Patent ID: 7100699

Claim:
An apparatus for accommodating the insertion of tools on wirelines and coiled tubing without disconnecting the apparatus from a drill string, the apparatus comprising: an elongated tubular member having an upper end portion, a lower end portion, an inner peripheral surface defining a longitudinal passage, and a wireline passage, wherein the upper end portion has an upper threaded end and a wireline entry connection, the lower end portion has a lower threaded end, the longitudinal passage is between the upper threaded end and the lower threaded end, the upper and lower threaded ends and the longitudinal passage are in axial alignment for connection to the drill string, the wireline passage extending from the wireline entry connection and intersecting the longitudinal passage permitting entry of a wireline into the longitudinal passage of the tubular member; and a wear bushing carried on the inner peripheral surface of the tubular member, the wear bushing holding the wireline away from the adjacent interior surface of the longitudinal passage of the tubular member.