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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2002
Filed:
Jun. 04, 2001
George M. Pattullo, Caro, MI (US);
Thomas L. Schmidt, Cass City, MI (US);
Walbro Corporation, Cass City, MI (US);
Abstract
For a four-stroke engine, a carburetor with a fuel pump diaphragm which defines a fuel pump chamber on one side and a pressure pulse chamber on its other side in communication with the engine to receive pressure pulses which actuate the fuel pump diaphragm to draw fuel into the carburetor and to discharge fuel under pressure to a downstream fuel metering assembly. An air passage communicates an air supply with the pressure pulse chamber to provide an air flow within the pressure pulse chamber which sweeps away, dries out or aerates and removes any liquid fuel within the pressure pulse chamber to avoid puddling of liquid fuel therein. In one form, a throttle valve carried by the carburetor body for movement between idle and wide open positions also actuates a valve which controls the flow of fluid through the air passage as a function of the position of the throttle valve.