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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 15, 1977
Filed:
Oct. 20, 1975
Jack N Seibel, Peoria, IL (US);
Ronald C Stump, Peoria, IL (US);
Caterpillar Tractor Co., Peoria, IL (US);
Abstract
The invention is concerned with an improvement in a manually activated fuel priming pump for an internal combustion engine comprising a housing having a barrel communicating at its lower end with a flange disposed transversely to the barrel. A plunger communicates at its upper end with a handle, the plunger being reciprocally mounted in a chamber of the barrel to selectively pump fuel from a first to a second valve located in the flange of the housing. The plunger has around the periphery thereof means slidingly sealing it with low friction against a bore defining the chamber. The improvement of the invention comprises a member co-axial with the plunger and extending therefrom towards the flange and member-bore seal means slidably sealing said member to said bore and disposed to allow flow of said fuel from a space within said chamber between said plunger and said flange to said second valve and to retard flow of said fuel in a reverse direction.