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(11) EP 0 243 072 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
20.07.1988 Bulletin 1988/29

(43) Date of publication A2:
28.10.1987 Bulletin 1987/44

(21) Application number: 87303261

(22) Date of filing: 14.04.1987
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH DE ES FR GB GR IT LI LU NL SE

(30) Priority: 21.04.1986 AU 556086

(71) Applicant: SUNBEAM CORPORATION LIMITED
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(72) Inventors:
  • Nejtek, George
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  • Crimmins, Russell Ian
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  • Chotar, Anthony Paul
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  • Kerr, Gavin
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  • Gray, David Allan
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(54) Engine speed governor


(57) A governor for a carburettor (10) having a throttle valve (16) to control the speed of an engine, in which the governor comprises a pneumatic device (21) connected to the throttle valve and having a working chamber (22) vented by an orifice (26), a closure valve (27) for the orifice, and electrical means (Fig. 4 or Fig. 5) responding to engine speed and to a predetermined desired speed of the engine controlling operation of the closure valve to effect through said pneumatic device changes in engine speed to correspond it to the predetermined desired speed.







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