FRAME, SYSTEM AND/OR METHOD FOR DEPLOYING A SKID

• US 20150014508A1
• Filed: 07/10/2014
• Published: 01/15/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 07/10/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: M-I LLC (Schlumberger NV)
• Original Assignee: M-I LLC (Schlumberger NV)
• Inventors: Sherwood, Joe M.
• Application Number:
  US14/327,612
• Publication Number:
  US 20150014508A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 248/558
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 1/00 Frames or casings of engines, machines or apparatus; Frames serving as machinery beds
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/046 adapted to upward-downward translation movement

Abstract

A frame, a system and/or a method deploys a compact skid. The compact skid has a storage position and an operational position. The compact skid has an inner shell, an outer shell and a bladder. In the storage position, the inner shell is positioned within the volume of the outer shell. To expand the compact skid from the storage position to the operational position, an air compressor is connected to the bladder. The bladder is inflated to lift the inner shell vertically. When the inner shell is lifted, the inner shell is locked into place to the outer shell. The bladder is then partially deflated, and the air compressor is disconnected.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

providing a frame having an inner shell and an outer shell wherein the outer shell defines an interior volume;

arranging a bladder between the inner shell and the outer shell; and

inflating the bladder to move the inner shell from a first position relative to the outer shell to a second position relative to the outer shell wherein the second position is above the first position.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

controlling movement of the inner shell relative to the outer shell by adjusting inflation of the bladder.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein the inner shell is located within the interior volume of the outer shell in the first position.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein the inner shell is located above the outer shell in the second position.

5. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

connecting an air source to the bladder.

6. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

inflating the bladder to displace the interior volume.

7. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

elevating the inner shell relative to the outer shell.

8. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

connecting the inner shell to the outer shell.

9. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

deflating the bladder with the inner shell in the second position relative to the outer shell.

10. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

storing the inner shell within the interior volume of the outer shell.

11. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

transporting the frame with the inner shell within the interior volume of the outer shell.

12. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

arranging equipment on the inner frame.

13. A frame comprising:

an inner shell having a top portion, a bottom portion and a plurality of corner posts wherein the plurality of corner posts align to connect the top portion to the bottom portion;

an outer shell having a base, a front end and a back end wherein the base, the front end and the back end are configured to define a volume within the outer shell; and

a bladder on the base and configured to move the inner shell to a position relative to the outer shell.

14. The frame of claim 13 wherein the inner shell fits within the volume of the outer shell.

15. The frame of claim 13 further comprising:

a locking mechanism configured to connect the inner shell to the outer shell.

16. The frame of claim 13 further comprising:

a gusset connected to each one of the plurality of corner posts and the inner shell.

17. The frame of claim 13 further comprising:

a floor panel on the bottom frame of the inner shell.

18. A system comprising:

a skid having a first frame and a second frame wherein the second frame defines a volume;

an inflation device located between the first frame and the second frame wherein the inflation device moves the first frame within the volume of the second frame; and

equipment arranged on the inner frame.

19. The system of claim 18 wherein the first frame and the second frame each have a substantially cubic shape.

20. The system of claim 18 wherein the first frame is contained within the volume of the second frame.