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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 22, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 24, 2013
Briggs & Stratton Corporation, Wauwatosa, WI (US);
Ryan A. Sullivan, West Bend, WI (US);
Gary S. Johnson, Hales Corners, WI (US);
Briggs & Stratton Corporation, Wauwatosa, WI (US);
Abstract
An air-cooled internal combustion engine includes an engine block, a blower assembly including a blower housing and a fan, and a static cover. The static cover includes multiple air intake openings and is configured to prevent user access to a moving component of the engine. The blower housing is configured to at least partially direct air to the engine block. The fan is configured to move air into the blower assembly through the air intake openings when rotating in a first direction in a cooling mode and to move air out of the blower assembly through the air intake openings when rotating in an opposite second direction in a debris-removal mode.