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Apparatus for retaining two strings of tubulars

  • US 7,673,691 B2
  • Filed: 10/23/2006
  • Issued: 03/09/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/28/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An apparatus for retaining a tubular, comprising:

  • a first passage and a second passage, wherein the first passage is larger than the second passage and the first passage having gripping members movable in the first passage adapted to retain the tubular and wherein the second passage is a recess formed in an inner wall of the first passage and is adapted to maintain a string outside a path traveled by the gripping members toward and away from the tubular.

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