The cord-type mowing machine is configured as follows: a body has a pillar a reel is interpolated to the pillar a ratchet wheel is interpolated to the pillar, and is stored inside the reel, and is rotated in a direction same as that of the reel a ring is attached to the upper side of the reel an upper cap is fixed to the upper end of the pillar noreturn projections are successively formed on the undersurface of the upper cap the ratchet wheel has a gathering pallet and is pressed toward the upper cap by a coil spring and the gathering pallet of the ratchet wheel is locked in a noreturn projection toward the letting-out direction of the cord when the ratchet wheel falls due to a shock, locking between the gathering pallet and the noreturn projection is unlocked and the reel becomes rotatable in the letting out direction the ring has an unlocking projection when the ring is rotated in a winding direction, the gathering pallet climbs over the noreturn projection and the reel rotates in the winding direction when the ring is rotated in the letting-out direction, the unlocking projection comes into contact with the gathering pallet with the ratchet wheel pushed downward, the locking between the gathering pallet and the noreturn projection is unlocked and the reel becomes rotatable in the letting-out direction.
