Patent ID: 11925140
Assignee: ANDREAS STIHL AG & CO. KG
Field: Other special machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. A trimmer line cutting head comprising:
a housing;
a housing cover connected to the housing;
a trimmer line spool comprising a spool wall, wherein the trimmer line spool is rotatably supported about an axis of rotation in the housing and is disposed slidably between the housing and the housing cover in a direction of the axis of rotation in an installed state of the trimmer line spool;
a spring element arranged in the housing and pretensioning the trimmer line spool in an operating position of the trimmer line cutting head;
an indexing device comprising a terminal stop, wherein the terminal stop connects the trimmer line spool in the operating position to the housing in a fixed connection for a common rotation of the trimmer line spool with the housing;
wherein, by applying an actuating force acting on the indexing device, the trimmer line spool is adjustable from the operating position in a direction of the axis of rotation into an inoperative state of the trimmer line cutting head for paying out a trimmer line wound onto the trimmer line spool;
wherein the indexing device further comprises a rotational stop limiting a rotation of the trimmer line spool relative to the housing in the inoperative state;
wherein the rotational stop is formed in a slot in the spool wall of the trimmer line spool;
wherein the slot in the spool wall is a through opening in the spool wall.