Kioritz Corporation

Tsutomu Ogata

Hiroaki Koga

Akira Nagashima

Yoshiaki Nagao

Toshio Taomo

Hiroji Kawasaki

An air path is provided in the main body of a chain saw so as to connect an air inlet port provided on the main body and a carburetor chamber of the internal combustion engine and also connected to a cooling fan chamber. For use under normal conditions, combustion air is taken from the air inlet port into the carburetor chamber. In case of a rainy or snowy day, the air inlet port is closed and combustion air is taken from the cooling chamber into the carburetor chamber, air control means is provided between the air path and the cooling fan chamber. This air control means generates stagnation of air flow in the cooling chamber in order to supply air into the carburetor chamber and prevent dust and the like from being taken into the air path.

Air inlet apparatus for internal combustion engine

A portable powered working machine such as a chain saw has a casing, a hollow grip formed integrally with the casing and extending from a front portion to a rear portion of the upper wall of the casing. An internal combustion engine is disposed in the casing such that its crankshaft extends transversely of the casing, the internal combustion engine having a cylinder arranged horizontally in a rear portion of the casing and a crankcase disposed in a front portion of the casing. A carburetor is disposed on a front side of the crankcase, while an air cleaner disposed in a rear portion of the grip. A communication pipe extends through the grip portion in the longitudinal direction thereof and connected between the air cleaner and the carburetor so as to form an air passage.

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Tachikawa, Japan

Tsutomu Ogata