Carburetor drain

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10465642-B2
Application number	US-201815923748-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 16, 2018
Priority date	Mar 27, 2017
Publication date	Nov 5, 2019
Grant date	Nov 5, 2019

Abstract

A carburetor includes a carburetor bowl, a fuel supply pipe, a fuel drain pipe, and a valve. The carburetor bowl is configured to store fuel and provide the fuel to an air passage. The fuel supply pipe is connected a fuel tank and the carburetor bowl. The fuel drain pipe is connected to the carburetor bowl and the fuel supply line. The valve for the fuel drain pipe is configured to open and close in response to an orientation of the carburetor.

First claim

We claim:

1. A carburetor comprising:
a carburetor bowl configured to store fuel and provide the fuel to an air passage;
a fuel supply pipe connected a fuel tank and the carburetor bowl;
a fuel drain pipe connected to the carburetor bowl and the fuel supply line; and
a valve for the fuel drain pipe configured to open and close in response to an orientation of the carburetor.

2. The carburetor of claim 1 , wherein the valve opens with the orientation of the carburetor is in a storage orientation.

3. The carburetor of claim 1 , wherein the valve closes when the orientation of the carburetor is in an operation orientation.

4. The carburetor of claim 1 , wherein the valve opens or closes in response to a force of gravity.

5. The carburetor of claim 1 , wherein the fuel drain pipe is configured to drain stale fuel from the carburetor bowl.

6. The carburetor of claim 1 , wherein the valve opens with the orientation of a lawnmower that includes the carburetor.

7. A wheel supported machine comprising:
an engine; and
a carburetor comprising:
a carburetor bowl configured to store fuel and provide the fuel to an air passage;
a fuel supply pipe connected a fuel tank and the carburetor bowl;
a fuel drain pipe connected to the carburetor bowl and the fuel supply line; and
a valve for the fuel drain pipe configured to open and close in response to orientation.

8. The wheel supported machine of claim 7 , further comprising:
a supporting device to support the engine in a storage orientation different that an operation orientation of the engine.

9. The wheel supported machine of claim 7 , further comprising:
a fuel tank coupled to the fuel drain pipe and configured to receive fuel from the carburetor bowl.

10. An engine including:
a carburetor;
a recoil starter including at least one protrusion;
a follow arm configured to contact the at least one protrusion; and
a pump actuated by the cam follow arm in response to rotation of the recoil starter.

11. The engine of claim 10 , further comprising:
a spring in the pump to receive and store a force from the follow arm.

12. The engine of claim 11 , further comprising:
a diaphragm connected to the spring, wherein the spring is biased to push the diaphragm to move fuel out of the pump.

13. The engine of claim 12 , wherein when the pump is empty, the diaphragm pushes the follow arm in a neutral position out of contact with the at least one protrusion.

14. The engine of claim 12 , further comprising:
a pull rod connected to the spring and the follow arm, wherein the pull rod is configured to pull the diaphragm to draw fuel into the pump.

15. The engine of claim 11 , further comprising:
a chamber in the pump configured to change size through movement of the spring.

16. The engine of claim 10 , wherein the pump pumps fuel from the carburetor to a fuel tank, from the carburetor to the pump, from the carburetor to the fuel tank, or any combination thereof.

17. The engine of claim 10 , wherein the follow arm includes a cam surface that contacts the at least one protrusion.

18. The engine of claim 10 , wherein a force applied to the follow arm at a first distance from the at least one protrusion is translated to a second distance to activate the pump.

19. The engine of claim 10 , further comprising:
a roller connected to the follow arm and configured to come in contact with the at least one protrusion.

20. The engine of claim 10 , wherein the recoil starter is configured to simultaneously start the engine and actuate the pump.

Assignees

• Kohler Co

Inventors

• Rotter Terrence
• Baumann Todd
• Stenz Gary

Classifications

• F02M5/02

  with provisions to meet variations in carburettor position, e.g. upside-down position in aircraft · CPC title

• F02M37/0052 Primary

  Details on the fuel return circuit; Arrangement of pressure regulators · CPC title

• A01D34/001

  Accessories not otherwise provided for · CPC title

• F02M37/046

  Arrangements for driving diaphragm-type pumps · CPC title

• F02M19/00 Primary

  Details, component parts, or accessories of carburettors, not provided for in, or of interest apart from, the apparatus of groups F02M1/00 - F02M17/00 · CPC title