Patent ID: 6944954

Claim:
A grass-cutting head with a line, the head comprising: a housing; at least one spool placed in said housing and on which a line can be wound in a winding area, said spool including an anchor located within the winding area of the spool for holding an end of the line, said anchor being arranged proximate to an inner winding surface of said spool and corresponding in location to an access slot in a surface of said spool so that the anchor is accessible to an operator from outside said housing to enable the end of the line to be connected to said anchor of said spool without taking said spool out of said housing; a feed mechanism in said housing for feeding the line from said spool; a winding mechanism in said housing for rotating said spool to enable a supply of the line to be wound onto said spool; a stop connected to said housing to hold said spool in said housing while the line is being connected to said anchor, said stop and said anchor being arranged and sized to have said anchor be accessible.