Lock nuts, provided with pin apertures alignable to an infinite number of angular locking positions

Claim 1

A QUICK OPERATING UNITARY LOCK NUT ASSEMBLY CONSTRUCTION OF AN INTERNALLY THREADED LOCK NUT WHICH IS PERMANENTLY AND ROTATIVELY ENGAGED WITH A LOCKING SLEEVE THAT MAY BE SET FOR FINE PRECISION LOCKING AT AN INFINITE NUMBER OF ANGULAR LOCKING POSITIONS AND POSITIVELY LOCKED BY A PIN TO AN EXTERNALLY THREADED MATING MEMBER, SAID LOCK NUT BEING PROVIDED WITH A WRENCHING SURFACE AT ONE END THEREOF AND AN ANNULAR EXTENSION HAVING AN EXTERNALLY BEVELED ANNULARLY RIGID NONCASTELLATED FLANGE AT THE OPPOSITE END WHICH IS ADAPTED TO ROTATE FREELY WHEN PERMANENTLY ENGAGED IN THE INTERNAL GROOVE OF SAID ACCOMPANYING LOCKING SLEEVE, SAID LOCKING SLEEVE HAVING AN ANNULAR BODY WITH A CENTRAL OPENING IN THE DIAMETER OF WHICH ALLOWS FREE PASSAGE OF SAID MATING MEMBER, SAID BODY HAVING A PLURALITY OF INTERNALLY BEVELED INTERNALLY GROOVED FLEXIBLE CASTELLATIONS AT ONE END THEREOF ADAPTED FOR PERMANENT INTERLOCKING FREE ROTATABLE ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID FLANGE OF SAID LOCK NUT, SAID BODY HAVING DIAMETRICALLY OPPOSED PIN APERTURES ADAPTED TO BE AXIALLY ROTATED 360 DEGREES FOR ALIGNING SAID PIN APERTURES TO A PIN HOLE ON SAID MATING MEMBER FOR POSITIVE LOCKING THEREOF BY A PIN.