Cord control mechanism for vacuum cleaners

Claim 1

A VACUUM CLEANER HANDLE AND CORD CONTROL MECHANISM COMPRISING A REEL HOUSING, A CORD REEL ROTATABLY MOUNTED IN SAID HOUSING, A HANDLE TUBE, MEANS SECURING ONE END OF SAID HANDLE TUBE TO SAID HOUSING, AN APERTURED CORD-STOP PIVOTALLY MOUNTED ON SAID HOUSING, SAID CORDSTOP HAVING WALLS DEFINING A FIRST APERTURE IN SAID CORDSTOP, SAID FIRST APERTURE IN SAID CORD-STOP BEING RECTANGULAR AND HAVING AS LEAST ONE OF SAID WALLS DEFINING SAID FIRST APERTURE FORMED WITH A PLURALITY OF SHARP PROJECTIONS, THE SAID SHARP PROJECTIONS BEING POSITIONED SO AS TO DEFINE A PLURALITY OF SEMICYLINDERS HAVING CONVEX SURFACES ON SAID AT LEAST ONE OF SAID WALLS DEFINING SAID FIRST APERTURE, AN EXTENSION CORD WOUND ON SAID REEL AND EXTENDING THROUGH SAID RECTANGULAR APERTURE IN SAID CORD-STOP AND THROUGH SAID TUBE, SPRING MEANS BIASING SAID CORD-STOP TO A CORD-GRIPPING POSITION, SAID CORD-STOP HAVING FURTHER WALLS DEFINING A SECOND APERTURE, A CONTROL WIRE EXTENDING THROUGH SAID HANDLE TUBE AND HAVING ONE END PASSING THROUGH SAID SECOND APERTURE IN SAID CORD-STOP, AND A HEAD ON SAID CONTROL WIRE, SAID HEAD CONNECTING ONE END OF SAID WIRE TO SAID CORD-STOP.