A carburetor drain apparatus includes a carburetor bowl, a fuel supply pipe, a fuel drain pipe, and a bail interface. The carburetor bowl is configured to store fuel and provide the fuel to an air passage. The fuel supply pipe is connected a fuel tank and the carburetor bowl. The fuel drain pipe is connected to the carburetor bowl. The bail interface is configured to operate in response to actuation of a bail to open the fuel drain pipe.

A carburetor drain apparatus includes a carburetor bowl, a fuel supply pipe, a fuel drain pipe, and a bail interface. The carburetor bowl is configured to store fuel and provide the fuel to an air passage. The fuel supply pipe is connected a fuel tank and the carburetor bowl. The fuel drain pipe is connected to the carburetor bowl. The bail interface is configured to operate in response to actuation of a bail to open the fuel drain pipe.

A push-button starter for use with an outdoor power equipment unit. In one embodiment, the starter includes a housing defining an opening to receive a removable button, and a peripheral edge surrounding the opening. The peripheral edge may define two scalloped areas such that two opposite sides of a head portion of the button are exposed and accessible when the button is in a neutral position within the housing while remaining sides of the head portion are enclosed within the housing. Moreover, the opening and the head portion may be configured to control an orientation of the button relative to the housing, and further prevent rotation of the button relative to the housing.

A starting system for an internal combustion engine that includes: a pump device in communication with a purging and priming circuit of a carburetor; a driven member coupled to the pump device; and a drive member rotatably carried by a recoil starter pulley of an engine. The drive member may positively drive the driven member in two directions, and the driving of the driven member may actuate the pump device.

In at least some implementations, a charge forming device includes a body having a main bore, a fuel metering assembly including a diaphragm that defines at least part of a fuel chamber from which fuel is provided to the main bore and a reference chamber separate from the fuel chamber, a passage communicated with a subatmospheric pressure source and with the reference chamber, and an electrically actuated valve having an open position and a closed position, and wherein the valve at least substantially prevents communication of the pressure source with the reference chamber when the valve is in the closed position and permits communication of the pressure source with the reference chamber when the valve is in the open position to vary the rate of fuel flow from the fuel chamber.

Provided is a starting-fuel supply device, including: a starting-fuel supply valve configured to automatically add a starting fuel to an air-fuel mixture generated by a carburetor; and a valve chamber for the starting-fuel supply valve, wherein a fuel in a fuel tank is allowed to move to an intake passage through the valve chamber for the starting-fuel supply valve with use of a manual pump configured to suck up the fuel in the fuel tank into a carburetor before start of an engine, and wherein the valve chamber is disposed at a position below the intake passage when the engine is in a stored state.

Provided is a starting-fuel supply device, including: a starting-fuel supply valve configured to automatically add a starting fuel to an air-fuel mixture generated by a carburetor; and a valve chamber for the starting-fuel supply valve, wherein a fuel in a fuel tank is allowed to move to an intake passage through the valve chamber for the starting-fuel supply valve with use of a manual pump configured to suck up the fuel in the fuel tank into a carburetor before start of an engine, and wherein the valve chamber is disposed at a position below the intake passage when the engine is in a stored state.

The fuel economizer is series-connected between a fuel tank and a fuel vaporization device of an internal combustion engine, and includes a first piping element and an oil cup. A first end of the first piping element is connected to the fuel vaporization device, and a second end of the first piping element is connected to the fuel tank through the oil cup for filtering the fuel tank's fuel. A spirally threaded shaft is tightly housed inside the first piping element and the spirally threaded shaft's outer circumference is configured with spiral threads to speed, rotate, and disturb the fuel as the fuel flows through to disrupt the surface tension and density of the fuel.

The fuel economizer is series-connected between a fuel tank and a fuel vaporization device of an internal combustion engine, and includes a first piping element and an oil cup. A first end of the first piping element is connected to the fuel vaporization device, and a second end of the first piping element is connected to the fuel tank through the oil cup for filtering the fuel tank's fuel. A spirally threaded shaft is tightly housed inside the first piping element and the spirally threaded shaft's outer circumference is configured with spiral threads to speed, rotate, and disturb the fuel as the fuel flows through to disrupt the surface tension and density of the fuel.

A fuel supply device has a housing and an intake channel section formed in the housing. At least one fuel port opens into the intake channel section. At least one fuel channel is provided and a valve with valve plate is arranged in the fuel channel. The valve has a closed position and an open position. The valve plate contacts a valve seat in the closed position. The valve plate carries out a valve stroke between open position and closed position. At least one annular gap is formed in the fuel channel. A gap width of the at least one annular gap is matched to a length of the valve stroke of the valve plate such that the gap width is not larger than twice a length of the valve stroke. A flow cross section of the annular gap is larger than a flow cross section of the valve.