Gasoline powered machine having two electric circuit switches

Claim 1

A gasoline powered machine comprising a gasoline engine, an electric circuit electrically connected to said engine for conducting electrically to said gasoline engine for operation of said gasoline engine, two electric switches electrically connected together in series with said electric circuit, both of said switches including spring means operative in both of said switches and yieldingly urging said switches to the normally closed position and said normally-closed switches being electrically connected with said machine in an electrically grounded connection, whereby said electric circuit is grounded through said switches to thereby interrupt the operative electric connection of said circuit with said engine and thereby require that at least one of said switches be retained in its electrically open position in order to avoid the grounding of said circuit when it is desired that said engine be operating, and both of said switches including actuator means operative on said spring means for overcoming the urging of said spring means to thereby open said switches and allow the operator to hold said actuators against the forces of said spring means to effect positioning said switches in the electrically open positions.