Multi-use starting device

Claim 1

A starting device in combination with an internal combustion engine and a mechanical load comprising: a cylindrical driving shaft; a front bracket; a rear bracket; an armature of a D.C. motor supported on the outer periphery of said cylindrical driving shaft; a rotary output shaft placed contiguous to one end of said cylindrical driving shaft and extending in alignment therewith, wherein a free end of said rotary output shaft is supported by a bearing means fitted to said front bracket; a slidable overrunning clutch operatively associated with said rotary output shaft through a spline structure; a speed reduction means for reducing revolution of said cylindrical driving shaft to transmit power from said cylindrical driving shaft to said rotary output shaft; a power transmitting shaft firmly connected in alignment with said rotary output shaft and passed through said cylindrical driving shaft so as to be rotatable therein, one end of said power output shaft extended from the other end of said cylindrical driving shaft and wherein a free end of said power output shaft is supported by a bearing means fitted to said rear bracket; a shift lever having its pivotal point set by a grommet formed in said front bracket, with one end of said shift lever operatively associated with said overrunning clutch; first means for supplying electric power to said D.C. armature and for activating said shift lever in response to said internal combustion engine's starting requirements; and second means for supplying power to said D.C. armature in response to mechanical load requirements.