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List of components for a filter housing and valve assembly, and an explanation of its function.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 51\3\  Scan137
Date  24th May 1929 guessed
  
contd :- -2-

(1) The fitting, or cap, containing theball valve and spring.
(2) The felt and gauze filter.
(3) The filter housing, containing the additional non-return valve and spring, which screws into the axle.

By putting the non-return valve behind the filter it will be safeguarding against dirt and should hold the back pressure of oil after the gun is removed.


HS {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /F. Gaye.
  
  
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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