Patent ID: 9629504
Date: 2017-04-25
CPC Classifications: A47J

Claim:
1. An apparatus ( 10 ) for manipulating a skewer ( 30 60 ), the skewer having a mating shank and a guide rest ( 30 g ) at one end ( 30 a ), the apparatus comprising: a rod ( a skewer coupling mechanism ( a handle affixed to the proximal end of the rod, the handle further provided with a spring ( a linear actuator coupled to both the handle and the proximal end of the rod; a shaft ( a guide ( wherein the guide further comprises a support ( wherein the rod is rotatably coupled to the linear actuator; wherein the linear actuator rotates the rod when a user's hand squeezes the handle, changing the spring compression of the spring; and wherein the skewer is rotated when the rod is rotated by the linear actuator when prior to rotation of the rod, the skewer is mated to the apparatus by the mating of the mating shank to the skewer coupling mechanism and the mating of the guide rest with the primary guide.