Patent ID: 8201769

Claim:
A dispenser for use with a carrier cable and a flexible support wire for vines, said dispenser comprising: a rack having support means for supporting said rack on a carrier cable; a winding reel for receiving a support wire, said reel rotatably mounted on a front face of said rack about an axis of rotation and including a plurality of first retaining elements integral with said reel; a flexible arm including a first end pivotably coupled to said rack and a second, free end spaced from said first end and including an attachment element, said second end of said flexible arm not including structure for connection to a carrier cable, said flexible arm further including at least one second retaining, element, said second retaining element engaging at least one of said first retaining elements in a retaining position in which rotation of said reel is blocked; and said arm flexible to effect displacement of said second retaining element between said retaining position and a release position in which said first retaining elements are released, and said arm engageable with a stop on said rack in said release position, wherein said stop comprises: a flexible leaf; and a stop wall, said arm flexible from said retaining position toward said release position to initially engage said flexible leaf, followed by engagement of said flexible leaf with said stop wall.