Lawn mower having internal combustion engine and a starting device
OwnerFranz Tarneddeinventor
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Abstract
A lawn mower driven by an internal combustion engine and having a foot operated starter for the engine; the pedal lever for the starter is pivotably supported on the mower body and is provided with at least one guiding pulley or roller around which the spring biased cord for actuating the starter is guided to increase the speed of actuation of the starter during the downward movement of the pedal; the pull arm of the pedal lever can be made as a leaf spring to further accelerate the starter cord.
Claims1
In a lawn mower including drive means having an internal combustion engine and a starter attachment for said engine, a combination comprising a swivel axis;
- an angular lever pivotably supported on said axis, one arm of said angular lever forming a foot-operated arm and the other arm forming a pull arm;
- a starter cord spring-biased into a rest position and retractable from said starter attachment by means of said pull arm;
- leaf spring means forming at least a portion of one of said arms of said angular lever and being adjusted to bias said starter cord in a starting direction upon actuation of said lever and upon overcoming the starting resistance of the engine to impart an additional impulse to said starter attachment;
- and wherein said one arm including said leaf spring means comprises an abutment member having an outwardly directed bent portion for limiting the deformation of said leaf spring means.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.