Patent ID: 6776133
Filing Date: 2004-08-17
Classification: F02D,F02N

Abstract:
A recoil starter for starting an internal combustion engine to be mounted on a backpack-type power working machine, the recoil starter comprising:a main body; a recoil rope extending from the main body; a recoil handle attached to an end portion of the recoil rope, placed remote from the main body of the starter by a predetermined distance, and adapted to be supported by a handle-supporting member provided at a specific portion of the shoulder-type power working machine; and a flexible guide pipe loosely sheathing an extended portion of the recoil rope located between the main body and the handle-supporting member, a first end of the guide pipe being fixed and a second end of the guide pipe being free; wherein the handle-supporting member is provided at a portion of the working machine approximately corresponding to the waist portion of an operator shouldering the working machine, thereby enabling the recoil handle to be pulled toward the front of the operator on the occasion of starting the internal combustion engine.