Patent ID: 9371809
Filing Date: 2016-06-21
CPC Classification: F02N

Claim Text:
1. A recoil starter including: a starter case; a rope reel attached rotatable to the starter case; a recoil rope wound around the rope reel; a ratchet pivotably attached to the rope reel; and a drive pulley reconnected to an engine, the drive pulley having an engaged unit engageable with the ratchet, wherein, when the rope reel is rotated by pulling the recoil rope, the ratchet pivots to engage the engaged unit of the drive pulley to thereby transmit a torque of the rope reel to an engine, and wherein the rope reel has: two ratchet receiving units arranged to receive a front end portion of the ratchet when it is engaged with the engaged unit of the drive pulley; a reinforcing unit that extends in a circumferential direction of the rope reel to bridge the two ratchet receiving units; and wherein the rope reel comprises two ratchet attachment portions on which the ratchet is pivotably attached, the two ratchet attachment portions selectively receiving the ratchet in a mirrored orientation, respectively, depending on a rotation direction of the engine, wherein the two ratchet receiving unites respectively correspond to the two ratchet attachment portions and wherein the reinforcing unit extends in the circumferential direction of the rope reel with respect to the ratchet receiving unit as leg portions thereof, the reinforcing unit being connected between the two ratchet receiving units.