Patent ID: 7152852

Claim:
A float bowl carburetor, comprising: a body with a fuel and air mixing passage formed therethrough, and a fuel bowl defining at least a portion of a fuel chamber in which a supply of fuel is maintained; a fuel supply pipe carried by the body in communication with the fuel and air mixing passage and through which fuel is supplied from the fuel chamber to the fuel and air mixing passage; a fuel passage defined at least in part by a passage defined by the body and having an outlet generally coaxially aligned with the fuel supply pipe; and a priming system including a priming pump communicated with the fuel supply pipe and the fuel chamber through said fuel passage and operable to discharge fluid through said outlet and into said fuel supply pipe upon actuation of the priming pump, wherein said passage defined by the body that defines part of the fuel passage is in fluid communication with the priming pump and is adapted to receive liquid fuel therein.