Patent ID: 7174874

Claim:
A recoil starter comprising: a rope reel around which a recoil rope drawn out at one end thereof to the outside of a case is wound, and pivotably mounted on a reel shaft formed in the case; a recoil spiral spring adapted to rotationally urge the rope reel in the direction in which the recoil rope is taken up; a cam member which is pivotably mounted on the reel shaft so that the cam member is opposed to the rope reel, and which is adapted to transmit rotation to the engine via a ratchet mechanism; and a coil spring type damper spring engaged at both ends thereof with the rope reel and cam member, the rotational force of the rope reel being transmitted to the cam member via the elastic force of the damper spring, wherein: the rotation of the cam member is transmitted to the engine via the ratchet mechanism to thereby start the engine; a boss portion the length of which is substantially equal to the whole length of a wound portion of the damper spring is formed on either the rope reel or the cam member; and the inner circumference of the whole length of the damper spring is supported on the boss portion, whereby the wound portion of the whole length of the damper spring is tightly wound around the outer circumferential surface of the boss portion uniformly when the damper spring is elastically deformed due to the starting resistance of the engine.