Portable marker line reeling apparatus

A portable marker line reeling apparatus, comprising:

• (a) a reel composed of an elongated hollow cylindrical sleeve having a pair of opposite ends, and a pair of circular tape side guides spaced apart axially along said sleeve, said sides guides being attached to and extending radially outward from said sleeve adjacent to its opposite ends as to define a storage chamber between said side guides and about said sleeve in which to store an elongated band of marking tape about said sleeve;
• (b) an elongated hollow cylindrical shaft having opposite ends and being sized to slidable fit through said sleeve of said reel between said opposite ends thereof and mount said reel for rotation about an axis defined by said shaft;
• (c) a handle connected to and extending from one end of said shaft adjacent one of said side guides of said reel and in axial alignment with said shaft, said handle adapted to be manually gripped for holding said shaft as said reel is rotated thereabout for either unwinding or winding said band of marking tape from or into said storage chamber of said real;
• (d) a knob mounted to and extending outwardly from the other of said side guides of said reel, said knob being disposed generally parallel and radially outward from the rotational axis of said reel defined by said shaft, said knob adapted to be manually gripped and moved for rotating said reel about said shaft for either unwinding or winding said band of marking tape from or into said storage chamber of said reel;
• (e) a marking tape cleaning guide mounted to said handle and disposed outwardly of said reel, said cleaning guide having a pair of spaced apart rod-like elements connected together at one of their ends and spaced apart at the opposite of their ends, said rod-like elements having generally parallel surfaces defining an elongated narrow slot therebetween located beyond said reel and extending generally parallel to said reel sleeve from adjacent one side guide to adjacent the other side guide and aligned with said storage chamber to receive the tape for movement through the slot as the tape is being unwound from and wound into said storage chamber of said reel, said slot being closed at the connected one ends of said rod-like elements disposed adjacent one of said side guides and open at the spaced apart opposite ends of said rod-like elements disposed adjacent the other of said side guides for insertion or removal of the band of marking tape into or from said slot through said open end thereof from a side of the tape at any location along the tape between ends of the tape;
• (f) an extension composed of a plurality of interfitting tubular sections, said extension connected to and extending in generally orthogonal relation to said handle so that said reel can be placed next to the ground surface as the person holding the extension is standing erect and;
• (g) wherein portions of said rod-like elements adjacent said closed end of said slot define an enlarged hole having a diameter greater than the distance between said surfaces which define said slot for preventing hangup of the tape at said closed end of said slot as the tape moves therethrough.