Patent ID: 7559501

Claim:
A hose or cable reel, comprising: a housing; a reeling wheel assembly, mounted in the housing, and including a reeling wheel axle supported by the housing and a reeling wheel mounted on the reeling wheel axle with the reeling wheel axle serving as a center, the reeling wheel being adapted to wind a hose, cable or the like thereon, and to rotate in a first direction to wind the hose and in a second direction opposite to the first direction to unwind the hose; and a reeling wheel drive mounted in the housing and detachably coupled with the reeling wheel through a clutch to drive the reeling wheel to rotate in the first direction, the reeling wheel being coupled with the reeling wheel drive when the clutch is operated into an engaged state, and the reeling wheel being uncoupled from the reeling wheel drive when the clutch is operated into a disengaged state, wherein the reeling wheel drive comprises: a lever, swingably supported by the housing, and having a stationary portion that is pivoted to the housing and a free end that is opposite to the stationary portion, the lever being adapted to swing manually within a predetermined range between a start position and an end position with the stationary portion as a fulcrum, and the lever being connected with a spring and biased by the spring towards the start position; a driven gear mounted coaxially and fixedly with respect to the reeling wheel; a driving gear mounted to engage the driven gear; a transmission gear mounted coaxially with respect to the driving gear; and a transmission member engaged with the transmission gear to drive the transmission gear, the transmission member having mesh teeth on a side facing the transmission gear to mesh with the driving gear, and the transmission member being connected with the lever to reciprocate as the lever swings.