Structure for suctioning back blow-back fuel
AssigneeKawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsHideshi Miyazaki, Kazuhiko Takemoto
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Abstract
A first fuel storage portion is disposed on the upstream side of a fuel supply device of an engine so as to be contiguous with an air-intake passage of the fuel supply device. A blow-back suppression plate for suppressing blow-back from the air-intake passage is disposed between a filter element and the first fuel storage portion of an air cleaner. A suction-back passage is formed such that fuel accumulated in a fuel accumulation portion in the air cleaner is suctioned back through the suction-back passage into the air-intake passage. The suction-back passage allows communication between the fuel accumulation portion in the air cleaner and a suction-back port formed at the downstream-side end of the first fuel storage portion.
Claims8
A structure for suctioning back blow-back fuel, the structure comprising:
- a first fuel storage vessel disposed on an upstream side of a carburetor of an engine and contiguous with an air-intake passage of the carburetor;
- a suction-back passage through which fuel accumulated in an air cleaner is suctioned back into the air-intake passage;
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- a blow-back suppression plate disposed between a filter element of the air cleaner and the first fuel storage vessel and configured to suppress blow-back from the air-intake passage, wherein
- the suction-back passage allows communication between a fuel accumulation container in the air cleaner and a suction-back port formed in the first fuel storage vessel,
- the air cleaner includes a cleaner case connected to the carburetor, and a cleaner cap covering the cleaner case and the filter element, and
- the suction-back passage is formed by:
- the cleaner case;
- a pair of projecting walls formed so as to be integrated with the cleaner case;
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- the blow back suppression plate which is in contact with tip ends of the pair of projecting walls.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.