Rope reel for recoil starter, and recoil
AssigneeStarting Industrial Co., Ltd.
InventorsYoshinori Horikoshi, Tomoyasu Mizuno, Hideki Hashiba
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Abstract
There is provided a rope reel provided in a recoil starter including: a rope holding groove; a flange portion disposed on both sides of the rope holding groove; a through hole provided in the flange portion and configured to allow an end of the rope wound around the rope holding groove to pass through; and an arch portion provided on a side surface of the rope reel and adjacent to the through hole. The arch portion is configured such that the rope is inserted therein, and the arch portion is capable of holding the inserted rope along the side surface of the rope reel. According to the above configuration, a front end portion of the rope is prevented from interfering with a rotation member at an engine side.
Claims12
A rope reel provided on a recoil starter, comprising:
- a rope holding groove configured such that a rope is wound around the rope holding groove,
- a flange portion disposed on both sides of the rope holding groove;
- a through hole provided in the flange portion and configured to allow an end of the rope wound around the rope holding groove to pass through from a side surface of the rope reel on an engine side;
- and
- an arch portion provided to protrude from the side surface of the rope reel and adjacent to the through hole,
- wherein the end of the rope is locked to the side surface of the rope reel by forming a knot,
- wherein the arch portion is configured to hold a portion of the rope on a front end side with respect to the knot,
- wherein the arch portion includes an annular insertion path through which the rope is insertable, and the arch portion is capable of holding the inserted rope along the side surface of the rope reel, and
- wherein the annular insertion path includes an insertion hole that directly receives the end of the rope that passes from the through hole.
A rope reel provided on a recoil starter, comprising:
- a rope holding groove configured such that a rope is wound around the rope holding groove;
- a flange portion disposed on both sides of the rope holding groove;
- a through hole provided in the flange portion and configured to allow an end of the rope wound around the rope holding groove to pass through;
- and
- an arch portion provided on a side surface of the rope reel and adjacent to the through hole,
- wherein the end of the rope is locked to the side surface of the rope reel by forming a knot,
- wherein the arch portion is configured to hold a portion of the rope on a front end side with respect to the knot,
- wherein the arch portion includes an annular insertion path through which the rope is insertable, and the arch portion is capable of holding the inserted rope along the side surface of the rope reel,
- wherein the annular insertion path includes an insertion hole that directly receives the end of the rope that passes from the through hole, and
- wherein the arch portion is a detachable holding member provided on the side surface of the rope reel.
A rope reel provided on a recoil starter, comprising:
- a rope holding groove configured such that a rope is wound around the rope holding groove;
- a flange portion disposed on both sides of the rope holding groove;
- a through hole provided in the flange portion and configured to allow an end of the rope wound around the rope holding groove to pass through;
- and
- an arch portion provided on a side surface of the rope reel and adjacent to the through hole,
- wherein the end of the rope is locked to the side surface of the rope reel by forming a knot,
- wherein the arch portion is configured to hold a portion of the rope on a front end side with respect to the knot,
- wherein the arch portion includes an annular insertion path through which the rope is insertable, and the arch portion is capable of holding the inserted rope along the side surface of the rope reel,
- wherein the annular insertion path includes an insertion hole that directly receives the end of the rope that passes from the through hole, and
- wherein the arch portion includes:
- a pair of side walls erected perpendicularly to the side surface of the rope reel;
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- an upper wall connecting upper end portions of the pair of side walls.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.