Merits of continuous versus intermittent automatic chassis lubrication systems.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 27\1\ Scan067 | |
| Date | 14th February 1929 guessed | |
| - 2 - (5) Apparently the cheaper cars will demand a continuous automatic system of this sort, but Mr. Bijur believes it is only suitable for cars in which all the drip plugs are about in the same horizontal plane, and even then it will drip on the floor all the time. The better cars are all fitting accumulators or using some form of intermittent flow which will allow carrying say 70 lbs. pressure in the line for the few minutes of discharge. I thought you would want to know that although Bijur says the automatic system is still experimental, he is evidently being urged very hard by several makers to get it in production. It is now in production for several busses (with special large tanks etc), and, in a "home-made" form, is on the Duesenberg 8. It would therefore seem that for any future developments in England the automatic system should be given preference. Yours faithfully, ROLLS ROYCE OF AMERICA, INC. Maurice Olley | ||
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).