US 11,719,377 B2
Header delivery system
Willem Meerkerk, Hardinxveld-Giessendam (NL); Nicolaas Dirk Bergshoeff, Sugar Land, TX (US); and Maarten Cornelis Burggraaff, Tricht (NL)
Assigned to Quest Integrity Group, LLC, Stafford, TX (US)
Filed by QUEST INTEGRITY GROUP, LLC, Sugar Land, TX (US)
Filed on Mar. 2, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/190,302.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/983,835, filed on Mar. 2, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0270404 A1, Sep. 2, 2021
Int. Cl. F16L 55/46 (2006.01); F28F 9/02 (2006.01); F16L 1/09 (2006.01); F16L 1/024 (2006.01)
CPC F16L 55/46 (2013.01) [F16L 1/0246 (2013.01); F16L 1/09 (2013.01); F28F 9/0246 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A header delivery system for a header pipe having a process tube extending from the header pipe, comprising:
a launcher pipe having a first pipe end forming a first pipe opening and a second pipe end forming a second pipe opening;
a frame assembly connected to the launcher pipe;
a tube coupler connected to the launcher pipe at the second pipe end;
a bumper connected to the launcher pipe; and
a jack apparatus comprising:
a tube coupler mount connected to the launcher pipe at the second pipe end and connected to the tube coupler,
a wedge assembly connected to the launcher pipe and having a first actuating wedge and a first extension wedge disposed adjacent one another in a wedge configuration, and
a linear actuator assembly having a first linear actuator connected to the first actuating wedge and configured to move the first actuation wedge in a first linear direction and to move the first extension wedge and the tube coupler mount apart from one another in response to the movement of the first actuation wedge in the first linear direction, and wherein the tube coupler and the bumper move from a retracted position to an extended position as the first extension wedge and the tube coupler mount move apart from one another.