Carburetor

A carburetor comprising a body with inlet and outlet ends, a throat extending through said body from one end to the other, a throttle slide in said body extending transversely to the throat at an intermediate portion thereof, said slide being movable to vary the unblocked portion of said throat, said slide comprising a thin flat member of substantially rectangular shape having a central enlargement on the downstream face thereof, the slide being thin from said enlargement outwardly to its side edges, the height of said slide being only slightly greater than the height of said throat, said enlargement being in the path of said throat, the lower edge of said slide having a centrally disposed downwardly open concave recess, the bottom of said enlargement being spaced above the upper central portion of said concave recess, a fuel tube extending transversely to said throat and having an opening into said throat concentric with said recess, a pin disposed in said tube and having fuel metering means associated therewith at one side thereof downstream of said slide for regulating flow of fuel from said passage into the stream of air traversing said throat, one end of said pin extending into said tube, means mounting the other end of said pin in said enlargement so that the pin extends downwardly therefrom past said recess, the pin being centrally disposed with respect to the recess whereby the widest portion of said recess is aligned with said pin, the end of said fuel tube adjacent said throat being flush with the throat whereby air may pass through the entire space between said recess and said throat past said pin.