Abstract:
An engine-powered work tool includes an air-cooled engine having a crank shaft, an engine output controller, a wind governor including a governor plate, and a throttle-opening assisting mechanism. The engine output controller includes a throttle valve shaft angularly rotatable about its axis for controlling a rotation speed of the crank shaft based on the angular rotation of the throttle valve shaft. The governor plate is connected to the throttle valve shaft for receiving cooling air generated by a cooling fan connected to the crank shaft. The wind governor controls angular rotation of the throttle valve shaft based on an amount of the received cooling air. The throttle-operation assisting mechanism causes the throttle valve shaft to angularly rotate in a direction to increase the output of the engine within a prescribed rotation speed range, the operation by the throttle-operation assisting mechanism being predominant over the control by the wind governor.
Abstract:
An engine-powered work tool includes an engine having a crank shaft, an ignition system, an output controller having a throttle valve shaft for controlling output of the engine, a wind governor connected to the throttle valve shaft, a rotation speed detector and an ignition control unit. The wind governor includes a governor plate movable upon receipt of cooling air generated by a cooling fan to control an angular rotation of the throttle valve shaft. The rotation speed detector detects a rotation speed of the crank shaft. The ignition control unit controls the ignition system based on the rotation speed of the crank shaft detected by the rotation speed detector to reduce the output of the engine when the rotation speed detector determines that the governor plate exceeds a predetermined position.
Abstract:
An engine-powered work tool includes an engine having a crank shaft, an ignition system, an output controller having a throttle valve shaft for controlling output of the engine, a wind governor connected to the throttle valve shaft, a rotation speed detector and an ignition control unit. The wind governor includes a governor plate movable upon receipt of cooling air generated by a cooling fan to control an angular rotation of the throttle valve shaft. The rotation speed detector detects a rotation speed of the crank shaft. The ignition control unit controls the ignition system based on the rotation speed of the crank shaft detected by the rotation speed detector to reduce the output of the engine when the rotation speed detector determines that the governor plate exceeds a predetermined position.
Abstract:
An engine is configured such that, during the starting of the engine, when it is being detected that throttle opening has been set at a starting position, if it is detected that the engine speed has exceeded a predetermined speed slightly lower than a speed when a centrifugal clutch becomes an engaged state, a control unit retards the ignition timing from a general angle to a first angle BTDC, and then advances the ignition timing to a second angle at predetermined intervals, and holds the ignition timing at the second angle for a predetermined time period, thereby preventing the engine from stopping due to fouling on the spark plug while suppressing the engine speed at the speed when the centrifugal clutch becomes the engaged state, or less.