Fuel injection apparatus

Claim 1

A fuel injection pumping apparatus for supplying fuel to an internal combustion engine, comprising a rotary distributor member housed in a pump body, a transverse bore in the distributor member and a pair of pumping plungers slidable therein, a cam for imparting inward movement of the plungers as the distributor member is driven in timed relationship with the associated engine, a delivery passage communicating with the bore for registration in turn with a plurality of outlet ports during successive inward movement of the plungers, means for supplying fuel to the bore to effect maximum outward movement of the plungers during at least part of the time the delivery passage is out of register with an outlet port, valve means operable to spill fuel from said bore during the inward movement of the plungers thereby to terminate delivery of fuel through an outlet port, characterised by a spill passage extending from the bore, a seating formed in said spill passage, a valve member engageable with said seating and a piston member connected to the valve member, the piston member being slidable within a cylinder and defining a surface against which fuel under pressure can act to lift the valve member from the seating, passage means through which fuel under pressure from said bore can be applied to said surface of the piston member and an electro-magnetically operable control valve in said passage means, said control valve when opened allowing fuel under pressure to act on said surface of the piston member to lift the valve member from the seating to terminate delivery of fuel through an outlet port.