Patent ID: 7793731
Filing Date: 2010-09-14
Classification: E21B

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for use with a wireline on a drilling rig, the apparatus comprising: a main body having an integral first entry port and an integral second entry port, wherein said first entry port is configured to receive the wireline, said main body having a proximate end and a distal end, said main body having an internal bore having an axis and wherein said second entry port is aligned with said axis and said first entry port is aligned at an angle to said axis; a bearing nut threadably engaged with said distal end of said main body; a mandrel operatively associated with the distal end of said main body, wherein said mandrel is disposed within said bearing nut so that said mandrel is capable of rotating; wherein an internal portion of said main body and an internal portion of said mandrel cooperate to form a receptacle bore, and wherein the apparatus further comprises: a sleeve non-rotatably disposed within said receptacle bore, such that said sleeve does not rotate when said mandrel rotates.