Kick Starter
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A Company really needs to make these and sell them for $50.00. I think everyone would buy one.
A Company really needs to make these and sell them for $50.00. I think everyone would buy one.
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Title:KICK STARTER Document Type and Number:United States Patent 3782356
Abstract:A kick starter for small internal combustion engines capable of being exteriorly attached to the engine flywheel housing in place of the usual recoil type rope starter. A pair of spaced parallel shafts are rotatably mounted at their end regions within a casing, one shaft being connected to a foot operated crank arm, and the other shaft supporting engine flywheel starter clutch mechanism. Meshing gears are mounted upon the shafts and one of the gears is connected to its associated shaft through a torque limiting connection permitting slippage to occur between the foot operated crank and flywheel clutch mechanism in the event of premature ignition or "backfire" during cranking. A recoil spring returns the crank arm to its original position after the cranking operation, and stop means insure consistent and uniform positioning of the crank arm to its original position at the end of the cranking stroke. The flywheel clutch mechanism includes a radially movable dog which engages a drive cup mounted upon the engine flywheel, and dog actuating structure radially extends the dog during cranking, and radially retracts the dog during return of the starter components to the non-cranking condition. A sheet metal crank defines a socket pivotally receiving a foot pedal and a pin limits rotation of the pedal in the socket.
Title:KICK STARTER Document Type and Number:United States Patent 3782356
Abstract:A kick starter for small internal combustion engines capable of being exteriorly attached to the engine flywheel housing in place of the usual recoil type rope starter. A pair of spaced parallel shafts are rotatably mounted at their end regions within a casing, one shaft being connected to a foot operated crank arm, and the other shaft supporting engine flywheel starter clutch mechanism. Meshing gears are mounted upon the shafts and one of the gears is connected to its associated shaft through a torque limiting connection permitting slippage to occur between the foot operated crank and flywheel clutch mechanism in the event of premature ignition or "backfire" during cranking. A recoil spring returns the crank arm to its original position after the cranking operation, and stop means insure consistent and uniform positioning of the crank arm to its original position at the end of the cranking stroke. The flywheel clutch mechanism includes a radially movable dog which engages a drive cup mounted upon the engine flywheel, and dog actuating structure radially extends the dog during cranking, and radially retracts the dog during return of the starter components to the non-cranking condition. A sheet metal crank defines a socket pivotally receiving a foot pedal and a pin limits rotation of the pedal in the socket.
I love the idea of making your own kick starter :thumbsup: It's not rocket science and should be rather easy to fab one providing you have some decent tool's to work with. I think the $350 kick starters are waaaay too expensive and its not like they are THAT rare, but some do bring that kind of $$$ so it's all about demand I suppose. Good luck with it and post progress/designs.
