Pullstring
String, cord, or chain wound on a spring-loaded spindle that engages a mechanism when pulled / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"Pull chain" redirects here. For the linguistic term, see Chain shift.
A pullstring (pull string, pull-string), pullcord (pull cord, pull-cord), or pullchain (pull-chain, pull chain) is a string, cord, or chain wound on a spring-loaded spindle that engages a mechanism when it is pulled. It is most commonly used in toys and motorized equipment. More generally and commonly, a pullstring can be any type of string, cord, rope, or chain, attached to an object in some way used to pull or mechanically manipulate part of it.
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