(19)
(11) EP 0 693 620 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
16.07.1997 Bulletin 1997/29

(43) Date of publication A2:
24.01.1996 Bulletin 1996/04

(21) Application number: 95107919.3

(22) Date of filing: 23.05.1995
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)6: F02M 1/12
(84) Designated Contracting States:
DE FR GB IT

(30) Priority: 22.07.1994 JP 170886/94

(71) Applicant: NIPPON THERMOSTAT Co., Ltd.
Kiyoseshi, Tokyo (JP)

(72) Inventor:
  • Shibuya, Kazuhito, c/o Nippon Thermostat Co. Ltd.
    Kiyoseshi, Tokyo (JP)

(74) Representative: Wagner, Karl H. et al
WAGNER & GEYER Patentanwälte Gewürzmühlstrasse 5
D-80538 München
D-80538 München (DE)

   


(54) Automatic starter for engine


(57) The present disclosure concerns an improved automatic starter for an engine designed to make a compact construction with fewer parts by eliminating a conventional thermally insulating cover and to enable smooth re-starting of the engine. The automatic starter comprises a case body 1 in which a heating means E having a thermo-element T with a piston 7b moving with thermal expansion and contraction of a thermally expanding unit Ta is housed to regulate fuel supply for stable arrangement and electric contact of the parts. The case body 1 is formed with a hollow 6 to divide the wall of the case body into an inner wall 4 and an outer wall 3 for thermal insulation and the hollow 6 can be filled with a thermally insulating material for excellent thermal insulation.






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