Patent ID: 7343968

Claim:
A swivel assembly for conducting a high pressure fluid, including in combination: a non-rotating conduit member having a first end attached to the source of high pressure fluid and having an end opposite said first end, a seal guide member structurally secured to said end opposite said first end and aligned with said first end, with said seal guide member having a tubular washpipe extension portion which permits the passage of high pressure fluid therethrough; a tubular floating seal member telescopically mounted about said tubular washpipe extension portion and providing a seal chamber therebetween, with said tubular floating seal member, having a distal end, being adjustably secured to said non-rotating conduit member by a biasing member; a first seal ring member structurally secured to and aligned with said tubular floating seal member on said distal end thereof; a rotating conduit member having a proximal end aligned with respect to said distal end of said tubular floating seal member; and a second seal ring member structurally secured to said proximal end of said rotating conduit member, with said first and said second seal ring members providing a sealing force therebetween due to said biasing member when a high pressure fluid is conducted through the swivel assembly.