A spring operated hose retriever utilizes a rope or wire cable clamped to the dispensing hose at one end and wound on a spring tensioned reel at the other end. The reel unwinds to allow the nozzle to be brought to the vehicle fill pipe and rewinds to pick up the slack in the hose when the nozzle is returned to the dispenser.
See also Hose retriever, Counterweight operated hose retriever and PEI/RP500.