Proposal for a new vacuum pump oil pipe connection, with an attached blueprint, to solve a twisting problem with the current tee joint.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 64\1\ scan0028 | |
| Date | 1st February 1929 | |
| R. {Sir Henry Royce} from E. {Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} c. to Sg. {Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} BY. {R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} X7510 E1/M4.2.29. VACUUM PUMP OIL PIPE CONNECTION. X.7510 E.7190 Blueprint LeC.2660 attached shews our proposal for the above. We understand that the present connection is made by a tee joint on to another pipe, and this gives trouble by twisting when being tightened. The original drg. is attached to BY's copy of this note. E. {Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} | ||
From the Rolls-Royce experimental archive: a quarter of a million communications from Rolls-Royce, 1906 to 1960's. Documents from the Sir Henry Royce Memorial Foundation (SHRMF).