Patent ID: 7204221

Claim:
A control apparatus for an engine-operated machine including an engine, an engine starting starter motor and a battery, the apparatus comprising: a starting switch provided on the engine-operated machine body's side for driving the starter motor; a self-restoring type remote starting switch which can be operated in parallel to the starting switch; a stopping switch on the body's side for stopping an igniting operation of the engine; a remote stopping switch that can be operated in parallel to the stopping switch; a driving state display lamp which is lit by a power supply only during operation of the engine-operated machine from the body side; and a remote controller provided with the remote starting switch, the remote stopping switch and the driving state display lamp, wherein the remote controller includes: one of terminals of the remote starting switch, one of terminals of the remote stopping switch, one of terminals of the driving state display lamp and a common terminal which directly connects the other respective terminals of the remote starting switch, the remote stopping switch and the driving state display lamp to each other, and the remote controller is connected to the body of the engine-operated machine through the four terminals, and the battery is connected to the body's side through the remote starting switch only when the starting switch on the body's side is ON position.