Patent ID: 6561496
Filing Date: 2003-05-13
Classification: F02D,F02M

Abstract:
In a carburetor having a body with an air-fuel mixture passageway and a rotatable throttle valve in said passageway mounted for rotation on and with a throttle shaft journaled for rotation on a rotational axis in said body and having a free end protruding exteriorly of said body from an exterior side surface of said body, said throttle shaft having a given diameter of relatively small dimension, a throttle lever detent arm mounted on said throttle shaft free end for rotation therewith in an angular travel path about said rotational axis adjacent said exterior side surface of said body, a first detent on said body side surface located in fixed position thereon adjacent the travel path of said detent arm and spaced radially away from said axis a predetermined distance greater than the diameter of said throttle shaft, said detent arm having a second detent thereon likewise generally spaced said predetermined distance radially away from said rotational axis and constructed and oriented so as to be releasably engageable with said first detent for thereby yieldably holding said arm and hence said throttle shaft and associated throttle valve in any one of a plurality of selected angular settings.