Patent ID: 8752733

Claim:
A roller apparatus consisting of: a tubular housing, a shaft received within the housing, and a cap, the housing including a wall, an open first end, and a second end, the wall defining an open interior space for the housing and having a channel therethrough that extends from the first end to proximate the second end, the channel being dimensioned to receive a sealed end of a flexible tube, the second end defining an aperture having a threaded wall, the shaft defining a longitudinally extending aperture and including a pin extending axially from one end, with an opposite end having a base and post extending from the base, the post including an unthreaded portion proximate the base and a threaded portion, the aperture in the shaft being alignable with the channel of the housing and dimensioned to receive the sealed end of the flexible tube; and the cap configured to be rotatably mounted on the first end of the housing and receiving the pin of the shaft so that the shaft is retained within the housing between the cap and the second end of the housing and the shaft is rotated by rotation of the cap, with the cap being configured and positioned on the housing so that the cap may be turned in either a clockwise or counterclockwise direction.