US 11,754,029 B2
Recoil starter
Yoshinori Horikoshi, Tokyo (JP); Shigemitsu Chigira, Tokyo (JP); and Hideki Hashiba, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to STARTING INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Appl. No. 17/639,067
Filed by STARTING INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD., Tokyo (JP)
PCT Filed Sep. 4, 2020, PCT No. PCT/JP2020/033664
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Feb. 28, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/054155, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 25, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2019-170250 (JP), filed on Sep. 19, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0299000 A1, Sep. 22, 2022
Int. Cl. F02N 3/02 (2006.01); F16C 11/04 (2006.01); F02N 5/02 (2006.01)
CPC F02N 3/02 (2013.01) [F02N 5/02 (2013.01); F16C 11/04 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A recoil starter comprising:
a starter case provided with a reel support shaft;
a reel rotatably attached to the reel support shaft;
a ratchet member swingably attached to the reel; and
a ratchet guide rotatably attached to the reel support shaft in a state in which a frictional resistance is applied, and configured to engage with the ratchet member to guide a swing of the ratchet member when the reel rotates in a predetermined direction,
wherein the reel support shaft includes a groove that engages with a locking portion on a surface of the reel support shaft,
wherein the ratchet guide includes:
a through hole into which the reel support shaft is insertable; and
the locking portion configured to be engaged with the reel support shaft on an inner periphery of the through hole, and
wherein a movement of the ratchet guide in an axial direction of the reel support shaft is restricted in a state in which the locking portion provided on the ratchet guide is engaged with the reel support shaft.