Patent ID: 7370623
Filing Date: 2008-05-13
Classification: F02B,F02N,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A tool comprising: an engine; a shaft extending from the engine; a recoil starter pulley coupled to the shaft for rotation about an axis; a starter pull rope for winding and unwinding around the recoil starter pulley to start the engine; an air chamber shroud extending about at least a portion of the pulley, the rope extending from the pulley through the shroud; and a tube enclosing a portion of the rope and extending from a location adjacent to and aligned with the pulley to a location at an exterior of the shroud that is axially offset from the pulley, wherein the tool is a blower/vac, and wherein the blower/vac has an air chamber space; wherein the plane of the recoil starter pulley intersects the air chamber space; and wherein the tube and the rope do not penetrate the air chamber space.