Arrangement for positioning a member in a receiving section of a side pocket mandrel

摘要

A releasable, retrievable latch includes a mandrel having one end threaded externally and an internally threaded socket formed on the other end thereof. A body has one end with a configuration for engagement with a running tool and the other end of the body is provided with a longitudinal bore therein, the innermost end of which is threaded whereby the body may be threadedly engaged with the external threaded end of the mandrel. The bore adjacent the other end of the mandrel has a plurality of longitudinally extending circumferentially spaced slots to form a plurality of flexible longitudinally extending portions so that such portions will flex when engaged with an enlargement as the latch is moved into seated position in a receiving section of a side pocket mandrel. The threaded socket on the end of the mandrel engages with a member which is to be positioned in the receiving section of the side pocket mandrel.