The choke plate is the rod ,it has flat sections machined into the rod so when the choke is off the intake
is less restricted but yes they are not the normal type of choke butterfly.

Yes that should make them start quicker Tyler , that green Ryobi in the pic had a smaller hole
in the filter housing but I was missing the filter cover so I installed an older housing with a
larger hole and it now runs a little rough down low.