Patent ID: 7621246
Filing Date: 2009-11-24
Classification: F02N

Abstract:
1. A starter for a small-sized engine, wherein a cylindrical drive cam provided with a starter clutch mechanism capable of being operably connected to the engine, a recoil starter rope reel wound with a starter rope and disposed so as to be coaxial with the drive cam, and a starter motor are provided in a starter casing so that the drive cam is made capable of being selectively operably connected to the rope reel or to the starter motor, the starter for the small-sized engine characterized in that: the rope reel and the drive cam are directly operably connected to each other by a one-way clutch mechanism; and support plates are formed so as to protrude from an inner surface of the starter casing toward an outer circumferential surface of the drive cam so that opposite end portions of the drive cam are rotatably supportedly fitted into bearing holes formed in the support plates respectively.