Device for handling a workpiece such as a container for chemotherapy drugs or the like

A device for convenient and safe handling of containers for chemotherapy drugs by drug handlers comprising:

• a base plate;
• a vertical post extending upwardly from the base plate;
• a support barrel rotatably connected at one end to a support member which slidably engages the vertical post, said support barrel including at least one substantially planar surface upon which a container can rest;
• resistance means for resisting rotation of the support barrel about a longitudinal axis extending therethrough, whereby sufficient resistance may be applied to the support barrel to prevent rotation of the support barrel about its longitudinal axis and whereby additional torque applied to the support barrel by a drug handler will overcome the resistance of the resistance means and permit rotation of the support barrel about its longitudinal axis;
• a shaft biased by a spring abutting the shaft within the support barrel so as to partially extend the shaft through and outwardly beyond an end of the support barrel opposite the support member;
• a pair of jaw members extending above the planar surface of the support barrel, with the first jaw member attached to the shaft and being movable relative to the support barrel so as to urge the jaw members toward each other in a variable rest position or away from each other to a loading and unloading position;
• and
• a handle attached to the end of the shaft extending outwardly beyond the support barrel, whereby the support barrel can be rotated a full 360.degree. in either the clockwise direction or counterclockwise direction about its longitudinal axis and whereby the shaft can be forced into the support barrel and move the first jaw member away from the second jaw and into the loading and unloading position.