Starting system for small-sized engine
A starting system for a small-sized engine is described which achieves downsizing, light-weight, and cost reduction of the system, prevents entry of dust or foreign substances at the time of assembly, and achieves easy assembly of a motor. The starting system for a small-sized engine includes a recoil starting system and a motor starting system integrated in a starter case, in which the motor starting system has a configuration in which a pinion is mounted on an output shaft of a reducer motor by an one-way clutch of a needle bearing and the pinion is engaged with a starting gear 6 of an engine, and the starter case has a configuration in which an inner lid is secured to a crankcase of the engine together by a screw and the inner lid has a joint portion with respect to the crankcase and a mounting seat for the reducer motor on the outside thereof.
1. A starting system for a small-sized engine comprising a recoil starting system and a motor starting system integrated in a starter case, wherein the motor starting system has a configuration in which a pinion is mounted on an output shaft of a reducer motor by an one-way clutch of a needle bearing and the pinion is engaged with a starting gear of an engine, and the starter case has a configuration in which an inner lid is secured to a crankcase of the engine together by a screw and the inner lid has a joint portion with respect to the crankcase and a mounting seat for the reducer motor on the outside thereof, and wherein the one-way clutch of the needle bearing includes a detent projection or recess on an outer periphery thereof, and a receiving hole of the one-way clutch provided on the pinion includes on an inner periphery thereof a recess or a projection which engages the projection or the recess.
2. The starting system for a small-sized engine according to claim 1 , wherein the inner lid of the starter case includes a fitting hole for a relay cam to which rotation is transmitted from the starting gear via a shock-absorbing recoil spring at a portion corresponding to the starting gear, and an outer side of the fitting hole serves as a lid of a spring chamber being provided on the starting gear and storing the shock-absorbing recoil spring.