IPC Subgroup
E21B 19/18 Connecting or disconnecting drill bit and drilling pipe
Introduced: January 1980
Last revised: January 2006
Full Title
Handling rods, casings, tubes or the like outside the borehole, e.g. in the derrick; Apparatus for feeding the rods or cables > Connecting or disconnecting drill bit and drilling pipe
Classification Context
- Section:
- FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
- Class:
- EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; MINING
- Subclass:
- EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS