Patent ID: 6213083
Filing Date: 2001-04-10
Classification: F02D,F02M

Abstract:
A fuel shutoff system for an internal combustion engine, the engine having a carburetor with a fuel bowl and a fuel nozzle, a throttle valve, a fuel metering device for calibrating an air/fuel mixture, a fuel conduit communicating with the fuel bowl, and a fuel inlet pathway communicating with the fuel nozzle and having one end defined by at least one fuel inlet and another end defined by an inlet end of the fuel nozzle, the shutoff system comprising:a blocking member distinct from the throttle valve and the fuel metering device, said blocking member being adjacent the fuel inlet pathway and being manually operable to selectively block entry of fuel into the inlet end of the fuel nozzle to substantially prevent passage of fuel through the fuel conduit; anda manually operable control that moves said blocking member to block entry of fuel into the inlet end of the fuel nozzle.