Engine governor with dual regulation

In a governor (11) for providing at least two different regulation factors for an internal combustion engine (10) including a fuel injection system (12) and a throttle linkage (36), the governor (11) being of the type having a rotatable flyweight assembly (18, 20, 22) adapted to be driven by the engine (10), a first spring (28) disposed to be compressed by the flyweight assembly (18, 20, 22) proportional to engine speed, and a control lever (34) associated with the first spring (28) for opposing the force of the flyweight assembly (18, 20, 22),

• said control lever (34) compressing the first spring (28) proportional to a desired engine speed, the flyweight assembly (18, 20, 22) and the first spring (28) being adapted to be connected to the fuel injection system (12), the improvement comprising:
• a second compressible spring (70);
• and actuator means (56, 58, 60, 62, 64, 66, 68) for selectively engaging and disengaging said control lever (34) and said second spring (70) to provide a first regulation factor when said second spring (70) is engaged with said control lever (34) and a second different regulation factor when said second spring (70) is disengaged from said control lever (34), said improvement further including a rotatable control shaft (38), means (42) for rotatably mounting said control lever (34) on said control shaft (38), a limited lost motion connection (46, 48, 50) extending between said control shaft (38) and said control lever (34) to allow free movement therebetween for at least one predetermined angular position of said control shaft (38) and to cause said control lever (34) to be rotatable with said control shaft (38) for at least one other predetermined angular position of said control shaft (38).