Combined manual and power starting device for gasoline engines
A combined manual and power starting device is described for a gasoline engine of a type which may be started by rotating the crankshaft thereof, the starting device comprising: a. a first sleeve mounted rotatably on an extended portion of the crankshaft; b. a first overrunning clutch including a driving member formed by a portion of the first sleeve and a driven member fixed to the crankshaft; c. a second sleeve mounted rotatably and slidably on the first sleeve; d. means biasing the second clutch yieldably to an engaged position; e. a rope pulley rotatably mounted in the engine housing coaxially with the crankshaft, and having axially slidable but non-rotatable connection with the second sleeve, f. a rope wound on the pulley and operable by outward manual tension thereon to turn the crankshaft in an engine-starting direction through both of the first and second clutches. The pulley has a hollow hub through which the crankshaft extension projects outwardly from the engine housing, and g. a drive member affixed to the outwardly extended end of the crankshaft extension and operable to be turned by power means.
- Assignee:
- NOV; NOV-85-028622; EDB-86-183180
- Patent Number(s):
- US 4615311
- OSTI ID:
- 5042370
- Resource Relation:
- Patent File Date: Filed date 30 Apr 1985
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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