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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7934481 | Flywheel starter pulley attachment apparatuses and methods Flywheel starter pulley attachment apparatuses and methods are disclosed for a flywheel rotatable about an axis and a starter pulley rotatable about the same axis as the flywheel. One or more retainers can be provided to couple rotation of the starter pulley to the ... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7409942 | Recoil starter A recoil starter includes: a rope reel; a cylindrical cam; a coil spring; a reel spindle; an extending cylindrical portion; a recess; a hook; an engaging groove; an inner annular portion; and an outer annular portion, wherein: the extending cylindrical portion is in... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7370623 | Engine-powered tool with a tube for guiding a starter pull rope A tool with an engine, a shaft, and a recoil starter pulley coupled to the shaft for rotation about an axis. A starter pull rope for winding and unwinding around the recoil starter pulley. An air chamber shroud extending about at least a portion of the pulley, the r... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7243631 | Pull-start engine with a lubricating unit A pull-start engine includes a crankcase unit, a pull-start unit, a gearbox unit, and a lubricating unit. The crankcase unit includes a crankcase and a crankshaft. The gearbox unit includes a gearbox and a drive shaft. The pull-start unit is sleeved fixedly on the c... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7191751 | Handle for a pull-rope starter of a motor-driven chain saw The invention entails a handle for a pull-rope starter of a drive motor, especially of a chain saw. The invention includes at least one handle section, at least one fastening section for a starter rope, and a damping for smoothing out force peaks produced in the han... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7191752 | Energy storing starter assembly An energy storing starter assembly comprising a pulley, a hub and a buffering component. The buffering component provides a resilient connection between the pulley and the hub, and is designed to store and transmit energy between the pulley and the hub. The ends of ... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7059021 | Lopper shear with an improved structure A lopper shear pull-rope grip includes a closed end provided with a bulge. The through hole of the bulge is connected to the hollow notch of the grip, where a rope can penetrate the through hole. And, a slanting board extends downwards from the through hole. The sla... | 06/13/2006 |
| 6998739 | Alternator cover shield An alternator cover shield which is designed to close the starter pulley opening or cavity in an alternator cover when the recoil assembly has been removed. The alternator cover shield is characterized by a flat, typically transparent plate fitted with spaced-apart ... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6968821 | Model engine starter A model engine starter assembly is provided which is capable of quickly relieving the engagement between the actuator and the coupling pin upon the start of the model engine and includes a starter shaft which carries a starter pin and defines a shaft axis, and a hub... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6923284 | Side panel for a snowmobile A snowmobile includes a side panel that is mounted to the snowmobile's frame about a generally vertically extending side panel axis. In a closed position, the side panel protects and encloses a lateral side of the snowmobile's engine. In an open position, the side p... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6684843 | Engine In an engine, a cover member closing an opening in an engine block is integrally formed with supporting arms extending radially outwards beyond an outer periphery of a flywheel mounted on a crankshaft supported at its one end on the cover member, and a re... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6253722 | Starting apparatus for internal combustion engines A starting device has a rotary drive member that is operable by hand or power devices. The device has a detented or geared strip arranged to engage with a similarly detented or geared starting wheel. The teeth of these parts are designed to grab and lock ... | 07/03/2001 |
| 5988132 | Pull starter for outboard motor A pull starter for an engine powering an outboard motor having a cowling and a water propulsion device is disclosed. The engine is positioned in the cowling and has a generally vertically extending crankshaft. A lower end of the crankshaft is arranged to ... | 11/23/1999 |
| 5285693 | Lawn mower starting device A device for pulling the starter cord of a lawn mower engine utilizes a pulling cable attached to a pulley wheel activated by a high torque electric motor. An elongated base supports an upright post, upon which the motor is mounted. A chute protectively g... | 02/15/1994 |
| 5153967 | Handle for a pull-rope starter The invention is directed to a handle for a pull-rope starter. The handle includes a T-shaped base body having an elongated part extending in the direction of the pull rope and a handle part extending transversely to the elongated part. The elongated part... | 10/13/1992 |
| 5133312 | Foot-operated starter attachment for combustion engines An engine starter attachment for use with equipment employing combustion engines having hand-operable starting cords. The attachment comprises a slide bar having a slider equipped with a stirrup to enable foot power to be applied to the slider. A cable at... | 07/28/1992 |
| 5118978 | Rotor for a generator A rotor for a generator includes a core made of a plurality of magnetic plates laminated with each other, a magnet received in a holding portion of the core, and a synthetic resin mold molded on the core in the circular disc shape. A pawl is rotationally ... | 06/02/1992 |
| 5063812 | Pawl assembly for manual starting of small internal combustion engines Improved pawl assembly for starting mechanisms of small engines mounted on the engine flywheel provided with a bore therein and includes an integrally molded, polymeric pawl, a U-shaped torsion spring and retaining means disposed in the bore of the flywhe... | 11/12/1991 |
| 4958483 | Rope guide A rope guide for the recoil starter rope of a power lawn mower, said rope guide being adapted for attachment to an extruded mower handle member having a substantially C-shaped configuration without drilling, cutting or otherwise deforming the handle membe... | 09/25/1990 |
| 4850233 | Recoil apparatus A recoil apparatus has a drum rotatably disposed within a casing. A peripheral groove is formed in the drum in such a manner as to open in the outer periphery of the drum. A recoil spring member is formed into a spiral shape and is received within the per... | 07/25/1989 |
| 4662158 | Brushcutter having a starter arrangement The invention is directed to a starter arrangement for a brushcutter which is driven by an engine mounted in a housing and secured to the one end of a carrying tube. A shaft accommodated in the carrying tube couples the engine to a transmission of a cutti... | 05/05/1987 |
| 4641614 | Starter device for an internal combustion engine A starter device is disclosed for an internal combustion engine of a motor-driven chain saw. The starter device includes a rotor which is secured on a bearing pin by means of a spring clip. The legs of this spring clip extend partially parallel to each ot... | 02/10/1987 |
| 4637360 | Recoil starter A recoil starter composed of: a rotating reel which fits loosely around a supporting shaft in a housing, a cylindrical hub portion of the reel having a spiral spline which is integrally formed on its inner periphery; a clutch cylinder which is loosely ins... | 01/20/1987 |
| 4552103 | Manual starter with ignition spark retard A manual starter is provided for an internal combustion engine including a drive member mounted for rotation and operable to start the engine when rotated. The starter includes a flexible pull element mounted for movement between a normally retracted posi... | 11/12/1985 |
| 4492190 | Recoil starter A recoil starter for internal combustion engines utilizing a rope rotated cranking pulley wherein pulley mounted dogs engage on engine cranking cup when extended. Dog positioning is controlled by an operator, and the dogs are spring biased and shaped to f... | 01/08/1985 |
| 4483279 | Single-cylinder motor A single-cylinder motor having a crankshaft mounted or journalled in the crankcase by means of roller-bearing sets. A crank web or lobe with a crankshaft pin is arranged at one end of the crankshaft. The crankshaft pin is drivingly connected via a connect... | 11/20/1984 |
| 4426961 | Starting arrangement for internal combustion engine A compact recoil starting arrangement for an internal combustion engine wherein the recoil starter mechanism is interposed between a wall of the engine through which the engine output shaft extends and a driving element that is affixed to the outer end of... | 01/24/1984 |
| 4397274 | Lawn mower having internal combustion engine and a starting device A lawn mower driven by an internal combustion engine and having a foot operated starter for the engine; the pedal lever for the starter is pivotably supported on the mower body and is provided with at least one guiding pulley or roller around which the sp... | 08/09/1983 |
| 4359021 | Recoil starter A recoil starter (10) for mounting in concentric alignment with the driven member (14) of an internal combustion engine (15) includes a starter housing (11), a starter sheave (12), a pull rope (13) wrapped around the sheave (12) and means to rewind the pu... | 11/16/1982 |
| 4331110 | Priming and starting apparatus for engines Disclosed are apparatus and methods for priming and starting a two-cycle engine. A spool is drivingly coupled to the engine crankshaft. The intermediate portion of a cord is wrapped at least once about the spool leaving opposite ends of the cord free. To ... | 05/25/1982 |
| 4230085 | Manual starter for internal combustion engines The manual starter for an internal combustion engine includes a flexible pull element mounted in the vicinity of the engine flywheel for movement between a normally retracted position and an extended position and having teeth or cogs adapted to drivingly ... | 10/28/1980 |
| 4167929 | Engine including speed-control starter interlock Disclosed herein is an engine including a timer plate which is operable to concurrently adjust the engine spark and the setting of the engine throttle valve, a rotatable starter mechanism, and a starter interlock for preventing engine starting when the ti... | 09/18/1979 |
| 4149510 | Recoil type starter for internal-combustion engine A recoil type starter device for an internal combustion engine is provided which includes a starting pulley fixed at one end of the engine crank shaft and having a plurality of openings in its circumferential side surface; and a rotatable rope pulley conf... | 04/17/1979 |
| 4127098 | Starting device for an internal combustion engine, especially a chain saw engine Disclosed is a starting device for an internal combustion engine having a stationary bearing axle attached to the engine, a pulley rotatably mounted on the axle and adapted for accepting a starting rope wrapped thereabout, a recessed coupling attached to ... | 11/28/1978 |
| 4109538 | Starter bracket for lawn mowers A starter bracket that is mountable on a part of the handle frame of a machine such as a lawn mower which has a pull-cord starting device. The bracket has an extensible post carried by a clamp which can be positioned on the frame so that the post extends ... | 08/29/1978 |
| 4096919 | Propulsion unit for skiers A cleated roller enclosing an internal combustion engine is provided with two handles containing means for engaging the posterior of a skier. The engine is mounted within the roller on a frame which in turn is mounted to both of the roller hubs which are ... | 06/27/1978 |
| 4019490 | Pull-rope recoil starter A side-mounted pull-rope recoil starter for low horsepower, vertical crankshaft internal combustion engines in which a starter gear moves vertically in a pair of journalled slots in the starter mounting bracket into engagement with a ring gear carried by ... | 04/26/1977 |
| 4003190 | Safety device for walk-behind rotary mowers In a walk-behind rotary lawn mower powered by a gasoline engine, two pushbutton-type switches are so connected in the engine ignition circuit that at least one must be actuated for the engine to run. One switch comprises a dead-man control actuated by gri... | 01/18/1977 |
