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Starting device for an internal combustion engine

US5287832A · kind A · utility

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36Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateOct 26, 1992
Grant dateFeb 22, 1994
Priority date
Expiry dateOct 26, 2012

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T74/134
  • WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

The invention is directed to a starting device for manually starting an internal combustion engine and especially a two-stroke engine. The starting device comprises essentially a clutch drum which is actuated by a pull rope for imparting rotation to a catch which coacts with a clutch element of the engine shaft. The starting device maintains within limits the effects of stronger fluctuations of the reaction torque of the engine shaft on the hand of the operator. This is achieved in that the clutch drum and the carrier of the catch are configured as separate parts and are connected by an elastically-deformable entraining element which takes up the force peaks of the reaction torque.

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