RECOIL STARTER

摘要

PURPOSE: A recoil starter is provided to improve the durability by inhibiting excessive deformation of a damper spring and to receive the damper spring with high shock-absorbing and force-storing capabilities. CONSTITUTION: A recoil starter comprises a casing(1) having a reel shaft(5) formed on an inside thereof; a rope reel(4) rotatably mounted to the reel shaft and wound around with a recoil rope(2); a spiral spring(6) for rotationally supporting the rope reel in a direction of winding the recoil rope; a cam(8) rotatably mounted to the reel shaft to face the rope reel; a rotation member(9) attached to a crankshaft of an engine and provided with a ratchet mechanism(10) engaged to or separated from the cam; and a damper spring(14) in the form of a coil spring disposed around outer peripheries of bosses(19,20) formed on the rope reel and the cam, respectively. The opposite ends of the damper spring are held respectively on the rope reel and the cam. The recoil starter starts the engine by transmitting the rotational force of the rope reel to the cam by the resilience of the damper spring and a rotation of the cam to the rotation member by the ratchet mechanism.