Recoil starter
AssigneeStarting Industrial Co., Ltd.
InventorHiroki Kato
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
A recoil starter exemplified in the embodiment includes: a starter case; a rope reel; a recoil rope; a ratchet; and a drive pulley. When the rope reel is rotated by pulling the recoil rope, the ratchet pivots to engage an engaged unit of the drive pulley to thereby transmit a torque of the rope reel to an engine. The rope reel has: a ratchet receiving unit; and a reinforcing unit. The ratchet receiving unit is arranged to receive a front end portion of the ratchet when it is engaged with the engaged unit of the drive pulley. And, the reinforcing unit extends in a circumferential direction of the rope reel with respect to the ratchet receiving unit as its leg portion.
Claims4
A recoil starter including:
- a starter case (11);
- a rope reel (12) attached rotatable to the starter case (11);
- a recoil rope (13) wound around the rope reel (12);
- a ratchet (14) pivotably attached to the rope reel (12);
- and
- a drive pulley (15) connected to an engine, the drive pulley (15) having an engaged unit (15a) engageable with the ratchet (14),
- wherein, when the rope reel is rotated by pulling the recoil rope (13), the ratchet (14) pivots to engage the engaged unit (15a) of the drive pulley (15) to thereby transmit a torque of the rope reel (12) to an engine, and
- wherein the rope reel (12) has:
- a ratchet receiving unit (12c) arranged to receive a front end portion (14b) of the ratchet (14) when it is engaged with the engaged unit (15a) of the drive pulley (15);
- and
- a reinforcing unit (12d) that extends in a circumferential direction of the rope reel (12) with respect to the ratchet receiving unit as its leg portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.