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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 17, 2010
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2007
Masakatsu Kono, Wako, JP;
Keiji Iino, Wako, JP;
Yoshitaka Oota, Wako, JP;
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An automatic residual fuel vent device for a carburetor, the device including a fuel supply passage () connecting a fuel tank (TF) and a float chamber (), a negative pressure passage () connecting an intake passage () and a negative pressure operating chamber () of a diaphragm pump (PD), a fuel vent passage () connecting the float chamber () and the fuel tank (TF), a single changeover cock (CO) provided so as to straddle the fuel supply passage () and the negative pressure passage (), a negative pressure surge tank (TS) provided in the negative pressure passage (), and the diaphragm pump (PD), which is connected to the fuel vent passage () and is operated by negative pressure of the negative pressure surge tank (TS), residual fuel of the float chamber () being returned to the fuel tank (TF) by the diaphragm pump (PD) operated by negative pressure from the negative pressure surge tank (TS) in accordance with the changing over of the changeover cock (CO). This enables residual fuel within the float chamber of the carburetor to be reliably returned to the fuel tank by intake negative pressure accumulated in the negative pressure surge tank and, furthermore, residual fuel can be vented by the changing over of a single changeover cock, thus enabling the number of components to be reduced and the device to be provided at a low cost.