Abstract: A fuel injection apparatus for an internal combustion engine and comprising a fuel injection pump, a fuel delivery pump for communicating fuel from a fuel tank to the suction chamber of the fuel injection pump, and cut-off device for cutting off the fuel flow to the injection nozzles of the internal combustion engine in case of a disturbance, said cut-off device comprising a spring-loaded accumulator connected with the suction chamber of the fuel injection pump and an electromagnetically actuated control valve for effecting a rapid cut-off, said control valve communicating the outlet of the delivery pump with the fuel tank in case of a disturbance, whereby the accumulator provides for reduction of pressure in the suction chamber of the fuel injection pump so that fuel does not flow to the internal combustion engine.

Abstract: A fuel injection apparatus with pilot injection and main injection in Diesel engines is proposed. A high-pressure injection pump delivers a main injection quantity to a main injection nozzle, while a hydraulic pilot injection auxiliary pump driven by the supply pressure of the high-pressure injection pump positively displaces a pilot injection quantity, via a piston, and delivers it to a pilot injection nozzle which is either separate or combined with the main injection nozzle. In the main injection area, a storage piston is separately provided, which without being mechanically connected to the pilot injection piston and without a pressure division is initially acted upon solely by the supply pressure of the high-pressure injection pump and only in the course of the pilot injection piston stroke is a line leading on to the storage piston opened up, at least indirectly, for the pumped fuel.