Patent ID: 7000856

Claim:
In a valve including a valve needle ( 2 ) which is axially displaceable in a bore ( 5 ) of a valve body ( 3 ) and which on one end has a conical valve needle tip ( 4 ), the valve needle tip ( 4 ) including a radial valve sealing face ( 9 ), which in the closing position of the valve comes to rest on a conical inner wall ( 6 ) of the valve body on the closed end of the bore ( 5 ), at least one opening ( 7 ) in the inner wall ( 6 ) of the valve body, which opening connects the bore ( 5 ) with the outside ( 8 ) of the valve body ( 3 ), the improvement wherein the valve comprises two radial recesses ( 12 , 13 , 16 , 17 ), which are disposed in the valve needle tip ( 4 ) or in the inner wall ( 6 ) of the valve body, and one of the radial recesses ( 13 , 17 ) is located upstream ( 10 ) and the other radial recess ( 12 , 16 ) is located downstream ( 11 ) from the position of the valve sealing face ( 9 ), in the closing position of the valve.