Injection pump

An injection pump suited for the delivery of liquid fuel under high pressure to the cylinders of an associated engine comprising:

• a housing;
• a sleeve mounted on said housing and having first and second stationary passages, each passage communicating with a liquid fuel supply;
• a rotor having a central axial bore and a radial bore formed therein, said rotor being inserted in said sleeve and rotated in timed relationship with the engine;
• a free piston reciprocally disposed in the central axial bore between first and second pressure chambers, the first chamber including a plurality of first radial passages and a radial spill port and being communicated with the radial bore of said rotor, the second pressure chamber including a plurality of second radial passages and a discharge passage;
• a first solenoid value for controlling the amount of liquid fuel sucked into the first pressure chamber through the first stationary passage;
• a second solenoid valve for controlling the amount of the liquid fuel sucked into the second pressure chamber through the secondary stationary passage;
• a pair of opposing plungers reciprocably disposed in the radial bore of said rotor, and being so constructed as to produce, in accordance with the revolution of said rotor, a compression period in which the liquid fuel is pressurized in the first pressure chamber to move the free piston to pressurize the fuel in the second pressure chamber to supply fuel in the second chamber to the engine through the discharge passage, and a suction period in which the liquid fuel is supplied to the pressure chambers;
• a pulser attached to said rotor and adapted to be rotated as a unit with said rotor;
• a detector arranged in relation to an outer periphery of said pulser for producing an electric signal in cooperation with said pulser when said rotor is in the timing for commencement of the fuel supply;
• an electronic controller for determining an opening period of said first and second valve during a certain time of said suction period after receipt of said signal, whereby the timing of discharge of liquid fuel and the volume of discharge of the liquid fuel are controlled.