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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 02, 1979
Filed:
Aug. 08, 1977
Roy G Furzer, Willowdale, CA;
Diesel Equipment Ltd., Toronto, CA;
Abstract
A starting system for a compression ignition engine includes an auxiliary engine in combination with a conventional cranking motor arranged so that either the auxiliary engine or the cranking motor may be used for starting, or both may be used in tandem. When the auxiliary engine is selected torque is transmitted therefrom to the main shaft of the cranking motor through a transmission including an epicyclic reduction gear train and a releasable clutch. The auxiliary engine is started from the cranking motor through a Bendix drive mechanism driven from a sprag gear which is in constant sliding mesh with a drive gear of the cranking motor and connected to the Bendix drive mechanism by a cushion spring.