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Manually actuated mechanical locking swivel

  • US 20030127857A1
  • Filed: 02/14/2003
  • Published: 07/10/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/04/2000
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A locking swivel apparatus comprising:

  • an upper body portion having a counter bore about a cylindrical axis, the upper body portion including a first threaded end distal from the counter bore;

    a mandrel including an upper end, the upper end being receivable in the counter bore, the mandrel including a second threaded end distal from the upper end;

    a lower cap member engaged with the upper body portion, the lower cap member disposed to secure the upper end of the mandrel in the counter bore;

    an internal locking arrangement configured to selectively couple and decouple the upper body portion and the mandrel, said selective coupling and decoupling disposed to correspondingly constrain and allow relative rotation of the upper body portion and the mandrel about the cylindrical axis; and

    the locking arrangement including a plurality of axial teeth disposed on an outer surface of the upper end of the mandrel and extending radially outward from the cylindrical axis and a plurality of axial teeth disposed in the counter bore of the upper body portion extending radially inward toward the cylindrical axis, the teeth disposed on the mandrel and the teeth disposed on the upper body portion being selectively engageable and disengageable with one another.

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