Patent ID: 6739584
Filing Date: 2004-05-25
Classification: F02M,Y10T

Abstract:
A float apparatus of a carburetor comprising:a carburetor main body within which an intake passage is provided to extend in a side direction; a float chamber main body arranged below the carburetor main body and forming a float chamber together with a lower recess portion of the carburetor main body; and a float rotatably supported to a shaft portion stood from the carburetor main body via an arm pin, and opening and closing a float valve for opening and closing a valve seat open within the float chamber in correspondence to a change of a liquid surface formed within the float chamber, wherein the float comprises: a bearing portion rotatably supported to the shaft portion provided in the carburetor main body in a standing manner via the arm pin; a tongue portion extending to one side from a center of the bearing portion; a first float arranged in one outer side from one end of the bearing portion and in one side of said float chamber; a first connecting arm portion connecting one end of the bearing portion to the first float; a second float arranged in another outer side from another end of the bearing portion and in said one side of said float chamber; and a second connecting arm portion connecting another end of the bearing portion (F1) to the second float, wherein a flat first buffer rib substantially in parallel to a fuel liquid surface is integrally formed between an outer side surface of the first connecting arm portion and another side surf ace of the first float, and a flat second buffer rib substantially in parallel to the fuel liquid surface is integrally formed between an outer side surface of the second connecting arm portion and another side surface of the second float, wherein bottom surfaces of the first float and the second float are formed in a flat shape substantially in parallel to the fuel liquid surface, and third buffer ribs extending inward are respectively provided on the bottom surfaces of the first float and the second float.