Safety device for handling casing

Abstract

A safety tool that removes thread protectors from casing and handles the casing while on a rig floor, for example, oil field casing, as the casing is being installed. It is a safety device because it allows the user to handle the moving end of a long length of casing and align that end with casing that it is being threaded to.

1 . A safety device for handling threaded casing said device comprising:
 a cylindrical housing comprising two, separate, essentially identical, one-half clam shell configurations having vertical edges;   said cylindrical housing having a first end and a second end, each of said first end and second end being larger in diameter than the diameter of the cylindrical housing;   each one-half clam shell configuration having fixedly attached thereto, near an edge, one-half of a hinge mechanism, wherein said hinge mechanisms are hardware hinges;   each one-half clam shell configuration having a vertical gripping handle fixedly attached thereto near the edge opposite said hinge, said gripping handles being closely adjacent to each other.   
     
     
         2 . (canceled) 
     
     
         3 . (canceled) 
     
     
         4 . (canceled) 
     
     
         5 . A device as claimed in  claim 1  wherein there are two said hinge mechanisms. 
     
     
         6 . A device as claimed in  claim 1  wherein there are three said hinge mechanisms. 
     
     
         7 . (canceled) 
     
     
         8 . A device as claimed in  claim 1  wherein the device is manufactured from metal. 
     
     
         9 . A device as claimed in  claim 8  wherein the metal is steel. 
     
     
         10 . A device as claimed in  claim 8  wherein the metal is iron. 
     
     
         11 . A device as claimed in  claim 1  wherein the device is manufactured from hard plastic. 
     
     
         12 . A device as claimed in  claim 11  wherein the hard plastic is cross-linked polyethylene. 
     
     
         13 . A device as claimed in  claim 1  wherein at least one said first end is fluted. 
     
     
         14 . A device as claimed in  claim 1  wherein said first end and the said second end are fluted.