It's taken me a while to find the Patent for the first Victa recoil starters used in 1957.
The second type of recoil starter used by Victa was easily identified as a starter designed by Fairbanks, Morse & Co in the USA. Villiers also used this type of starter.
The first Victa recoil starter was designed for an outboard boat motor by a Knut from Sweden for Electrolux.