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Carburetor and valve mechanism

US4877560A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateApr 14, 1988
Grant dateOct 31, 1989
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Expiry dateApr 14, 2008

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S261/68
  • WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A carburetor comprising a main body portion defining a carburetor mixing passage having an air intake side and an engine outlet side, a fuel pump, a throttle shutter mounted within the carburetor mixing passage between the air intake side and the engine outlet side. The carburetor has a metering chamber for supplying fuel from the fuel pump into the carburetor mixing passage via a main discharge port, the main discharge port opens into the carburetor mixing passage on the air intake side of the throttle shutter. A starting fuel supply passage extends from the pressure side of the fuel pump to the carburetor mixing passage. A means is provided for selectively opening and closing the starting fuel supply passage such that when the throttle is in a partially opened position and the starting fuel supply passage is open, the fuel pump causes fuel to be injected through the starting fuel supply passage into the carburetor mixing passage.

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