CLAMP FRONT-END TOOL FOR THE PIPES CAPTURING AND TRANSPORTATION FROM THE FIELD MAINLINE PIPELINES VARIOUS KITS Russian patent published in 2018 - IPC B66C1/42 

FIELD: transportation.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to the field of handling equipment. Clamping device for the pipes grasping and transporting comprises bearing beam with the welded in centering device, suspended on the hook and guiding the beam axis to the parallel to the pipe axis position. On the beam each side, using two chain two-branch lines, the two-arm clamps are suspended, consisting of body having a number of paired holes corresponding to the pipes to be transported different diameters, and equipped with the automatic lock in the form of spring-loaded ball to hold the fixed in the body holes hinged gripping arms. In the open state, with the device placing over the pipe, with the clamp lowering onto the pipe body, a spring stop is actuated, with the spring adjustable stiffness, with the help of a nut for the held by the latch in the opened state hinge levers unfastening.

EFFECT: enabling the automatic control during the pipes capturing and transportation, as well as expansion of the transported pipes diameters range (102 mm, 152 mm, 219 mm).

1 cl, 4 dwg