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Operational lag in a vacuum-operated clutch and proposing modifications.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 128\2\  scan0216
Date  17th November 1933
  
To RHC. {R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} from Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Gry. {Shadwell Grylls}
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Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Gry. {Shadwell Grylls} 11/KT:17.11.33.

VACUUM OPERATED CLUTCH ON 19.G.IV.

We find there is a lag in the operation of this device owing to restriction in the pipe lines and unions. Will you please supply us with a .250" diameter pipe, and increase the holes through, and the space round, the banjos as much as possible.
We think that a rubber connection should be incorprated in the pipe line, as we are afraid of failure with the present copper pipes due to the movement of the valve.

Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Gry. {Shadwell Grylls}
  
  
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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