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A tool with an interesting twist is John Kroenlein's

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Food Spear

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. His invention was patented on

November 25, 1952 (U. S. No. 2,619,371). Kroenlein

wrote

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With large pieces or types of food, the wire

will be rotated by the shaft in a

corkscrew

fashion

into the food to impale the food on the pin.

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The

purpose of the corkscrew-like twist on the pin is to

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limit the extent of impalement of a piece of food

on the pin, while assisting in the impalement and

retention of the food on the pin.

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Four can / bottle openers with corkscrews and cocktail forks (for pickles, olives,

cherries, pearl onions, and the like). The top one is marked EASY GRIP 4 In 1 MADE IN

U.S.A. The third one is marked ROBERTS MADE IN U.S.A.