Starter apparatus for an internal combustion engine

A starter device for an internal combustion engine has an actuating device and an entrainer can be coupled to the crankshaft of the engine. The entrainer and the actuating device are rotatably journalled about a rotational axis. The entrainer and the actuating device are connected to each other via a damping spring. The damping spring is connected with a first end to the actuating device and with a second end to the entrainer. The entrainer and the actuating device have respective supports. The damping spring is mounted on the outer periphery of the two supports. In the direction of the rotational axis, a disc is mounted between the two supports in order to avoid the situation that the damping spring can force itself into a gap between the two supports which gap can arise during operation.