Reels

Claim 1

A REEL COMPRISING A HOLLOW CYLINDRICAL HOUSING HAVING A SIDEWALL PROVIDED WITH A CORD ENTRANCE OPENING, AND FIRST AND SECOND END WALLS, A ROTOR WITHIN THE HOUSING SAID ROTOR COMPRISING A CORE EXTENDING BETWEEN THE END WALLS AND HAVING A FIRST END JOURNALLED THROUGH SAID FIRST END WALL, SAID CORE HAVING A SECOND END LOCATED ADJACENT TO THE INWARD SIDE OF SAID SECOND HOUSING END WALL, SPACED FIRST AND SECOND REEL FLANGES ON SAID CORE, SAID FIRST REEL FLANGE BEING NORMALLY SPACED FROM SAID FIRST END WALL, SAID SECOND REEL FLANGE BEING NORMALLY LOCATED CLOSE TO SAID SECOND END WALL, CORD RETAINING MEANS ON SAID CORE, SAID CORE HAVING AN AXIAL BLIND BORE OPENING TO ITS SECOND END, ROTOR ROTATING SPRING MEANS IN SAID BORE, SAID SPRING MEANS BEING CONNECTED AT ONE END TO THE CORE AND AT ITS OTHER END TO SAID SECOND END WALL, RATCHET MEANS COMPRISING CIRCUMFERENTIALLY SPACED RATCHET BOSSES ON THE INWARD SIDE OF SAID SECOND END WALL, SAID BOSSES HAVING ROUNDED SIDES AND FLAT SIDES, RATCHET RIBS ON THE ADJACENT SIDE OF THE SECOND REEL FLANGE, SAID SPRING MEANS BEING TENSIONED TO BIAS THE ROTOR TOWARD THE SECOND HOUSING END WALL AND ENGAGE THE RATCHET LUGS BETWEEN RATCHET RIBS, ROTOR ROTATING MEANS OUTSIDE THE HOUSING IN THE FIRST END OF THE CORE FOR ROTATIONALLY TENSIONING SAID SPRING MEANS, AND A PUSH BUTTON SLIDABLY MOUNTED ON SAID SECOND END WALL AND WORKING THERETHROUGH, SAID PUSH BUTTON BEING JOURNALLED IN THE BLIND BORE OF THE CORE, SAID BUTTON BEING ADAPTED TO BE PUSHED INWARDLY TO ENGAGE THE ROTOR CORE AND PUSH THE SECOND REEL FLANGE AWAY FROM THE SECOND HOUSING END WALL SO AS TO CLEAR THE RATCHET RIBS FROM THE RATCHET BOSSES AND ENABLE THE SPRING MEANS TO ROTATE THE ROTOR IN A CORD WINDING DIRECTION.