Patent ID: 8702348

Claim:
Apparatus for moving an elongate component within or through a sidewall of a pit, comprising: a frame; a lever arm pivotably attached to the frame at a pivot point and comprising a handle at a first end; a gripping arrangement pivotably attached to the lever arm at a second end at a gripping pivot point, allowing the gripping arrangement to move from a first installation position to a second installation position by pivoting the gripping arrangement 180 degrees on the lever arm about the gripping pivot point; wherein in the first installation position during use the gripping arrangement pushes the elongate component within or through the sidewall by gripping the elongate component as the lever arm pivots in a first direction and releasing the elongate component as the lever arm pivots in a second direction opposite to the first direction; and wherein in the second installation position during use the gripping arrangement pulls the elongate component within or through the sidewall by releasing the elongate component as the lever arm pivots in the first direction and grips the elongate component as the lever arm pivots in the second direction.