Throttle lever holding device

Claim 1

A throttle lever mechanism comprising: first and second throttle levers; a throttle valve opening/closing member for a carburetor; a pivotable mounted link member having an elongated slot; a connecting rod connected at one end to the second throttle lever and at another end to the link member through the elongated slot; cable means having an inner wire cable and an outer tube covering the inner wire cable, a first end of the inner wire cable being connected to the first throttle lever, a second end of the inner wire cable being connected to the throttle valve opening/closing member, a first end of the outer tube being held in a stationary manner, and a second end of the outer tube being connected to said link member; and an intermediate locking means provided for at least one of the first and second throttle levers for locking the at least one lever in a predetermined operational condition, wherein when the at least one throttle lever is moved in an operational direction for a first time, the at least one lever is locked in the predetermined operational condition by the intermediate locking means and when the at least one throttle lever is moved in the operational direction a second time, the at least one throttle lever is released from the predetermined operation condition.