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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 21, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 23, 2015
Applicant:
Walbro Engine Management, L.l.c., Tucson, AZ (US);
Inventor:
Michael P. Burns, Millington, MI (US);
Assignee:
WALBRO LLC, Tucson, AZ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02M 7/08 (2006.01); F02M 1/16 (2006.01); B01F 3/04 (2006.01); F02M 17/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02M 1/16 (2013.01); B01F 3/04 (2013.01); B01F 3/04056 (2013.01); F02M 7/08 (2013.01); F02M 17/04 (2013.01);
Abstract
A carburetor including a body having a main bore through which a fuel and air mixture is discharged from the carburetor for use by an engine a priming passage communicated with the main bore, a pump that moves fluid into the priming passage, and a flow restrictor received within at least a portion of the priming passage to reduce the minimum effective flow area of the priming passage. The flow restrictor has a body received at least partially within the priming passage so that fluid flows around the flow restrictor and between the structure defining the priming passage and the flow restrictor.