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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 13, 1998
Filed:
May. 24, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
Scott R Shaw, Nashville, TN (US);
Assignee:
U.S.A. Zama, Inc., Franklin, TN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
12317911 ; 12317914 ; 123D / ; 261 35 ;
Abstract
A carburetor start pump circuit, for starting an engine, has an auxiliary fuel pump mounted on a relatively standard carburetor body, a pulse passageway extending through the carburetor body to the auxiliary fuel pump, and a fuel circuit having an intake side extending from a metering chamber in the carburetor body to the auxiliary pump where it is interconnected to a discharge side extending from the auxiliary pump to a throttle bore in the air intake of the carburetor body. To facilitate control of fuel flow, the fuel circuit includes inlet and discharge check valves and a metering jet.