Pressure valve assembly for fuel injection pumps

Claim 2

A pressure valve, which is inserted in a fuel delivery conduit between a pump working chamber of a fuel injection pump and an injection valve of an internal-combustion engine, and comprising a connection element (6) having an axial recess (8) at a pump-side thereof and a connection channel (10) extended from said recess and connectable to the fuel delivery conduit; a valve member (12) provided with a valve seat (17) and having a periphery and formed with a flange (14) at said periphery, said connection element having at the pump side an end face (15), said pump having a housing receiving the pressure valve and being formed with a shoulder (16), said flange being clamped between said end face (15) and said shoulder (16), said valve member having a through passage (21); a locking member (19) cooperating with said valve seat; a compression spring (23) positioned in said axial recess at a side thereof facing said channel, said locking member being inserted between said valve seat and said compression spring and including an axial passage (26); a back-pressure relief valve (30, 60) including a closing member (31) for closing said axial passage (26) and a compression spring (34) which is fixedly supported at least immediately on said valve member, said axial passage being connected with said axial recess; throttle means (28) connecting said axial passage with said axial recess at the side thereof facing said connection channel, said valve member having an axial bore (44) forming said through passage; and a sleeve pressed in said axial bore and forming a support for the compression spring of the back-pressure relief passage.

Claim 3

The pressure valve as defined in claim 1, wherein said locking member (19'") is cap-shaped and formed with a flat valve seat, said locking member having one end face (49) forming one sealing surface, said valve member having another end face (50) forming another sealing surface with said one sealing surface.

Claim 4

The pressure valve as defined in claim 1, wherein said axial passage (26") of the locking member is formed as a pocket bore, said throttle means being an orifice formed in said locking member and extended from said pocket bore transversely of an axis of the locking member, said orifice opening at a portion of the locking member (19") which extends in said axial recess (8).

Claim 5

The pressure valve as defined in claim 3, further including a cap-shaped spring washer (47) inserted in said axial recess (8), said spring washer having connection openings (38) extended transversely of a peripheral wall of the spring washer, said spring washer acting as a stop for said locking member.

Claim 6

The pressure valve as defined in claim 1, wherein the outer diameter of said flange (14) of the valve member is equal to the outer diameter of the connection element (6) facing said flange; and further including a springy clamp (36) connecting said flange to said connection element.

Claim 7

The pressure valve as defined in claim 1, wherein the valve member (52) has a tubular portion inserted in said axial recess (8) and an end face forming the valve seat (53), said locking member (55) having a conical sealing surface (54) cooperating with said valve seat, said locking member having a guiding pin (56) connected to said conical sealing surface, said valve member having an axial through bore (57) into which said guiding pin extends, said guiding pin including guiding surfaces extended in a plurality of radial planes, the closing member (59) of the back-pressure relief valve (60) being substantially disc-shaped and provided with guiding surfaces (66) for a coaxial guidance of said closing member within said through bore (57), said closing member having an end face (62) forming one sealing surface, said locking member (55) having an end face (63) forming another sealing surface cooperating with said one sealing surface.

Claim 8

The pressure valve as defined in claim 1, wherein said locking member has a guiding pin facing the compression spring (23), said throttle means being a throttle orifice formed in said guiding pin.

Claim 9

A pressure valve, which is inserted in a fuel delivery conduit between a pump working chamber of a fuel injection pump and an injection valve of an internal-combustion engine, and comprising a connection element (6) having an axial recess (8) at a pump-side thereof and a connection channel (10) extended from said recess and connectable to the fuel delivery conduit; a valve member (12) provided with a valve seat (17) and having a periphery and formed with a flange (14) at said periphery, said connection element having at the pump side an end face (15), said pump having a housing receiving the pressure valve and being formed with a shoulder (16), said flange being clamped between said end face (15) and said shoulder (16), said valve member having a through passage (21); a locking member (19) cooperating with said valve seat; a compression spring (23) positioned in said axial recess at a side thereof facing said channel, said locking member being inserted between said valve seat and said compression spring and including an axial passage (26); a back-pressure relief valve (30, 60) including a closing member (31) for closing said axial passage (26) and a compression spring (34) which is fixedly supported at least immediately on said valve member, said axial passage being connected with said axial recess; throttle means (28) connecting said axial passage with said axial recess at the side thereof facing said connection channel, said valve member having a tubular portion inserted in said axial recess, said tubular portion having an end face forming said valve seat; and a cap-shaped spring washer (37) inserted between the compression spring of the back-pressure relief valve and said valve member.

Claim 10

A pressure valve, which is inserted in a fuel delivery conduit between a pump working chamber of a fuel injection pump and an injection valve of an internal-combustion engine, and comprising a connection element (6) having an axial recess (8) at a pump-side thereof and a connection channel (10) extended from said recess and connectable to the fuel delivery conduit; a valve member (12) provided with a valve seat (17) and having a periphery and formed with a flange (14) at said periphery, said connection element having at the pump side an end face (15), said pump having a housing receiving the pressure valve and being formed with a shoulder (16), said flange being clamped between said end face (15) and said shoulder (16), said valve member having a through passage (21); a locking member (19) cooperating with said valve seat; a compression spring (23) positioned in said axial recess at a side thereof facing said channel, said locking member being inserted between said valve seat and said compression spring and including an axial passage (26); a back-pressure relief valve (30, 60) including a closing member (31) for closing said axial passage (26) and a compression spring (34) which is fixedly supported at least immediately on said valve member, said axial passage being connected with said axial recess; throttle means (28) connecting said axial passage with said axial recess at the side thereof facing said connection channel, said valve member having a tubular portion inserted in said axial recess, said tubular portion having an end face forming said valve seat; and a cap-shaped spring washer (37) inserted between the compression spring of the back-pressure relief valve and said valve member.

Claim 11

The pressure valve as defined in claim 8, wherein said locking member is cup-shaped and formed with a flat valve seat, said locking member having one end face forming one sealing surface, said valve member having another end face forming another sealing surface with said one sealing surface.

Claim 12

The pressure valve as defined in claim 8, wherein said axial passage of the locking member is formed as a pocket bore, said throttle means being an orifice formed in said locking member and extended from said pocket bore transversely of an axis of the locking member, said orifice opening at a portion of the locking member which extends in said axial recess.

Claim 13

The pressure valve as defined in claim 10; further including an additional cap-shaped spring washer (47) inserted in said axial recess, said spring washer (47) having connection openings extended transversely of a peripheral wall of the spring washer, said spring washer acting as a stop for said locking member.

Claim 14

The pressure valve as defined in claim 8, wherein the outer diameter of said flange of the valve member is equal to the outer diameter of the connection element facing said flange; and further including a springy clamp (36) connecting said flange to said connection element.

Claim 15

The pressure valve as defined in claim 8, wherein the valve member has a tubular portion inserted in said axial recess and an end face forming the valve seat, said locking member having a conical sealing surface cooperating with said valve seat, said locking member having a guiding pin connected to said conical sealing surface, said valve member having an axial through bore into which said guiding pin extends, said guiding pin including guiding surfaces extended in a plurality of radial planes, the closing member of the back-pressure relief valve being substantially disc-shaped and provided with guiding surfaces for a coaxial guidance of said closing member within said through bore, said closing member having an end face forming one sealing surface, said locking member having an end face forming another sealing surface cooperating with said one sealing surface.

Claim 16

The pressure valve as defined in claim 8, wherein said locking member has a guiding pin facing the compression spring, said throttle means being a throttle orifice formed in said guiding pin.

Claim 17

The pressure valve as defined in claim 1, wherein said valve member is substantially disc-shaped.