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Horst Eckhardt

Werner Geyer

Harald Schliemann

Joachim Hoffmann

Roland Schierling

Manfred Rabis

Peter Bauer

Peter Stucke

Thilo Barth

The invention is directed to a start-assist device on a membrane carburetor of an internal combustion engine in a motor-driven chain saw which is to be started manually. The carburetor includes a control chamber delimited by a control membrane. The control chamber is supplied with fuel from a fuel tank via control valve. The control valve is opened by the control membrane when the underpressure builds up in the control chamber so that fuel flows in. This fuel is supplied to the air-inducting intake channel via an idle nozzle and a main nozzle. The fuel feed system further has an outlet for vapor bubbles or the like. A pump which is driven indirectly from the start operation is provided and has a suction connection connected to the outlet in order to ensure, with few start attempts, a reliable start of the engine independently of the temperature state of the engine and other influences.

Start-assist device on a membrane carburetor

A cutterhead for a string trimmer having a rotatable drive shaft is adapted to hold and meter a cutting filament during operational use thereof. The cutterhead includes a disc-like carrier fixedly connected to one end of the drive shaft to permit the carrier to rotate about a rotational axis. The carrier has a peripheral edge and a peripherally extending outer wall approximately perpendicular to the carrier along the peripheral edge. The outer wall defines a space for accommodating the cutting filament in the cutterhead and has a guide eyelet disposed therein to define a pass-through opening for guiding the filament from the space to the outside of the cutterhead where a segment of the filament extends radially outwardly from the outer wall to define a cutting plane when the drive shaft rotates. The guide eyelet is made of wear-resistant material and is adapted to the diameter of the cutting filament. A stop is disposed in the cutting plane for receiving the segment of the cutting filament thereagainst when the segment strikes an obstacle and is deflected during operation of the string trimmer. The stop is disposed radially forward of the outer wall next to the pass-through opening.

Cutterhead for a string trimmer

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Auenwald, Germany

Horst Eckhardt