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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7617809 | Starting brake for a hedge clipper The invention relates to a work implement including a drive which can be started by a cable pull starter, wherein the cable pull starter has a starter handle which is located in a holder in a rest position and which can be removed from the holder by a user for start... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7478617 | Hand-free starter for power generator A power generator includes a supporting frame, a generator supported by the supporting frame, and an engine mechanism including an engine driving the generator and a recoil starter for starting the engine via starter cable. The power generator further includes a han... | 01/20/2009 |
| 7334551 | Combustion engine pull cord start system A pull-cord start system has a recoil pulley coupled to a crankshaft of a combustion engine and a pull-cord wound about the recoil pulley which is pulled by an end user to rotate the recoil pulley and thereby start the engine. A throttle override device of the pull-... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7322334 | Apparatus and method for starting a chain saw A chainsaw starting apparatus comprises a frame, a first crank arm, a second crank arm, and a locking mechanism. The frame is designed to occupy a fixed position relative to a floor surface. The first crank arm and the second crank arm are each rotationally supporte... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7275508 | Combustion engine pull-starter A pull-starter for a combustion engine of an engine-powered apparatus having a startup element automatically actuated upon initial pulling of a pull-cord. The pull-cord is attached to and wound around a recoil pulley, routed at least partially around a portion of a ... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7096842 | Rope-operated actuator for an engine starter A rope-operated actuator for an engine starter includes a cover with a shaft, a spool wheel sleeved rotatably on the shaft, a rope connected to the spool wheel for driving the spool wheel, a rope-rewinding member for rewinding the rope on the spool wheel, a pawl-dri... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7086512 | Headset cable retraction system A headset cable retraction system and device is described, the system including a housing, the housing having a cavity. In addition, the system includes a cord capable of transmitting an electrical signal, wherein a portion of the cord is contained in the cavity. Th... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7008330 | Rope swing handle bar apparatus and system A rope swing handle bar apparatus and system. The apparatus is centered on a cylindrical body through which a rope fits. The rope can generally be tied to a fixed object such as a tree branch. The handle bar typically includes handles having grips. The handles gener... | 03/07/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6901901 | Recoil starter A recoil starter is disclosed which enables a ratchet member to be manufactured at a reduced cost and which is capable of obtaining a sufficient strength and reducing a size and weight thereof without increasing a thickness of a rope reel and the like. The ratchet m... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6718931 | Recoil starter A recoil starter has a starter case provided around a starter shaft. A one-way clutch mechanism is formed between one end of the starter shaft and an engine. A reel is mounted rotatably on the starter shaft and a rope is wound in a groove of the reel. A first spiral... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6497210 | Foot activated independent standing starter aid for hand held internal combustion engine machines employing a pull cord starter mechanism A independent free standing foot operated engine starter aid for hand held portable equipment having a hand operable starting cord. The assemblage comprising of: A base, a upright post fastened to the far right corner of the base with a directing pulley n... | 12/24/2002 |
| 6321709 | Foot actuated starter & stabilizer A foot actuated lawn mower stabilizing and starting device consisting of a beam structure extending from a lawn mower toward the operator's position where contacting the ground and a foot actuated lever structure supported by the beam structure. The attac... | 11/27/2001 |
| 5762037 | Foot lever actuator for pull cord engine starters A foot lever actuator for the pull cord recoil starter of a gasoline or diesel engine includes an elongated foot lever attached pivotally at one end to the framework supporting the engine and fitted at the opposite end with a foot pedal for pivoting the l... | 06/09/1998 |
| 5630388 | Starter mechanism for small engines A machine includes a frame, an engine with a rope operated rewind starter, a handle connected to the frame, and the following improvement: a differential pulley with a driver pulley wheel and a driven pulley wheel rotatable on the handle with the engine s... | 05/20/1997 |
| 5361738 | Decompression device for an engine There is provided a highly reliable decompression device of engine which is constructed relatively simply without forming an opening responsible for intrusion of dusts and dirts or foreign matter into a starter cover and/or clogging of foreign matter to e... | 11/08/1994 |
| 5253540 | Lawn mower starting aid A device for pulling the starter cord of a lawn mower engine utilizes a pulling cable disposed about upper and lower pulleys on a vertical post. The upper extremity of the pulling cable is attached to a lever pivotally joined to the vertical post. Downwar... | 10/19/1993 |
| 5070828 | Mower starter A power operated lawn mower with an internal combustion engine having a pull cord starter mechanism and a foot operated attachment for pulling the starter cord. The foot operated starter pull cord attachment mounts on the rear of a cutting blade housing a... | 12/10/1991 |
| 4457726 | Small watercraft starting arrangement In a water born vehicle of the type described in my prior U.S. Pat. No. 3,826,220 including a pivoted control handle extending rearwardly from the bow the improvement comprising a starting cable arrangement which may be selectively secured to the handle a... | 07/03/1984 |
| 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 |
| 4257367 | Engine starting device A rope for actuating a recoil starter is trained about a movable pulley outside a main body of the recoil starter, and the movable pulley is rotatably supported by a swing arm or a handle. By moving the swing arm in swinging movement or pulling the handle... | 03/24/1981 |
| 4047440 | Starter for rope pull outboard motors A starter for a rope pull outboard motor that may be quickly and readily attached to the top of the motor housing. The device includes an outboard motor rope pulling member that can be spring-loaded by a manually operable means after which the handle of t... | 09/13/1977 |
