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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 06, 2001
Filed:
Oct. 01, 1993
Donovan K. Jourdan, Kenosha, WI (US);
Henry C. Billingsley, Kenosha, WI (US);
Jeffrey A. Berg, Winthrop Harbor, IL (US);
Outboard Marine Corporation, Waukegan, IL (US);
Abstract
Disclosed herein is a fuel supply system comprising a carburetor including a fuel bowl, an air induction passage including therein a venturi, a throttle valve located in the air induction passage downstream of the venturi, a fuel enrichment conduit communicating between the fuel bowl and the air induction passage downstream of the throttle valve, and a temperature responsive valve for admitting air to the fuel enrichment conduit when the ambient temperature is above a predetermined level and for admitting air to the air induction passage when the engine temperature is below the predetermined level.