Patent ID: 7261280

Claim:
An engine start device for a carburetor having a rotary throttle valve oriented in a carburetor body for rotation about a rotary axis causing opening and closing of a fuel-and-air mixing passage in the body and for axial movement varying the amount of liquid fuel flowing into the mixing passage in dependence upon the rotational and axial movement of a throttle lever of the rotary throttle valve located externally from the carburetor body and projecting radially outward with respect to the rotary axis, the engine start device comprising: an abutment fixed to and projecting axially from the throttle lever and spanning radially with respect to the rotary axis; a start lever carried by the carburetor body and journaled for rotation about an axis disposed parallel to and spaced from the rotary axis, and engageable with the abutment to rotate the throttle lever; and a releasable camming interface coupler for moving the throttle lever axially when the throttle lever is rotated by the start lever.