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Design comparison for a Wraith III front brake intermediate lever, showing an existing multi-part scheme and a suggested single-piece scheme.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 7\7\  X 606 Brakes-page087
Date  21th October 1937
  
Existing Scheme
N Sch 5138
G.W. 1660 INTER: LEVER
DETAIL DRAWING SHEWS STOP ON WRONG SIDE
E.W. 1287 STOP BRACKET
E.W. 1029 ANCHOR PLATE
Wraith III
FRONT BRAKE INTER: LEVER
Suggested Scheme
Ex. I. 238
SUGGEST STOP BRACKET & ANCHOR PLATE BE PRODUCED IN ONE PIECE AS SHOWN WITH A TURNED DOWN LIP TO ACT AS STOP
STOP ON INTER: LEVER WILL REQUIRE LENGTHENING APPROX: .200 TO SUIT
ROLLS-ROYCE, LTD.
PRINT ROOM
OCT 21 1937
DERBY.
Ex.I. 238
  
  
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).


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