Abstract: A manually guided implement having an internal combustion engine and a carburetor for supplying a fuel/air mixture to the engine is provided. Disposed between the internal combustion engine and the carburetor is a housing wall in which is arranged a preheating window for guiding to the carburetor a preheating air stream that is heated-up by the internal combustion engine. A pivotably mounted switching element is provided for closing and opening the preheating window.

Abstract: The invention relates to an internal combustion engine for a portable handheld work apparatus including a motor-driven chain saw, cutoff machine or the like and relates especially to a two-stroke engine having an inlet opening (3) provided in the cylinder (2) of the engine (1) for an air/fuel mixture (4). An intake stub (5) is made of elastic material and functions to guide the air/fuel mixture (4) from a carburetor into the inlet opening (3). To ensure a uniform operation of the engine, a fuel collecting device (6) is provided for fuel (7) precipitated in the intake stub (5). The fuel collecting device (6) is delimited at least partially by the intake stub (5) and is connected to the cylinder (2) by a channel (8) opening at the inlet opening (3).

Abstract: A connecting piece (1) is disposed between a carburetor (4) and an inlet channel (3) in an internal combustion engine (2) of a portable handheld motor-driven work apparatus such as a motor-driven chain saw, cutoff machine or the like. The connecting piece functions to compensate for relative position changes between the engine (2) and the carburetor (4). The connecting piece (1) is made of elastic material and includes an expansion fold (5) for compensating for changes in position. The length of the expansion fold (5) is changeable from a collapsed to an expanded length. The expansion fold (5) subdivides the connecting piece (1) into a carburetor-end channel section (6) and an engine-end channel section (7). The carburetor-end channel section (6) has a circularly-shaped cross section and the engine-end channel section (7) has a cross section departing from the circular form at the end facing toward the engine (2).

Abstract: A connecting piece (1) between a carburetor (4) and an inlet channel (3) is disposed in an internal combustion engine (2) of a portable handheld motor-driven work apparatus such as a motor-driven chain saw, cutoff machine, et cetera. The connecting piece (1) serves to compensate for relative position changes between the engine (2) and the carburetor (4). The connecting piece (1) is made of elastic material and has an expansion fold (5) which functions to compensate for length changes. The length of the connecting piece can be changed from a pressed length (a) to an expanded length (b). The expansion fold (5) partitions the connecting piece (1) into a carburetor-end section (6) and into an engine-end section (7).

Abstract: An elastic connecting piece (1) is mounted between a carburetor (4) and an inlet channel (3) of an internal combustion engine (2). The engine (2) is especially an engine of a portable handheld motor-driven work apparatus such as a motor-driven chain saw, cutoff machine or the like. The connecting piece (1) includes a peripherally extending expansion fold (5) arranged between its ends in order to compensate for changes in length. The expansion fold (5) subdivides the connecting piece (1) into a carburetor-end section (6) and into an engine-end section (7). The annular gap (28) of the expansion fold (5) can be bridged by a seal lip (8). The connecting piece (1) includes a peripherally extending seal seat (9) of axial length (g) in the region of the expansion fold (5). The seal lip (8) can be placed in seal-tight contact with the seal seat (9) and substantially closes the expansion fold (5) fluid tight to the interior space of the connecting piece (1).

Abstract: A manually guided implement having an internal combustion engine and a carburetor for supplying a fuel/air mixture to the engine is provided. Disposed between the internal combustion engine and the carburetor is a housing wall in which is arranged a preheating window for guiding to the carburetor a preheating air stream that is heated-up by the internal combustion engine. A pivotably mounted switching element is provided for closing and opening the preheating window.

Abstract: The invention relates to an internal combustion engine for a portable handheld work apparatus including a motor-driven chain saw, cutoff machine or the like and relates especially to a two-stroke engine having an inlet opening (3) provided in the cylinder (2) of the engine (1) for an air/fuel mixture (4). An intake stub (5) is made of elastic material and functions to guide the air/fuel mixture (4) from a carburetor into the inlet opening (3). To ensure a uniform operation of the engine, a fuel collecting device (6) is provided for fuel (7) precipitated in the intake stub (5). The fuel collecting device (6) is delimited at least partially by the intake stub (5) and is connected to the cylinder (2) by a channel (8) opening at the inlet opening (3).

Abstract: The invention relates to a vibration damper between a housing (4), which holds an internal combustion engine, and a handle (3) fixed on the housing (4). The handle (3) is for holding and guiding the motor-driven chain saw (2) during use thereof. The vibration damper (1) is a coil spring (5) which is fixed at a first end (10) thereof with an attachment element (7) to the handle (3) and, at a second end (20), the coil spring is fixed with a further attachment element (30) to the housing. A part turn of the end (10, 20) of the coil spring (5) is held form-tightly to the attachment element (7, 30) in the direction of its longitudinal center axis (25). To provide a torsion-free assembly of the coil spring, it is provided that the coil spring (5) can be assembled from one of its ends (20) between the handle (3) and the housing (4) and be secured at least at one of its ends (20) to the attachment element (30) against a rotational movement in the peripheral direction.

Abstract: A hand-held working tool has a housing and an internal combustion engine arranged in the housing and comprising a crankshaft and an air filter. A tool is driven by the crankshaft of the internal combustion engine. A fan housing is attached to the engine housing and has an air inlet. A fan wheel is arranged in the fan housing and is driven by the crankshaft of the internal combustion engine to supply cooling air, sucked in through the air inlet, to the internal combustion engine. The fan housing has a bottom extending radially to the crankshaft. The bottom and a side of the fan wheel facing the bottom define a chamber in the fan housing. The bottom has a combustion air outlet. A combustion air channel is connected to the combustion air outlet and to the air filter. The combustion air outlet is axially supplying combustion air from the chamber through the combustion air channel into the air filter of internal combustion engine.

Abstract: The invention is directed to an arrangement of an air filter (1) and a membrane carburetor (2). The membrane carburetor (2) has an intake channel section (3) configured in the carburetor housing (4) and fuel-conducting channels (6) open into the intake channel section (3). The channels (6) are supplied from a fuel-filled control chamber (7) which is configured in the carburetor housing (4). The control chamber (7) is partitioned from a compensation chamber (11) via a control membrane (10). The compensation chamber (11) communicates with the housing (14, 16) of the air filter (1) via a compensation channel (13) downstream of an air filter element (39). The air filter housing (14) engages over the membrane carburetor (2) essentially on the side of the compensation chamber (11) and the clean chamber (24) of the air filter housing (14) communicates with the intake channel section via a connecting stub (37) which lies approximately at right angles to the intake channel section (3).

Abstract: A transfer line with devices for conveying work pieces along the central bases, lateral bases set up along the sides of the central bases on which the processing units are mounted so as to be capable of displacement, and supply devices for the processing stations. In order to improve access to the transfer line and simplify component units, the following features are proposed: a) the supply devices along the direction of travel of the work pieces are arranged exclusively within or in the region of and/or above the central bases; b) the supply devices are connected to each processing station via short detachable connecting pieces; c) shut-off devices are provided at least in the main lines for hydraulics, lubrication, pneumatics etc.; and d) at least one control block with valves is provided between the shut-off devices and the processing station.

Abstract: An transfer body is provided for interfacing between field devices and a field master. One form of the transfer body is an input/output (IO) body. The IO body has a plurality of in-data registers for accepting data from the field devices, a plurality of out-data registers for sending data to field devices, and an identification register for identifying the data in relation to the field devices. The IO body also has an interface portion having an identification port communicating with the identification register, an in-data port communicating with the in-data registers, and an out-data port communicating with the out-data registers. The body can directly attach to and communicate with a plurality of different types of communications adapters through the interface portion for communication with a field master. The body can also directly attach to and communicate with a PLC type of field master through the interface portion.

Abstract: A hand-held working tool has a housing and an air cooled internal combustion engine with cooling ribs positioned in the housing. A sealed carburetor box is connected to the internal combustion engine. A blower is positioned in the housing for supplying cooling air to the combustion engine. The blower sucks in cooling air in the axial direction of the blower and conveys it tangentially in the direction of rotation of the blower to the cooling ribs. The housing has a blower cover. A combustion air channel is positioned on a pressure side of the blower and connected to the blower cover and the carburetor box, and the internal combustion engine sucks in combustion air through the carburetor box. The channel has an inlet for branching off combustion air from the cooling air flow that is conveyed to the combustion engine. The inlet is in the form of at least one slot within the blower cover. The inlet has at least one deflecting element with a deflecting front surface for guiding the cooling air and a back side.

Abstract: An actuating device for a decompression valve of an internal combustion engine with a cable starter, wherein the decompression valve is positioned within the cylinder of the internal combustion engine and comprises a valve member biased into its closed position, has a transmission lever having a longitudinal extension and being rotatable about its longitudinal axis. The transmission lever has a first and a second end. A cable drum for receiving the starter cable of the cable starter is provided. The cable drum has an axis of rotation about which the cable drum is rotated when the starter cable is pulled. The longitudinal axis of the transmission lever is perpendicular to the axis of rotation of the cable drum and spaced from the rotational plane of the cable drum.

Abstract: The invention is directed to a tensioning arrangement for saw chains of motor-driven chain saws which include a device for longitudinally displacing the guide bar. The clamped guide bar is released so that the adjusting arrangement can be actuated for the longitudinal displacement of the guide bar. By rotating a disc having a spiral slot, a slide piece, which is coupled to the guide bar, is displaced in the longitudinal direction. Assembly is simplified and handling facilitated when the tension in the saw chain is adjusted. This is achieved by making the slide piece on the spiral disc so that it is not released therefrom but instead is held so as to be rotationally and longitudinally displaceable. The slide piece is fixedly connected to the guide bar by using appropriate attachment devices.

Abstract: The invention is directed to a tensioning arrangement for a saw chain of a motor-driven chain saw. The saw chain runs on a guide bar mounted on the motor housing of the chain saw. The tensioning arrangement includes a rotatable disc having a spirally-shaped guide slot in which a lug of a slide piece engages. The longitudinal displacement of the guide bar is provided by rotating the disc. The guide slot in the disc extends over a rotational angle of at least 270.degree.. A still lesser slope of the guide slot is provided with a rotational angle in the range of 360.degree. to 450.degree.. The tensioning arrangement is especially suitable for adjusting the guide bar in motor-driven chain saws thereby adjusting the tension in the saw chain.

Abstract: A stopper for a rope which is injection molded on the rope. The stopper has a sleeve-like shape and surrounds the rope without play and prevents an axial slippage of the stopper from the rope. A strut is formed as one piece with the stopper and extends radially through the inner diameter of the rope. Also a method of forming a stopper on a rope is included.

Abstract: The invention directed to a portable handheld drilling apparatus for receiving and driving a drill which can encounter a drilling resistance during a drilling operation thereby causing the drilling apparatus to undergo an unwanted rotational movement.