Patent ID: 8061322
Filing Date: 2011-11-22
Classification: F02B,F02D,F02M,F02N

Abstract:
1. A starting system for a combustion engine including a carburetor with a throttle valve that is movable between idle and wide open positions, and a throttle control movable by an end user between a first position corresponding to the idle throttle valve position and a second position corresponding to the wide open throttle valve position to control movement of the throttle valve during normal operation of the engine, the starting system comprising: a rotatable recoil pulley; a pull-cord constructed and arranged to wind about the recoil pulley and to rotate the recoil pulley as the pull-cord is unwound from the recoil pulley; an actuator movable in response to rotation of the recoil pulley; a linkage between the throttle control and the throttle valve; and a throttle override device having a first control member movable from a first position to a second position in response to movement of the actuator, and a second control member movable from a first position to a second position in response to movement of the first control member to its second position, wherein the second control member is operably associated with the linkage to prevent the throttle valve from being in its wide open position when the second control member is in its second position and the throttle control is in its second position.