Recoil starter
AssigneeBrunswick Corporation
InventorJames H. Frahm
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Abstract
A recoil starter (10) for mounting in concentric alignment with the driven member (14) of an internal combustion engine (15) includes a starter housing (11), a starter sheave (12), a pull rope (13) wrapped around the sheave (12) and means to rewind the pull rope (22). A pawl (26) having a standby position and an engaged position is pivotally mounted on the starter sheave (12). The pawl (26) has a first end (34) and a second end (37) and a pawl engaging means (17) which pivots the pawl (26) to engage the first end (34) with the driven member (14) to rotate the driven member (14).
Claims1
A recoil starter for mounting in concentric alignment with a driven member of an internal combustion engine comprising:
- (a) a starter housing for supporting said starter on said engine
- (b) a starter sheave rotationally positioned on a center pivot
- (c) a pull rope wrapped around said starter sheave
- (d) means for rewinding said rope around said starter sheave
- (e) a pawl having a first end and a second end pivotally mounted on said sheave
- (f) a pawl engaging means to pivot said pawl to engage said first end with said driven member whereby said sheave and said driven member rotate together until said engine starts
- (g) pawl positioning means to maintain said pawl in a standby position, said pawl positioning means including, a torsion spring positioned around the pawl pivot having a first end fixed with respect to said sheave and a second end tensioned with respect to said pawl to rotationally maintain said pawl in said standby position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.