- Claim Label 103: 0
- Claim Label 112: 1
- Combined Label: 1
- Label 101 Adjusted: 1

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