Carburetor with dash pot throttle control

Claim 1

A CARBURETOR INCLUDING A THROTTLE VALVE, A DASH POT, AND A FLOAT BOWL, MEANS TO SUPPLY FUEL TO SAID FLOAT BOWL, MEANS FOR SUPPLYING SAID DASH POT WITH FUEL FROM SAID FLOAT BOWL, SAID DASH POT INCLUDING A CYLINDER THEREIN HAVING A PISTON SLIDABLY MOUNTED THEREIN, CONTROL MEANS FOR SAID THROTTLE INCLUDING LINKAGE MEANS OPERATIVELY CONNECTING SAID THROTTLE VALVE AND SAID PISTON, FLUID PASSAGE MEANS EXTENDING THROUGH SAID PISTON, METERING ROD MOUNTED WITHIN SAID CYLINDER AND EXTENDING THROUGH SAID FLUID PASSAGE MEANS, SAID METERING ROD HAVING A VARIABLE CROSS-SECTIONAL AREA WITIN THE PORTION THEREOF TRAVERSED BY SAID PISTON, SAID VARIABLE CROSS-SECTIONAL AREA BEING ARRANGED SUCH THAT SAID AREA INCREASES AS SAID PISTON APPROACHES A POSTION WHEREIN THE CONNECTED THROTTLE IS IN ITS CLOSED POSITION, THE PORTION OF SAID CYLINDER IN WHICH SAID PISTON MOVES BEING MOUNTED BELOW THE LEVEL OF FUEL IN SAID BOWL, AND SAID CONTROL MEANS FOR SAID THROTTLE INCLUDING A LOST-MOTION FORCE-TRANSMITTING MEANS FORMING A SOFT-LIKE CONNECTION THEREIN.