Appeal 2007-0040
Application 10/170,069
Patent 6,073,699
second hinge apparatus disposed across from the first
hinge apparatus, the second hinge apparatus hingedly
connecting the two body parts together and permitting the two
body parts to be hingedly openable on a second side of the
elevator.
21. An elevator for use in wellbore operations, the elevator
comprising
a first body part,
a second body part,
the body parts together defining an interior opening
through the elevator for accommodating a wellbore tubular
therein,
the body parts connected together and hingedly openable
on a side of the elevator,
at least one first roller secured to at least one of the body
parts to facilitate movement of a wellbore tubular within and
with respect to the elevator,
wherein the least one first roller has a roller portion
thereof protruding into the interior opening for contacting an
exterior surface of a wellbore tubular within the interior
opening.
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