Self-aligning top drive

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 4878546
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07155300

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A self-aligning top drive device and gimballing apparatus therefor. The gimballing apparatus provides horizontal and tilting movement to maintain alignment between a top drive and a tubular or tubulars suspended in a derrick, the gimballing provided by pivot pins extending from the sides of the top drive into a portion of a gimbal frame and by a pivot pin extending from the gimbal frame into a gimbal frame support. The gimbal frame support can be movably mounted on a top drive dolly to provide displacement of the top drive with respect to the dolly.

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TRITEN CORPORATION A CORP OF TX5915 FRITMOORE ROAD HOUSTON TX 77041

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
MacCline, Billy Porter, TX 3 310
Shaw, Danial G Conroe, TX 2 294

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