Accumulator type fuel injection apparatus

Claim 1

A fuel injection apparatus including a fuel injection pump operatively connected therewith, comprising: a holder body having an accumulator chamber and a spring chamber formed therein at an upper end portion and a lower end portion thereof, respectively; a nozzle body detachably connected to said holder body, said nozzle body having formed therein a stepped longitudinal bore, a pressure chamber intermediate said stepped longitudinal bore and an injection orifice communicating with said longitudinal bore; a check valve disposed in a passage communicating said fuel injection pump with said accumulator chamber for allowing the fuel passage from said injection pump to said accumulator chamber but blocking the opposite way; a solenoid-operated spool valve means mounted in said accumulator chamber, said spool valve means comprising a cylindrical member having an inlet port and an outlet port formed therein and a spool movable in said cylindrical member; a communication passage formed in said holder and valve bodies, said communication passage having an upper end selectively connectible with said accumulator chamber through said spool valve means and a lower end in constant communication with said pressure chamber; a needle valve fitted in said stepped longitudinal bore and movable therein in response to fluid pressure developed in said pressure chamber; a first spring means accommodated in said spring chamber for biasing said needle valve toward closing said injection orifice; a second spring means for biasing said spool toward a first spool position where communication between said accumulator chamber and said communication passage is blocked; and means formed in said spool for normally blocking communication between said accumulator chamber and said communication passage when said spool is upwardly displaced to the first spool position by said second spring means but allowing communication therebetween when said spool is downwardly displaced to a second spool position by the actuation of said solenoid-operated spool valve means.