Recoil starter of force accumulation type

A recoil starter of a force accumulation type comprising:

• a main casing provided on an inner side thereof with a reel shaft;
• a rope reel having a recoil rope wound therearound and rotatably supported around the reel shaft;
• a recoil spiral spring for rotatingly urging the rope reel in a direction in which the recoil rope is taken up;
• a cam wheel, rotatably supported around the reel shaft, for transmitting rotation to a rotating member coupled to an engine;
• accumulating means, disposed between the rope reel and the cam wheel, for accumulating a rotational force due to the rotation of the rope reel, the cam wheel being rotated by the accumulated rotational force so that the rotating member is rotated via a transmission mechanism;
• retention means operable to restrain or permit the rotation of the cam wheel;
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• release means which operates the retention means to restrain the rotation of the cam wheel by pulling a handle attached to an end of the recoil rope, to thereby allow the accumulating means to accumulate a rotational force, and which operates the retention means to permit the rotation of the cam wheel by fixing the handle in the main casing, to thereby allow the rotational force accumulated in the accumulating means to be released to the cam wheel.