Patent ID: 6971359
Filing Date: 2005-12-06
Classification: F02N,F16F

Abstract:
1. A recoil starter comprising: a starter housing; a recoil rope; an operating handle attached to an end of said recoil rope drawn out of said starter housing; and a drive section mounted within said starter housing so as to be rotatingly driven through said recoil rope by pulling said operating handle, whereby the rotational force of said drive section is transmitted to a drive pulley of an engine through a one-way rotative transmission mechanism, so that the engine is started through means of said drive section and drive pulley by pulling out said recoil rope from said starter housing; wherein said drive section includes a rope reel around which said recoil rope is wound and a cam for transmitting the rotational force of said reel to the drive pulley coupled to the crankshaft of the engine through said one-way rotative transmission mechanism; said rope reel and said cam are joined through respective joint surfaces thereof which have respective annular recesses formed therein in a manner to face each other; a damper spring in the shape of a torsion coil spring is received in said annular recesses in such a state that said damper spring is resiliently distorted; and said damper spring has opposite ends thereof engaged with said rope reel and said cam, respectively, whereby said rope reel and said cam are rotatingly coupled with each other through said damper spring.