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).
Letter from Zenith Carburetter Co. Ltd. proposing a scheme for a strangler layout on the DC-42 carburetter to relieve pressure from blow back.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 122\3\ scan0001 | |
| Date | 26th April 1938 | |
| File 1033 The RATCLIFFE The ZENITH CARBURETTER CO LTD CARS DRIVEN BY OUR STAFF ARE AT CUSTOMERS OWN RISK AND RESPONSIBILITY TELEGRAMS: ZENICARBUR, PHONE, LONDON. CODE. A.B.C. 5TH EDITION. HONEYPOT LANE, STANMORE MIDDLESEX ADJOINING QUEENSBURY UNDERGROUND STATION ALSO AT LYONS, PARIS, DETROIT, TURIN, BERLIN. TELEPHONE: WORDSWORTH 2213 26th April 1938 Messrs. Rolls-Royce Ltd., DERBY. Attention: Mr. Rowbotham Dear Sirs, Mr. Fisher has advised us that you are very anxious to have submitted to you a scheme for the layout of the strangler on the DC-42 carburetter which will provide for relief of the pressure in the carburetter on the occasion of blow back. We have considered this matter for some time and we had hoped that some other suggestion might have been brought forward to counter the effect which you are getting at present, as any scheme incorporating the idea of a strangler automatic in two directions cannot be anything else but a costly modification. We take this opportunity of submitting for your consideration a rough drawing of an idea built around the present general shape of parts on the DC-42 carburetter, and we also append a description of how the assembly works. We shall be glad if you will give this matter your 1. | ||