Claims
- 1. An adjustable air cleaner assembly interconnecting predetermined centers of an air cleaner cover and a carburetor on an engine, the centers being eccentric, said assembly comprising in combination base fastening means threadably engaging the predetermined center of a carburetor of an engine, said base fastening means comprising a base stud having a threaded portion at one end threadably engaging an aperture at the predetermined center of the carburetor and an enlarged head portion at the other end having a diameter greater than the diameter of said threaded portion, said enlarged head portion having an aperture communicating diametrically therethrough and being threaded, and cover fastening means engaging said base fastening means and the predetermined center of said air cleaner cover and adjustably maintaining a predetermined distance between the predetermined centers of the air cleaner cover and the carburetor, said cover fastening means comprising a cover stud being L-shaped and having a threaded portion at each end thereof, the threaded portion at one end of said cover fastening means being disposed in an aperture at the predetermined center of the air cleaner cover and the threaded portion at the other end of said cover fastening means being threadably engageable with said aperture.
- 2. The combination according to claim 1 and further comprising retaining means for preventing relative movement between said cover fastening means and said base fastening means, said retaining means comprising a lock nut having an aperture communicating therethrough and being threaded, said lock nut being threadably engageable with the threaded portion of said other end of said cover stud between said enlarged head portion of said base stud and the threaded portion of said one end of said cover stud thereby capturing said lock nut to said assembly while said cover fastening means is engaged with said base fastening means.
- 3. An adjustable air cleaner assembly interconnecting predetermined centers of an air cleaner cover and a fuel metering apparatus on an engine, the centers being eccentric, said assembly comprising in combination base fastening means threadably engaging the predetermined center of a fuel metering apparatus of an engine, said base fastening means comprising a base stud having a threaded portion at one end threadably engaging an aperture at the predetermined center of the fuel metering apparatus and a head portion at the other end, said head portion having an aperture communicating diametrically therethrough and being threaded, and cover fastening means engaging said base fastening means and the predetermined center of said air cleaner cover and adjustably maintaining a predetermined distance between the predetermined centers of the air cleaner cover and the fuel metering apparatus, said cover fastening means comprising a cover stud being L-shaped and having a threaded portion at each end thereof, the threaded portion at one end of said cover fastening means being disposed in an aperture at the predetermined center of the air cleaner cover and the threaded portion at the other end of said cover fastening means being threadably engageable with said aperture.
- 4. The combination of an adjustable air cleaner fastening assembly interconnecting predetermined centers of an air cleaner cover and a fuel metering device such as a carburetor on an engine, the centers being eccentric, said assembly comprising in combination a pair of laterally spaced fuel metering devices on an engine each having a predetermined center, an air cleaner cover having a pair of laterally spaced predetermined centers, one of said predetermined centers of said air cleaner cover being concentric with one predetermined center of said fuel metering devices and the other said predetermined center of said fuel metering devices, base fastening means for threadably engaging said predetermined center of said fuel metering device of an engine, said base fastening means comprising a base stud having a threaded portion at one end for threadably engaging an aperture at said predetermined center of said fuel metering device and an enlarged head portion at the other end having a diameter greater than the diameter of said threaded portion, said enlarged head portion having an aperture communicating diametrically therethrough and being threaded, cover fastening means engaging said base fastening means and said predetermined center of said air cleaner cover and for adjustably maintaining a predetermined distance between the predetermined centers of the air cleaner cover and the fuel metering device, said cover fastening means comprising a cover stud being substantially L-shaped and having a threaded portion at each end thereof, the threaded portion at one end being disposed in an aperture at the predetermined center of the air cleaner cover and the threaded portion at other end being threadably engageable with said aperture, and retaining means for preventing relative movement between said cover fastening means and said base fastening means, said retaining means comprising a lock nut having an aperture communicating therethrough and being threaded, said lock nut being threadably engaged with the threaded portion of said other end of said cover stud between said enlarged head portion of said base stud and the threaded portion of said one end of said cover stud thereby capturing said lock nut to said assembly while said cover fastening means is engaged with said base fastening means.
- 5. The combination of an engine for receiving combustible mixtures of air and fuel, structure defining induction passage means communicating with said engine for the flow of air through said induction passage means to said engine, air cleaner housing means through which air flows on its travel to said induction passage means of said structure, and securing means securingly connecting said air cleaner housing means to said structure defining said induction passage means as to hold said air cleaner housing means and said structure defining said induction passage means in assembled relationship, wherein said air cleaner housing means comprises first aperture means for the reception therein of a first portion of said securing means, wherein said structure defining said induction passage means comprises an anchoring portion for securing a second portion of said securing means, wherein said first aperture means comprises a first axis extending therethrough, wherein said anchoring portion comprises a second axis, wherein when said air cleaner housing means is securingly connected to said structure defining induction passage means said first axis and said second axis are generally parallel to each other and transversely spaced from each other as to be considered eccentrically situated with respect to each other, and wherein within said combination said securing means comprises in combination first and second securing members, wherein one of said securing members is of an L-shaped configuration having first and second axially extending leg portions respectively having third and fourth axes, wherein the other of said securing members comprises a shank like leg portion having a fifth axis and a body portion, wherein said body portion comprises second aperture means with a sixth axis formed therethrough, wherein one of said leg portions is secured to said anchoring portion as to have the axis of said one leg portion generally aligned with said second axis of said anchoring portion, wherein an other of said leg portions extends through said first aperture means of said air cleaner housing means in securing connection thereto and whereby the axis of said other leg portion is in general alignment with said first axis of said first aperture means, wherein a third of said leg portions extends at least into said second aperture means as to have the axis of such third leg portion in general alignment with said sixth axis of said second aperture means formed in said body portion, and wherein such third leg portion and said second aperture means and body portion are axially adjusted with respect to each other as to have the distance between said axis of said first leg portion and the axis of said other leg portion substantially equal to the distance by which said first and second axes are transversely spaced from each other.
- 6. The combination according to claim 5 wherein said one of said leg portions comprises said shank like leg portion having said fifth axis, wherein said other of said leg portions comprises said second axially extending leg portion of said one of said securing members, and wherein said third leg portion comprises said first axially extending leg portion of said one of said securing members.
- 7. The combination according to claim 5 wherein said air cleaner housing means comprises third aperture means, wherein said structure defining said induction passage means comprises a second anchoring portion, wherein said securing means comprises second securing means also securingly connecting said air cleaner housing means to said structure defining said induction passage means, wherein said third aperture means comprises a seventh axis extending therethrough, wherein said second anchoring portion comprises an eighth axis, wherein said second securing means comprises an axially elongated fastening member having axially spaced first and second fastening end portions, wherein said axially elongated fastening member comprises a ninth axis and wherein said first and second fastening end portions are in substantial alignment with each other and with said ninth axis, wherein said seventh axis is generally parallel to each of said first and second axes and transversely spaced therefrom, wherein said eighth axis is generally parallel to each of said first and second axes and transversely spaced therefrom, wherein said first fastening end portion is secured to said second anchoring portion as to have said ninth axis of said elongated fastening member in general axial alignment with said eighth axis, and wherein said second fastening end portion extends through said third aperture means of said air cleaner housing means in securing connection thereto.
- 8. The combination according to claim 7 wherein said one of said leg portions comprises said shank like leg portion having said fifth axis, wherein said other of said leg portions comprises said second axially extending leg portion of said one of said securing members, and wherein said third leg portion comprises said first axially extending leg portion of said one of said securing members.
RELATED APPLICATION
This application is a Continuation of my copending application Ser. No. 164,128 filed Mar. 4, 1988, now abandoned, for Adjustable Air Cleaner Fastening Assembly.
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