Patent ID: 7287505

Claim:
A pull-rope starting device ( 100 ) for an internal combustion engine, which comprises a rope drum ( 4 ) rotatably held in a housing ( 1 ), wherein said starting device, for generating the drive torque for a motor shaft by means of at least one starter handle ( 10 ) is rotatable by way of a load transfer means ( 9 ) and by way of an elastic coupling element ( 6 ) comprising a spiral spring, is connected to a ratchet-type engaging element ( 5 ) by means of which the drive torque can be transmitted to the motor shaft, characterised in that in a gap between a) an axle of the rope drum ( 4 ), and b) an axle of the engaging element ( 5 ), at least one thin-walled bushing or sleeve ( 8 ) is disposed between the elastic coupling element and the gap between the axles of the rope drum and the engaging element, preventing the coupling element from entering the gap.